Secern AI

340810 · KOSDAQ · ₩340810 · 시선AI

₩3,220▲ ₩70 (2.22%)End-of-day · Oct 28, 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
−₩55B
Equity value
−₩56B
WACC
7.4%

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 ₩3,220, the model needs an operating margin of 23.6% every year (it uses −20.0%).
  • Margins ranged from −80.7% to −69.3% over the last 3 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.

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
—

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

  • -0.5%

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

    Default: the last 2 years' revenue growth (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 0.4%

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

    Default: the last 2 years' revenue growth (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 1.3%

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

    Default: the last 2 years' revenue growth (-0.5% a year, annual reports), fading to 3% by year 5.

  • 2.1%

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

    Default: the last 2 years' revenue growth (-0.5% 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 2 years' revenue growth (-0.5% 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 3 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.

  • 19.7%

    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).

  • 24.6%

    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).

  • -10%

    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.

  • 0.61

    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 0.41, 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)
₩18B
Net debt (borrowings and leases − cash and deposits)
₩1.6B
+ Stakes and investments
₩575M
Associates, long-term financial assets and deposits (book value)
− Minority interests
₩506M
Shares
14,195,867
Share price
₩3,220
Market cap
₩46B

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₩14B₩14B₩14B₩17B₩18B₩18B₩18B₩19B
Growth—2.5%−3.3%−0.5%0.4%1.3%2.1%3.0%
EBIT−₩9.8B−₩10B−₩11B−₩3.5B−₩3.5B−₩3.5B−₩3.6B−₩3.7B
EBIT margin−69.3%−72.3%−80.7%−20.0%−20.0%−20.0%−20.0%−20.0%
After-tax EBIT−₩7.1B−₩7.6B−₩8.2B−₩2.5B−₩2.5B−₩2.6B−₩2.6B−₩2.7B
+ Depreciation———₩3.4B₩3.4B₩3.5B₩3.6B₩3.7B
− Capital spending₩8.7B₩1.4B₩391M₩4.3B₩4.3B₩4.4B₩4.5B₩4.6B
− Working capital—₩223M₩8.4B₩8.8M−₩7M−₩23M−₩37M−₩54M
Free cash flow———−₩3.4B−₩3.4B−₩3.4B−₩3.5B−₩3.6B
Discount factor———0.9320.8680.8080.7530.701
Present value———−₩3.2B−₩2.9B−₩2.8B−₩2.6B−₩2.5B

Terminal value −₩58B, worth −₩41B 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 ₩769 a share)Now 4.19×₩2,4413.18×₩3,1044.04×₩4,5875.97×

Low, typical and high are the 10th percentile, middle and 90th percentile of month-end multiples since 2023, 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%
6.4%—————
6.9%—————
7.4%—————
7.9%—————
8.4%—————

Now (TTM)

Market cap
₩46B
Enterprise value
₩46B
P/E
—
P/B
4.2×
P/S
2.6×
EV/EBITDA
—
Dividend yield
0.0%

Over time (at each year end)

202520242023
Price₩2,815₩3,195₩8,070
Market cap₩40B₩45B₩115B
P/E———
P/B2.7×4.5×5.6×
P/S2.9×3.1×8.1×
EV/EBITDA———
Dividend yield0.0%——

Versus similar companies

CompanyP/EP/BP/SEV/EBITDADividend yield
Secern AI—4.2×2.6×—0.0%
Hyundai Autoever50.3×5.1×2.1×—0.5%
Krafton10.1×1.2×1.9×—1.2%
NC7.0×1.2×2.1×8.4×0.6%
Netmarble7.0×0.5×1.0×—2.6%
PearlAbyss7.9×2.1×3.0×5.2×0.0%
Shift UP8.9×1.8×7.1×—0.0%
Similar companies (median)8.4×1.5×2.1×6.8×0.6%

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

Also known as: Secern AI / 시선AI / 340810 / KRX:340810

Source: KRX statistical information