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Holding company atop Korea's LS Group, covering electrical cables, power equipment and metals.
Holding company atop Korea's LS Group, covering electrical cables, power equipment and metals.
As a holding company it earns through its subsidiaries, so results combine cable-making, tied to copper pass-through and power-grid and subsea-cable orders, electrical equipment sold to utilities, and metal refining. LS Electric and LS Cable are separately listed. The group split from LG in 2003 and is held by branches of the LG founding family.
Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Vertical integration from copper smelting to cables and power equipment gives cost/scale edge.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1962 · Employees: 94
Size LS (006260.KS) is a South Korea Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $3.51B, the 92nd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩171,800 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 62.1%, against -25.2% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 18 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 30.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +25.5%); the operating margin is 4.2% (peer median 9.6%).
Valuation It trades at 8.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.7× (2nd cheapest of 18).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.4 points below its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩37.6T | ₩31.9T | ₩27.5T | ₩24.5T | ₩17.5T |
| Revenue growth | — | +16% | +13% | +40% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩3.49T | ₩2.82T | ₩2.64T | ₩2.35T | ₩1.89T |
| EBITDA | ₩2.13T | ₩1.58T | ₩1.57T | ₩1.29T | ₩899B |
| Net income | ₩428B | ₩271B | ₩237B | ₩436B | ₩793B |
| Free cash flow | -₩2.54T | -₩941B | -₩28.2B | -₩232B | -₩16.6B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩1.24T | ₩1.19T | ₩927B | ₩652B | ₩519B |
| Total debt | ₩13.3T | ₩10.1T | ₩8.41T | ₩7.62T | ₩7.22T |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS 006260.KS | $3.51B | -62% | +30% | 4% | 8.0× | n/a |
| Taihan Cable & Solution 001440.KS | $2.31B | -70% | +22% | 5% | 99.2× | n/a |
| Hyosung Heavy 298040.KS | $10.8B | -60% | +13% | 13% | 18.9× | 13.5% |
| Nexans NEX.PA | $6.06B | -26% | -13% | 6% | 17.2× | 5.6% |
| Prysmian PRY.MI | $33.9B | -35% | +17% | 8% | 20.2× | 13.1% |
| Sumitomo Electric Industries 5802.T | $27.3B | -47% | +14% | 9% | 11.4× | 13.3% |
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 | 006260.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -38.6% | -11.7% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -62.1% | -25.2% | lowest of 18 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -71.6% | -42.3% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +30.0% | +25.5% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 9.6% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 8.0× | 21.7× | 2nd cheapest of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.4 pp | +1.2 pp | 9th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.4× | 17.7× | 2nd cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.9× | -0.0× | 2nd most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS 006260.KS | South Korea | $3.51B | -62% | +30% | 4% | 8.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Sany Renewable Energy 688349.SS | China | $3.50B | -22% | +30% | 2% | 21.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Dhoot Transmission DHOOTTRANS.NS | India | $3.46B | n/a | +31% | 13% | 52.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Luoyang Bearing 301699.SZ | China | $3.45B | n/a | +29% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CALB 3931.HK | Hong Kong | $3.57B | -59% | +80% | 7% | 8.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Moons Electrical 603728.SS | China | $3.66B | -1% | +22% | 4% | 183.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Taiyo 4626.T | Japan | $3.36B | -5% | +18% | 25% | 17.0× | 5.0% | +11.2% |
| T&S Communications 300570.SZ | China | $3.36B | -25% | +40% | 18% | 47.3× | 43.8% | +21.8% |
| Wuhan Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies 300747.SZ | China | $3.67B | +22% | +16% | 6% | 76.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Dajin Heavy Industry 002487.SZ | China | $3.71B | -60% | -2% | 19% | 19.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Hainan Jinpan Smart Technology 688676.SS | China | $3.75B | -38% | +12% | 10% | 29.4× | 28.5% | +24.7% |
| Harbin Electric 1133.HK | Hong Kong | $3.27B | -54% | +13% | 7% | 6.2× | n/a | n/a |
| XJ Electric 000400.SZ | China | $3.86B | 0% | -8% | 6% | 23.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Great Power Energy & Technology 300438.SZ | China | $3.90B | -50% | +125% | 7% | 11.7× | 9.7% | +26.8% |
| Shenzhen Hfc 301716.SZ | China | $3.93B | n/a | +114% | 44% | n/a | 45.3% | n/a |
| Beijing Sifang Automation 601126.SS | China | $3.94B | -44% | +9% | 9% | 27.8× | 25.3% | +16.3% |
| Maruwa 5344.T | Japan | $3.12B | -46% | +26% | 36% | 19.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Gaon Cable 000500.KS | South Korea | $3.97B | +50% | +32% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhefu 002266.SZ | China | $3.09B | -26% | +27% | 8% | 9.3× | n/a | n/a |
| State Grid Yingda 600517.SS | China | $4.01B | -21% | +8% | 22% | 10.2× | -18.5% | +8.1% |
| KEI Industries KEI.NS | India | $4.03B | -22% | +25% | 10% | 33.9× | n/a | n/a |