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Holding company for SeAH Besteel, a Korean maker of special and alloy steel bar and wire rod for automotive and machinery parts.
Holding company for SeAH Besteel, a Korean maker of special and alloy steel bar and wire rod for automotive and machinery parts.
Holding-company results rest on its steel subsidiary, whose special-steel bars and wire rod are sold to automotive and machinery customers under qualification, with profit tracking the spread over scrap, alloys and energy. It also receives dividends and manages group holdings.
In one line: Korea's version of a specialty long-steel producer like Gerdau.
Moat: narrow (scale, customer qualification). Long-standing qualified supplier of automotive-grade special steel.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Employees: 52
Size SBHC (001430.KS) is a South Korea Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $712M, the 283rd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩26,950 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 64.3%, against -15.6% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 11.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.9%); the operating margin is 2.8% (peer median 5.1%).
Valuation It trades at 14.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (7th cheapest of 16).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.5 points below its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩4.02T | ₩3.65T | ₩3.64T | ₩4.08T | ₩4.39T |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | -11% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | ₩306B | ₩250B | ₩397B | ₩338B |
| EBITDA | n/a | ₩240B | ₩169B | ₩302B | ₩235B |
| Net income | ₩42.6B | ₩56.2B | ₩20.2B | ₩128B | ₩91.0B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | -₩75.4B | ₩151B | ₩110B | -₩70.2B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₩202B | ₩191B | ₩143B | ₩104B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₩1.29T | ₩1.07T | ₩911B | ₩989B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBHC 001430.KS | $712M | -64% | +11% | 3% | 14.2× | n/a |
| Hyundai Steel 004020.KS | $2.73B | -34% | +2% | 1% | 74.3× | -1.2% |
| Kobe Steel 5406.T | $4.83B | 0% | -3% | 5% | 7.7× | -1.1% |
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 | 001430.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -39.0% | -12.0% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -64.3% | -15.6% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -70.4% | -30.2% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +11.1% | +1.9% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 5.1% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.2× | 15.4× | 7th cheapest of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.5 pp | -4.7 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBHC 001430.KS | South Korea | $712M | -64% | +11% | 3% | 14.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Sunflag Iron & Steel SUNFLAG.NS | India | $730M | -7% | +9% | 9% | n/a | 23.4% | +15.7% |
| Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel 000717.SZ | China | $734M | -19% | -12% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Metallus MTUS | United States | $687M | -10% | +11% | 1% | 15.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Kirloskar Ferrous Industries KIRLFER.NS | India | $674M | -15% | +7% | 8% | 9.1× | 14.2% | +27.6% |
| Jai Balaji Industries JAIBALAJI.NS | India | $651M | -20% | +2% | 4% | 6.3× | 35.8% | +15.7% |
| Silvery Dragon Group Co., Ltd Tianjin 603969.SS | China | $790M | -33% | -1% | 15% | 9.5× | -3.5% | +4.7% |
| Chung Hung Steel 2014.TW | Taiwan | $636M | -16% | -17% | -1% | 54.3× | -10.1% | -12.4% |
| Champion Iron CIA.AX | Australia | $799M | -60% | -7% | 7% | 11.5× | 10.4% | +7.4% |
| Yieh Phui Enterprise 2023.TW | Taiwan | $804M | +5% | -9% | 0% | 25.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Maharashtra Seamless MAHSEAMLES.NS | India | $809M | -12% | -12% | 13% | 15.5× | 8.1% | +15.2% |
| Anyang Iron and Steel 600569.SS | China | $810M | -10% | +1% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hangxiao Steel Structure 600477.SS | China | $810M | -24% | -24% | 3% | 28.6× | 11.6% | -2.5% |
| SunCoke Energy SXC | United States | $832M | +34% | +3% | 4% | 23.1× | 7.2% | +6.6% |
| Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube 002478.SZ | China | $847M | -40% | +2% | 6% | 17.5× | -4.8% | +8.4% |
| Yieh United Steel 9957.TWO | Taiwan | $581M | -18% | -10% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Jinling Mining 000655.SZ | China | $578M | -22% | +11% | 3% | 15.4× | 23.3% | +3.1% |
| Kurimoto,Ltd 5602.T | Japan | $576M | -4% | +3% | 7% | 10.5× | 2.1% | +1.9% |
| Goodluck India GOODLUCK.NS | India | $571M | +15% | +10% | 8% | 24.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Baodi Mining 601121.SS | China | $887M | -23% | +23% | 23% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BRC Asia BEC.SI | Singapore | $894M | -9% | +23% | 8% | 10.5× | -14.8% | +20.5% |