Holding company atop Youngone Group, controlling outdoor-apparel maker Youngone Corp and its Scott Sports bike/ski business.
Holding company atop Youngone Group, controlling outdoor-apparel maker Youngone Corp and its Scott Sports bike/ski business.
Earns mainly dividends from Youngone Corp, which makes outdoor clothing and footwear for other companies' brands, with much of production in Bangladesh, so its profit mirrors the operating group. The founding Sung family controls the group.
Moat: none. Pure holding company; value derives from operating subsidiary Youngone Corp.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1974 · Employees: 51
Size YoungoneHoldings (009970.KS) is a South Korea Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $1.42B, the 181st largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩185,700 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.7%, against -5.9% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 13.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.0%); the operating margin is 15.4% (peer median 8.5%).
Valuation It trades at 6.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.9× (4th cheapest of 19).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.2 points above its cost of capital (5.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩5.18T | ₩4.90T | ₩4.31T | ₩4.36T | ₩4.53T |
| Revenue growth | — | +14% | -1% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩1.91T | ₩1.80T | ₩1.55T | ₩1.81T | ₩1.83T |
| EBITDA | ₩925B | ₩860B | ₩632B | ₩976B | ₩1.10T |
| Net income | ₩431B | ₩368B | ₩334B | ₩372B | ₩441B |
| Free cash flow | ₩497B | ₩291B | ₩644B | ₩511B | ₩369B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩253B | ₩260B | ₩158B | ₩213B | ₩159B |
| Total debt | ₩528B | ₩485B | ₩394B | ₩641B | ₩470B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YoungoneHoldings 009970.KS | $1.42B | -11% | +14% | 15% | 6.5× | n/a |
| Youngone 111770.KS | $2.27B | -13% | +15% | 14% | 5.5× | n/a |
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 | 009970.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +8.7% | +0.7% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -10.7% | -5.9% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -27.8% | -31.1% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +13.6% | +7.0% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 8.5% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 6.5× | 12.9× | 4th cheapest of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.2 pp | +3.8 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.1× | 8.5× | 2nd cheapest of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.6× | -0.4× | 3rd least indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YoungoneHoldings 009970.KS | South Korea | $1.42B | -11% | +14% | 15% | 6.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Stella International 1836.HK | Hong Kong | $1.47B | -10% | +2% | 8% | 11.8× | -9.5% | +6.8% |
| New Wave NEWA-B.ST | Sweden | $1.36B | +4% | +9% | 11% | 14.4× | n/a | n/a |
| JNBY Design 3306.HK | Hong Kong | $1.47B | +7% | +12% | 20% | 9.4× | -7.4% | +6.9% |
| G-III Apparel GIII | United States | $1.35B | -1% | -9% | 8% | 13.0× | -9.5% | +7.5% |
| 361 Degrees International 1361.HK | Hong Kong | $1.34B | -11% | +13% | 14% | 6.1× | -20.3% | +16.0% |
| Misto 081660.KS | South Korea | $1.51B | -5% | +8% | 13% | 6.4× | -13.9% | +7.4% |
| Pearl Global Industries PGIL.NS | India | $1.31B | +51% | +14% | 8% | 36.9× | 25.0% | +27.5% |
| Xtep International 1368.HK | Hong Kong | $1.27B | -16% | +10% | 10% | 7.7× | -10.3% | +10.8% |
| Tayho Advanced Materials 002254.SZ | China | $1.26B | -13% | +6% | -2% | 70.6× | 10.1% | +8.1% |
| Makalot Industrial 1477.TW | Taiwan | $1.59B | +1% | -2% | 14% | 12.8× | -8.0% | +6.7% |
| Salvatore Ferragamo SFER.MI | Italy | $1.22B | -19% | -2% | 3% | 202.8× | 22.5% | +2.2% |
| Wacoal 3591.T | Japan | $1.21B | -21% | +2% | -1% | 36.5× | 35.7% | +2.4% |
| Toread 300005.SZ | China | $1.21B | -45% | +22% | -1% | 60.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Lancy 002612.SZ | China | $1.19B | +11% | +9% | 10% | 22.4× | -1.2% | +15.9% |
| Wolverine World Wide WWW | United States | $1.75B | +28% | +7% | 9% | 12.1× | 9.1% | +0.9% |
| Guangdong Golden Dragon Development 000712.SZ | China | $1.12B | -20% | -3% | -20% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| F&F 383220.KS | South Korea | $1.80B | -3% | +7% | 25% | 5.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Lai Yih Footwear 6890.TW | Taiwan | $1.11B | -7% | -11% | 8% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Jihua 601718.SS | China | $1.10B | -43% | -22% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Human Made 456A.T | Japan | $1.10B | +39% | +27% | 30% | 45.5× | 7.7% | n/a |