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BioNote, Inc.377740.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Health Care›Medical Specialties
Momentum leader 82
Mkt cap
$343M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
13%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$201,339
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-4.2 pp
WACC 5.5%
Hurdle
+9 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
6 days
12 Nov 2026
Close · KRW₩4,620
1D-1.6%
1W-0.7%
1M-1.7%
3M+2.2%
6M-9.6%
YTD-15.5%
1Y-16.3%
ATR %2.9%
52w lowhigh26.2% off high

What BioNote does

Employees: 334

BioNote at a glance

Size BioNote (377740.KS) is a South Korea Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $343M, the 434th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩4,620 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.6%, against -6.8% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 16.3% (peer median 3.4%).

Valuation It trades at 15.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.0× (3rd cheapest of 9).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -28%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.2 points below its cost of capital (5.5% WACC).

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

Relative performance

909510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 93377740.KS 91
Six months, rebased to 100: BioNote against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

BioNote financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩126B₩118B₩103B₩90.1B₩480B
Revenue growth—+15%+14%-81%—
Gross profit₩68.3B₩63.0B₩49.3B-₩13.4B₩340B
EBITDA₩30.5B₩26.0B₩20.0B-₩39.0B₩302B
Net income-₩126B-₩87.5B₩55.3B-₩20.5B₩308B
Free cash flow₩41.6B₩6.27B₩47.5B-₩8.16B₩207B
Capital expenditure₩4.07B₩8.27B₩10.5B₩4.54B₩42.5B
Total debt₩3.21B₩3.65B₩3.93B₩4.93B₩1.36B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

BioNote 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%+100%-20%0%+20%688468OBIOSBS99966748CV603880EMBC300942CLTNVBSN688314SUS1609377740.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. BioNote is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%0×100×200×300×SBS9996EMBC688576CLTN197ASUS5889377740.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. BioNote is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-25%0%25%50%688468603880EMBCCLTNVBSN688314SUS58891609300030377740.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. BioNote is the large dot.

BioNote competitors and peer comparison

How BioNote 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.

BioNote against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure377740.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.7%-5.6%9th highest of 21
6-month return-9.6%-6.8%10th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-26.2%-30.0%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.8%+5.3%8th highest of 21
Operating margin16.3%3.4%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E15.0×16.0×3rd cheapest of 9
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-19.8%2.2%2nd least demanding of 11
Growth delivered (Del g)-28.5%-0.4%lowest of 11
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+8.7 pp-10.8 pp4th most demanding of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.2 pp-3.7 pp9th lowest of 18
EV / EBITDA3.3×11.4×cheapest of 11
Net debt / EBITDA-12.0×1.3×least indebted of 12

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
BioNote 377740.KSSouth Korea$343M-10%+13%16%15.0×-19.8%-28.5%
Chemclin Diagnostics 688468.SSChina$342M-23%-14%6%n/a31.9%-4.5%
Orchestra BioMed OBIOUnited States$341M+41%+986%-181%n/an/an/a
Stratec SBS.DEGermany$341M+41%-3%3%16.4×n/an/a
Peijia Medical 9996.HKHong Kong$340M-34%+21%-13%335.5×n/an/a
ACRO Biomedical 6748.TWOTaiwan$347M+129%+45%-178%n/an/an/a
CapsoVision CVUnited States$336M-11%+15%-217%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Nanfang Medical 603880.SSChina$336M+4%-7%-15%n/a22.5%-10.9%
Embecta EMBCUnited States$351M+70%-8%26%3.9×-19.9%-0.1%
Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology 300942.SZChina$352M-27%+12%-2%n/an/an/a
Chongqing Xishan Science and Technology 688576.SSChina$356M-26%-23%-29%15.2×n/an/a
COLTENE CLTN.SWSwitzerland$361M+3%-2%8%25.9×0.1%-0.7%
IVF HARTMANN VBSN.SWSwitzerland$364M-5%+7%14%n/a-12.7%-1.3%
Tauns Laboratories 197A.TJapan$322M-2%-23%29%15.5×n/an/a
Kontour (Xi'an) Medical Technology 688314.SSChina$321M-39%+4%27%n/a6.1%+16.4%
Surgical Science Sweden SUS.STSweden$321M+86%+8%16%27.8×4.3%+56.8%
Japan Eyewear 5889.TJapan$321M-7%+15%32%10.7×-9.0%+20.2%
Orthofix Medical OFIXUnited States$321M-32%+3%-4%n/an/an/a
Star Sports Medicine 1609.HKHong Kong$367M-76%+23%37%n/a-13.2%+36.8%
Improve Medical Instruments 300030.SZChina$320M-17%-2%4%n/a26.0%-11.9%
Mobia Medical MOBIUnited States$373Mn/a+105%-145%n/an/an/a

Questions

Which companies are BioNote's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Chemclin Diagnostics (688468.SS), Orchestra BioMed (OBIO), Stratec (SBS.DE), Peijia Medical (9996.HK), ACRO Biomedical (6748.TWO), CapsoVision (CV), Jiangsu Nanfang Medical (603880.SS), Embecta (EMBC).
Is BioNote expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.0× against a peer median of 16.0×, 3rd cheapest of 9 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -28%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has BioNote stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.6% against -6.8% for the median peer; over one year -16.3%.

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.