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YoungoneHoldings009970.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Consumer Discretionary›Apparel/Footwear

Holding company atop Youngone Group, controlling outdoor-apparel maker Youngone Corp and its Scott Sports bike/ski business.

Momentum leader 83
Mkt cap
$1.42B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
36%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.41M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+4.2 pp
WACC 5.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · KRW₩185,700
1D+1.6%
1W+9.2%
1M+8.7%
3M-2.7%
6M-10.7%
YTD-1.2%
1Y+32.3%
ATR %4.1%
52w lowhigh27.8% off high

What YoungoneHoldings does

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.

Products and services

  • Youngone Corp stake
  • Group real estate/investments

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Apparel manufacturing holding co
  • Parent of Youngone Corp

What could go right

  • Performance of Youngone Corp

What could go wrong

  • Holding-company discount
  • Same risks as Youngone Corp

Moat: none. Pure holding company; value derives from operating subsidiary Youngone Corp.

Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1974 · Employees: 51

Named competitors

YoungoneHoldings at a glance

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).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 95009970.KS 88
Six months, rebased to 100: YoungoneHoldings against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

YoungoneHoldings financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
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

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

YoungoneHoldings 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

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-10%0%+10%1836NEWA-B3306GIII1361081660PGIL13680022541477SFER3591300005002612WWW0007123832206890601718456A009970.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. YoungoneHoldings is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%0×100×200×1836NEWA-B3306GIII1361081660PGIL0022541477SFER3591300005002612WWW6890456A009970.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. YoungoneHoldings is the large dot.

YoungoneHoldings competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (009970.KS vs 111770.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq 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

How YoungoneHoldings 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.

YoungoneHoldings against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure009970.KSPeer medianRank 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 margin15.4%8.5%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E6.5×12.9×4th cheapest of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.2 pp+3.8 pp10th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA3.1×8.5×2nd cheapest of 16
Net debt / EBITDA-1.6×-0.4×3rd least indebted of 16

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
YoungoneHoldings 009970.KSSouth Korea$1.42B-11%+14%15%6.5×n/an/a
Stella International 1836.HKHong Kong$1.47B-10%+2%8%11.8×-9.5%+6.8%
New Wave NEWA-B.STSweden$1.36B+4%+9%11%14.4×n/an/a
JNBY Design 3306.HKHong Kong$1.47B+7%+12%20%9.4×-7.4%+6.9%
G-III Apparel GIIIUnited States$1.35B-1%-9%8%13.0×-9.5%+7.5%
361 Degrees International 1361.HKHong Kong$1.34B-11%+13%14%6.1×-20.3%+16.0%
Misto 081660.KSSouth Korea$1.51B-5%+8%13%6.4×-13.9%+7.4%
Pearl Global Industries PGIL.NSIndia$1.31B+51%+14%8%36.9×25.0%+27.5%
Xtep International 1368.HKHong Kong$1.27B-16%+10%10%7.7×-10.3%+10.8%
Tayho Advanced Materials 002254.SZChina$1.26B-13%+6%-2%70.6×10.1%+8.1%
Makalot Industrial 1477.TWTaiwan$1.59B+1%-2%14%12.8×-8.0%+6.7%
Salvatore Ferragamo SFER.MIItaly$1.22B-19%-2%3%202.8×22.5%+2.2%
Wacoal 3591.TJapan$1.21B-21%+2%-1%36.5×35.7%+2.4%
Toread 300005.SZChina$1.21B-45%+22%-1%60.7×n/an/a
Lancy 002612.SZChina$1.19B+11%+9%10%22.4×-1.2%+15.9%
Wolverine World Wide WWWUnited States$1.75B+28%+7%9%12.1×9.1%+0.9%
Guangdong Golden Dragon Development 000712.SZChina$1.12B-20%-3%-20%n/an/an/a
F&F 383220.KSSouth Korea$1.80B-3%+7%25%5.1×n/an/a
Lai Yih Footwear 6890.TWTaiwan$1.11B-7%-11%8%12.0×n/an/a
Jihua 601718.SSChina$1.10B-43%-22%-10%n/an/an/a
Human Made 456A.TJapan$1.10B+39%+27%30%45.5×7.7%n/a

Questions

Who are YoungoneHoldings's main competitors?
Named competitors: Youngone Corp (111770.KS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Stella International (1836.HK), New Wave (NEWA-B.ST), JNBY Design (3306.HK), G-III Apparel (GIII), 361 Degrees International (1361.HK), Misto (081660.KS).
Is YoungoneHoldings expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.5× against a peer median of 12.9×, 4th cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has YoungoneHoldings stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -10.7% against -5.9% for the median peer; over one year +32.3%.

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.