KG Chemical

KSC:001390 · KR7001390004

Metals & MiningMedium

360

Medium confidence — indicative

Value66

Profit price48

Cash yield40

Owner Earnings Yield79

Dividend Yield1

Sales & asset price92

Price/Sales100

EV / Gross Profit85

Price/Book90

Quality65

Returns on capital74

Return on Capital71

Cash Return on Capital69

Return on Equity82

Profit margins66

EBIT Margin57

Gross Profitability75

Cash backing59

Cash Conversion64

Accruals49

Owner Earnings Margin63

Growth62

Sales growth61

Profit growth69

Profit Growth59

Long-Term EPS Growth48

Owner Earnings Growth100

Reinvestment37

Price momentum54

Safety57

Debt load38

Debt serviceability66

Refinancing100

Debt Payback31

Liquidity39

Sentiment55

Analyst ratings—

Expectations trend—

Market mood4

Value Creation10/20creating some value

Creates more value than its capital costs
Owner earnings growing
Owner earnings per share growing
Reinvests at strong returns
Solid earnings base

What this means

KG Chemical clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountrySouth Korea

IndustryMetals & Mining

SizeMedium

TypePublic Company

ExchangeKOSE

Employees7

Websitekgchem.co.kr

ISINKR7001390004

Last UpdateApr 2, 2026

Indices

KOSPI (South Korea)

Themes

ChemicalChemical EngineeringIndustrialManufacturing

Description

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

KG Chemical Corporation sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 2.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250

2026

All-time high

Mar 2026

All-time low

Jun 2026

Average rank

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023

Price/Sales

100

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Price/Earnings

—

Price/Book

—

Dividend Yield

—

Value (overall)

—

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View

1 · Watch OutGood· 100

Value

1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100

Quality

1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100

Growth

1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100

Safety

1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100

Sentiment

1 · SkepticismPositive· 100

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