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Employees: 4,096
Size CJ CGV (079160.KS) is a South Korea Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $629M, the 297th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩5,160 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.6%, against -8.2% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 11.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.5%); the operating margin is 4.6% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 1.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.1× (6th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +31%, so the hurdle is -23 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩2.42T | ₩2.28T | ₩1.96T | ₩1.55T | ₩1.27T |
| Revenue growth | — | +16% | +27% | +21% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩1.24T | ₩1.13T | ₩865B | ₩421B | ₩236B |
| EBITDA | ₩413B | ₩378B | ₩355B | ₩346B | ₩247B |
| Net income | -₩126B | -₩160B | -₩187B | -₩114B | -₩188B |
| Free cash flow | ₩106B | ₩112B | ₩134B | ₩76.5B | ₩30.4B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩116B | ₩103B | ₩71.1B | ₩101B | ₩69.6B |
| Total debt | ₩2.43T | ₩2.56T | ₩2.55T | ₩2.25T | ₩2.83T |
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| Measure | 079160.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.6% | +1.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +4.6% | -8.2% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.5% | -37.3% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +11.9% | +1.5% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 7.5% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.2× | 2.1× | 6th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 8.2% | 8.1% | 7th most demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +31.3% | +20.4% | 3rd highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -23.1 pp | -14.6 pp | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.2 pp | -1.6 pp | 10th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.1× | 9.0× | 5th cheapest of 15 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.9× | 2.2× | 5th most indebted of 15 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ CGV 079160.KS | South Korea | $629M | +5% | +12% | 5% | 1.2× | 8.2% | +31.3% |
| Angel Studios ANGX | United States | $633M | +1% | +233% | -30% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| COVER 5253.T | Japan | $633M | +11% | +4% | 14% | 1.8× | 11.4% | +53.8% |
| Cineplex CGX.TO | Canada | $641M | +26% | -2% | 9% | 1.9× | 3.2% | +25.2% |
| Huayi Brothers Media 300027.SZ | China | $648M | -14% | -24% | -125% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Ciwen Media 002343.SZ | China | $610M | +38% | -55% | -35% | 18.0× | 32.0% | -9.9% |
| Hollywood Bowl BOWL.L | United Kingdom | $658M | +17% | +9% | 24% | 2.7× | -4.4% | +25.8% |
| Rank RNK.L | United Kingdom | $583M | -3% | +5% | 9% | 0.7× | 5.8% | +20.4% |
| Zhejiang Huazhi Digital Media 300426.SZ | China | $578M | +30% | -71% | 27% | 55.9× | 33.6% | -10.6% |
| Viva Goods 0933.HK | Hong Kong | $578M | -23% | +4% | 4% | 0.9× | 2.5% | +65.8% |
| YG Entertainment 122870.KS | South Korea | $578M | -22% | +60% | 11% | 1.1× | -5.7% | +16.4% |
| Maoyan Entertainment 1896.HK | Hong Kong | $547M | -38% | -7% | 9% | 0.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Juventus Football Club JUVE.MI | Italy | $738M | -22% | -1% | -28% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Tivoli A/S TIV.CO | Denmark | $536M | -3% | +6% | 10% | 2.8× | 8.8% | +23.0% |
| Lucky Strike Entertainment LUCK | United States | $518M | -54% | +4% | 13% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Studio Dragon 253450.KS | South Korea | $515M | -33% | +24% | 9% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Jinyi Media 002905.SZ | China | $515M | -11% | -15% | -14% | 5.2× | 8.1% | +14.3% |
| China Television Media 600088.SS | China | $786M | -10% | -3% | 2% | 4.5× | 31.1% | +5.9% |
| Marcus MCS | United States | $813M | +49% | +9% | 6% | 1.3× | 9.2% | +26.1% |
| Omnijoi Media 300528.SZ | China | $820M | -7% | -1% | -26% | 8.4× | n/a | n/a |
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media PSM.DE | Germany | $830M | -16% | -8% | 6% | 0.7× | -11.8% | -1.9% |