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Korean automaker (Hyundai Motor Group affiliate) selling mass-market cars, SUVs and EVs globally.
Korean automaker (Hyundai Motor Group affiliate) selling mass-market cars, SUVs and EVs globally.
Sells cars through dealers worldwide and shares platforms, engines and parts with Hyundai to spread development costs. Hyundai Motor holds roughly a third of it, a stake it won after Kia's 1997 bankruptcy. Purpose-built electric vans for fleets are a new line.
In one line: Korea's Honda-scale volume automaker, sister company to Hyundai..
Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). Shares Hyundai Motor Group's platforms and manufacturing scale, with its own increasingly design-led brand identity.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1944 · Employees: 36,566
Size Kia (000270.KS) is a South Korea Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $28.3B, the 13th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩100,300 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 33.9%, against -3.4% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 8.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.0%); the operating margin is 7.0% (peer median 6.0%).
Valuation It trades at 5.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.6× (cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -27 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.8 points above its cost of capital (7.4% WACC).
Credit Kia has 2 bonds outstanding ($600M), rated A- by the agencies.
Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩122T | ₩114T | ₩107T | ₩99.8T | ₩86.6T |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +8% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | ₩22.6T | ₩24.9T | ₩22.8T | ₩18.1T |
| EBITDA | n/a | ₩11.8T | ₩15.2T | ₩14.0T | ₩9.66T |
| Net income | ₩6.92T | ₩7.56T | ₩9.77T | ₩8.78T | ₩5.41T |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₩5.29T | ₩9.08T | ₩8.96T | ₩7.84T |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₩4.99T | ₩4.68T | ₩3.13T | ₩2.10T |
| Total debt | n/a | ₩2.73T | ₩3.60T | ₩4.13T | ₩7.75T |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kia 000270.KS | $28.3B | -34% | +8% | 7% | 5.4× | -12.9% |
| HyundaiMtr 005380.KS | $47.5B | -47% | +1% | 5% | 7.3× | n/a |
| Toyota Motor 7203.T | $251B | +10% | +7% | 7% | 10.6× | n/a |
| Honda Motor 7267.T | $45.2B | +45% | +4% | -1% | 11.7× | 18.2% |
| Volkswagen VOW.DE | $39.1B | -24% | -3% | 7% | 5.5× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 000270.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -8.5% | +7.5% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -33.9% | -3.4% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -50.7% | -22.9% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +8.0% | +6.0% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 6.0% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 5.4× | 10.6× | cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -12.9% | 15.4% | 2nd least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +14.0% | +13.2% | 7th highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -26.9 pp | +5.8 pp | 2nd least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.8 pp | -1.5 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kia 000270.KS | South Korea | $28.3B | -34% | +8% | 7% | 5.4× | -12.9% | +14.0% |
| Suzuki Motor 7269.T | Japan | $27.3B | +26% | +14% | 9% | 9.1× | -0.8% | +14.6% |
| Bajaj Auto BAJAJ-AUTO.NS | India | $31.7B | +3% | +48% | 19% | 24.0× | 27.3% | +17.4% |
| Daimler Truck DTG.DE | Germany | $34.7B | -1% | -14% | 5% | 10.6× | 9.8% | +4.8% |
| TVS Motor TVSMOTOR.NS | India | $22.6B | +21% | +34% | 12% | 42.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Eicher Motors EICHERMOT.NS | India | $22.3B | +5% | +28% | 21% | 33.0× | 36.0% | +21.8% |
| Volkswagen VOW.DE | Germany | $39.1B | -24% | -3% | 7% | 5.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Geely Auto 0175.HK | Hong Kong | $20.1B | -34% | +27% | 4% | 6.5× | -9.3% | +29.3% |
| Rivian Automotive RIVN | United States | $19.9B | -4% | +11% | -53% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bayerische Motoren Werke BMW.DE | Germany | $40.3B | -22% | -6% | 6% | 9.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Traton 8TRA.DE | Germany | $18.9B | +2% | +1% | 6% | 6.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Maruti Suzuki India MARUTI.NS | India | $42.3B | -7% | +30% | 7% | 30.1× | 27.7% | +21.1% |
| Mahindra & Mahindra M&M.NS | India | $43.1B | -2% | +26% | 15% | 24.0× | 13.6% | +21.5% |
| Hyundai Motor India HYUNDAI.NS | India | $18.3B | +16% | +8% | 7% | 33.0× | 26.6% | +11.8% |
| SAIC Motor 600104.SS | China | $17.8B | -24% | -3% | 2% | 11.9× | -14.7% | -2.4% |
| Mercedes-Benz MBG.DE | Germany | $44.9B | -19% | -7% | 5% | 7.9× | 4.5% | +1.7% |
| Chery Automobile 9973.HK | Hong Kong | $17.8B | -22% | +11% | 5% | 5.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Honda Motor 7267.T | Japan | $45.2B | +45% | +4% | -1% | 11.7× | 18.2% | +10.6% |
| Stellantis STLAP.PA | France | $17.0B | -40% | -2% | -14% | 8.2× | n/a | n/a |
| HyundaiMtr 005380.KS | South Korea | $47.5B | -47% | +1% | 5% | 7.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Porsche P911.DE | Germany | $47.8B | 0% | -10% | 6% | 22.9× | 17.3% | +4.8% |
Kia has 2 bonds outstanding with $600M face value. The agencies rate it A-.