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Livsmed Inc.491000.KSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

South Korea · KRW·Health Care›Medical Specialties
Momentum neutral 50
Mkt cap
$706M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
49%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$10.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-25.7 pp
WACC 5.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
26 days
2 Dec 2026
Close · KRW₩37,950
1D-10.6%
1W-3.7%
1M-0.8%
3M-15.6%
6M-46.7%
YTD-26.6%
1Yn/a
ATR %10.6%
52w lowhigh60.4% off high

What Livsmed does

Employees: 334

Livsmed at a glance

Size Livsmed (491000.KS) is a South Korea Health Care company (Medical Specialties) with a market value of $706M, the 284th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩37,950 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 46.7%, against -6.1% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 88.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.9%); the operating margin is -58.9% (peer median 13.7%).

Valuation It trades at 17.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.3× (most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 25.7 points below its cost of capital (5.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

40608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 94491000.KS 54
Six months, rebased to 100: Livsmed against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Livsmed financials

Reported figures in KRW; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₩52.8B₩51.2B₩27.1B₩17.3B₩9.68B
Revenue growth—+89%+57%+78%—
Gross profit₩25.5B₩28.8B₩13.9B₩8.97B₩5.08B
EBITDA-₩27.3B-₩19.9B-₩24.9B-₩22.9B-₩16.4B
Net income-₩26.5B-₩22.9B-₩25.6B-₩57.0B-₩59.0B
Free cash flown/a-₩42.0B-₩32.0B-₩27.0B-₩18.5B
Capital expendituren/a₩7.72B₩5.61B₩2.49B₩965M
Total debt₩13.6B₩11.6B₩8.48B₩33.4B₩30.9B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Livsmed 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

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%PACB688085SNT300326MLAB6884107575002876688236300952QDEL3004536883891789301234300622CTKBINMD6031224728491000.KS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Livsmed is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%5×10×15×PACB688085SNT300326MLAB6884107575002876688236300952QDEL6883891789301234INMD6031224728491000.KSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Livsmed is the large dot.

Livsmed competitors and peer comparison

How Livsmed 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.

Livsmed against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure491000.KSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.8%-1.4%11th highest of 21
6-month return-46.7%-6.1%lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-60.4%-20.0%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+88.8%+5.9%highest of 21
Operating margin-58.9%13.7%2nd lowest of 21
EV / Sales17.2×3.3×most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-25.7 pp+4.1 pp3rd lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Livsmed 491000.KSSouth Korea$706M-47%+89%-59%17.2×n/an/a
Pacific Biosciences of California PACBUnited States$701M+60%+2%-102%7.6×n/an/a
Shanghai Sanyou Medical 688085.SSChina$700M-21%+15%4%7.2×29.1%+6.8%
Synektik SNT.WAPoland$713M+16%+50%24%3.0×0.1%+40.3%
Shanghai Kinetic Medical 300326.SZChina$698M-7%-28%17%4.2×8.1%-1.9%
Mesa Laboratories MLABUnited States$718M+23%+3%9%3.4×21.1%+13.2%
SWS Hemodialysis Care 688410.SSChina$723M-12%+31%19%3.7×16.7%+25.9%
Japan Lifeline 7575.TJapan$685M+16%+6%19%1.6×-9.7%+2.9%
Shenzhen Sunnypol Optoelectornics 002876.SZChina$728M-8%+29%5%1.6×11.1%+14.2%
Beijing Chunlizhengda Medical Instruments 688236.SSChina$684M-21%-13%31%2.6×-5.4%+2.2%
Jiangsu Hanvo Safety Product 300952.SZChina$681M-21%+6%8%3.8×n/an/a
QuidelOrtho QDELUnited States$734M-1%-5%-2%1.4×n/an/a
Jiang Xi Sanxin Medtec 300453.SZChina$741M-5%+12%18%2.8×-2.1%+11.8%
Shenzhen Lifotronic Technology 688389.SSChina$749M-11%+14%13%3.3×13.5%+13.3%
AK Medical 1789.HKHong Kong$664M-26%+16%26%2.2×-11.4%+6.7%
Anhui Hongyu Wuzhou Medical Manufacturer 301234.SZChina$750M+177%-14%3%11.1×33.5%-0.6%
Doctorglasses Chain 300622.SZChina$757M-10%+6%14%3.3×-2.4%+15.7%
Cytek Biosciences CTKBUnited States$758M+26%+5%-22%2.6×n/an/a
InMode INMDUnited States$767M-5%-7%18%0.7×-10.5%+12.4%
Cowealth Medical China 603122.SSChina$648M-28%-18%-5%6.8×n/an/a
SunMax Biotechnology 4728.TWOTaiwan$643M+1%+12%50%9.4×-0.7%+18.8%

Questions

Which companies are Livsmed's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Shanghai Sanyou Medical (688085.SS), Synektik (SNT.WA), Shanghai Kinetic Medical (300326.SZ), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), SWS Hemodialysis Care (688410.SS), Japan Lifeline (7575.T), Shenzhen Sunnypol Optoelectornics (002876.SZ).
Is Livsmed expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 17.2× against a peer median of 3.3×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Livsmed stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -46.7% against -6.1% for the median peer.

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.