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i3system, Inc.214430.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Health Care›Medical Specialties
Momentum weak 28
Mkt cap
$287M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
65%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.41M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+5.8 pp
WACC 7.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · KRW₩53,900
1D-2.9%
1W-10.3%
1M-32.0%
3M-19.6%
6M-48.2%
YTD-29.5%
1Y-33.8%
ATR %8.6%
52w lowhigh60.9% off high

What i3system does

Employees: 507

i3system at a glance

Size i3system (214430.KS) is a South Korea Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $287M, the 476th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩53,900 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 48.2%, against -8.2% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.2%); the operating margin is 12.9% (peer median 4.1%).

Valuation It trades at 2.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.7× (9th cheapest of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.8 points above its cost of capital (7.7% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 92214430.KS 51
Six months, rebased to 100: i3system against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

i3system financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩133B₩124B₩121B₩122B₩83.8B
Revenue growth—+3%-1%+45%—
Gross profit₩39.1B₩36.5B₩31.9B₩23.0B₩13.9B
EBITDA₩22.6B₩21.1B₩19.9B₩17.0B₩10.2B
Net income₩17.2B₩18.8B₩15.0B₩12.6B₩6.18B
Free cash flow-₩5.18B₩4.01B₩2.86B₩14.5B-₩4.14B
Capital expenditure₩18.0B₩14.9B₩5.34B₩7.35B₩3.56B
Total debt₩8.68B₩8.99B₩10.7B₩3.84B₩5.99B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

i3system 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

-50%0%+50%-20%0%099190300030OFIX5889SUS688314197A6038809996SBSOBIO6884683777406748EMBC688576CLTN214430.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. i3system is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%0×10×20×099190300030OFIX5889SUS688314197A603880CV9996SBSOBIO6884683777406748EMBC300942688576214430.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. i3system is the large dot.

i3system competitors and peer comparison

How i3system 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.

i3system against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure214430.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-32.0%-5.6%lowest of 21
6-month return-48.2%-8.2%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-60.9%-30.0%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.4%+5.2%9th highest of 21
Operating margin12.9%4.1%8th highest of 21
EV / Sales2.5×3.7×9th cheapest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.8 pp-3.9 pp6th highest of 19
EV / EBITDA14.9×11.4×3rd most expensive of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-2.3×1.3×6th least indebted of 12

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
i3system 214430.KSSouth Korea$287M-48%+8%13%2.5×n/an/a
i-SENS 099190.KSSouth Korea$268M-42%+7%4%1.1×n/an/a
Improve Medical Instruments 300030.SZChina$320M-17%-2%4%4.2×26.0%-11.9%
Orthofix Medical OFIXUnited States$321M-32%+3%-4%0.6×n/an/a
Japan Eyewear 5889.TJapan$321M-7%+15%32%3.1×-9.0%+20.2%
Surgical Science Sweden SUS.STSweden$321M+86%+8%16%2.4×4.3%+56.8%
Kontour (Xi'an) Medical Technology 688314.SSChina$321M-39%+4%27%5.3×6.1%+16.4%
Tauns Laboratories 197A.TJapan$322M-2%-23%29%4.8×n/an/a
Jiangsu Nanfang Medical 603880.SSChina$336M+4%-7%-15%4.7×22.5%-10.9%
CapsoVision CVUnited States$336M-11%+15%-217%23.6×n/an/a
Peijia Medical 9996.HKHong Kong$340M-34%+21%-13%2.9×n/an/a
Stratec SBS.DEGermany$341M+41%-3%3%1.6×n/an/a
Orchestra BioMed OBIOUnited States$341M+41%+986%-181%9.8×n/an/a
Chemclin Diagnostics 688468.SSChina$342M-23%-14%6%6.2×31.9%-4.5%
BioNote 377740.KSSouth Korea$343M-10%+13%16%0.8×-19.8%-28.5%
ACRO Biomedical 6748.TWOTaiwan$347M+129%+45%-178%200.7×n/an/a
Embecta EMBCUnited States$351M+70%-8%26%1.6×-19.9%-0.1%
Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology 300942.SZChina$352M-27%+12%-2%8.1×n/an/a
Chongqing Xishan Science and Technology 688576.SSChina$356M-26%-23%-29%6.5×n/an/a
COLTENE CLTN.SWSwitzerland$361M+3%-2%8%1.4×0.1%-0.7%
IVF HARTMANN VBSN.SWSwitzerland$364M-5%+7%14%1.1×-12.7%-1.3%

Questions

Which companies are i3system's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: i-SENS (099190.KS), Improve Medical Instruments (300030.SZ), Orthofix Medical (OFIX), Japan Eyewear (5889.T), Surgical Science Sweden (SUS.ST), Kontour (Xi'an) Medical Technology (688314.SS), Tauns Laboratories (197A.T), Jiangsu Nanfang Medical (603880.SS).
Is i3system expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 2.5× against a peer median of 3.7×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has i3system stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -48.2% against -8.2% for the median peer; over one year -33.8%.

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.