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Korean robotics company making Dynamixel smart actuators, robot components and educational/humanoid robot platforms.
Korean robotics company making Dynamixel smart actuators, robot components and educational/humanoid robot platforms.
Sells actuators and controllers as parts that research labs, universities and robot builders design into their machines, so a customer standardising on its parts tends to keep ordering. The TurtleBot3 research robot, developed with the open-source robotics community, spreads familiarity with its parts among students and engineers.
Moat: narrow (IP / patents, brand). Dynamixel actuators are a widely adopted standard component among robotics developers.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 111
Size ROBOTIS (108490.KS) is a South Korea Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $2.37B, the 120th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩222,000 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 29.9%, against -20.6% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 51.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.8%); the operating margin is -15.8% (peer median 7.9%).
Valuation It trades at 62.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.6× (most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 14.5 points below its cost of capital (10.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩48.1B | ₩38.9B | ₩30.0B | ₩29.1B | ₩25.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | +30% | +3% | +13% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩27.2B | ₩23.7B | ₩15.6B | ₩14.8B | ₩13.2B |
| EBITDA | -₩4.87B | ₩5.86B | -₩465M | -₩2.76B | ₩36.8M |
| Net income | -₩3.76B | ₩5.07B | -₩3.14B | -₩1.35B | -₩260M |
| Free cash flow | -₩10.2B | ₩4.89B | ₩1.09B | -₩6.99B | ₩8.86B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩14.0B | ₩2.43B | ₩4.35B | ₩2.35B | ₩3.77B |
| Total debt | ₩1.03B | ₩53.2M | ₩1.29B | ₩9.34B | ₩24.9B |
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.
| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBOTIS 108490.KS | $2.37B | -30% | +52% | -16% | 62.2× | n/a |
| Rainbow Robotics 277810.KS | $4.59B | -52% | +92% | -16% | 136.9× | n/a |
| Harmonic Drive Systems 6324.T | $2.60B | -18% | +12% | 7% | 6.5× | n/a |
| UBTECH ROBOTICS 9880.HK | $4.73B | -41% | +90% | -21% | 12.3× | n/a |
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.
| Measure | 108490.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -27.3% | -6.1% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -29.9% | -20.6% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -52.2% | -40.1% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +51.5% | +9.8% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -15.8% | 7.9% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 62.2× | 2.6× | most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -14.5 pp | -0.2 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBOTIS 108490.KS | South Korea | $2.37B | -30% | +52% | -16% | 62.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Yantai Eddie Precision Machinery 603638.SS | China | $2.38B | -22% | +35% | 16% | 4.0× | 15.1% | +7.3% |
| Organo 6368.T | Japan | $2.36B | -14% | +10% | 19% | 2.0× | 12.8% | +12.0% |
| Amber Enterprises India AMBER.NS | India | $2.39B | -28% | +15% | 5% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Wonik IPS 240810.KS | South Korea | $2.39B | -43% | +9% | 8% | 3.1× | 29.4% | -3.6% |
| Munters MTRS.ST | Sweden | $2.40B | -34% | 0% | 9% | 2.0× | 12.4% | +16.0% |
| Doosan Robotics 454910.KS | South Korea | $2.41B | -54% | +97% | -91% | 52.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Japan Steel Works 5631.T | Japan | $2.41B | -46% | -1% | 10% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu Xuguang Electronics 600353.SS | China | $2.32B | +8% | +13% | 7% | 8.6× | 53.1% | +12.8% |
| Chervon 2285.HK | Hong Kong | $2.32B | +103% | -6% | 8% | 1.3× | 12.1% | +6.4% |
| Timken India TIMKEN.NS | India | $2.43B | -12% | +19% | 16% | 5.9× | 36.2% | +19.8% |
| Zhuhai Bojay Electronics 002975.SZ | China | $2.32B | -13% | +71% | 18% | 5.9× | 34.2% | +6.0% |
| Kalmar KALMAR.HE | Finland | $2.27B | -7% | +7% | 12% | 1.1× | -4.8% | -3.6% |
| Guangdong Dongfang Precision Science & Technology 002611.SZ | China | $2.50B | -19% | -16% | 8% | 2.3× | 17.8% | +12.4% |
| All Ring Tech 6187.TWO | Taiwan | $2.52B | -36% | +1% | 29% | 12.4× | 26.4% | +28.9% |
| Dmg Mori 6141.T | Japan | $2.53B | -13% | +20% | 4% | 0.9× | 12.9% | +9.4% |
| Wuxi Autowell Technology 688516.SS | China | $2.22B | -42% | -14% | 8% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Kunshan Kersen Science & Technology 603626.SS | China | $2.22B | +7% | -24% | -22% | 6.5× | n/a | n/a |
| China Baoan 000009.SZ | China | $2.56B | -23% | +26% | 7% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| CECO Environmental CECO | United States | $2.56B | -47% | +38% | 6% | 3.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Jungheinrich AG Pref JUN3.DE | Germany | $2.58B | -12% | +2% | 5% | 0.4× | -0.4% | +7.6% |