Employees: 1,734
Size Kyung Dong Navien (009450.KS) is a South Korea Consumer Discretionary company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $650M, the 292nd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩61,100 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 21.4%, against -22.1% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.1%); the operating margin is 12.9% (peer median 2.0%).
Valuation It trades at 7.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.2× (2nd cheapest of 9).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -29 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.2 points above its cost of capital (5.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩1.56T | ₩1.50T | ₩1.35T | ₩1.20T | ₩1.16T |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | +12% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩684B | ₩619B | ₩594B | ₩499B | ₩453B |
| EBITDA | ₩255B | ₩198B | ₩180B | ₩152B | ₩104B |
| Net income | ₩158B | ₩89.7B | ₩124B | ₩83.1B | ₩53.6B |
| Free cash flow | ₩21.3B | -₩82.3B | -₩41.8B | ₩139B | -₩44.5B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩150B | ₩162B | ₩111B | ₩65.5B | ₩59.1B |
| Total debt | ₩359B | ₩355B | ₩221B | ₩116B | ₩217B |
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| Measure | 009450.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.0% | -5.9% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -21.4% | -22.1% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -23.7% | -40.8% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.2% | +5.1% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 12.9% | 2.0% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 7.6× | 15.2× | 2nd cheapest of 9 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -17.8% | 5.7% | 3rd least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +11.5% | +6.3% | 3rd highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -29.3 pp | +8.4 pp | 2nd least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +8.2 pp | -2.6 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.3× | 4.4× | 3rd cheapest of 5 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8× | -2.6× | most indebted of 6 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyung Dong Navien 009450.KS | South Korea | $650M | -21% | +5% | 13% | 7.6× | -17.8% | +11.5% |
| Shenzhen Textile (Holdings) 000045.SZ | China | $646M | -25% | -4% | 3% | n/a | 5.7% | +9.0% |
| Doshisha 7483.T | Japan | $660M | -12% | +3% | 9% | 11.9× | -19.9% | +3.5% |
| Xiamen Comfort Science & Technology 002614.SZ | China | $640M | +19% | +12% | 0% | n/a | 3.9% | -6.3% |
| Appotronics 688007.SS | China | $662M | -35% | -47% | -20% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Avcit Technology 001229.SZ | China | $634M | +11% | +11% | 10% | n/a | 43.0% | +6.8% |
| Aucma 600336.SS | China | $675M | -24% | -15% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zojirushi 7965.T | Japan | $621M | -5% | +5% | 8% | 17.9× | -9.0% | +4.0% |
| Suzhou Alton Electrical & Mechanical Industry 301187.SZ | China | $620M | -20% | +30% | 9% | 29.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Entive Smart Kitchen Appliance 300911.SZ | China | $619M | -28% | -51% | -50% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cuckoo 192400.KS | South Korea | $618M | -8% | +10% | 12% | 6.2× | -20.7% | +9.4% |
| Tonze New Energy Technology 002759.SZ | China | $694M | -68% | +106% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| HG Technologies 300847.SZ | China | $596M | -16% | +2% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Qingdao Hiron Commercial Cold Chain 603187.SS | China | $592M | -27% | +12% | 12% | 11.6× | -7.2% | +12.2% |
| Anhui Strong State New Materials 001279.SZ | China | $585M | -18% | +24% | 0% | n/a | 37.7% | +6.3% |
| Changhong Meiling 000521.SZ | China | $582M | -28% | -11% | -1% | 12.5× | 23.1% | +14.6% |
| Guangdong Hotata Technology 603848.SS | China | $736M | -24% | +7% | 13% | 21.6× | 17.0% | +5.9% |
| AmTRAN Technology 2489.TW | Taiwan | $569M | -33% | +5% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Meida Industrial 002677.SZ | China | $567M | -20% | -42% | -12% | 97.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Cosonic Intelligent Technologies 300793.SZ | China | $747M | -7% | +15% | -5% | n/a | 50.0% | -4.4% |
| Elec-Tech International 002005.SZ | China | $560M | -27% | 0% | -23% | n/a | n/a | n/a |