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Employees: 1,161
Size Kg Dongbusteel (016380.KS) is a South Korea Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $354M, the 427th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩4,800 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.7%, against -3.0% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is 2.4% (peer median 2.7%).
Valuation It trades at 3.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.7× (cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is -21 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.3 points below its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩3.45T | ₩3.19T | ₩3.30T | ₩3.43T | ₩3.82T |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | -4% | -10% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | ₩271B | ₩332B | ₩396B | ₩443B |
| EBITDA | n/a | ₩200B | ₩251B | ₩326B | ₩383B |
| Net income | ₩194B | ₩135B | ₩133B | ₩234B | ₩536B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₩95.4B | ₩150B | ₩298B | ₩420B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₩63.3B | ₩69.6B | ₩47.2B | ₩189B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₩614B | ₩978B | ₩929B | ₩1.02T |
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| Measure | 016380.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -14.3% | -8.7% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -31.7% | -3.0% | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -39.2% | -25.2% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.5% | +8.9% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 2.7% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 3.6× | 21.7× | cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -14.9% | 17.4% | least demanding of 7 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.4% | +9.3% | 3rd lowest of 7 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -21.3 pp | +7.6 pp | 2nd least demanding of 7 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.3 pp | -4.9 pp | 7th highest of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kg Dongbusteel 016380.KS | South Korea | $354M | -32% | +6% | 2% | 3.6× | -14.9% | +6.4% |
| Chubu Steel Plate 5461.T | Japan | $353M | -3% | +19% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tubacex TUB.MC | Spain | $358M | -6% | -7% | -2% | 76.4× | 15.7% | +9.3% |
| John Cockerill India COCKERILL.NS | India | $358M | +23% | +174% | -1% | n/a | 21.5% | +0.4% |
| Jiangsu Wujin Stainless Steel Pipe 603878.SS | China | $360M | -46% | -9% | -4% | 22.5× | 6.6% | -0.6% |
| SeAH 058650.KS | South Korea | $346M | -27% | +16% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| YC Inox 2034.TW | Taiwan | $344M | +4% | -20% | 3% | 32.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Vardhman Special Steels VSSL.NS | India | $371M | +31% | +15% | 11% | 25.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Venus Pipes & Tubes VENUSPIPES.NS | India | $377M | +21% | +22% | 14% | 25.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Kirloskar Industries KIRLOSIND.NS | India | $381M | +2% | +4% | 8% | 73.3× | 3.2% | +27.5% |
| Ratnaveer Precision Engineering RATNAVEER.NS | India | $325M | +106% | +21% | 8% | 19.9× | n/a | n/a |
| A-One Steels India AONESTEELS.NS | India | $323M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Steelcast STEELCAS.NS | India | $387M | +23% | +9% | 24% | n/a | 30.2% | +22.2% |
| Kalyani Steels KSL.NS | India | $392M | -5% | -5% | 17% | n/a | 19.1% | +9.4% |
| Welspun Specialty Solutions WELSPLSOL.NS | India | $316M | +5% | +5% | 3% | 20.7× | n/a | n/a |
| JTL Industries JTLIND.NS | India | $314M | -8% | +16% | 7% | 19.2× | n/a | n/a |
| DONGKUK STEEL MILL 460860.KS | South Korea | $308M | -45% | +12% | 3% | 8.5× | n/a | n/a |
| China Oriental 0581.HK | Hong Kong | $413M | -31% | 0% | 2% | 9.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Kisco 104700.KS | South Korea | $302M | +22% | +2% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Osaka Steel 5449.T | Japan | $416M | -11% | -17% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shengtak New Material 300881.SZ | China | $416M | -50% | +9% | 4% | 20.8× | n/a | n/a |