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Employees: 1,257
Size AhnLab (053800.KS) is a South Korea Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $696M, the 287th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩99,100 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 57.0%, against -13.7% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 10.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.8%); the operating margin is 13.3% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 3.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.4× (8th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -4 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points above its cost of capital (5.5% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩293B | ₩268B | ₩261B | ₩239B | ₩228B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +9% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | ₩103B | ₩93.8B | ₩87.3B | ₩84.3B |
| EBITDA | n/a | ₩42.9B | ₩37.8B | ₩35.0B | ₩35.6B |
| Net income | ₩43.7B | ₩54.3B | ₩33.7B | ₩35.8B | ₩14.2B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₩60.9B | ₩26.5B | ₩32.5B | ₩29.6B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₩5.88B | ₩9.12B | ₩7.92B | ₩7.23B |
| Total debt | n/a | ₩1.62B | ₩2.25B | ₩378M | ₩674M |
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| Measure | 053800.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +27.5% | -3.6% | highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +57.0% | -13.7% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -27.8% | -33.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +10.1% | +7.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | 7.5% | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 3.2× | 2.4× | 8th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 4.5% | 0.2% | 4th most demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.5% | +12.6% | 3rd lowest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.0 pp | -7.2 pp | 4th most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.2 pp | +4.7 pp | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AhnLab 053800.KS | South Korea | $696M | +57% | +10% | 13% | 3.2× | 4.5% | +8.5% |
| Enghouse Systems ENGH.TO | Canada | $695M | +1% | -5% | 19% | 1.5× | -14.5% | -0.2% |
| UBISOFT Entertainment UBI.PA | France | $692M | -15% | -27% | -87% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Sunyard Technology 600571.SS | China | $690M | -22% | +1% | -1% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Genew Technologies 688418.SS | China | $688M | -49% | -12% | -22% | 6.5× | n/a | n/a |
| DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDI | United States | $682M | +17% | +14% | 38% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Sabre SABR | United States | $680M | -18% | -3% | 14% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Ligong Environment and Energy Technology 002322.SZ | China | $677M | +9% | +9% | 26% | 3.5× | -5.4% | -0.8% |
| Hansong (Nanjing) Technology 301491.SZ | China | $673M | -28% | +26% | 10% | 1.4× | -1.4% | +9.7% |
| Shenzhen Sunshine Laser & Electronics Technology 300227.SZ | China | $673M | -33% | +90% | -15% | 2.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Pexip PEXIP.OL | Norway | $722M | -18% | +9% | 26% | 5.0× | -0.3% | +12.6% |
| Similarweb SMWB | United States | $724M | +141% | +10% | -2% | 2.3× | 28.2% | +24.8% |
| Sprout Social SPT | United States | $669M | +63% | +11% | -5% | 1.2× | 0.2% | +28.0% |
| Inspur Software 600756.SS | China | $669M | -23% | -25% | -25% | 3.4× | n/a | n/a |
| CaoCao 2643.HK | Hong Kong | $725M | -59% | +38% | -3% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| AIC 3693.TWO | Taiwan | $667M | -22% | -21% | 8% | 2.9× | 22.9% | +20.2% |
| Asseco Business Solutions ABS.WA | Poland | $728M | -6% | +15% | 33% | 5.5× | 3.8% | +11.1% |
| New Trend International Logis-Tech 300532.SZ | China | $728M | -7% | +56% | 7% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Pansoft 300996.SZ | China | $665M | -11% | -4% | 11% | 5.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Newgen Software Technologies NEWGEN.NS | India | $665M | -12% | +6% | 24% | 3.1× | 21.7% | +18.5% |
| Beijing Deep Glint Technology 688207.SS | China | $663M | +15% | -14% | -195% | 27.3× | n/a | n/a |