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336370 · KOSPI · ₩336370 · 솔루스첨단소재

₩8,090▲ ₩190 (2.41%)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
−₩1.9T
Equity value
−₩2.6T
WACC
6.7%

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 ₩8,090, the model needs an operating margin of 22.1% every year (it uses −12.1%).
  • Margins ranged from −17.0% to 0.5% over the last 5 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.
  • 100% of the last 12 months' net profit came from outside operations (stakes in other companies, interest, one-offs). The model adds those stakes at book value but doesn't project that income.
  • 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.

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 (−12.1%).

Revenue growth

  • 10.1%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (10.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 8.3%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (10.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 6.6%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (10.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 4.8%

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

    Default: the last 3 years' revenue growth (10.1% 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 (10.1% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

Business

  • -12.1%

    Operating profit as a share of revenue.

    Default: through-the-cycle average of the last 12 months and the last 5 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.

  • 37.5%

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

    Default: not in the statements, so 80% of capital spending (most spending replaces equipment that wears out).

  • 46.9%

    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).

  • 20.5%

    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.

  • 0.83

    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 0.75, 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 H1 2026)
₩505B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩450B
+ Stakes and investments
₩38B
Associates, long-term financial assets and deposits (book value)
− Minority interests
₩281B
Shares
90,897,284
incl. 20,684,986 preferred
Share price
₩8,090
Market cap
₩601B

TTM = trailing 12 months: the last four reported quarters added together. "TTM to H1 2026" 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.

FY2023FY2024FY2025Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Revenue₩429B₩571B₩616B₩556B₩602B₩641B₩672B₩692B
Growth−6.9%33.0%7.9%10.1%8.3%6.6%4.8%3.0%
EBIT−₩73B−₩54B−₩73B−₩67B−₩73B−₩78B−₩81B−₩84B
EBIT margin−17.0%−9.5%−11.9%−12.1%−12.1%−12.1%−12.1%−12.1%
After-tax EBIT−₩53B−₩39B−₩53B−₩49B−₩53B−₩56B−₩59B−₩61B
+ Depreciation———₩208B₩226B₩240B₩252B₩260B
− Capital spending₩245B₩259B₩235B₩261B₩282B₩301B₩315B₩325B
− Working capital−₩180B₩180B−₩146B₩10B₩9.5B₩8.1B₩6.3B₩4.1B
Free cash flow———−₩111B−₩119B−₩125B−₩128B−₩130B
Discount factor———0.9370.8780.8230.7710.723
Present value———−₩104B−₩104B−₩103B−₩99B−₩94B

Terminal value −₩1.9T, worth −₩1.4T today: 74% 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 ₩8,227 a share)Now 0.98×₩8,0390.98×₩14,2001.73×₩78,1529.50×

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%
5.7%—————
6.2%—————
6.7%—————
7.2%—————
7.7%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩568B
Enterprise value
₩1T
P/E
13.8×
P/B
0.8×
P/S
1.1×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

20252024202320222021
Price₩7,300₩8,200₩13,250₩14,999₩44,648
Market cap₩513B₩576B₩930B₩1.1T₩3.1T
P/E—124.1×5.0×—264.0×
P/B0.7×0.7×1.3×1.9×10.4×
P/S0.8×1.0×2.2×2.3×8.2×
EV/EBITDA—————
Dividend yield0.0%0.1%———

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Solus Advanced Materials13.8×0.8×1.1×—0.0%
Samsung Electro-Mechanics89.0×8.8×7.2×—0.2%
Doosan36.8×5.2×0.7×—0.4%
Hanwha Systems67.9×2.7×2.9×—0.8%
LG Innotek13.4×1.4×0.4×—0.5%
Isupetasys32.5×7.6×5.0×—0.0%
Daeduck Electronics41.5×6.5×4.7×—0.4%
Similar companies (median)39.2×5.8×3.8×—0.4%

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

Also known as: Solus Advanced Materials / 솔루스첨단소재 / 336370 / KRX:336370

Source: KRX statistical information