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KINX Inc.093320.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Communication Services›Specialty Telecommunications
Momentum leader 98
Mkt cap
$623M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.15M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
32.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.9 pp
WACC 5.4%
Hurdle
-10 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
11 days
17 Nov 2026
Close · KRW₩175,000
1D-0.2%
1W-1.0%
1M+33.6%
3M+30.7%
6M+67.8%
YTD+44.5%
1Y+96.2%
ATR %4.4%
52w lowhigh2.9% off high

What KINX does

Employees: 176

KINX at a glance

Size KINX (093320.KS) is a South Korea Communication Services company (Specialty Telecommunications) with a market value of $623M, the 298th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩175,000 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 67.8%, against -14.4% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 18 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 6.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 18.5% (peer median 6.6%).

Valuation It trades at 32.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.7× (5th most expensive of 10).

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 +18%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.9 points above its cost of capital (5.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026093320.KS 164Peer median 85
Six months, rebased to 100: KINX against the median of its 17 peers (local-currency closes).

KINX financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩166B₩159B₩139B₩123B₩111B
Revenue growth—+15%+13%+11%—
Gross profit₩55.2B₩47.9B₩45.0B₩45.5B₩43.8B
EBITDA₩56.7B₩49.4B₩41.0B₩41.6B₩39.7B
Net income₩24.1B₩17.1B₩18.1B₩24.7B₩25.5B
Free cash flow₩44.4B₩23.6B-₩89.9B₩1.80B₩26.9B
Capital expenditure₩7.49B₩23.3B₩116B₩36.4B₩12.4B
Total debt₩65.6B₩68.8B₩70.5B₩38.0B₩19.3B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

KINX 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

0%+50%+100%0%+50%+100%+150%TSAT3003106053886561TTMLMAQCBF002467ITRN301313CC3093320.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. KINX is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%25×50×75×6561MAQCBFABBITRN3013131883CC39418093320.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. KINX is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0%20%6561TTML301380ABBITRN0020931883CC39418093320.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. KINX is the large dot.

KINX competitors and peer comparison

How KINX 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.

KINX against its 17 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure093320.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+33.6%+0.6%2nd highest of 18
6-month return+67.8%-14.4%2nd highest of 18
Distance from 52-week high-2.9%-31.1%highest of 18
Revenue growth (TTM)+6.7%+3.5%7th highest of 18
Operating margin18.5%6.6%5th highest of 17
Forward P/E32.8×19.7×5th most expensive of 10
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)7.8%7.2%5th most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+17.7%+7.9%2nd highest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-9.9 pp-9.7 pp5th least demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.9 pp-1.2 pp5th highest of 17
EV / EBITDA15.9×9.4×3rd most expensive of 10
Net debt / EBITDA0.2×0.9×2nd least indebted of 10

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
KINX 093320.KSSouth Korea$623M+68%+7%19%32.8×7.8%+17.7%
Telesat TSAT.TOCanada$644M-18%-24%-8%n/an/an/a
Eastone Century Technology 300310.SZChina$575M-24%+3%0%n/an/an/a
Juneyao Grand Healthy Drinks 605388.SSChina$524M-15%+5%-19%n/an/an/a
Chief Telecom 6561.TWOTaiwan$796M+2%-1%39%19.7×-0.7%+9.0%
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) TTML.NSIndia$824M-11%-1%44%n/a22.7%+2.1%
Beijing Waluer Information Technology 301380.SZChina$440M-14%+7%7%n/a16.4%+16.4%
Macquarie Technology MAQ.AXAustralia$890M-34%+6%15%58.2×n/an/a
cyber_Folks CBF.WAPoland$899M+8%+27%n/a40.2×n/an/a
Net263 002467.SZChina$939M-33%+14%-29%n/an/an/a
Aussie Broadband ABB.AXAustralia$968M-13%+9%7%14.7×13.1%+29.9%
Ituran Location and Control ITRNUnited States$987M-18%+16%22%12.9×-3.4%+7.9%
Guangzhou Frontop Digital Creative Technology 301313.SZChina$1.02B+90%+1%-31%93.0×n/an/a
Guomai Technologies 002093.SZChina$1.08B-14%+3%24%n/a11.7%+6.5%
CITIC Telecom International 1883.HKHong Kong$1.14B-14%0%12%9.2×-10.5%+1.4%
Shunya International Martech (Beijing) 300612.SZChina$341M-17%-45%-24%n/an/an/a
StarHub CC3.SISingapore$1.41B+4%-8%5%48.0×7.2%+3.0%
U-NEXT 9418.TJapan$2.04B+17%+20%6%17.6×0.4%+17.7%

Questions

Which companies are KINX's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Telesat (TSAT.TO), Eastone Century Technology (300310.SZ), Juneyao Grand Healthy Drinks (605388.SS), Chief Telecom (6561.TWO), Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (TTML.NS), Beijing Waluer Information Technology (301380.SZ), Macquarie Technology (MAQ.AX), cyber_Folks (CBF.WA).
Is KINX expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 32.8× against a peer median of 19.7×, 5th most expensive of 10 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has KINX stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +67.8% against -14.4% for the median peer; over one year +96.2%.

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.