1. South Korea Stocks

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    Consumer non-durables

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    Food: specialty/candy
CJ Corporation

CJ Corporation

118,700.00
KRW
-2,800.00
(-2.30%)
-692.70EPS
110.47P/E
4.19TMarket Cap
Nov 16Next Earn
2013 Y
2014 Y
2015 Y
2016 Y
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
578,614.46
600,090.11
647,715.56
731,937.83
821,505.91
1,041,133.73
1,041,908.42
953,138.35
1,027,970.52
1,219,828.41
1,232,572.73
1,300,107.14
1,341,489.67
1,379,842.34
Basic EPS, GAAP
4,591.3
6,413.04
6,297.39
6,814.78
14,161.74
9,735
8,240
2,581
8,197
6,023
5,806
2,808
4,271
1,400.33
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
-18,372
5,314.45
19,721.96
4,810.88
-18,278.01
-55,102.74
26,598.28
33,695.24
31,005.49
17,083.15
61,390.2
64,845.7
48,141.65
53,444.63
Dividend per Share
1,837.83
2,163.59
2,365.88
3,496.36
3,646.53
4,737.68
4,931.53
5,936.68
7,656.4
10,272.39
9,411.11
7,871.55
8,536.92
11,579.2
Book Value per Share
107,286.62
113,024.06
119,319.27
123,588.84
130,024.94
156,165.41
165,462.94
170,411.15
186,026.31
190,338.42
202,579.75
200,302.17
191,306.72
199,853.05
Tangible Book Value per Share
-35,828.19
-30,603.8
-21,925.65
-66,750.11
-70,366.13
-81,849.12
-93,454.65
-72,099.11
-63,135.76
-117,673.73
-98,388.97
-115,018.66
-99,247.63
-98,820.88
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
33
33
33
33
33
28
32
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
18,851,699
19,572,301
21,166,707
23,954,197
26,898,600
29,523,435
33,779,707
31,999,103
34,484,027
40,924,880
41,352,688
43,646,656
45,018,829
46,278,624
Operating Margin (%)
4.17
5.13
5.79
5.23
4.93
4.51
4.47
4.34
5.46
5.26
4.93
5.8
5.61
5.12
Depreciation Expense
1,140,329
1,239,070
1,334,181
1,461,940
1,508,902
1,691,809
2,638,966
2,474,012
2,447,554
3,207,858
3,059,786
3,736,084
3,519,899
3,495,597
Net Income, GAAP
149,588
209,165
205,793
223,028
463,698
276,055
267,149
86,650
274,974
202,070
194,791
94,269
143,330
46,966
Effective Tax Rate (%)
25.02
36.21
25.01
28.35
27.77
33.31
45.76
60.29
37.97
34.97
46.78
80.34
75.34
107.6
Profit Margin (%)
0.79
1.07
0.97
0.93
1.72
0.94
0.79
0.27
0.8
0.49
0.47
0.22
0.32
0.1
Working Capital
26,444
-206,878
-734,311
-799,736
-1,030,006
-2,129,056
-1,131,978
-304,493
-493,693
-1,776,673
-1,053,099
-3,094,389
-3,568,083
-3,690,243
LT Debt
5,708,599
5,394,420
4,581,604
5,563,211
6,274,776
6,284,600
10,981,984
10,983,037
10,626,186
10,910,762
10,958,846
9,525,518
9,951,281
10,470,220
Total Equity
8,600,945
9,069,875
9,863,456
11,254,450
11,992,169
12,521,810
14,615,085
15,396,226
16,463,530
17,733,633
17,892,819
17,730,414
17,017,052
17,724,784
Return on Invested Capital (%)
3.43
3.59
5.02
4.54
4.38
3.75
2.89
1.74
3.6
3.96
2.94
1.37
1.72
-0.49
Return on Capital (%)
1.29
0.69
0.42
0.43
0.09
-0.35
2.04
0.63
0.2
0.44
0.95
0.66
1.04
0.32
Return on Common Equity (%)
4.69
6.33
5.89
6.1
12.13
6.93
6.27
1.91
5.7
3.97
3.66
1.73
2.71
0.89

Capital Structure

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
ST Debt
8,560,395
9,137,857
9,151,135
LT Borrowings
6,081,349
6,638,131
6,514,568
LT Finance Leases
3,869,932
4,008,812
3,955,652
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
32,434
32,434
32,434
Shares Outstanding
27
27
27
Market Capitalization
4,654,054
5,114,048
4,185,943

Working Capital

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
Total Current Assets
13,735,205
14,059,554
13,926,120
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
3,250,518
3,411,610
2,906,956
Accounts Receivable, Net
4,387,007
4,700,269
4,679,072
Inventories
2,948,881
3,488,915
3,792,990
Total Current Liabilities
17,303,289
17,506,006
17,616,363
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
8,560,395
9,137,857
9,151,135
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
5.77%
2.12%
-4.02%
Free Cash Flow
-33.23%
37.26%
-25.79%
Net Income, GAAP
19.27%
37.53%
52.04%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
8.06%
7.24%
3.14%
Total Cash Common Dividend
15.53%
9.36%
8.41%

Quarterly Revenue

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
10,435,841
10,682,936
10,845,151
11,682,728
43,646,656
2025
10,600,439
11,119,028
11,428,500
11,870,862
45,018,829
2026
11,451,167
11,528,095
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
2,108
5,604
-5,041
219.14
2,808
2025
2,025
4,937
4,281
-6,970.85
4,271
2026
2,256
1,832
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
533.54
5,605.43
715.74
1,025.93
7,871.55
2025
578.06
5,908.56
1,019.66
1,036.76
8,536.92
2026
1,539.71
7,981.53
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Hong Ki Kim
Full Time Employees
64
Sector
Consumer non-durables
Industry
Food: specialty/candy
Address
12, Sowol-ro 2-gil Seoul SL South Korea 04637
IPO Date
Jun 29, 1973
Website
cj.net
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Business
CJ Corporation (001040.KS) is a South Korean conglomerate holding company that manages investments across food and food services, bio, logistics and retail, entertainment and media, and infrastructure sectors worldwide. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company manufactures and sells processed foods including frozen and refrigerated items, seasonings such as Dashida and nucleic acid products, beverages, cooking oils under Beksul, meat products, aseptic packaged rice under Hetbahn, and functional foods; it operates restaurants and bars through brands like Foodville, VIPS, and A Twosome Place; provides wholesale, retail, and e-commerce of bay salt, livestock feeds, food ingredients, and cosmetics; engages in bio products like lysine, methionine, threonine, enzymes, and life science research including vaccines and pharmaceuticals; offers logistics, storage, delivery, inland transportation, and freight services; and delivers entertainment services encompassing content production, music labels, animation, broadcasting, film distribution, movie theaters, performance planning, and celebrity management. Its operations span South Korea, China, Japan, the United States, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hungary, and other regions in Asia, North America, and Europe, targeting consumers, retailers, expatriate communities, and industrial clients. In December 2025, CJ CheilJedang, a key subsidiary, partnered with Thailand's CP Axtra to expand Bibigo K-food products across over 2,700 stores in Southeast Asia; in September 2025, it formed a food sector alliance with Japan's ITOCHU for raw material supply, product sales expansion, and new developments in Japan, South Korea, and global markets; and the group completed a bibigo dumpling plant in Chiba, Japan, while advancing facilities in Hungary by 2026 and South Dakota, U.S., by 2027.