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Samsung Epis Holdings Co., Ltd.0126Z0.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Holding company for Samsung Bioepis, which develops and sells biosimilar drugs worldwide.

≈ A holding company over a Sandoz-style biosimilar makerMomentum neutral 59
Mkt cap
$6.39B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
26%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.47M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
24.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-6.5 pp
WACC 5.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
87 days
1 Feb 2027
Close · KRW₩349,500
1D-4.8%
1W+12.9%
1M-5.3%
3M-9.5%
6M-35.6%
YTD-53.0%
1Yn/a
ATR %5.5%
52w lowhigh54.8% off high

What Samsung Epis does

Holding company for Samsung Bioepis, which develops and sells biosimilar drugs worldwide.

Holds Samsung Bioepis, which sells biosimilars, near-copies of biologic drugs whose patents have expired, mostly through commercial partners in the US and Europe that handle sales. Bioepis is the main earner. Epis was split out as a holding company from Samsung Biologics in 2025.

In one line: A holding company over a Sandoz-style biosimilar maker.

Products and services

  • Samsung Bioepis (biosimilars)
  • Epis NexLab

Customers

  • Hospitals/health systems (US, Europe)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Biopharmaceuticals
  • Biosimilar holding company
  • Biosimilar development…

What could go right

  • Biosimilar share gains in Europe/US
  • New launches (e.g., aflibercept biosimilar)

What could go wrong

  • Biosimilar price erosion
  • Patent litigation risk

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, process know-how). Biosimilar approvals and manufacturing scale-up are costly barriers for new entrants.

Headquarters: Incheon, South Korea · Founded: 2025 · Employees: 9

Named competitors

Samsung Epis at a glance

Size Samsung Epis (0126Z0.KS) is a South Korea Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $6.39B, the 67th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩349,500 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 35.6%, against +0.1% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth The operating margin is -25.3% (peer median 17.5%).

Valuation It trades at 24.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.4× (8th cheapest of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.5 points below its cost of capital (5.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1010126Z0.KS 66
Six months, rebased to 100: Samsung Epis against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Samsung Epis financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025
Revenuen/a₩252B
Revenue growth——
Gross profitn/a₩88.6B
EBITDAn/a₩5.34B
Net incomen/a-₩31.4B
Free cash flown/a-₩110B
Capital expendituren/a₩40.0B
Total debtn/a₩378B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Samsung Epis 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

-50%0%+50%0%+20%603087000999BIOCONIONSBLTEALKEMLGNDMIRMORKA6883314528AMRXMANE000963KNSAGLAND0126Z0.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Samsung Epis is the large dot.

Samsung Epis competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (0126Z0.KS vs SDZ.SW vs 068270.KS vs VTRS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Samsung Epis 0126Z0.KS$6.39B-36%n/a-25%24.0×n/a
Sandoz SDZ.SW$44.4B+24%+1%15%25.3×7.9%
Celltrion 068270.KS$34.3B+10%+40%32%34.1×8.3%
Viatris VTRS$22.9B+17%+5%10%7.5×12.5%

How Samsung Epis 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.

Samsung Epis against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure0126Z0.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.3%+2.4%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return-35.6%+0.1%2nd lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-54.8%-13.1%lowest of 21
Operating margin-25.3%17.5%2nd lowest of 18
Forward P/E24.0×27.4×8th cheapest of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital-6.5 pp+1.9 pp7th lowest of 20
Net debt / EBITDA46.2×0.0×most indebted of 11

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
Samsung Epis 0126Z0.KSSouth Korea$6.39B-36%n/a-25%24.0×n/an/a
Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals 603087.SSChina$6.40B+21%+14%20%29.7×n/an/a
China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical 000999.SZChina$6.48B0%+4%14%12.8×-6.3%+18.4%
Biocon BIOCON.NSIndia$6.28B-4%+6%8%56.4×n/an/a
Ionis Pharmaceuticals IONSUnited States$6.55B-48%-7%-68%n/an/an/a
Belite Bio, Inc. ADR BLTEUnited States$6.20B0%n/an/an/an/an/a
Alkem Laboratories ALKEM.NSIndia$6.67B-5%+13%17%27.4×24.3%+10.7%
Ligand Pharmaceuticals LGNDUnited States$6.12B+38%+1%14%28.0×57.8%+7.5%
Mirum Pharmaceuticals MIRMUnited States$6.12B-13%+42%-21%n/an/an/a
Oruka Therapeutics ORKAUnited States$6.81B+59%n/an/an/an/an/a
Abbott India ABBOTINDIA.NSIndia$5.93B-1%+6%28%32.4×11.4%+10.0%
RemeGen 688331.SSChina$6.90B-26%+272%61%11.9×2.8%+303.3%
Shanghai Allist Pharmaceuticals 688578.SSChina$5.90B-6%+39%47%13.8×1.8%+519.6%
ONO Pharmaceutical 4528.TJapan$7.01B+2%-2%22%14.7×-8.2%+10.8%
Amneal Pharmaceuticals AMRXUnited States$7.01B+53%+9%17%17.7×15.2%+8.7%
Veradermics MANEUnited States$5.80B+31%n/an/an/an/an/a
Apotex Health APTX.TOCanada$5.62Bn/a+4%32%18.6×-13.5%+4.2%
Huadong Medicine 000963.SZChina$7.29B-17%+2%9%14.0×-2.7%+5.3%
Bachem BANB.SWSwitzerland$7.32B+3%+5%19%33.1×n/an/a
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International KNSAUnited States$7.37B+60%+58%14%61.7×9.9%+45.5%
Gland Pharma GLAND.NSIndia$5.53B+69%+18%20%39.0×28.0%+13.3%

Questions

Who are Samsung Epis's main competitors?
Named competitors: Sandoz (SDZ.SW), Celltrion (068270.KS), Viatris (VTRS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (603087.SS), China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical (000999.SZ), Biocon (BIOCON.NS), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS), Belite Bio, Inc. ADR (BLTE), Alkem Laboratories (ALKEM.NS).
Is Samsung Epis expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 24.0× against a peer median of 27.4×, 8th cheapest of 16 in its peer set.
How has Samsung Epis stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -35.6% against +0.1% for the median peer.

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.