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Employees: 716
Size Aekyung Chemical (161000.KS) is a South Korea Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $326M, the 442nd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩9,200 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 40.8%, against -23.2% 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 3.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.3%); the operating margin is 2.3% (peer median 1.8%).
Valuation It trades at 0.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.7× (cheapest of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.9 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩1.58T | ₩1.45T | ₩1.64T | ₩1.79T | ₩2.18T |
| Revenue growth | — | -12% | -8% | -18% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩152B | ₩107B | ₩130B | ₩167B | ₩213B |
| EBITDA | ₩84.5B | ₩41.9B | ₩53.0B | ₩80.6B | ₩128B |
| Net income | ₩20.0B | -₩2.95B | ₩3.98B | ₩33.1B | ₩60.1B |
| Free cash flow | -₩84.3B | -₩70.3B | -₩73.9B | -₩531M | ₩73.7B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩117B | ₩105B | ₩138B | ₩85.1B | ₩63.4B |
| Total debt | ₩587B | ₩505B | ₩397B | ₩339B | ₩250B |
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| Measure | 161000.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -15.0% | -15.1% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -40.8% | -23.2% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -53.9% | -45.7% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.2% | +8.3% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 1.8% | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.6× | 1.7× | cheapest of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.9 pp | -6.7 pp | 8th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.3× | 8.1× | 3rd most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.0× | 2.0× | 2nd most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aekyung Chemical 161000.KS | South Korea | $326M | -41% | +3% | 2% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |
| PCC Rokita Spolka Akcyjna PCR.WA | Poland | $327M | -7% | -6% | 3% | 1.0× | 16.1% | +4.1% |
| Anhui Annada Titanium Industry 002136.SZ | China | $327M | -33% | +12% | 2% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Chung Hwa Chemical Industrial Works 1727.TW | Taiwan | $325M | -4% | +5% | 5% | 5.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Quanwei Technology 300716.SZ | China | $331M | +2% | +47% | -333% | 24.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Stella Chemifa 4109.T | Japan | $332M | -22% | +4% | 12% | 1.2× | 6.5% | +2.3% |
| Jiangsu HSC New Energy Materials 688353.SS | China | $332M | -35% | +153% | 39% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Weifang Yaxing Chemical 600319.SS | China | $320M | -32% | -5% | -10% | 4.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Trualt Bioenergy TRUALT.NS | India | $320M | -26% | -5% | 14% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangmen Kanhoo Industry 300340.SZ | China | $318M | -31% | +20% | -7% | 1.2× | 51.6% | +4.7% |
| Longxing Technology 002442.SZ | China | $335M | -27% | +7% | 1% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Tomoe Engineering 6309.T | Japan | $336M | +3% | +2% | 9% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Wanfeng Chemical 603172.SS | China | $338M | -22% | +17% | 11% | 3.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Yangfan New Materials (Zhejiang) 300637.SZ | China | $314M | -19% | +3% | 1% | 2.8× | 57.5% | +13.4% |
| Suzhou Fushilai Pharmaceutical 301258.SZ | China | $313M | -21% | -15% | -13% | 2.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Gevo GEVO | United States | $344M | -24% | +121% | -30% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Styrenix Performance Materials STYRENIX.NS | India | $345M | -20% | +10% | 9% | 1.0× | 17.4% | +16.1% |
| Kiri Industries KIRIINDUS.NS | India | $345M | +16% | +11% | -25% | 3.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Toyo Gosei 4970.T | Japan | $346M | -55% | +16% | 12% | 1.7× | 15.9% | +9.1% |
| Wuxi Acryl Technology 603722.SS | China | $346M | -37% | +34% | -15% | 3.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Tongyi Industry 300538.SZ | China | $307M | -31% | -16% | -2% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |