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Employees: 735
Size SFA Engineering (056190.KS) is a South Korea Information Technology company (Electronic Production Equipment) with a market value of $505M, the 330th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩24,100 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.2%, against -25.8% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 12.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.9%); the operating margin is 5.2% (peer median 0.5%).
Valuation It trades at 10.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.5× (cheapest of 11).
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 +1%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.1 points below its cost of capital (6.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 13 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩1.55T | ₩1.63T | ₩2.05T | ₩1.86T | ₩1.68T |
| Revenue growth | — | -20% | +10% | +10% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩186B | ₩178B | ₩234B | ₩184B | ₩254B |
| EBITDA | ₩166B | ₩174B | ₩47.9B | ₩173B | ₩216B |
| Net income | ₩61.4B | ₩55.1B | -₩95.8B | ₩40.0B | ₩77.2B |
| Free cash flow | ₩258B | ₩60.2B | ₩308B | -₩123B | ₩106B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩78.4B | ₩94.8B | ₩96.9B | ₩48.9B | ₩73.1B |
| Total debt | ₩200B | ₩259B | ₩257B | ₩416B | ₩135B |
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| Measure | 056190.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -22.4% | -14.8% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.2% | -25.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -34.0% | -47.8% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -12.4% | +6.9% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 0.5% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.3× | 14.5× | cheapest of 11 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -5.4% | 8.6% | 3rd least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.0% | +5.7% | 3rd lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -6.4 pp | +1.9 pp | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.1 pp | -5.0 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.4× | 10.4× | 2nd cheapest of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.5× | -1.0× | 6th least indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFA Engineering 056190.KS | South Korea | $505M | -23% | -12% | 5% | 10.3× | -5.4% | +1.0% |
| AMPOC Far-East 2493.TW | Taiwan | $510M | -2% | +6% | 17% | n/a | 7.0% | +7.7% |
| Chipsea Technologies Shenzhen 688595.SS | China | $521M | -30% | +12% | -16% | 45.1× | n/a | n/a |
| uPI Semiconductor 6719.TW | Taiwan | $522M | -14% | +8% | 16% | 20.2× | -6.0% | +1.8% |
| KMW 032500.KS | South Korea | $488M | -47% | -9% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Group Up Industrial 6664.TWO | Taiwan | $483M | -44% | +11% | 34% | 13.7× | 3.9% | +9.8% |
| Solomon Technology 2359.TW | Taiwan | $483M | -25% | +3% | 0% | 66.0× | 58.1% | +3.8% |
| Shenzhen Txd Technology 002845.SZ | China | $535M | -18% | -3% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen CDL Precision Technology 300686.SZ | China | $535M | -23% | -7% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Green Precision Components 300968.SZ | China | $538M | -26% | +15% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics 3357.TWO | Taiwan | $546M | -11% | +20% | 15% | 11.5× | 13.6% | +8.1% |
| Launch Tech 2488.HK | Hong Kong | $466M | -29% | +22% | 16% | n/a | -12.1% | +13.8% |
| Kimball Electronics KE | United States | $462M | -26% | -4% | 4% | 12.1× | 4.0% | +2.1% |
| Tianjin Jieqiang Power Equipment 300875.SZ | China | $451M | -23% | +143% | -28% | n/a | 27.9% | +3.5% |
| Note NOTE.ST | Sweden | $445M | -12% | +9% | 9% | 15.3× | 0.0% | +15.3% |
| Suzhou Etron Technologies 603380.SS | China | $588M | -33% | +3% | 11% | 13.2× | 12.2% | +12.2% |
| Ways Electron 605218.SS | China | $431M | -30% | +20% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Zowee Tech 002369.SZ | China | $431M | -30% | -8% | -15% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Suntront Technology 300259.SZ | China | $598M | -22% | 0% | 12% | 12.0× | 8.6% | -2.2% |
| Shanghai Hollywave Electronic System 688682.SS | China | $426M | -42% | +29% | -12% | 154.8× | 17.3% | +5.7% |
| Guangdong Tecsun Science & Technology 002908.SZ | China | $425M | -22% | -14% | -11% | n/a | 28.9% | -0.1% |