Small-cap Korean industrial-machinery company; specific products and customers not confidently known.
Small-cap Korean industrial-machinery company; specific products and customers not confidently known.
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Headquarters: South Korea · Employees: 148
Size Taesung (323280.KS) is a South Korea Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $999M, the 233rd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩44,400 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 44.1%, against -14.3% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 67.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.0%); the operating margin is 3.4% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 19.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.2× (2nd most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.1 points below its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩72.1B | ₩37.9B | ₩59.2B | ₩33.3B | ₩61.2B |
| Revenue growth | — | -36% | +78% | -46% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩14.9B | ₩7.29B | ₩14.3B | ₩4.84B | ₩10.2B |
| EBITDA | ₩3.61B | -₩1.66B | ₩6.77B | ₩32.5M | ₩3.40B |
| Net income | ₩2.50B | -₩2.54B | ₩5.97B | -₩1.42B | -₩457M |
| Free cash flow | -₩86.4B | -₩47.3B | -₩14.0B | ₩5.07B | -₩4.82B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩65.6B | ₩40.1B | ₩21.3B | ₩4.16B | ₩2.93B |
| Total debt | ₩47.7B | ₩22.5B | ₩22.9B | ₩9.79B | ₩10.7B |
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| Measure | 323280.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -25.6% | -10.4% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -44.1% | -14.3% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -52.8% | -40.9% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +67.2% | +9.0% | highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 7.7% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 19.1× | 3.2× | 2nd most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.1 pp | +0.9 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.5× | -0.4× | most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taesung 323280.KS | South Korea | $999M | -44% | +67% | 3% | 19.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Zigong Conveying Machine 001288.SZ | China | $999M | +1% | -20% | 3% | 5.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Noritake Co.,Limited 5331.T | Japan | $991M | -19% | +9% | 9% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Phoenix Silicon International 8028.TW | Taiwan | $991M | -26% | +24% | 24% | 7.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Est Tools 300488.SZ | China | $1.01B | +17% | +15% | 29% | 7.5× | 15.3% | +13.1% |
| Lindab International LIAB.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | -10% | -3% | 7% | 1.1× | 4.2% | +9.4% |
| Changzhou Kaidi Electrical 605288.SS | China | $985M | +12% | +1% | 3% | 4.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Ye Siang Enterprise 7909.TWO | Taiwan | $984M | -53% | -14% | 16% | 19.6× | 34.9% | -13.5% |
| Jiangsu Shentong Valve 002438.SZ | China | $1.01B | -23% | -5% | 17% | 3.6× | 5.9% | +6.1% |
| Zhejiang Liju Thermal Energy Equipment 603391.SS | China | $973M | +18% | +9% | 18% | 5.7× | 12.0% | +5.0% |
| METAWATER 9551.T | Japan | $972M | +4% | +13% | 6% | 0.7× | 0.9% | +9.5% |
| Miracle Automation Engineering 002009.SZ | China | $1.03B | -27% | +6% | 1% | 2.8× | 34.6% | -5.1% |
| Allied Machinery 605060.SS | China | $1.03B | -51% | +24% | 22% | 4.4× | 15.5% | +13.2% |
| Yindu Kitchen Equipment 603277.SS | China | $969M | -17% | -4% | 19% | 2.2× | -4.3% | +11.1% |
| Truking Technology 300358.SZ | China | $968M | -8% | +6% | 6% | 1.0× | -1.7% | +10.1% |
| Morimatsu International 2155.HK | Hong Kong | $1.03B | -16% | +14% | 3% | 0.6× | -2.4% | +17.6% |
| Tsugami 6101.T | Japan | $1.03B | -23% | +24% | 27% | 1.1× | -5.3% | +15.9% |
| Chang Wah Electromaterials 8070.TW | Taiwan | $965M | -10% | +19% | 12% | 1.2× | -6.6% | +3.3% |
| Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech 600604.SS | China | $960M | -13% | -26% | 4% | 8.6× | 15.1% | -1.7% |
| Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment 300382.SZ | China | $1.04B | -31% | +11% | -4% | 3.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Kangqiang Electronics 002119.SZ | China | $1.04B | -12% | +49% | 5% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |