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Lightron Fiber-optic Devices Inc.069540.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Information Technology›Semiconductors
Momentum strong 73
Mkt cap
$256M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$34.8M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-19.7 pp
WACC 8.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · KRW₩3,090
1D-7.5%
1W-22.4%
1M-40.7%
3M+38.9%
6M-39.2%
YTD+422.0%
1Y+328.6%
ATR %14.1%
52w lowhigh61.9% off high

What Lightron Fiber-optic Devices does

Employees: 66

Lightron Fiber-optic Devices at a glance

Size Lightron Fiber-optic Devices (069540.KS) is a South Korea Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $256M, the 492nd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩3,090 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 39.2%, against -26.0% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.4%); the operating margin is -53.8% (peer median 6.2%).

Valuation It trades at 12.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.0× (most expensive of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 19.7 points below its cost of capital (8.5% WACC).

Relative performance

5010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 74069540.KS 59
Six months, rebased to 100: Lightron Fiber-optic Devices against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Lightron Fiber-optic Devices financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩26.7B₩31.8B₩18.1B₩21.7B₩52.6B
Revenue growth—+75%-16%-59%—
Gross profit-₩6.90B-₩8.13B-₩906M₩565M₩10.6B
EBITDA-₩12.2B-₩13.9B-₩7.58B-₩6.34B₩4.22B
Net income-₩13.7B-₩19.6B-₩18.6B-₩19.6B-₩718M
Free cash flow-₩2.72B-₩4.07B-₩6.43B-₩14.0B₩1.02B
Capital expenditure₩258M₩225M₩247M₩1.41B₩2.34B
Total debt₩17.3B₩23.7B₩12.7B₩16.9B₩28.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Lightron Fiber-optic Devices competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-40%-20%0%01790062070805801083208109052400620235453209LAESWEBELSOLAR367524363002794908301106069540.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Lightron Fiber-optic Devices is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×5×10×01790062070805801083208109052400354579323209WEBELSOLAR367530027949083135069540.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Lightron Fiber-optic Devices is the large dot.

Lightron Fiber-optic Devices competitors and peer comparison

How Lightron Fiber-optic Devices 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.

Lightron Fiber-optic Devices against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure069540.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-40.7%-27.5%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-39.2%-26.0%5th lowest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-61.9%-52.4%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.7%+15.4%8th lowest of 20
Operating margin-53.8%6.2%2nd lowest of 20
EV / Sales12.8×2.0×most expensive of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-19.7 pp+1.7 pp2nd lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Lightron Fiber-optic Devices 069540.KSSouth Korea$256M-39%+5%-54%12.8×n/an/a
Auk 017900.KSSouth Korea$258M-31%-1%0%1.9×n/an/a
Laser Tek Taiwan 6207.TWOTaiwan$263M+37%-7%5%7.2×51.8%-1.8%
OKins Electronics 080580.KSSouth Korea$273M-18%+35%17%3.6×n/an/a
LX Semicon 108320.KSSouth Korea$274M-63%-13%3%0.2×-11.0%+7.1%
BE Epitaxy Semiconductor Technology 7415.TWOTaiwan$284Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
P-DUKE Technology 8109.TWOTaiwan$288M-3%+25%36%4.2×-6.5%+7.5%
Kona I 052400.KSSouth Korea$290M-45%+16%29%1.2×-20.6%+17.5%
Holtek Semiconductor 6202.TWTaiwan$297M-26%+15%10%2.1×7.4%-11.3%
FocalTech Systems 3545.TWTaiwan$301M-15%-21%-4%0.4×-17.5%-2.8%
e-Ray Technology 7932.TWOTaiwan$302Mn/a+68%6%12.0×n/an/a
Alltek Technology 3209.TWTaiwan$303M-21%+22%3%0.2×n/an/a
SEALSQ LAESUnited States$305M-55%+145%-215%n/an/an/a
Websol Energy System WEBELSOLAR.NSIndia$330M-37%+97%31%2.1×9.2%+46.9%
Eris Technology 3675.TWOTaiwan$332M-8%+15%16%3.6×20.8%+11.4%
Weltrend Semiconductor 2436.TWTaiwan$333M-26%+19%8%2.1×13.7%+6.4%
Wuxi Hodgen Technology 300279.SZChina$335M-37%-14%5%1.3×14.6%+1.7%
APAC Opto Electronics 4908.TWOTaiwan$341M-42%+4%21%10.9×32.8%+1.9%
Jiangsu Smartwin Electronics Technology 301106.SZChina$345M-37%+7%2%2.0×n/an/a
Goldkey Technology 3135.TWTaiwan$345M-18%+217%18%0.9×n/an/a
Actron Technology 8255.TWOTaiwan$347M-24%-4%5%1.5×14.6%+21.4%

Questions

Which companies are Lightron Fiber-optic Devices's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Auk (017900.KS), Laser Tek Taiwan (6207.TWO), OKins Electronics (080580.KS), LX Semicon (108320.KS), BE Epitaxy Semiconductor Technology (7415.TWO), P-DUKE Technology (8109.TWO), Kona I (052400.KS), Holtek Semiconductor (6202.TW).
Is Lightron Fiber-optic Devices expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 12.8× against a peer median of 2.0×, most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Lightron Fiber-optic Devices stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -39.2% against -26.0% for the median peer; over one year +328.6%.

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.