Employees: 999
Size POSCO M-TECH (009520.KS) is a South Korea Materials company (Containers/Packaging) with a market value of $322M, the 444th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩10,500 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 47.3%, against -21.4% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 17.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.2%); the operating margin is 4.4% (peer median 2.8%).
Valuation It trades at 1.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (8th cheapest of 21).
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 +7%, so the hurdle is +11 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 3.3 points above its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩417B | ₩357B | ₩347B | ₩341B | ₩342B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +2% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | ₩19.4B | ₩18.4B | ₩18.4B | ₩18.8B |
| EBITDA | n/a | ₩4.60B | ₩5.18B | ₩7.87B | ₩9.37B |
| Net income | ₩18.4B | ₩1.41B | ₩568M | ₩4.87B | ₩4.83B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₩956M | -₩9.90B | ₩11.5B | -₩10.4B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₩681M | ₩2.86B | ₩7.27B | ₩3.32B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₩364M | ₩482M | ₩583M | ₩1.78B |
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| Measure | 009520.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -20.4% | -7.2% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -47.3% | -21.4% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -54.5% | -33.1% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +17.8% | +4.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 2.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.1× | 1.3× | 8th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 18.2% | 4.5% | 4th most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +7.0% | +5.4% | 6th highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +11.2 pp | +0.5 pp | 5th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +3.3 pp | -3.4 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO M-TECH 009520.KS | South Korea | $322M | -47% | +18% | 4% | 1.1× | 18.2% | +7.0% |
| Jindal Poly Films JINDALPOLY.NS | India | $324M | -4% | -58% | -35% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| TFF TFF.PA | France | $327M | -21% | -26% | 8% | 1.9× | 7.0% | +3.7% |
| Crown Advanced Material 688560.SS | China | $328M | -31% | +17% | -20% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Ranpak PACK | United States | $311M | -44% | +8% | 0% | 1.6× | 36.0% | +5.8% |
| Shandong Xinjufeng Technology Packaging 301296.SZ | China | $386M | -21% | +34% | 2% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Ailu Package 301062.SZ | China | $389M | -26% | +4% | -7% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Yanjan New Material 300658.SZ | China | $392M | -64% | +8% | 6% | 1.8× | 13.7% | +2.0% |
| Kangxin New Materials 600076.SS | China | $403M | -40% | -20% | -76% | 14.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Forest Packaging 605500.SS | China | $410M | -28% | +47% | 0% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Groupe Guillin ALGIL.PA | France | $411M | -14% | +4% | 8% | 0.5× | -5.9% | +7.4% |
| CPH CPHN.SW | Switzerland | $422M | -1% | +4% | 9% | 1.1× | -5.9% | -5.6% |
| Hexagon Composites HEX.OL | Norway | $423M | +26% | -39% | -7% | 1.9× | 34.2% | -0.8% |
| Tomoku 3946.T | Japan | $427M | +17% | -3% | 5% | 0.5× | -3.5% | +5.0% |
| UFlex UFLEX.NS | India | $440M | +29% | +10% | 9% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| ZRP Printing 301223.SZ | China | $441M | -23% | +8% | 5% | 0.9× | -6.3% | +7.8% |
| AGI Greenpac AGI.NS | India | $442M | +2% | +6% | 16% | 1.6× | 17.7% | +16.3% |
| HySum Flexibles Global 300501.SZ | China | $445M | -22% | +12% | -2% | 2.8× | 25.2% | +9.1% |
| Zhejiang Haers Vacuum Containers 002615.SZ | China | $466M | -31% | +4% | 3% | 0.8× | 1.9% | +16.8% |
| Vetropack VETN.SW | Switzerland | $470M | -3% | -5% | 4% | 0.7× | 0.4% | +3.3% |
| Zhuhai Zhongfu Enterprise 000659.SZ | China | $471M | -39% | -10% | -2% | 4.8× | n/a | n/a |