# Hyundai Steel (004020.KO)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/004020.KO

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z. Financial observations: FY2000–FY2026.

Listing currency: KRW. Reporting currency: KRW.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: KRW 27,300.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low KRW 100,799.17 per share, central KRW 112,317.20 per share, high KRW 127,650.14 per share. Buy at or below the central value KRW 112,317.20 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 76.3% at the stated quote. About 76.3% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; KR 10-year bond 4.2% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: fail

- 5 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational)

- more than 2 net loss years

- operating margin variation exceeds 0.35

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 5

- Years with a net loss: 4

- Operating margin variation: 0.90×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.07×

- FY2018: 0.05×

- FY2019: 0.02×

- FY2020: 0.00×

- FY2021: 0.11×

- FY2022: 0.06×

- FY2023: 0.03×

- FY2024: 0.01×

- FY2025: 0.01×

- LTM to Jun 2026: 0.01×

### moat: fail

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- ROIC, median of available years: 2.7%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 0.5%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 2.5 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 9.1%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 6.6%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 5.7%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 1.6%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 4.0%

- FY2017: 3.5%

- FY2018: 2.8%

- FY2019: 0.8%

- FY2020: 0.2%

- FY2021: 6.3%

- FY2022: 4.6%

- FY2023: 2.5%

- FY2024: 0.5%

- FY2025: 0.7%

### economics: fail

- incremental invested capital return below threshold

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.54×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: KRW 4.50T

- Net income, five-year total: KRW 2.92T

- Return on incremental invested capital: 0.0%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 0.1 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 1.4 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 30.3%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: 1.36×

- FY2022: 1.40×

- FY2023: 2.43×

- FY2024: 11.59×

- FY2025: -15.37×

### management: fail

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years)

- buybacks unrelated to price (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 3.5% vs 0.7%

- Per-share earnings: 5455.07 to -53.00 (three-year endpoint medians)

- per-share value declined or ends nonpositive

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -0.2%

- Market cap gain: KRW -3.42T

- Cumulative retained earnings: KRW 2.65T

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.2%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value change: KRW -6K

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: KRW 5K

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: KRW -53.00

- Average buyback yield: 1.1%

- Buyback history: 1 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Acquisition spending: KRW 161B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: KRW 4.44T

- ROIC, first three-year median: 3.5%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 0.7%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: KRW 6K

- FY2017: KRW 5K

- FY2018: KRW 3K

- FY2019: KRW 130.30

- FY2020: KRW -3K

- FY2021: KRW 11K

- FY2022: KRW 8K

- FY2023: KRW 4K

- FY2024: KRW -88.00

- FY2025: KRW -53.00

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -6.0%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.95×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.07×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -6.5%

- FY2017: -3.0%

- FY2018: -3.5%

- FY2019: -1.8%

- FY2020: -7.0%

- FY2021: -1.5%

- FY2022: -3.2%

- FY2023: -4.2%

- FY2024: -5.1%

- FY2025: -6.0%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 41% since Feb 2026 · sales +1.5%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:10.999Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to shrink 30.1% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales +1.5%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2017: KRW 19.17T 

- FY2018: KRW 20.78T 

- FY2019: KRW 20.51T 

- FY2020: KRW 18.02T 

- FY2021: KRW 22.85T 

- FY2022: KRW 27.34T 

- FY2023: KRW 25.91T 

- FY2024: KRW 23.23T 

- FY2025: KRW 22.73T 

- FY2026: KRW 23.07T 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 6.6%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: 14.7% 

- FY2017: 12.7% 

- FY2018: 10.0% 

- FY2019: 6.8% 

- FY2020: 6.1% 

- FY2021: 15.4% 

- FY2022: 10.4% 

- FY2023: 8.2% 

- FY2024: 6.0% 

- FY2025: 6.6% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in steel; annual sales are KRW 22.7 trillion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2025: revenue 22733237259720; grossProfit 1504318890740; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 004020.KO: Hyundai Steel Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and other industrial metal products in Korea, rest of Asia, the United States, and Europe. The company offers hot and cold rolled steel sheets, steel and heavy plates, ERW and steel pipes, reinforcing bars, special steel bars, heavy machinery, wire rods, and automotive parts, as well as tailor welded blanks, hydroforming, and hot stamping products; and H-sections, angles, I beams, steel sheet piles, and railway rails. It serves automobile, shipbuilding, and construction industries. The company was formerly known as INI Steel Company and changed its name to Hyundai Steel Company in March 2006. Hyundai Steel Company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Incheon, South Korea.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 6% to 8.2% during 2023–25; it earns 2.7% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 8.2%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 6%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 6.6%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.03992304334947059],[2017,0.03476034695608029],[2018,0.02817103132496068],[2019,0.007963829380963123],[2020,0.002159978093586645],[2021,0.06252950171220685],[2022,0.04604771557604713],[2023,0.025316633916466692],[2024,0.004795130354395309],[2025,0.006643985997350588]]; median 0.026743832620713684. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back KRW 45.9 billion of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2016: growth capex 0; upkeep 2020643499210; owner earnings 895924641100. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2017: growth capex 0; upkeep 1201063205490; owner earnings 518705793250. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 1197973221890; owner earnings 377306188100. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 1157154786140; owner earnings 395830945910. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 904496020990; owner earnings 1982466972230. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 1021065356790; owner earnings 1422052216766. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 829596098540; owner earnings 1120306505752. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 1519509587600; owner earnings 106326643690. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,97771861500],[2017,99357087200],[2018,99357087200],[2019,99357087200],[2020,99354929660],[2021,66674815400],[2022,132447684900],[2023,132447684910],[2024,131545739000],[2025,99563407700]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); FY2025: cash repurchases 45907908158.33333 KRW.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 36% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 004020.KO SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 35.963 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits shrink 30.1% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:39:43.661Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.41830947034845034. Price 27300; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03.  Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (KRW per share)

- 2016-10: KRW 49,400.00 per share

- 2016-11: KRW 49,900.00 per share

- 2016-12: KRW 57,000.00 per share

- 2017-01: KRW 58,200.00 per share

- 2017-02: KRW 62,500.00 per share

- 2017-03: KRW 58,500.00 per share

- 2017-04: KRW 54,900.00 per share

- 2017-05: KRW 59,200.00 per share

- 2017-06: KRW 62,200.00 per share

- 2017-07: KRW 62,700.00 per share

- 2017-08: KRW 57,700.00 per share

- 2017-09: KRW 52,800.00 per share

- 2017-10: KRW 57,500.00 per share

- 2017-11: KRW 60,000.00 per share

- 2017-12: KRW 58,600.00 per share

- 2018-01: KRW 57,000.00 per share

- 2018-02: KRW 53,600.00 per share

- 2018-03: KRW 51,000.00 per share

- 2018-04: KRW 60,600.00 per share

- 2018-05: KRW 61,800.00 per share

- 2018-06: KRW 52,600.00 per share

- 2018-07: KRW 53,700.00 per share

- 2018-08: KRW 53,300.00 per share

- 2018-09: KRW 56,500.00 per share

- 2018-10: KRW 41,750.00 per share

- 2018-11: KRW 43,100.00 per share

- 2018-12: KRW 45,250.00 per share

- 2019-01: KRW 51,200.00 per share

- 2019-02: KRW 49,850.00 per share

- 2019-03: KRW 44,900.00 per share

- 2019-04: KRW 46,300.00 per share

- 2019-05: KRW 40,800.00 per share

- 2019-06: KRW 41,800.00 per share

- 2019-07: KRW 38,800.00 per share

- 2019-08: KRW 37,300.00 per share

- 2019-09: KRW 38,900.00 per share

- 2019-10: KRW 31,800.00 per share

- 2019-11: KRW 31,750.00 per share

- 2019-12: KRW 31,450.00 per share

- 2020-01: KRW 28,300.00 per share

- 2020-02: KRW 23,850.00 per share

- 2020-03: KRW 17,950.00 per share

- 2020-04: KRW 21,600.00 per share

- 2020-05: KRW 21,850.00 per share

- 2020-06: KRW 20,500.00 per share

- 2020-07: KRW 24,800.00 per share

- 2020-08: KRW 25,100.00 per share

- 2020-09: KRW 24,600.00 per share

- 2020-10: KRW 28,900.00 per share

- 2020-11: KRW 31,800.00 per share

- 2020-12: KRW 39,600.00 per share

- 2021-01: KRW 38,800.00 per share

- 2021-02: KRW 39,950.00 per share

- 2021-03: KRW 48,050.00 per share

- 2021-04: KRW 55,500.00 per share

- 2021-05: KRW 53,400.00 per share

- 2021-06: KRW 53,700.00 per share

- 2021-07: KRW 54,000.00 per share

- 2021-08: KRW 51,000.00 per share

- 2021-09: KRW 47,350.00 per share

- 2021-10: KRW 44,450.00 per share

- 2021-11: KRW 37,100.00 per share

- 2021-12: KRW 41,000.00 per share

- 2022-01: KRW 38,900.00 per share

- 2022-02: KRW 39,700.00 per share

- 2022-03: KRW 41,550.00 per share

- 2022-04: KRW 43,500.00 per share

- 2022-05: KRW 41,250.00 per share

- 2022-06: KRW 32,100.00 per share

- 2022-07: KRW 34,100.00 per share

- 2022-08: KRW 32,900.00 per share

- 2022-09: KRW 28,100.00 per share

- 2022-10: KRW 28,100.00 per share

- 2022-11: KRW 33,900.00 per share

- 2022-12: KRW 30,600.00 per share

- 2023-01: KRW 34,200.00 per share

- 2023-02: KRW 35,000.00 per share

- 2023-03: KRW 34,700.00 per share

- 2023-04: KRW 36,450.00 per share

- 2023-05: KRW 32,600.00 per share

- 2023-06: KRW 33,750.00 per share

- 2023-07: KRW 36,150.00 per share

- 2023-08: KRW 36,200.00 per share

- 2023-09: KRW 38,050.00 per share

- 2023-10: KRW 32,750.00 per share

- 2023-11: KRW 35,200.00 per share

- 2023-12: KRW 36,500.00 per share

- 2024-01: KRW 33,500.00 per share

- 2024-02: KRW 35,950.00 per share

- 2024-03: KRW 31,800.00 per share

- 2024-04: KRW 32,350.00 per share

- 2024-05: KRW 29,650.00 per share

- 2024-06: KRW 29,050.00 per share

- 2024-07: KRW 27,650.00 per share

- 2024-08: KRW 25,400.00 per share

- 2024-09: KRW 27,900.00 per share

- 2024-10: KRW 25,350.00 per share

- 2024-11: KRW 20,950.00 per share

- 2024-12: KRW 21,050.00 per share

- 2025-01: KRW 23,150.00 per share

- 2025-02: KRW 26,650.00 per share

- 2025-03: KRW 25,000.00 per share

- 2025-04: KRW 24,500.00 per share

- 2025-05: KRW 28,200.00 per share

- 2025-06: KRW 29,400.00 per share

- 2025-07: KRW 35,700.00 per share

- 2025-08: KRW 32,100.00 per share

- 2025-09: KRW 33,950.00 per share

- 2025-10: KRW 33,000.00 per share

- 2025-11: KRW 30,200.00 per share

- 2025-12: KRW 31,050.00 per share

- 2026-01: KRW 31,250.00 per share

- 2026-02: KRW 46,500.00 per share

- 2026-03: KRW 33,650.00 per share

- 2026-04: KRW 42,550.00 per share

- 2026-05: KRW 40,150.00 per share

- 2026-06: KRW 28,100.00 per share

- 2026-07: KRW 26,350.00 per share

- 2026-08: KRW 30,400.00 per share

- 2026-09: KRW 30,000.00 per share

- 2026-10: KRW 27,700.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (KRW per share)

- FY2017: low KRW 47,418.49 per share, central KRW 53,373.45 per share, high KRW 61,300.77 per share

- FY2018: low KRW 51,681.67 per share, central KRW 58,138.23 per share, high KRW 66,733.29 per share

- FY2019: low KRW 39,157.89 per share, central KRW 43,702.20 per share, high KRW 49,751.64 per share

- FY2020: low KRW 44,662.70 per share, central KRW 48,647.20 per share, high KRW 53,951.43 per share

- FY2021: low KRW 53,136.32 per share, central KRW 58,187.84 per share, high KRW 64,912.50 per share

- FY2022: low KRW 71,064.38 per share, central KRW 88,251.38 per share, high KRW 99,931.34 per share

- FY2023: low KRW 107,666.81 per share, central KRW 120,501.63 per share, high KRW 137,587.50 per share

- FY2024: low KRW 96,424.38 per share, central KRW 107,882.69 per share, high KRW 123,136.13 per share

- FY2025: low KRW 96,945.92 per share, central KRW 108,295.22 per share, high KRW 123,403.55 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:45:20.840Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Hyundai Steel

004020 · KO

KOSPI 200

Not a wonderful business

4 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
KRW 27,300.00
Buy up to
KRW 112,317.20
Expected / yr
76.3% at today's price (10.0% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

4 loss years were recorded (limit 2), and margins varied 90.1% around their average (limit 35%).

10y median
2.3%
Worst year
0.4%
Latest · LTM
0.9%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 2.7% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 0.5% (minimum 10%).

10y median
2.7%
Worst year
0.2%
Latest · 2025
0.7%

New investment earned 0% (minimum 12%).

Five-year totals
1.54×
Annual median
1.40×
Latest · 2025
-15.37×

Per-share value fell from 5455.07 to -53, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
KRW 3K
Worst year
KRW -3K
Latest · 2025
KRW -53.00

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -6% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-3.9%
Worst year
-1.5%
Latest · 2025
-6.0%

Profit record · fail 3 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 4.4%, three-year average owner earnings per share 2,770.42 KRW. 3 loss years in the last 10; at most 2 allowed.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeKRW 100,799.17 – KRW 127,650.14
Buy at or belowCentral value KRW 112,317.20
Discount to value1 − 27300.00 / 112317.20 = 75.7%
Return / yearAbout 76.3% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash KRW 7642.80/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash KRW 17261.44/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueKRW 23.07T
27.34T020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: KRW 19.17T; FY2018 · Revenue: KRW 20.78T; FY2019 · Revenue: KRW 20.51T; FY2020 · Revenue: KRW 18.02T; FY2021 · Revenue: KRW 22.85T; FY2022 · Revenue: KRW 27.34T; FY2023 · Revenue: KRW 25.91T; FY2024 · Revenue: KRW 23.23T; FY2025 · Revenue: KRW 22.73T; FY2026 · Revenue: KRW 23.07T
Revenue
Owner earningsKRW 106B
1.98T-135B20162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: KRW 896B; FY2017 · Owner earnings: KRW 519B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: KRW 377B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: KRW 396B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: KRW -51B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: KRW 1.98T; FY2022 · Owner earnings: KRW 1.42T; FY2023 · Owner earnings: KRW 1.12T; FY2024 · Owner earnings: KRW -135B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: KRW 106B
Owner earnings
Operating margin0.9%
10.7%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 7.1%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 4.9%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 1.6%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 0.4%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 10.7%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 5.9%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 3.1%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 0.7%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 1.0%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 0.9%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtKRW -6.90T
1.00-11.15T20162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: KRW -11.15T; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: KRW -10.61T; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: KRW -10.23T; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: KRW -10.93T; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: KRW -10.36T; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: KRW -9.58T; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: KRW -8.36T; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: KRW -7.25T; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: KRW -7.51T; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: KRW -6.90T
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares130M
132M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 131M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 131M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 131M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 131M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 132M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 132M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 132M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 132M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 132M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 130M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025