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241820 · KOSDAQ · ₩241820 · 피씨엘

₩6,040 ₩0 (0.00%)End-of-day · Oct 27, 2026 · End-of-day prices.
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Valuation model · Discounted cash flow (DCF)

We use a 5-year discounted cash flow: the value of the cash the business is expected to produce, in today's money.

Fair value per share

With these assumptions the model gives no positive value.

Enterprise value
−₩5.9B
Equity value
−₩13B
WACC
11.8%

Model estimate based on the assumptions shown. Not a price target and not a buy or sell signal. This is not financial advice.

Why the model and the price differ

The model gives no positive value at these assumptions. What we can see:

  • To match today's price of ₩6,040, the model needs an operating margin of 83.4% every year (it uses −20.0%).
  • Margins ranged from −2,175.4% to −22.2% over the last 4 years, so this is a cyclical business. The model uses the average; the price may be set by where the cycle is now. Try the margin fade option.
  • In the projection, spending on equipment, software and working capital takes most or all of the after-tax operating profit, so free cash flow is thin. Companies that invest heavily often look like this until spending slows.
  • The group includes a financial business (an insurer, bank or broker), whose investments and minority shareholders are left out here. A sum-of-the-parts view usually fits groups like this better.

Treat the model as a starting point: change the assumptions to the story you believe, and compare with the multiples check below.

Bear / Base / Bull

Bear
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Base
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Bull
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Bear: revenue growth 3 points lower every year, EBIT margin 2 points lower, WACC 1 point higher. Bull: the opposite.

Assumptions

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Cycle options

Margin path

Every year uses the cycle-average margin (−20.0%).

Revenue growth

  • -10%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-70% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -6.7%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-70% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -3.5%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-70% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • -0.2%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-70% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 3%

    How much sales grow that year, compared with the year before.

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (-70% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • -20%

    Operating profit as a share of revenue.

    Default: through-the-cycle average of the last 12 months and the last 4 annual reports' operating margins.

  • 27.5%

    Share of operating profit paid as corporate tax.

    Default: Korea's top corporate tax rate (25%) plus 10% local income tax.

  • 4.9%

    The non-cash cost of wearing out equipment, added back to cash flow (% of revenue).

    Default: average of the last 3 annual reports (cash flow statements; equipment and intangibles).

  • 5.8%

    Money spent on factories, equipment, software and other long-term assets (% of revenue).

    Default: average of the last 3 annual reports (cash flow statements; equipment and intangibles).

  • 40%

    Stock and unpaid customer bills, less unpaid supplier bills, as a % of revenue. Each year's extra revenue ties up this much more cash.

    Default: working capital (current assets less cash and deposits, minus current liabilities other than borrowings) as a share of revenue, averaged over the last 3 years.

Discount rate

  • 2%

    How fast cash flows keep growing every year after year 5.

    Default: about Korea's long-run inflation plus real growth.

  • 4.11%

    Yield on Korea's 10-year government bond: the return with almost no risk.

    Default: Korea Treasury Bond 10-year yield on 2026-10-28.

  • 2

    How much the share moves when the market moves: 1 means just like the market.

    Default: 105 weeks of weekly returns against KOSPI (official index); raw beta 2.87, adjusted toward 1 and kept between 0.6 and 2.0.

  • 5.5%

    The extra return investors want for owning shares instead of bonds.

    Default: a typical premium for Korean shares.

  • 5.61%

    The interest rate the company would pay to borrow.

    Default: the 10-year yield plus a 1.5% credit spread.

Starting point

Revenue (TTM to Q3 2025)
₩5B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩7.1B
Shares
2,782,098
Share price
₩6,040
Market cap
₩17B

TTM = trailing 12 months: the last four reported quarters added together. "TTM to Q3 2025" is the 12 months up to the latest quarterly or half-year report (H1 = to the end of June). Year 1 grows from there.

Past years and projection

Grey columns are reported results from the annual reports (after-tax EBIT at the model's tax rate), so you can check the growth and margin assumptions against the past. Years 1–5 are the model.

FY2022FY2023FY2024Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Revenue₩37B₩8.4B₩1.2B₩4.5B₩4.2B₩4B₩4B₩4.2B
Growth−19.4%−77.4%−85.2%−10.0%−6.7%−3.5%−0.2%3.0%
EBIT−₩8.2B−₩16B−₩27B−₩897M−₩837M−₩808M−₩806M−₩830M
EBIT margin−22.2%−191.4%−2,175.4%−20.0%−20.0%−20.0%−20.0%−20.0%
After-tax EBIT−₩6B−₩12B−₩20B−₩650M−₩607M−₩585M−₩584M−₩602M
+ Depreciation₩1.8B——₩220M₩205M₩198M₩197M₩203M
− Capital spending—₩57M₩135M₩260M₩243M₩234M₩234M₩241M
− Working capital₩16B₩5B−₩14B−₩199M−₩120M−₩59M−₩3.2M₩48M
Free cash flow———−₩491M−₩524M−₩563M−₩617M−₩688M
Discount factor———0.8940.8000.7150.6390.572
Present value———−₩439M−₩419M−₩403M−₩395M−₩393M

Terminal value −₩6.8B, worth −₩3.9B today: 65% of enterprise value. It assumes spending settles at 110% of depreciation once growth slows to the terminal rate.

Cross-check: what the market has paid before

For cyclical businesses, analysts check a DCF against the multiples the stock has traded at through past cycles. Price / book is the usual anchor for them: P/E looks highest at the bottom of a cycle, when earnings are smallest, and lowest at the top. The price each band would give today:

LowTypicalHigh
Price / book (book value ₩976 a share)Now 6.19×₩1,3371.37×₩6,0406.19×₩30,18330.9×

Low, typical and high are the 10th percentile, middle and 90th percentile of month-end multiples since 2021, each against the latest report out by then, per share at today's share count; loss years and P/E above 100 are left out. Run-rate earnings are one quarter × 4, not a forecast. Model estimate based on the assumptions shown. Not a price target and not a buy or sell signal.

Sensitivity

Fair value per share as two inputs change; the middle is the current case.

WACC ↓ · Terminal growth →1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%
10.8%—————
11.3%—————
11.8%—————
12.3%—————
12.8%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩17B
Enterprise value
₩24B
P/E
—
P/B
6.2×
P/S
3.4×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

2024202320222021
Price₩11,080₩71,700₩89,042₩211,735
Market cap₩31B₩199B₩248B₩589B
P/E————
P/B4.3×5.6×7.8×40.5×
P/S24.7×23.7×6.7×12.8×
EV/EBITDA————
Dividend yield0.0%———

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
PCL—6.2×3.4×—0.0%
Samsung Biologics32.1×7.6×14.0×—0.0%
Celltrion27.8×2.4×8.9×—0.0%
Alteogen78.8×28.4×59.9×—0.1%
Yuhan24.8×2.5×2.6×32.5×0.8%
SK biopharmaceuticals14.6×5.7×6.8×—0.0%
HLB—15.4×54.6×—0.0%
Similar companies (median)27.8×6.7×11.5×32.5×0.0%

Calculated from end-of-day prices and filed financial statements. Not a recommendation. This is not financial advice.

Also known as: PCL / 피씨엘 / 241820 / KRX:241820

Source: KRX statistical information