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K Auction Inc.

K Auction Inc.

KKRX:102370
2,720.00
KRW
0.00
(0.00%)
-153.87EPS
85.95BMarket Cap
2017 Y
2018 Y
2019 Y
2020 Y
2021 Y
2022 Y
2023 Y
2024 Y
2025 Y
TTM
Revenue per Share
8,958.69
12,291.61
16,987.88
1,343.84
580.39
1,039.22
466.07
753.47
475.01
488.26
Basic EPS, GAAP
3,072.33
-400
1,469.33
-116
159
151
-194
-230
-197
-106.26
Free Cash Flow per Basic Share
-8,005.73
-1,387.94
5,511.69
939.22
342.41
-925.34
-537.81
-104.85
-220.23
-38.66
Dividend per Share
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
35.95
- -
- -
- -
Book Value per Share
1,066.74
1,034.76
1,154.64
1,067.04
3,122.94
4,710.95
4,565.74
4,274.63
4,058.93
4,058.19
Tangible Book Value per Share
1,060.95
1,029.95
1,149.84
1,063.88
3,121.28
4,709.22
4,312.23
4,023.22
3,845.95
3,844.91
Basic Weighted Avg Shares
2
2
2
18
66
27
26
26
26
26
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
16,125
22,130
30,579
24,192
38,300
27,716
12,155
19,457
12,287
12,599
Operating Margin (%)
18.4
18.55
13.28
8.67
35.71
21.02
-34.6
-24.46
-31.95
-20.68
Depreciation Expense
292
322
724
1,151
1,247
1,401
1,753
1,850
1,731
1,782
Net Income, GAAP
5,530
-720
2,645
-2,088
10,493
4,027
-5,059
-5,939
-5,096
-2,742
Effective Tax Rate (%)
7.16
1,534.78
17.58
- -
21.66
21.48
- -
- -
- -
- -
Profit Margin (%)
34.29
-3.25
8.65
-8.63
27.4
14.53
-41.62
-30.53
-41.47
-21.76
Working Capital
42,890
43,809
9,089
-7,972
26,873
67,205
50,561
-27,655
14,347
-35,777
LT Debt
19,905
19,983
19,673
3,743
1,814
63,186
65,097
53
49,012
89
Total Equity
24,262
23,535
26,261
24,269
71,029
126,179
118,743
112,012
105,382
104,959
Return on Invested Capital (%)
- -
-118.21
6.61
- -
16.13
3.22
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Capital (%)
- -
-101.51
11.69
- -
17.39
3.82
- -
- -
- -
- -
Return on Common Equity (%)
- -
-3.01
10.62
-8.27
22.02
4.08
-4.14
-5.2
-4.72
-2.57

Capital Structure

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
ST Debt
28,784
77,433
77,165
LT Borrowings
49,000
- -
- -
LT Finance Leases
12
133
89
Preferred Equity and Hybrid Capital
- -
- -
- -
Shares Outstanding
26
26
26
Market Capitalization
91,645
82,972
85,949

Working Capital

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.
Dec'25
Mar'26
Jun'26
Total Current Assets
46,636
46,935
47,846
Cash, Cash Equivalents & STI
11,546
12,759
9,728
Accounts Receivable, Net
476
833
553
Inventories
31,193
31,361
30,099
Total Current Liabilities
32,289
82,061
83,623
Payables & Accruals
- -
- -
- -
ST Debt
28,784
77,433
77,165
Deferred Revenue
- -
- -
- -

Growth Rates

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

(avg. rate of change)

10 years
5 years
1 year
Total Equity
- -
50.57%
-5.92%
Free Cash Flow
- -
-37.81%
110.39%
Net Income, GAAP
- -
-177.3%
-14.2%
Sales/Revenue/Turnover
- -
-0.45%
-36.85%
Total Cash Common Dividend
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Revenue

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
3,898
4,834
5,273
5,453
19,457
2025
4,299
2,222
2,442
3,324
12,287
2026
2,808
4,026
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Earnings Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
FY
2024
-56
-45
-57
-71.86
-230
2025
-41
-51
-31.33
-73.85
-197
2026
-10.61
10
- -
- -
- -

Quarterly Dividends Per Share

KRW

•

in mil. unless spec.

Year

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

Company Description

Company Profile APIChatGPT
CEO
Hyun-Soon Do
Full Time Employees
97
Sector
Retail trade
Industry
Specialty stores
Address
Seoul South Korea
IPO Date
Jan 24, 2022
Website
k-auction.com
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Business
K Auction Inc. is a South Korea-based art auctioneer and cultural asset management company engaged in the appraisal, intermediation, auctioning, and fractionalization of fine art and luxury collectibles. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates comprehensive physical and digital auction platforms that connect individual collectors, institutional investors, corporate clients, and galleries. The company offers a systematic suite of products and services, including: major live offline auctions conducted for high-value modern and contemporary masterworks, alongside traditional Korean cultural artifacts, ceramics, calligraphy, and Buddhist art; scheduled online auctions, encompassing premium and weekly digital sales covering contemporary paintings, limited-edition prints, sculptures, luxury timepieces, and jewelry; private brokerage and bespoke sales, facilitating off-market transactions and confidential acquisitions for private and institutional portfolios; corporate art consulting, delivering collection management, aesthetic curation, and corporate asset valuation; professional art appraisal, condition reporting, and authentication services; consignment handling, encompassing insurance, provenance verification, framing, and specialized art logistics; artist agency and exhibition management through its subsidiary Arte K; comprehensive art transaction database and logistics management powered by its proprietary K-Office digital infrastructure; and digital asset initiatives through Arte Crypto. In recent major corporate developments, K Auction has expanded into the art-fintech and Security Token Offering (STO) market by acquiring a majority controlling stake in Together Art Co., Ltd., an art fractional investment enterprise. Under this integration, the company utilizes its proprietary valuation, physical storage, and provenance verification framework to issue regulated investment contract securities backed by high-value blue-chip artworks. Additionally, Together Art entered into a strategic business agreement with the Korea ST Exchange to construct issuance and secondary-market distribution infrastructure for tokenized art securities, solidifying K Auction's vertical integration across traditional art auctioneering, digital asset brokerage, and regulated fractional asset markets.