# Cheil Worldwide (030000.KO)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/030000.KO

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z. Financial observations: FY2001–FY2026.

Listing currency: KRW. Reporting currency: KRW.

## Verdict

A wonderful business at a fair price

Quality tests for Buy: pass (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: yes.

Share price: KRW 19,390.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low KRW 37,294.96 per share, central KRW 50,052.31 per share, high KRW 57,480.94 per share. Buy at or below the central value KRW 50,052.31 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 26.2% at the stated quote. About 26.2% 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: 0.15×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2017: 0.05×

- FY2018: 0.05×

- FY2019: 0.06×

- FY2020: 0.07×

- FY2021: 0.07×

- FY2022: 0.07×

- FY2023: 0.07×

- FY2024: 0.07×

- FY2025: 0.07×

- LTM to Jun 2026: 0.07×

### moat: pass

- ROIC, median of available years: 30.3%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 25.5%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: -2.4 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 37.3%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 39.8%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 0.6%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 20.6%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 40.2%

- FY2017: 30.5%

- FY2018: 35.2%

- FY2019: 27.3%

- FY2020: 32.0%

- FY2021: 28.8%

- FY2022: 30.1%

- FY2023: 23.5%

- FY2024: 33.0%

- FY2025: 25.5%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.05×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: KRW 1.01T

- Net income, five-year total: KRW 962B

- Return on incremental invested capital: 33.2%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: 0.8 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 5.3 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 23.9%

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

- FY2021: 1.11×

- FY2022: 1.09×

- FY2023: 1.08×

- FY2024: 1.04×

- FY2025: 0.94×

### management: pass

- 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: 35.2% vs 25.5%

- Per-share earnings: 1251.78 to 2049.00 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 0.0%

- Market cap gain: KRW 532B

- Cumulative retained earnings: KRW 694B

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 0.0%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value growth: 7.3%

- Per-share value change: KRW 797.22

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: KRW 1K

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

- Average buyback yield: 0.0%

- Buyback history: 1 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Acquisition spending: KRW 95B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: KRW 1.60T

- ROIC, first three-year median: 35.2%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 25.5%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: KRW 871.49

- FY2017: KRW 1K

- FY2018: KRW 1K

- FY2019: KRW 1K

- FY2020: KRW 2K

- FY2021: KRW 2K

- FY2022: KRW 2K

- FY2023: KRW 2K

- FY2024: KRW 2K

- FY2025: KRW 2K

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -0.1%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 1.05×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 1.02×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.14×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -0.5%

- FY2017: 3.9%

- FY2018: -4.3%

- FY2019: -2.8%

- FY2020: -2.8%

- FY2021: -3.3%

- FY2022: 0.3%

- FY2023: -2.7%

- FY2024: -4.2%

- FY2025: -0.1%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 25% since May 2022 · sales -1.5%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:12.315Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to shrink 9.6% 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 3.37T 

- FY2018: KRW 3.48T 

- FY2019: KRW 3.42T 

- FY2020: KRW 2.75T 

- FY2021: KRW 3.33T 

- FY2022: KRW 4.25T 

- FY2023: KRW 4.14T 

- FY2024: KRW 4.34T 

- FY2025: KRW 4.55T 

- FY2026: KRW 4.48T 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 40.9%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: 30.9% 

- FY2017: 30.0% 

- FY2018: 31.1% 

- FY2019: 34.0% 

- FY2020: 40.2% 

- FY2021: 38.5% 

- FY2022: 36.2% 

- FY2023: 39.1% 

- FY2024: 39.8% 

- FY2025: 40.9% 

## Owner memo

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

### How it makes money

Operates in advertising agencies; annual sales are KRW 4.5 trillion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2025: revenue 4546894943220; grossProfit 1859921025500; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 39.1% to 40.9% during 2023–25; it earns 30.3% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 39.1%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 39.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 40.9%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.4016269260433316],[2017,0.3049153749594781],[2018,0.35170424205920725],[2019,0.27252008873976447],[2020,0.31965060776978077],[2021,0.2876773294804157],[2022,0.300526512962045],[2023,0.23534020773383166],[2024,0.3302207060973423],[2025,0.2549988711491284]]; median 0.30272094396076155. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2016: growth capex 0; upkeep 27096975870; owner earnings 72706625290. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2017: growth capex 0; upkeep 20743857910; owner earnings 18346340080. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 20280265840; owner earnings 203733750240. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 23432505140; owner earnings 115443179278. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 12462944890; owner earnings 143817900672. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 13910544140; owner earnings 183899260094. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 18715369240; owner earnings 212041121422. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 26189269850; owner earnings 201553752752. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 39019625960; owner earnings 215025591296. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 40637095420; owner earnings 194637377886. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,31180958560],[2017,34184630820],[2018,78071642890],[2019,78490672370],[2020,83860269850],[2021,89324926200],[2022,100459336040],[2023,117410332820],[2024,112748949810],[2025,124564318070]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 28.3% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 030000.KO SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 28.296 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits shrink 9.6% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:42:18.508Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.14718031399629844. Price 19390; 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 16,950.00 per share

- 2016-11: KRW 14,950.00 per share

- 2016-12: KRW 15,750.00 per share

- 2017-01: KRW 18,550.00 per share

- 2017-02: KRW 18,950.00 per share

- 2017-03: KRW 19,000.00 per share

- 2017-04: KRW 18,450.00 per share

- 2017-05: KRW 19,200.00 per share

- 2017-06: KRW 18,400.00 per share

- 2017-07: KRW 20,350.00 per share

- 2017-08: KRW 19,000.00 per share

- 2017-09: KRW 18,200.00 per share

- 2017-10: KRW 20,800.00 per share

- 2017-11: KRW 20,100.00 per share

- 2017-12: KRW 21,200.00 per share

- 2018-01: KRW 21,250.00 per share

- 2018-02: KRW 18,600.00 per share

- 2018-03: KRW 18,000.00 per share

- 2018-04: KRW 19,100.00 per share

- 2018-05: KRW 19,800.00 per share

- 2018-06: KRW 20,650.00 per share

- 2018-07: KRW 20,200.00 per share

- 2018-08: KRW 19,300.00 per share

- 2018-09: KRW 21,650.00 per share

- 2018-10: KRW 22,700.00 per share

- 2018-11: KRW 23,450.00 per share

- 2018-12: KRW 22,500.00 per share

- 2019-01: KRW 23,500.00 per share

- 2019-02: KRW 25,050.00 per share

- 2019-03: KRW 24,200.00 per share

- 2019-04: KRW 25,450.00 per share

- 2019-05: KRW 26,400.00 per share

- 2019-06: KRW 29,400.00 per share

- 2019-07: KRW 27,000.00 per share

- 2019-08: KRW 26,400.00 per share

- 2019-09: KRW 24,800.00 per share

- 2019-10: KRW 24,750.00 per share

- 2019-11: KRW 23,650.00 per share

- 2019-12: KRW 24,050.00 per share

- 2020-01: KRW 21,150.00 per share

- 2020-02: KRW 19,350.00 per share

- 2020-03: KRW 15,850.00 per share

- 2020-04: KRW 17,700.00 per share

- 2020-05: KRW 16,600.00 per share

- 2020-06: KRW 16,400.00 per share

- 2020-07: KRW 19,200.00 per share

- 2020-08: KRW 18,250.00 per share

- 2020-09: KRW 20,950.00 per share

- 2020-10: KRW 20,850.00 per share

- 2020-11: KRW 20,750.00 per share

- 2020-12: KRW 20,600.00 per share

- 2021-01: KRW 19,300.00 per share

- 2021-02: KRW 19,450.00 per share

- 2021-03: KRW 21,250.00 per share

- 2021-04: KRW 21,950.00 per share

- 2021-05: KRW 25,900.00 per share

- 2021-06: KRW 25,150.00 per share

- 2021-07: KRW 24,200.00 per share

- 2021-08: KRW 23,100.00 per share

- 2021-09: KRW 22,800.00 per share

- 2021-10: KRW 23,850.00 per share

- 2021-11: KRW 21,700.00 per share

- 2021-12: KRW 22,850.00 per share

- 2022-01: KRW 21,950.00 per share

- 2022-02: KRW 22,500.00 per share

- 2022-03: KRW 23,550.00 per share

- 2022-04: KRW 25,300.00 per share

- 2022-05: KRW 26,000.00 per share

- 2022-06: KRW 23,750.00 per share

- 2022-07: KRW 22,800.00 per share

- 2022-08: KRW 21,900.00 per share

- 2022-09: KRW 22,700.00 per share

- 2022-10: KRW 24,450.00 per share

- 2022-11: KRW 24,250.00 per share

- 2022-12: KRW 23,050.00 per share

- 2023-01: KRW 21,950.00 per share

- 2023-02: KRW 20,000.00 per share

- 2023-03: KRW 18,620.00 per share

- 2023-04: KRW 18,490.00 per share

- 2023-05: KRW 18,330.00 per share

- 2023-06: KRW 18,130.00 per share

- 2023-07: KRW 18,150.00 per share

- 2023-08: KRW 18,850.00 per share

- 2023-09: KRW 20,050.00 per share

- 2023-10: KRW 19,860.00 per share

- 2023-11: KRW 19,570.00 per share

- 2023-12: KRW 19,030.00 per share

- 2024-01: KRW 18,370.00 per share

- 2024-02: KRW 18,500.00 per share

- 2024-03: KRW 18,780.00 per share

- 2024-04: KRW 18,920.00 per share

- 2024-05: KRW 18,690.00 per share

- 2024-06: KRW 18,400.00 per share

- 2024-07: KRW 17,750.00 per share

- 2024-08: KRW 18,160.00 per share

- 2024-09: KRW 18,390.00 per share

- 2024-10: KRW 18,440.00 per share

- 2024-11: KRW 18,170.00 per share

- 2024-12: KRW 16,950.00 per share

- 2025-01: KRW 17,180.00 per share

- 2025-02: KRW 17,870.00 per share

- 2025-03: KRW 18,020.00 per share

- 2025-04: KRW 18,550.00 per share

- 2025-05: KRW 18,360.00 per share

- 2025-06: KRW 20,050.00 per share

- 2025-07: KRW 19,880.00 per share

- 2025-08: KRW 19,800.00 per share

- 2025-09: KRW 20,300.00 per share

- 2025-10: KRW 20,350.00 per share

- 2025-11: KRW 22,650.00 per share

- 2025-12: KRW 21,000.00 per share

- 2026-01: KRW 21,950.00 per share

- 2026-02: KRW 21,950.00 per share

- 2026-03: KRW 18,970.00 per share

- 2026-04: KRW 20,050.00 per share

- 2026-05: KRW 18,460.00 per share

- 2026-06: KRW 18,200.00 per share

- 2026-07: KRW 18,930.00 per share

- 2026-08: KRW 19,190.00 per share

- 2026-09: KRW 18,740.00 per share

- 2026-10: KRW 19,440.00 per share

## Annual estimated value (KRW per share)

- FY2016: low KRW 11,447.34 per share, central KRW 12,529.23 per share, high KRW 13,969.44 per share

- FY2017: low KRW 11,194.63 per share, central KRW 12,320.85 per share, high KRW 13,820.08 per share

- FY2018: low KRW 15,157.18 per share, central KRW 16,718.66 per share, high KRW 18,797.32 per share

- FY2019: low KRW 15,637.77 per share, central KRW 17,174.02 per share, high KRW 19,219.08 per share

- FY2020: low KRW 15,044.54 per share, central KRW 16,424.10 per share, high KRW 18,260.59 per share

- FY2021: low KRW 24,622.82 per share, central KRW 27,212.83 per share, high KRW 30,660.67 per share

- FY2022: low KRW 35,286.94 per share, central KRW 48,092.88 per share, high KRW 55,549.79 per share

- FY2023: low KRW 33,552.54 per share, central KRW 45,154.96 per share, high KRW 51,982.91 per share

- FY2024: low KRW 36,563.12 per share, central KRW 48,946.71 per share, high KRW 56,178.08 per share

- FY2025: low KRW 37,594.38 per share, central KRW 50,538.51 per share, high KRW 58,075.90 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 2026-10-15T06:48:12.688Z 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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Cheil Worldwide

030000 · KO

KOSPI 200

A wonderful business at a fair price

Passes the quality tests.

Share price
KRW 19,390.00
Buy up to
KRW 50,052.31
Expected / yr
26.2% 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 14.9% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).

10y median
7.4%
Worst year
4.6%
Latest · LTM
7.0%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 30.3% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 25.5% (minimum 10%).

10y median
30.3%
Worst year
23.5%
Latest · 2025
25.5%

Each $1 of profit left $1.05 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
1.05×
Annual median
1.08×
Latest · 2025
0.94×

Per-share value rose from 1251.78 to 2049, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
KRW 2K
Worst year
KRW 871.49
Latest · 2025
KRW 2K

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -0.1% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-2.7%
Worst year
3.9%
Latest · 2025
-0.1%

Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 6.5%, three-year average owner earnings per share 2,011.47 KRW.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeKRW 37,294.96 – KRW 57,480.94
Buy at or belowCentral value KRW 50,052.31
Discount to value1 − 19390.00 / 50052.31 = 61.3%
Return / yearAbout 26.2% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash KRW 2189.80/share; 8.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash KRW 7524.56/share today.
Required return10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueKRW 4.48T
4.55T020172026
FY2017 · Revenue: KRW 3.37T; FY2018 · Revenue: KRW 3.48T; FY2019 · Revenue: KRW 3.42T; FY2020 · Revenue: KRW 2.75T; FY2021 · Revenue: KRW 3.33T; FY2022 · Revenue: KRW 4.25T; FY2023 · Revenue: KRW 4.14T; FY2024 · Revenue: KRW 4.34T; FY2025 · Revenue: KRW 4.55T; FY2026 · Revenue: KRW 4.48T
Revenue
Owner earningsKRW 195B
215B020162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: KRW 73B; FY2017 · Owner earnings: KRW 18B; FY2018 · Owner earnings: KRW 204B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: KRW 115B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: KRW 144B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: KRW 184B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: KRW 212B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: KRW 202B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: KRW 215B; FY2025 · Owner earnings: KRW 195B
Owner earnings
Operating margin7.0%
10.0%0.0%20172026
FY2017 · Operating margin: 4.6%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 5.2%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 6.0%; FY2020 · Operating margin: 7.5%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 7.5%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 7.3%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 7.4%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 7.4%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 7.4%; FY2026 · Operating margin: 7.0%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtKRW 832B
845B020162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: KRW 410B; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: KRW 362B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: KRW 440B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: KRW 510B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: KRW 551B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: KRW 645B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: KRW 618B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: KRW 518B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: KRW 845B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: KRW 832B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares101M
102M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 102M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 101M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 101M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025