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NHIS005940.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Brokerage and investment banking arm of NongHyup, Korea's agricultural cooperative financial group.

≈ A Raymond James-style brokerage tied to a farm co-op parentMomentum neutral 49
Mkt cap
$6.46B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
36%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$8.28M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
5.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
126 days
12 Mar 2027
Close · KRW₩22,850
1D-3.0%
1W-5.0%
1M-13.9%
3M-17.9%
6M-32.1%
YTD+12.6%
1Y+14.7%
ATR %4.6%
52w lowhigh44.2% off high

What NHIS does

Brokerage and investment banking arm of NongHyup, Korea's agricultural cooperative financial group.

Earns commissions on retail trades, underwriting and advisory fees, interest on customer margin loans and gains on its own trading book, so market turnover and Korean IPO and bond issuance drive results. Its parent is NongHyup Financial Group, whose bank network helps feed clients.

In one line: A Raymond James-style brokerage tied to a farm co-op parent.

Products and services

  • Retail brokerage
  • Investment banking/underwriting
  • Asset management

Customers

  • Retail investors
  • Corporate issuers
  • Institutional clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Brokerage & investment banking
  • Retail + institutional securities

What could go right

  • Retail trading activity
  • IPO/underwriting pipeline

What could go wrong

  • Market volatility/trading volume swings

Moat: narrow (distribution, brand). NongHyup's nationwide branch network feeds retail brokerage distribution.

Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1969 · Employees: 3,137

Named competitors

NHIS at a glance

Size NHIS (005940.KS) is a South Korea Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $6.46B, the 65th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩22,850 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 32.1%, against -10.9% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 156.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 33.8% (peer median 36.2%).

Valuation It trades at 5.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.3× (3rd cheapest of 20).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 88005940.KS 63
Six months, rebased to 100: NHIS against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

NHIS financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩9.12T₩3.13T₩3.02T₩2.69T₩1.84T
Revenue growth—+3%+12%+46%—
Gross profitn/a₩2.63T₩2.63T₩2.31T₩1.50T
EBITDAn/a₩2.47T₩1.85T₩1.68T₩1.14T
Net income₩1.63T₩1.03T₩687B₩556B₩303B
Free cash flown/a₩8.89T-₩770B₩96.1B-₩3.44T
Capital expendituren/a₩27.8B₩39.3B₩45.8B₩61.4B
Total debtn/a₩37.4T₩27.4T₩21.9T₩21.6T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

NHIS 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

-60%-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%SNEXSQN600918ALLFG1456601878AZAMKTX000783INVP601555006800XPGLXY000987600909071050VIRT005940.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. NHIS is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%0×20×40×60×SNEXSQN600918ALLFG1456600061000783006800000987600909071050601162005940.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. NHIS is the large dot.

NHIS competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (005940.KS vs 071050.KS vs 016360.KS vs 006800.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
NHIS 005940.KS$6.46B-32%+156%34%5.2×n/a
KIH 071050.KS$5.15B-49%+100%51%2.4×n/a
SamsungSecu 016360.KS$4.87B-31%+19%71%4.0×n/a
Mirae Asset Sec 006800.KS$7.57B-66%+5%114%4.0×n/a

How NHIS 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.

NHIS against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure005940.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-13.9%-4.9%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-32.1%-10.9%5th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-44.2%-34.4%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+156.3%+3.5%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin33.8%36.2%10th lowest of 21
Forward P/E5.2×10.3×3rd cheapest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
NHIS 005940.KSSouth Korea$6.46B-32%+156%34%5.2×n/an/a
StoneX SNEXUnited States$6.55B-33%+21%2%13.0×n/an/a
Swissquote SQN.SWSwitzerland$6.33B-13%+4%44%15.9×n/an/a
Zhongtai Securities 600918.SSChina$6.31B-12%-4%21%17.1×n/an/a
Allfunds ALLFG.ASNetherlands$6.69B+18%+1%43%20.5×n/an/a
Guolian Minsheng Securities 1456.HKHong Kong$6.70B-29%+14%25%6.8×n/an/a
Zheshang Securities 601878.SSChina$6.03B-10%-4%32%13.0×n/an/a
SDIC Capital 600061.SSChina$5.96B-7%-28%33%12.0×n/an/a
Avanza Bank AZA.STSweden$5.95B+13%+13%54%19.1×n/an/a
MarketAxess MKTXUnited States$5.83B+12%+3%39%19.5×n/an/a
Changjiang Securities 000783.SZChina$5.77B-13%+13%37%8.1×n/an/a
Investec INVP.LUnited Kingdom$7.34B+3%-4%37%7.1×n/an/a
Soochow Securities 601555.SSChina$5.64B-5%+3%36%10.3×n/an/a
Mirae Asset Sec 006800.KSSouth Korea$7.57B-66%+5%114%4.0×n/an/a
XP Inc. Class A XPUnited States$7.83B-21%+17%32%6.7×n/an/a
Galaxy Digital GLXYUnited States$5.31B-55%+430%1%n/an/an/a
Guangzhou Yuexiu Capital 000987.SZChina$5.20B-23%-44%11%7.6×n/an/a
Huaan Securities 600909.SSChina$5.17B+23%-18%121%6.2×n/an/a
KIH 071050.KSSouth Korea$5.15B-49%+100%51%2.4×n/an/a
Virtu Financial VIRTUnited States$8.37B+5%+28%38%7.8×n/an/a
Tianfeng Securities 601162.SSChina$4.91B-9%-20%3%65.0×n/an/a

Questions

Who are NHIS's main competitors?
Named competitors: Korea Investment & Securities (071050.KS), Samsung Securities (016360.KS), Mirae Asset Securities (006800.KS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes StoneX (SNEX), Swissquote (SQN.SW), Zhongtai Securities (600918.SS), Allfunds (ALLFG.AS), Guolian Minsheng Securities (1456.HK), Zheshang Securities (601878.SS).
Is NHIS expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 5.2× against a peer median of 10.3×, 3rd cheapest of 20 in its peer set.
How has NHIS stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -32.1% against -10.9% for the median peer; over one year +14.7%.

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.