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KIH071050.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Financial holding company for Korea Investment & Securities, a leading Korean brokerage and asset manager.

≈ A Charles Schwab/Raymond James-style holding companyMomentum laggard 15
Competitor Analysis ▸ ChartsOpen in the cockpit
Mkt cap
$5.15B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
73%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$23.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
2.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
139 days
25 Mar 2027
Close · KRW₩121,600
1D-17.3%
1W-20.1%
1M-30.3%
3M-40.0%
6M-49.3%
YTD-22.3%
1Y-28.8%
ATR %7.9%
52w lowhigh59.1% off high

What KIH does

Financial holding company for Korea Investment & Securities, a leading Korean brokerage and asset manager.

Revenue comes through its subsidiaries: the brokerage earns commissions on trades, underwriting fees, and trading and interest income on its own book, with the savings bank adding lending. It is also a major shareholder in internet bank KakaoBank, a source of equity income.

In one line: A Charles Schwab/Raymond James-style holding company.

Products and services

  • Korea Investment & Securities (brokerage)
  • Asset management
  • Korea Investment Savings Bank

Customers

  • Retail investors
  • Institutional clients
  • Corporate finance clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Financial holding company
  • Brokerage, asset management, banking

What could go right

  • Korean retail trading volumes
  • Wealth management growth

What could go wrong

  • Equity market cyclicality
  • Rate-sensitive trading income

Moat: narrow (scale, brand). One of Korea's largest brokerages with scale in trading, underwriting and wealth management.

Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1974 · Employees: 93

Named competitors

KIH at a glance

Size KIH (071050.KS) is a South Korea Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $5.15B, the 79th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩121,600 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 49.3%, against -10.2% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 100.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.1%); the operating margin is 50.8% (peer median 34.3%).

Valuation It trades at 2.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.5× (cheapest of 19).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 89071050.KS 46
Six months, rebased to 100: KIH against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

KIH financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩12.4T₩7.71T₩5.61T₩5.18T₩3.75T
Revenue growth—+37%+8%+38%—
Gross profit₩11.7T₩6.87T₩4.84T₩4.38T₩3.17T
EBITDA₩6.85T₩5.02T₩3.72T₩3.48T₩1.87T
Net income₩2.93T₩2.02T₩1.04T₩707B₩637B
Free cash flow-₩3.20T₩2.26T-₩506B₩1.01T-₩1.63T
Capital expenditure₩51.2B₩33.4B₩58.2B₩53.6B₩69.9B
Total debt₩90.3T₩79.1T₩67.5T₩59.1T₩49.8T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

KIH 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

-40%-20%0%-30%-20%-10%0%600909000987GLXY601162BGC016360601236PIPRMC600109000783MKTXAZA600061601696071050.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. KIH is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%+100%0×20×40×60×600909000987601162BGC016360601236601555PIPR600109MKTX000728601878601990071050.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. KIH is the large dot.

KIH competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (071050.KS vs 006800.KS vs 016360.KS vs 005940.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
KIH 071050.KS$5.15B-49%+100%51%2.4×n/a
Mirae Asset Sec 006800.KS$7.57B-66%+5%114%4.0×n/a
SamsungSecu 016360.KS$4.87B-31%+19%71%4.0×n/a
NHIS 005940.KS$6.46B-32%+156%34%5.2×n/a

How KIH 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.

KIH against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure071050.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-30.3%-3.1%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-49.3%-10.2%2nd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-59.1%-27.1%2nd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+100.2%+3.1%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin50.8%34.3%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E2.4×12.5×cheapest 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
KIH 071050.KSSouth Korea$5.15B-49%+100%51%2.4×n/an/a
Huaan Securities 600909.SSChina$5.17B+23%-18%121%6.2×n/an/a
Guangzhou Yuexiu Capital 000987.SZChina$5.20B-23%-44%11%7.6×n/an/a
Galaxy Digital GLXYUnited States$5.31B-55%+430%1%n/an/an/a
Tianfeng Securities 601162.SSChina$4.91B-9%-20%3%65.0×n/an/a
BGC BGCUnited States$4.89B-8%+28%9%7.1×n/an/a
SamsungSecu 016360.KSSouth Korea$4.87B-31%+19%71%4.0×n/an/a
Hongta Securities 601236.SSChina$4.72B-11%-4%39%26.8×n/an/a
Soochow Securities 601555.SSChina$5.64B-5%+3%36%10.3×n/an/a
Piper Sandler Companies PIPRUnited States$4.65B-19%+20%21%14.6×n/an/a
Moelis & MCUnited States$4.62B-13%+14%18%16.9×n/an/a
Sinolink Securities 600109.SSChina$4.60B-7%+10%30%11.8×n/an/a
Changjiang Securities 000783.SZChina$5.77B-13%+13%37%8.1×n/an/a
MarketAxess MKTXUnited States$5.83B+12%+3%39%19.5×n/an/a
China Great Wall Securities 002939.SZChina$4.53B-16%-5%35%n/an/an/a
Guoyuan Securities 000728.SZChina$4.53B-6%-23%34%10.3×n/an/a
Avanza Bank AZA.STSweden$5.95B+13%+13%54%19.1×n/an/a
SDIC Capital 600061.SSChina$5.96B-7%-28%33%12.0×n/an/a
Zheshang Securities 601878.SSChina$6.03B-10%-4%32%13.0×n/an/a
BOC International (China) 601696.SSChina$4.37B-16%+6%35%24.7×n/an/a
Nanjing Securities 601990.SSChina$4.30B-11%-9%37%24.1×n/an/a

Questions

Who are KIH's main competitors?
Named competitors: Mirae Asset Securities (006800.KS), Samsung Securities (016360.KS), NH Investment & Securities (005940.KS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Huaan Securities (600909.SS), Guangzhou Yuexiu Capital (000987.SZ), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Tianfeng Securities (601162.SS), BGC (BGC), SamsungSecu (016360.KS).
Is KIH expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 2.4× against a peer median of 12.5×, cheapest of 19 in its peer set.
How has KIH stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -49.3% against -10.2% for the median peer; over one year -28.8%.

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.