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Hyundai Rotem064350.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Industrials›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery

Hyundai group maker of railway trains, K2 battle tanks and defense/industrial equipment.

≈ A mix of Alstom and General Dynamics Land SystemsMomentum laggard 3
Mkt cap
$5.75B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
66%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$32.2M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+14.8 pp
WACC 8.7%
Hurdle
-20 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
90 days
4 Feb 2027
Close · KRW₩71,500
1D-5.2%
1W-6.5%
1M-33.7%
3M-48.9%
6M-73.4%
YTD-61.8%
1Y-69.3%
ATR %7.7%
52w lowhigh74.7% off high

What Hyundai Rotem does

Hyundai group maker of railway trains, K2 battle tanks and defense/industrial equipment.

Books revenue as work progresses on multi-year contracts, so the order backlog from a few large customers drives results. Defense, led by K2 tanks for the Korean army and Poland under a 2022 framework deal, has grown to rival rail. Hyundai Motor Group is the controlling shareholder.

In one line: A mix of Alstom and General Dynamics Land Systems.

Products and services

  • Railway trains/EMUs
  • K2 Black Panther tanks
  • Steel/plant equipment

Customers

  • Korail/domestic transit agencies
  • Republic of Korea Army
  • Export defense buyers (Poland)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials/defense
  • Rolling stock & defense manufacturing
  • Trains + tanks + plant equipment

What could go right

  • Export tank/rail orders (Poland, Middle East)
  • Domestic rail replacement cycle

What could go wrong

  • Lumpy defense order timing
  • Execution/cost overrun risk

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale, installed base). Sole domestic maker of Korean rolling stock and main battle tanks, with export contracts.

Headquarters: Uiwang, South Korea · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 4,541

Named competitors

Hyundai Rotem at a glance

Size Hyundai Rotem (064350.KS) is a South Korea Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $5.75B, the 70th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩71,500 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 73.4%, against -8.8% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 11.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.7%); the operating margin is 15.4% (peer median 7.0%).

Valuation It trades at 9.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.1× (2nd cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -20 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 14.8 points above its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 4 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

25507510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 90064350.KS 27
Six months, rebased to 100: Hyundai Rotem against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hyundai Rotem financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩6.31T₩5.84T₩4.38T₩3.59T₩3.16T
Revenue growth—+33%+22%+13%—
Gross profitn/a₩1.50T₩960B₩542B₩433B
EBITDAn/a₩1.07T₩504B₩250B₩186B
Net income₩787B₩770B₩407B₩161B₩198B
Free cash flown/a₩775B₩61.5B₩680B₩684B
Capital expendituren/a₩156B₩115B₩80.9B₩48.0B
Total debtn/a₩132B₩351B₩595B₩1.16T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hyundai Rotem 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

-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%TKMSALOKMARTEX6305BABFCT5E2000150603338ACLNKCRGTTAGCOMAZDOCK600685WEIRSRAIL241560064350.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hyundai Rotem is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×40×TKMSKMARTEX6305BABFCT5E2603338ACLNKCRAGCOMAZDOCK600685WEIRBUCNSRAIL241560064350.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Hyundai Rotem is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%ALOKMARTEXBABFCT5E2603338KCRGTTAGCOWEIRBUCN241560064350.KSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Hyundai Rotem is the large dot.

Hyundai Rotem competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (064350.KS vs ALO.PA vs 601766.SS vs 012450.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Hyundai Rotem 064350.KS$5.75B-73%+12%15%9.7×-4.0%
Alstom ALO.PA$5.56B-40%+4%4%n/a2.7%
CRRC 601766.SS$27.0B+10%+2%6%13.0×-6.4%
Hanwha Aerospace 012450.KS$25.0B-53%+28%11%17.2×-7.0%
Rheinmetall RHM.DE$42.5B-29%-2%18%22.0×6.5%

How Hyundai Rotem 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.

Hyundai Rotem against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure064350.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-33.7%-6.0%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-73.4%-8.8%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-74.7%-29.1%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+11.6%+7.7%6th highest of 21
Operating margin15.4%7.0%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E9.7×17.1×2nd cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-4.0%3.1%2nd least demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+16.0%+11.6%4th highest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-19.9 pp-6.5 pp4th least demanding of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital+14.8 pp+0.2 pp4th highest of 19

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
Hyundai Rotem 064350.KSSouth Korea$5.75B-73%+12%15%9.7×-4.0%+16.0%
TKMS AG & Co. KGaA TKMS.DEGermany$5.57B+8%+15%5%39.8×n/an/a
Alstom ALO.PAFrance$5.56B-40%+4%4%n/a2.7%+16.9%
Kongsberg Maritime KMAR.OLNorway$5.43B-1%+6%13%21.8×0.9%+6.3%
Terex TEXUnited States$6.18B-14%+40%7%9.9×12.1%+12.0%
Hitachi Construction Machinery 6305.TJapan$6.36B-12%+7%10%11.2×3.9%+11.6%
Babcock International BAB.LUnited Kingdom$6.60B0%+7%6%15.4×13.2%+5.5%
Fincantieri FCT.MIItaly$4.98B+3%-1%0%21.5×1.2%+9.1%
Seatrium 5E2.SISingapore$4.77B-19%+11%4%13.0×4.0%+50.0%
Doosan 000150.KSSouth Korea$7.10B-60%+11%6%16.1×15.0%+11.6%
Zhejiang Dingli Machinery 603338.SSChina$4.57B+9%+29%22%14.8×1.6%+23.7%
Accelleron Industries ACLN.SWSwitzerland$7.29B-25%+13%25%25.1×3.5%+12.1%
Konecranes KCR.HEFinland$7.47B+5%-1%13%15.9×9.1%+5.7%
Gaztransport & Technigaz GTT.PAFrance$7.50B-13%+9%64%16.1×-3.1%+15.2%
AGCO AGCOUnited States$7.61B-6%+1%6%17.1×10.5%+2.0%
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders MAZDOCK.NSIndia$7.87B-31%+8%15%30.5×n/an/a
CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) 600685.SSChina$4.16B-19%+5%1%23.9×1.1%+12.1%
Weir WEIR.LUnited Kingdom$8.18B-3%+6%18%18.1×19.3%+5.5%
Bucher Industries BUCN.SWSwitzerland$3.93B+4%-4%7%19.1×-2.9%+1.2%
Stadler Rail SRAIL.SWSwitzerland$3.84B+38%+26%5%19.8×0.2%+3.6%
Doosan Bobcat 241560.KSSouth Korea$3.64B-28%+11%9%9.0×-13.3%+15.5%

Questions

Who are Hyundai Rotem's main competitors?
Named competitors: Alstom (ALO.PA), CRRC (601766.SS), Hanwha Aerospace (012450.KS), Rheinmetall (RHM.DE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes TKMS AG & Co. KGaA (TKMS.DE), Alstom (ALO.PA), Kongsberg Maritime (KMAR.OL), Terex (TEX), Hitachi Construction Machinery (6305.T), Babcock International (BAB.L).
Is Hyundai Rotem expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.7× against a peer median of 17.1×, 2nd cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -20 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Hyundai Rotem stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -73.4% against -8.8% for the median peer; over one year -69.3%.

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.