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Holding company atop Orion Group, controlling confectionery maker Orion Corp along with packaging and other affiliates.
Holding company atop Orion Group, controlling confectionery maker Orion Corp along with packaging and other affiliates.
Holds stakes in operating companies rather than making goods, so its income is mostly dividends from them, with the Orion Corp confectionery business the main source. Its results therefore follow the cash that Orion Corp chooses to pay out.
Moat: none. Pure holding company; value depends on operating subsidiary Orion Corp.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Employees: 8
Size ORION (001800.KS) is a South Korea Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $1.06B, the 224th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩24,850 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.9%, against -8.5% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 15.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.2%); the operating margin is 15.3% (peer median 5.5%).
Valuation It trades at 0.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.5× (5th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -25 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.1 points above its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩3.75T | ₩3.39T | ₩3.20T | ₩2.95T | ₩2.93T |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +8% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩1.25T | ₩1.12T | ₩1.11T | ₩1.02T | ₩1.00T |
| EBITDA | ₩869B | ₩753B | ₩763B | ₩671B | ₩675B |
| Net income | ₩140B | ₩121B | ₩161B | ₩85.6B | ₩103B |
| Free cash flow | ₩442B | ₩356B | ₩554B | ₩274B | ₩444B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩312B | ₩187B | ₩139B | ₩183B | ₩91.9B |
| Total debt | ₩278B | ₩224B | ₩185B | ₩112B | ₩194B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORION 001800.KS | $1.06B | -4% | +15% | 15% | 0.8× | -16.5% |
| CJ 001040.KS | $2.71B | -49% | +5% | 5% | 0.7× | -1.8% |
| Lotte Wellfood 280360.KS | $796M | +2% | +7% | 4% | 0.5× | 0.4% |
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 | 001800.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +9.0% | +1.1% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -3.9% | -8.5% | 7th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -17.0% | -27.9% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +15.2% | +5.2% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 5.5% | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.8× | 1.5× | 5th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -16.5% | 0.1% | least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.3% | +9.5% | 6th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -24.8 pp | -12.3 pp | least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.1 pp | -0.8 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.5× | 8.2× | cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.4× | 0.8× | 4th least indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORION 001800.KS | South Korea | $1.06B | -4% | +15% | 15% | 0.8× | -16.5% | +8.3% |
| Star Lake Bioscience 600866.SS | China | $1.07B | -26% | -3% | 0% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| ARIAKE JAPAN 2815.T | Japan | $1.04B | -5% | +3% | 17% | 1.7× | -7.4% | +6.1% |
| JinJian Cereals Industry 600127.SS | China | $1.08B | +64% | +1% | -1% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Seneca Foods SENEA | United States | $1.03B | +9% | +12% | 9% | 0.7× | -15.1% | +2.5% |
| Jiangxi Qiyunshan Food 2797.HK | Hong Kong | $1.10B | n/a | -7% | 17% | 24.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Namchow Food Group (Shanghai) 605339.SS | China | $1.01B | -2% | -5% | -1% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiajia Food 002650.SZ | China | $983M | -25% | -3% | -11% | 5.0× | 1.2% | -10.0% |
| Food Empire F03.SI | Singapore | $952M | -22% | +14% | 16% | 1.5× | -9.9% | +14.9% |
| Guilin Seamild Foods 002956.SZ | China | $947M | -14% | +21% | 11% | 2.3× | 9.0% | +17.0% |
| Chenguang Biotech 300138.SZ | China | $946M | +13% | -4% | 6% | 1.1× | -1.0% | +10.9% |
| Lotte 004990.KS | South Korea | $1.18B | -27% | +1% | 2% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Snowsky Salt Industry 600929.SS | China | $1.20B | -29% | +32% | 1% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Italmobiliare ITM.MI | Italy | $1.20B | -8% | +8% | 14% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Nisshin OilliO 2602.T | Japan | $1.22B | +13% | +8% | 3% | 0.5× | 3.1% | +10.5% |
| Shandong Bailong Chuangyuan Bio-Tech 605016.SS | China | $1.24B | -28% | +19% | 32% | 5.4× | 8.8% | +22.5% |
| Bikaji Foods International BIKAJI.NS | India | $1.27B | -29% | +14% | 10% | 3.9× | 38.6% | +17.5% |
| Otoki 007310.KS | South Korea | $879M | -13% | +4% | 5% | 0.4× | -6.5% | +7.2% |
| Westrock Coffee WEST | United States | $878M | +9% | +39% | 0% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Morinaga & 2201.T | Japan | $1.28B | -8% | +3% | 9% | 0.9× | -5.7% | +7.1% |
| Wellhope Foods 603609.SS | China | $870M | -8% | +7% | 0% | 0.3× | 54.2% | +8.5% |