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Global Tax Free Co., Ltd.204620.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Consumer Discretionary›Other Consumer Services
Momentum leader 84
Mkt cap
$285M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.21M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+92.0 pp
WACC 5.5%
Hurdle
-89 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · KRW₩5,510
1D-2.6%
1W-0.4%
1M-4.0%
3M+8.7%
6M-7.5%
YTD+23.0%
1Y-5.0%
ATR %5.4%
52w lowhigh23.8% off high

What Global Tax Free does

Employees: 152

Global Tax Free at a glance

Size Global Tax Free (204620.KS) is a South Korea Consumer Discretionary company (Other Consumer Services) with a market value of $285M, the 478th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩5,510 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.5%, against -12.1% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 42.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 18.9% (peer median 14.2%).

Valuation It trades at 11.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (3rd cheapest of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +72%, so the hurdle is -89 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 92.0 points above its cost of capital (5.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026204620.KS 93Peer median 87
Six months, rebased to 100: Global Tax Free against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Global Tax Free financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenuen/a₩154B₩108B₩81.7B₩42.0B
Revenue growth—+42%+33%+95%—
Gross profitn/a₩136B₩95.3B₩66.0B₩26.5B
EBITDAn/a₩31.0B₩22.6B₩12.0B-₩831M
Net incomen/a₩34.7B₩5.58B-₩8.88B-₩11.2B
Free cash flown/a₩39.0B₩13.3B-₩8.90B-₩10.4B
Capital expendituren/a₩2.22B₩2.09B₩1.78B₩535M
Total debt₩2.04B₩2.30B₩5.33B₩9.61B₩10.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Global Tax Free competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%-10%0%+10%35519081003265744718OTB4714972660313627490021598462688129273134969733300247000802MHRIL204620.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Global Tax Free is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×4718OTB471460313627490021598462688129273134969733MHRIL204620.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Global Tax Free is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-25%0%+25%+50%+75%0%50%355165744718OTB4714972627496007493496300247000802MHRIL204620.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. Global Tax Free is the large dot.

Global Tax Free competitors and peer comparison

How Global Tax Free 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.

Global Tax Free against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure204620.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-4.0%-4.3%10th highest of 21
6-month return-7.5%-12.1%9th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-23.8%-26.5%7th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+42.2%+5.3%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin18.9%14.2%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E11.2×16.2×3rd cheapest of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-16.6%-4.4%5th least demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+72.2%+9.6%highest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-88.8 pp-15.2 ppleast demanding of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+92.0 pp+6.8 pp2nd highest of 19
EV / EBITDA7.8×7.7×7th cheapest of 13
Net debt / EBITDA-4.8×-1.9×5th least indebted of 15

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
Global Tax Free 204620.KSSouth Korea$285M-8%+42%19%11.2×-16.6%+72.2%
Shih-her Technologies 3551.TWOTaiwan$283M-28%+20%19%n/a1.4%+7.7%
Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu 9081.TJapan$298M+19%+5%6%n/an/an/a
Cross-Harbour (Holdings) 0032.HKHong Kong$308M-22%-5%31%n/an/an/a
Convano 6574.TJapan$311M-13%+494%36%n/a7.6%+57.2%
Waseda Academy 4718.TJapan$314M+36%+8%12%16.2×-12.9%+8.1%
On The Beach OTB.LUnited Kingdom$316M+26%-2%16%13.6×-20.0%+29.2%
Riso Kyoiku 4714.TJapan$317M+52%+4%10%25.6×-6.1%+6.3%
KNT-CT 9726.TJapan$331M-2%+6%2%n/a-18.4%+27.6%
Jiangsu Tianmu Lake Tourism 603136.SSChina$335M-25%-12%17%33.7×-0.7%+6.3%
Jp Holdings Inc 2749.TJapan$337M-8%+4%16%11.5×-19.0%+5.3%
Wuhan Sante Cableways 002159.SZChina$356M-18%-3%37%16.1×-8.9%+9.6%
Power Wind Health Industry 8462.TWTaiwan$366M+2%+20%17%10.2×-4.4%+10.5%
Donglai Coating Technology (Shanghai) 688129.SSChina$370M-30%+7%13%21.8×n/an/a
Lion Travel Service 2731.TWTaiwan$382M-15%+5%5%7.5×-20.4%+35.6%
Tibet Tourism 600749.SSChina$384M-29%-7%-12%n/a49.8%+8.1%
Azoom 3496.TJapan$385M+21%+26%19%27.5×-1.0%+28.7%
Nagase Brothers 9733.TJapan$404M-5%+8%9%12.0×-8.3%+7.0%
Youngy Health 300247.SZChina$409M-21%+2%19%n/a5.7%+12.8%
Beijing Jingxi Culture and Tourism 000802.SZChina$409M-12%-60%-62%n/a10.6%-4.8%
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India MHRIL.NSIndia$422M-18%+7%6%16.7×30.5%+12.0%

Questions

Which companies are Global Tax Free's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Shih-her Technologies (3551.TWO), Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu (9081.T), Cross-Harbour (Holdings) (0032.HK), Convano (6574.T), Waseda Academy (4718.T), On The Beach (OTB.L), Riso Kyoiku (4714.T), KNT-CT (9726.T).
Is Global Tax Free expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.2× against a peer median of 16.2×, 3rd cheapest of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +72%, so the hurdle is -89 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Global Tax Free stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -7.5% against -12.1% for the median peer; over one year -5.0%.

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.