# Hyundai Elevator (017800.KO)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/017800.KO

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z. Financial observations: FY2000–FY2026.

Listing currency: KRW. Reporting currency: KRW.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

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

Share price: KRW 69,200.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low KRW 76,353.51 per share, central KRW 96,084.10 per share, high KRW 109,068.27 per share. Buy at or below the central value KRW 96,084.10 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 13.7% at the stated quote. About 13.7% 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: pass

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

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 4

- Years with a net loss: 0

- Operating margin variation: 0.33×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.07×

- FY2018: 0.08×

- FY2019: 0.07×

- FY2020: 0.08×

- FY2021: 0.07×

- FY2022: 0.02×

- FY2023: 0.03×

- FY2024: 0.08×

- FY2025: 0.09×

- LTM to Jun 2026: 0.09×

### moat: fail

- ROIC median below threshold

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

- ROIC, median of available years: 10.7%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 4.3%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -0.3 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 20.0%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 20.4%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 2.3%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 4.3%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 34.9%

- FY2017: 10.3%

- FY2018: 11.1%

- FY2019: 10.0%

- FY2020: 13.6%

- FY2021: 7.9%

- FY2022: 2.2%

- FY2023: 4.3%

- FY2024: 12.0%

- FY2025: 16.1%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.86×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: KRW 822B

- Net income, five-year total: KRW 956B

- Return on incremental invested capital: 17.0%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: -1.1 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -7.5 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 6.8%

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

- FY2021: -0.05×

- FY2022: 0.98×

- FY2023: 0.99×

- FY2024: 1.00×

- FY2025: 0.96×

### management: pass

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

- potential debt-funded buybacks (informational)

- buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 11.1% vs 12.0%

- Per-share earnings: 2297.49 to 7258.00 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -2.4%

- Market cap gain: KRW 1.69T

- Cumulative retained earnings: KRW 785B

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -2.4%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value growth: 17.9%

- Per-share value change: KRW 5K

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: KRW 2K

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: KRW 7K

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.43

- Average buyback yield: 3.8%

- Buyback history: 6 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: Yes

- Acquisition spending: KRW 329B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: KRW 1.33T

- ROIC, first three-year median: 11.1%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 12.0%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: KRW 3K

- FY2017: KRW 2K

- FY2018: KRW 194.93

- FY2019: KRW 1K

- FY2020: KRW 2K

- FY2021: KRW 3K

- FY2022: KRW 2K

- FY2023: KRW 9K

- FY2024: KRW 5K

- FY2025: KRW 7K

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: 0.2%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.86×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 0.98×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.19×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -1.4%

- FY2017: 0.0%

- FY2018: -6.8%

- FY2019: -2.1%

- FY2020: -2.3%

- FY2021: -0.7%

- FY2022: 3.0%

- FY2023: 7.6%

- FY2024: -2.0%

- FY2025: 0.2%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 30% since Feb 2026 · sales +0.3%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:11.849Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to shrink 0.4% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2025–2026

sales +0.3%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2017: KRW 1.99T 

- FY2018: KRW 1.88T 

- FY2019: KRW 1.87T 

- FY2020: KRW 1.82T 

- FY2021: KRW 1.97T 

- FY2022: KRW 2.13T 

- FY2023: KRW 2.60T 

- FY2024: KRW 2.89T 

- FY2025: KRW 2.47T 

- FY2026: KRW 2.47T 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 24.5%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: 22.5% 

- FY2017: 19.0% 

- FY2018: 19.9% 

- FY2019: 20.1% 

- FY2020: 21.9% 

- FY2021: 18.8% 

- FY2022: 14.8% 

- FY2023: 16.9% 

- FY2024: 20.4% 

- FY2025: 24.5% 

## Owner memo

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

### How it makes money

Operates in specialty industrial machinery; annual sales are KRW 2.5 trillion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2025: revenue 2467378018760; grossProfit 605625920580; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 017800.KO: Hyundai Elevator Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures, installs, maintains, and modernizes elevators in South Korea and internationally. The company offers ultra-high speed elevators under THE EL name; high-speed elevators under the i-XEL name; and low and mid-speed elevators under the LUXEN, YZER, and N:EX names, as well as observation, freight, automobile, and marine elevators. It also provides escalators and moving walks, parking systems, and advanced remote maintenance systems. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Chungju-si, South Korea.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 16.9% to 24.5% during 2023–25; it earns 10.7% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 16.9%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 20.4%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 24.5%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.3489570701879771],[2017,0.10297553255150117],[2018,0.11073307072522083],[2019,0.09971897328974867],[2020,0.13560974650761717],[2021,0.07917036912380698],[2022,0.02203743784614357],[2023,0.043492123175999424],[2024,0.12001911224305371],[2025,0.16125256929391535]]; median 0.106854301638361. 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 45.4 million of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2016: growth capex 0; upkeep 29002154610; owner earnings 129621307630. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 41135113190; owner earnings 32115239720. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 110209243510; owner earnings 10919181830. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2022: growth capex 67285780210; upkeep 41449335000; owner earnings 76792256370. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.8762052762950999.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2023: growth capex 11671734190; upkeep 48624269000; owner earnings 315932715730. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.03694373393091334.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 62897223420; owner earnings 182432846560. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 48293668190; owner earnings 252778253550. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,12586906000],[2017,12586906000],[2018,12642295530],[2019,24804124530],[2020,24746760150],[2021,32832151270],[2022,32956976300],[2023,22705570860],[2024,200844477040],[2025,219841138260]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); FY2025: cash repurchases 45438033.333333336 KRW.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 27.2% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 017800.KO SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 27.175 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits shrink 0.4% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:41:16.065Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.01787016098745725. Price 69200; 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 37,333.35 per share

- 2016-11: KRW 38,533.35 per share

- 2016-12: KRW 38,266.68 per share

- 2017-01: KRW 39,200.02 per share

- 2017-02: KRW 37,800.02 per share

- 2017-03: KRW 42,133.35 per share

- 2017-04: KRW 41,533.35 per share

- 2017-05: KRW 41,600.02 per share

- 2017-06: KRW 40,866.69 per share

- 2017-07: KRW 35,800.02 per share

- 2017-08: KRW 34,666.68 per share

- 2017-09: KRW 33,300.02 per share

- 2017-10: KRW 36,533.35 per share

- 2017-11: KRW 35,133.35 per share

- 2017-12: KRW 36,266.68 per share

- 2018-01: KRW 40,133.35 per share

- 2018-02: KRW 39,133.35 per share

- 2018-03: KRW 53,133.36 per share

- 2018-04: KRW 69,333.37 per share

- 2018-05: KRW 89,000.04 per share

- 2018-06: KRW 59,733.36 per share

- 2018-07: KRW 60,666.70 per share

- 2018-08: KRW 60,866.70 per share

- 2018-09: KRW 74,333.37 per share

- 2018-10: KRW 53,133.36 per share

- 2018-11: KRW 62,466.70 per share

- 2018-12: KRW 71,333.37 per share

- 2019-01: KRW 74,000.04 per share

- 2019-02: KRW 63,533.36 per share

- 2019-03: KRW 59,600.03 per share

- 2019-04: KRW 57,333.36 per share

- 2019-05: KRW 53,400.03 per share

- 2019-06: KRW 60,466.70 per share

- 2019-07: KRW 53,466.69 per share

- 2019-08: KRW 52,466.69 per share

- 2019-09: KRW 59,533.36 per share

- 2019-10: KRW 49,133.36 per share

- 2019-11: KRW 47,333.36 per share

- 2019-12: KRW 45,533.36 per share

- 2020-01: KRW 40,533.35 per share

- 2020-02: KRW 35,866.68 per share

- 2020-03: KRW 38,066.68 per share

- 2020-04: KRW 41,266.69 per share

- 2020-05: KRW 42,200.02 per share

- 2020-06: KRW 46,133.36 per share

- 2020-07: KRW 46,300.00 per share

- 2020-08: KRW 41,050.00 per share

- 2020-09: KRW 40,750.00 per share

- 2020-10: KRW 37,200.00 per share

- 2020-11: KRW 39,950.00 per share

- 2020-12: KRW 39,700.00 per share

- 2021-01: KRW 42,450.00 per share

- 2021-02: KRW 43,100.00 per share

- 2021-03: KRW 45,800.00 per share

- 2021-04: KRW 45,300.00 per share

- 2021-05: KRW 54,200.00 per share

- 2021-06: KRW 53,100.00 per share

- 2021-07: KRW 54,000.00 per share

- 2021-08: KRW 50,200.00 per share

- 2021-09: KRW 49,150.00 per share

- 2021-10: KRW 48,250.00 per share

- 2021-11: KRW 39,350.00 per share

- 2021-12: KRW 41,200.00 per share

- 2022-01: KRW 36,150.00 per share

- 2022-02: KRW 37,750.00 per share

- 2022-03: KRW 38,200.00 per share

- 2022-04: KRW 35,650.00 per share

- 2022-05: KRW 34,450.00 per share

- 2022-06: KRW 26,900.00 per share

- 2022-07: KRW 28,150.00 per share

- 2022-08: KRW 29,300.00 per share

- 2022-09: KRW 22,450.00 per share

- 2022-10: KRW 25,200.00 per share

- 2022-11: KRW 29,800.00 per share

- 2022-12: KRW 28,300.00 per share

- 2023-01: KRW 29,800.00 per share

- 2023-02: KRW 27,750.00 per share

- 2023-03: KRW 31,700.00 per share

- 2023-04: KRW 33,500.00 per share

- 2023-05: KRW 41,850.00 per share

- 2023-06: KRW 40,250.00 per share

- 2023-07: KRW 41,800.00 per share

- 2023-08: KRW 45,000.00 per share

- 2023-09: KRW 43,800.00 per share

- 2023-10: KRW 43,200.00 per share

- 2023-11: KRW 44,300.00 per share

- 2023-12: KRW 44,350.00 per share

- 2024-01: KRW 40,600.00 per share

- 2024-02: KRW 39,900.00 per share

- 2024-03: KRW 41,050.00 per share

- 2024-04: KRW 40,500.00 per share

- 2024-05: KRW 40,150.00 per share

- 2024-06: KRW 44,250.00 per share

- 2024-07: KRW 42,650.00 per share

- 2024-08: KRW 42,000.00 per share

- 2024-09: KRW 45,500.00 per share

- 2024-10: KRW 47,300.00 per share

- 2024-11: KRW 53,400.00 per share

- 2024-12: KRW 52,400.00 per share

- 2025-01: KRW 53,000.00 per share

- 2025-02: KRW 55,000.00 per share

- 2025-03: KRW 54,100.00 per share

- 2025-04: KRW 73,900.00 per share

- 2025-05: KRW 75,900.00 per share

- 2025-06: KRW 86,000.00 per share

- 2025-07: KRW 85,300.00 per share

- 2025-08: KRW 78,400.00 per share

- 2025-09: KRW 80,000.00 per share

- 2025-10: KRW 75,700.00 per share

- 2025-11: KRW 86,800.00 per share

- 2025-12: KRW 88,300.00 per share

- 2026-01: KRW 94,400.00 per share

- 2026-02: KRW 98,700.00 per share

- 2026-03: KRW 83,300.00 per share

- 2026-04: KRW 98,700.00 per share

- 2026-05: KRW 78,800.00 per share

- 2026-06: KRW 71,100.00 per share

- 2026-07: KRW 67,900.00 per share

- 2026-08: KRW 74,200.00 per share

- 2026-09: KRW 73,000.00 per share

- 2026-10: KRW 70,600.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (KRW per share)

- FY2016: low KRW 56,033.32 per share, central KRW 62,057.23 per share, high KRW 70,076.34 per share

- FY2017: low KRW 48,073.35 per share, central KRW 53,507.67 per share, high KRW 60,741.90 per share

- FY2018: low KRW 45,641.18 per share, central KRW 50,759.28 per share, high KRW 57,572.55 per share

- FY2019: low KRW 19,679.86 per share, central KRW 20,866.14 per share, high KRW 22,445.33 per share

- FY2020: low KRW 19,132.86 per share, central KRW 19,536.03 per share, high KRW 20,072.75 per share

- FY2022: low KRW 12,756.57 per share, central KRW 13,228.99 per share, high KRW 13,857.88 per share

- FY2023: low KRW 27,555.43 per share, central KRW 29,355.89 per share, high KRW 31,752.68 per share

- FY2024: low KRW 56,371.00 per share, central KRW 72,017.88 per share, high KRW 81,441.56 per share

- FY2025: low KRW 88,850.01 per share, central KRW 108,526.61 per share, high KRW 121,475.24 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 2026-10-15T06:46:54.387Z 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 Elevator

017800 · KO

KOSPI 200

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
KRW 69,200.00
Buy up to
KRW 96,084.10
Expected / yr
13.7% 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

Margins varied 33.2% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
7.4%
Worst year
2.0%
Latest · LTM
9.3%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 10.7% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 4.3% (minimum 10%).

10y median
10.7%
Worst year
2.2%
Latest · 2025
16.1%

Each $1 of profit left $0.86 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
0.86×
Annual median
0.98×
Latest · 2025
0.96×

Per-share value rose from 2297.49 to 7258, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
KRW 3K
Worst year
KRW 194.93
Latest · 2025
KRW 7K

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 0.2% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-1.1%
Worst year
7.6%
Latest · 2025
0.2%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 6.9%, three-year average owner earnings per share 6,837.23 KRW.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeKRW 76,353.51 – KRW 109,068.27
Buy at or belowCentral value KRW 96,084.10
Discount to value1 − 69200.00 / 96084.10 = 28.0%
Return / yearAbout 13.7% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash KRW 4332.87/share; 6.1% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash KRW 20467.43/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueKRW 2.47T
2.89T020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: KRW 1.99T; FY2018 · Revenue: KRW 1.88T; FY2019 · Revenue: KRW 1.87T; FY2020 · Revenue: KRW 1.82T; FY2021 · Revenue: KRW 1.97T; FY2022 · Revenue: KRW 2.13T; FY2023 · Revenue: KRW 2.60T; FY2024 · Revenue: KRW 2.89T; FY2025 · Revenue: KRW 2.47T; FY2026 · Revenue: KRW 2.47T
Revenue
Owner earningsKRW 253B
316B-193B20162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: KRW 130B; FY2017 · Owner earnings: KRW -193B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: KRW -8.0B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: KRW 32B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: KRW 11B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: KRW -5.5B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: KRW 77B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: KRW 316B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: KRW 182B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: KRW 253B
Owner earnings
Operating margin9.3%
10.0%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 6.8%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 7.6%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 7.3%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 8.2%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 6.5%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 2.0%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 3.2%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 7.8%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 8.8%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 9.3%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtKRW 306B
306B-324B20162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: KRW 173B; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: KRW -102B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: KRW -3.3B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: KRW 9.1B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: KRW 208B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: KRW -46B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: KRW -257B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: KRW -324B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: KRW -300B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: KRW 306B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares36M
41M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 39M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 41M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 41M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 41M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 41M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 41M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 41M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 37M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 36M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 36M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025