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GC Corp.005250.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major
Momentum strong 66
Mkt cap
$319M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
43%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$369,942
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-4.4 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
+24 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · KRW₩9,470
1D-2.3%
1W+3.6%
1M-4.7%
3M-3.9%
6M-32.2%
YTD-40.5%
1Y-41.6%
ATR %3.6%
52w lowhigh47.4% off high

What GC Corp. does

Employees: 163

GC Corp. at a glance

Size GC Corp. (005250.KS) is a South Korea Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $319M, the 446th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩9,470 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 32.2%, against -24.6% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.6% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.4%); the operating margin is 1.2% (peer median 5.0%).

Valuation It trades at 1.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.3× (3rd cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 32% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +24 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.4 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 76005250.KS 68
Six months, rebased to 100: GC Corp. against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

GC Corp. financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩2.49T₩2.45T₩2.20T₩2.06T₩2.08T
Revenue growth—+11%+7%-1%—
Gross profit₩656B₩660B₩600B₩564B₩667B
EBITDA₩137B₩142B₩92.8B₩73.4B₩150B
Net income-₩122B-₩69.5B₩24.0B-₩54.1B₩32.8B
Free cash flow₩37.1B-₩86.6B-₩134B-₩130B₩23.9B
Capital expenditure₩164B₩150B₩57.7B₩133B₩127B
Total debt₩1.69T₩1.49T₩1.13T₩1.28T₩1.10T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

GC Corp. competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%-20%-10%0%EIKNENTA300583603079INDSWFTLAB605199368ASOLARAOCGN3013310007056006711720300086300254005250.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. GC Corp. is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-25%0%+25%+50%0×20×40×60×ENTA300583603079INDSWFTLAB605199368ASOLARASECAREOCGN000705EBS600671300086005250.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. GC Corp. is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%0%25%50%300583603079605199368ASOLARASECARE301331EBS6006711720300086300254000790005250.KSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. GC Corp. is the large dot.

GC Corp. competitors and peer comparison

How GC Corp. compares with its peers

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.

GC Corp. against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure005250.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-4.7%-11.0%3rd highest of 20
6-month return-32.2%-24.6%6th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-47.4%-40.9%9th lowest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)+9.6%-4.4%5th highest of 19
Operating margin1.2%5.0%9th lowest of 20
EV / Sales1.2×3.3×3rd cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)31.5%5.7%3rd most demanding of 14
Growth delivered (Del g)+7.4%+0.5%3rd highest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+24.2 pp+7.8 pp4th most demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.4 pp-5.7 pp9th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA21.1×8.0×2nd most expensive of 7
Net debt / EBITDA11.6×0.8×most indebted of 7

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
GC Corp. 005250.KSSouth Korea$319M-32%+10%1%1.2×31.5%+7.4%
Eikon Therapeutics EIKNUnited States$320M-41%n/an/an/an/an/a
Enanta Pharmaceuticals ENTAUnited States$320M-28%+1%-90%4.8×n/an/a
Shandong Sito Bio-technology 300583.SZChina$318M-26%+19%6%2.5×2.7%+2.3%
Zhejiang Shengda Bio-Pharm 603079.SSChina$318M-29%-3%7%2.5×5.7%-0.3%
Ind-Swift Laboratories INDSWFTLAB.NSIndia$321M+149%+66%9%3.5×n/an/a
6467 6467.TWTaiwan$322Mn/an/a-2,618%1,229.5×n/an/a
Hainan Huluwa Pharmaceutical 605199.SSChina$322M-21%-32%-58%5.0×2.5%-4.9%
Kitazato 368A.TJapan$317M-9%+9%52%3.1×-16.7%+5.4%
Solara Active Pharma Sciences SOLARA.NSIndia$323M+23%+27%8%2.3×37.7%-3.2%
Swedencare SECARE.STSweden$315M-23%+3%7%1.7×5.5%+62.1%
Ocugen OCGNUnited States$314M-39%-11%-1,444%66.5×n/an/a
Enwei Pharmaceutical 301331.SZChina$326M-20%-7%5%2.3×15.1%+7.3%
Zhejiang Zhenyuan Share 000705.SZChina$312M-25%-33%-5%1.1×n/an/a
Emergent BioSolutions EBSUnited States$312M-27%-18%5%1.0×-0.1%-13.7%
Hangzhou Tianmushan Pharmaceutical Enterprise 600671.SSChina$327M-10%-19%5%11.5×22.5%+0.5%
Beihai Gofar Chuanshan Biological 600538.SSChina$328M-38%+10%-8%6.2×n/an/a
Standard Chemical & Pharmaceutical 1720.TWTaiwan$329M0%+3%21%1.8×-10.4%+10.3%
Honz Pharmaceutical 300086.SZChina$330M-35%-23%-54%7.9×58.0%-12.8%
Shanxi C&Y Pharmaceutical 300254.SZChina$308M-44%-6%9%3.3×10.1%+0.6%
Chengdu Huasun Technology 000790.SZChina$333M-22%-36%-57%5.9×28.5%-6.4%

Questions

Which companies are GC Corp.'s closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Eikon Therapeutics (EIKN), Enanta Pharmaceuticals (ENTA), Shandong Sito Bio-technology (300583.SZ), Zhejiang Shengda Bio-Pharm (603079.SS), Ind-Swift Laboratories (INDSWFTLAB.NS), 6467 (6467.TW), Hainan Huluwa Pharmaceutical (605199.SS), Kitazato (368A.T).
Is GC Corp. expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 1.2× against a peer median of 3.3×, 3rd cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 32% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +24 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has GC Corp. stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -32.2% against -24.6% for the median peer; over one year -41.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.