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Youngwire Co., Ltd.

Youngwire Co., Ltd.

KKRX:012160
2,080.00
KRW
-85.00
(-3.93%)
-2,682.07EPS
14.18BMarket Cap
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
28,357.41
30,502.86
29,781.8
23,120.68
22,726.77
23,961.96
24,007.05
23,838.17
39,356.88
52,214.97
49,902.52
49,034.62
44,540.41
34,939.02
Basic EPS, GAAP
839.65
298.35
525.36
33.33
-538.33
-635.62
129.72
-2,406.28
538.33
-32.43
-642.11
-797.77
-5,376.83
-2,523.83
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
-2,345.95
-2,776.35
64.78
5.65
-945.87
221.31
-1,909.11
-3,097.85
-2,213.57
-986.73
1,433.52
1,105.78
3,505.96
-544.13
Dividend per Share
134.96
357.08
360.64
314
193.68
61.47
65.66
193.41
117.37
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
22,379.5
22,273.32
22,469.83
22,220.96
21,482.39
19,965.92
19,959.22
15,613.13
15,480.33
15,930.66
18,162.19
17,701.38
12,573.26
13,054.9
Tangible Book Value per Share
22,129.98
21,343.85
21,613.47
21,659.41
21,321.22
19,848.06
19,826.33
15,056.29
13,643.75
14,315.13
16,793.53
16,496.62
11,597.03
12,088.84
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
8
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
10
10
10
10
10
12
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
237,110
212,200
208,442
185,856
177,429
196,485
197,495
199,734
408,603
527,369
497,500
480,348
433,485
409,409
Operating Margin (%)
4.19
1.44
1.41
0.28
0.61
-0.87
1.72
-11.22
1.63
0.8
0.23
0.71
-2.95
-1.98
Depreciation Expense
6,035
7,737
8,983
8,684
9,149
9,206
9,675
13,836
19,018
18,190
16,409
19,148
13,505
12,473
Net Income, GAAP
7,021
2,076
3,677
268
-4,203
-5,212
1,067
-20,162
5,589
-328
-6,401
-7,815
-52,329
-29,574
Effective Tax Rate (%)
12.56
40.06
29.55
- -
- -
- -
27.41
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Profit Margin (%)
2.96
0.98
1.76
0.14
-2.37
-2.65
0.54
-10.09
1.37
-0.06
-1.29
-1.63
-12.07
-7.22
Working Capital
44,577
17,599
11,841
9,001
11,277
15,064
46,929
-13,637
14,830
14,515
12,279
4,394
51,041
58,782
LT Debt
18,712
21,038
16,712
16,824
17,836
14,933
25,492
35,225
70,683
60,317
35,567
24,068
13,708
18,470
Total Equity
170,082
172,488
174,162
172,764
167,027
166,380
166,324
146,583
197,926
198,156
229,871
216,837
164,331
165,105
Return on Invested Capital (%)
3.8
0.76
0.82
- -
- -
- -
0.97
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Capital (%)
3.61
1
1.83
- -
- -
- -
1.19
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
5.96
1.34
2.35
0.16
-2.47
-3.13
0.64
-12.89
3.58
-0.19
-3.5
-4.11
-32.52
-19.82

Capital Structure

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
ST Debt
124,080
122,768
105,903
LT Borrowings
12,637
11,753
18,081
LT Finance Leases
1,071
446
389
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
11
11
11
Market Capitalization
26,403
29,696
14,175

Working Capital

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
Total Current Assets
250,698
244,058
243,712
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
11,793
8,451
7,045
Accounts Receivable, Net
80,319
82,708
84,615
Inventories
84,350
84,021
84,189
Total Current Liabilities
199,657
191,560
184,929
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
124,080
122,768
105,903
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
0.49%
4.25%
-24.21%
Free Cash Flow
-1,759.05%
-24.14%
214.99%
Net Income, GAAP
-163.46%
442.5%
569.6%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
11.18%
22.95%
-9.76%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
121,296
122,650
114,344
109,351
480,348
2025
110,985
116,282
109,895
96,322
433,485
2026
96,425
106,767
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
246.47
12.97
-324.3
-530.84
-797.77
2025
110.26
-12,667.01
-1,760.52
-851.14
-5,376.83
2026
-90.71
3
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2025
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2026
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Geun-Wook Kang
Full Time Employees
129
Sector
Non-energy minerals
Industry
Steel
Address
50, Gwanchanggongdan-gil Boryeong-si SG South Korea 33448
IPO Date
Jan 25, 2010
Website
youngwire.com
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Business
Youngwire Co., Ltd. (012160.KS) manufactures and sells steel wire products, including wire ropes such as general, paralleled, non-rotating, compact, swaged, cable laid, EV, and IP ropes; steel wires for beds, springs, and rolling products; control cables for machinery operations and automobiles; PC strands for nuclear power plants, railroad ties, bridges, bridge piers, and elevated roads; X-Bon products for concrete electric pole and pile reinforcing, building columns, bents, reinforcing ducts, piles, poles, hume piles, beams, sheet piles, and high-stressed piles; CD bars for OA and optical instruments, automotive and machinery parts, bolts, wrenches, tools, and springs; and IT wires for automobile suspension coil springs. The company also provides port and inland logistic services and exports its products to the United States, Europe, Asia, and other international markets. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Boryeong-si, South Korea, Youngwire operates primarily in the steel industry, serving construction, automotive, infrastructure, and industrial sectors with facilities supporting distribution in key regions including China and the United States. In February 2025, the company divested its Vietnam subsidiary Young Wire Vina Company Limited to DSR Wire Corp for KRW 9.8 billion, following an agreement signed in October 2024, as part of strategic portfolio adjustments; it previously cancelled a planned acquisition of an additional 65% stake in Han Young Steel Wire Co., Ltd. in 2021.