Profits were positive in 9 years (at least 9 needed).
- 9y median
- KRW 2.51T
- Worst year
- KRW 1.26T
- Latest · 2025
- KRW 3.12T
# Woori Financial Group (316140.KO) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/316140.KO Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:34:58.293Z. Financial observations: FY2017–FY2025. 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 31,150.00 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low KRW 29,118.62 per share, central KRW 36,398.27 per share, high KRW 48,531.03 per share. Buy at or below the central value KRW 36,398.27 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:34:58.293Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 10.7% at the stated quote. About 10.7% 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 - Financial history: 9 years - Profitable years in the last ten: 9 - Required profitable years: 9 - Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.18× Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: KRW 1.35T - FY2018: KRW 1.88T - FY2019: KRW 1.87T - FY2020: KRW 1.26T - FY2021: KRW 2.52T - FY2022: KRW 3.05T - FY2023: KRW 2.51T - FY2024: KRW 3.09T - FY2025: KRW 3.12T ### moat: fail - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - median return on common equity below threshold - Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 9.0% - Required median return: 12.0% - Return uses tangible common equity: Yes - Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 6.8% - Years with reported combined ratio: 0 Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 6.8% - FY2018: 8.9% - FY2019: 9.0% - FY2020: 5.7% - FY2021: 10.4% - FY2022: 11.2% - FY2023: 8.4% - FY2024: 9.6% - FY2025: 9.1% ### economics: pass - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 8.8% - Book return interval: 8 years - Starting book value per share: KRW 29K - Ending book value per share: KRW 47K Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations. - FY2018: 9.0% - FY2019: -5.3% - FY2020: 10.4% - FY2021: 9.8% - FY2022: 15.1% - FY2023: 12.7% - FY2024: 9.9% - FY2025: 9.9% ### management: fail - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - book per share gain below retained common earnings per share - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 1.0% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 0.3% - Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: 1.0% - Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0.3% - Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0 - Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 0.96× - Book value created per share: KRW 17K - Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: KRW 18K Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 100 - FY2018: 100 - FY2019: 106 - FY2020: 106 - FY2021: 107 - FY2022: 107 - FY2023: 108 - FY2024: 109 - FY2025: 108 ### accounting: pass - Financial accounting warning count: 0 - Known restatement years: 0 ## Holders ## Price story The price assumes profits grow 5.3% a year forever · net income +1.2% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:03.232Z; price observation 2026-10-15. The price assumes profits grow 5.3% a year forever ### Net income · FY2025 net income +1.2%; source https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1264136/000119312526168715/d82423d20f.htm; observed 2026-04-22. - FY2017: KRW 1.35T - FY2018: KRW 1.88T - FY2019: KRW 1.87T - FY2020: KRW 1.26T - FY2021: KRW 2.52T - FY2022: KRW 3.05T - FY2023: KRW 2.51T - FY2024: KRW 3.09T - FY2025: KRW 3.12T ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in regional banking; annual sales are KRW 13.3 trillion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/api/fundamentals/316140.KO.json#2025-12-31 (filed 2026-04-22); FY2025: revenue 13291571000000. ### Why customers stay It earns 9% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-04-22); 9-year return on tangible equity observations [[2017,0.06777125726919031],[2018,0.08901482427902854],[2019,0.09038137524641614],[2020,0.056525806783010564],[2021,0.10426253681583247],[2022,0.11249663285499188],[2023,0.08388845973372609],[2024,0.09575970023131311],[2025,0.0914762800517832]]; median 0.09038137524641614. 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 150 billion of shares. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-04-22); Dividend observations: [[2016,168317000000],[2017,514366000000],[2018,484261000000],[2019,598678000000],[2020,554502000000],[2021,434607000000],[2022,746752000000],[2023,978376000000],[2024,878330000000],[2025,927296000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. - Source: https://eodhd.com/api/fundamentals/316140.KO.json#2025-12-31 (filed 2026-04-22); FY2025: cash repurchases 150000000000 KRW. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 8.4% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 316140.KO SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 8.416 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes profits grow 5.3% a year forever. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-04-22); Price 31150; FX 1; original perpetual distributable cash 1455.930858598354; discount 0.1; growth 0.053260646593953326. Same book-value model and 4× ceiling; no ten-year operating fade applies. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (KRW per share) - 2016-10: KRW 12,500.00 per share - 2016-11: KRW 12,000.00 per share - 2016-12: KRW 12,750.00 per share - 2017-01: KRW 13,100.00 per share - 2017-02: KRW 13,300.00 per share - 2017-03: KRW 13,000.00 per share - 2017-04: KRW 14,950.00 per share - 2017-05: KRW 15,300.00 per share - 2017-06: KRW 18,450.00 per share - 2017-07: KRW 19,100.00 per share - 2017-08: KRW 18,600.00 per share - 2017-09: KRW 17,850.00 per share - 2017-10: KRW 16,400.00 per share - 2017-11: KRW 16,200.00 per share - 2017-12: KRW 15,750.00 per share - 2018-01: KRW 16,850.00 per share - 2018-02: KRW 16,600.00 per share - 2018-03: KRW 14,650.00 per share - 2018-04: KRW 16,050.00 per share - 2018-05: KRW 15,300.00 per share - 2018-06: KRW 16,300.00 per share - 2018-07: KRW 16,900.00 per share - 2018-08: KRW 16,300.00 per share - 2018-09: KRW 16,900.00 per share - 2018-10: KRW 15,750.00 per share - 2018-11: KRW 15,650.00 per share - 2018-12: KRW 15,600.00 per share - 2019-01: KRW 14,800.00 per share - 2019-02: KRW 14,800.00 per share - 2019-03: KRW 13,750.00 per share - 2019-04: KRW 13,850.00 per share - 2019-05: KRW 13,900.00 per share - 2019-06: KRW 14,050.00 per share - 2019-07: KRW 13,100.00 per share - 2019-08: KRW 11,900.00 per share - 2019-09: KRW 12,450.00 per share - 2019-10: KRW 11,750.00 per share - 2019-11: KRW 11,700.00 per share - 2019-12: KRW 11,600.00 per share - 2020-01: KRW 10,150.00 per share - 2020-02: KRW 9,610.00 per share - 2020-03: KRW 7,650.00 per share - 2020-04: KRW 8,440.00 per share - 2020-05: KRW 9,130.00 per share - 2020-06: KRW 8,810.00 per share - 2020-07: KRW 8,500.00 per share - 2020-08: KRW 8,460.00 per share - 2020-09: KRW 8,580.00 per share - 2020-10: KRW 8,890.00 per share - 2020-11: KRW 9,830.00 per share - 2020-12: KRW 9,730.00 per share - 2021-01: KRW 8,800.00 per share - 2021-02: KRW 9,580.00 per share - 2021-03: KRW 10,100.00 per share - 2021-04: KRW 10,700.00 per share - 2021-05: KRW 11,150.00 per share - 2021-06: KRW 11,450.00 per share - 2021-07: KRW 10,850.00 per share - 2021-08: KRW 11,250.00 per share - 2021-09: KRW 11,650.00 per share - 2021-10: KRW 13,250.00 per share - 2021-11: KRW 12,600.00 per share - 2021-12: KRW 12,700.00 per share - 2022-01: KRW 14,650.00 per share - 2022-02: KRW 14,300.00 per share - 2022-03: KRW 15,350.00 per share - 2022-04: KRW 14,750.00 per share - 2022-05: KRW 14,900.00 per share - 2022-06: KRW 12,100.00 per share - 2022-07: KRW 11,900.00 per share - 2022-08: KRW 12,200.00 per share - 2022-09: KRW 10,700.00 per share - 2022-10: KRW 11,750.00 per share - 2022-11: KRW 13,000.00 per share - 2022-12: KRW 11,550.00 per share - 2023-01: KRW 12,790.00 per share - 2023-02: KRW 12,200.00 per share - 2023-03: KRW 11,410.00 per share - 2023-04: KRW 11,730.00 per share - 2023-05: KRW 11,980.00 per share - 2023-06: KRW 11,790.00 per share - 2023-07: KRW 11,650.00 per share - 2023-08: KRW 11,910.00 per share - 2023-09: KRW 12,260.00 per share - 2023-10: KRW 11,900.00 per share - 2023-11: KRW 13,020.00 per share - 2023-12: KRW 13,000.00 per share - 2024-01: KRW 13,880.00 per share - 2024-02: KRW 14,900.00 per share - 2024-03: KRW 14,320.00 per share - 2024-04: KRW 14,230.00 per share - 2024-05: KRW 14,170.00 per share - 2024-06: KRW 14,690.00 per share - 2024-07: KRW 15,740.00 per share - 2024-08: KRW 16,020.00 per share - 2024-09: KRW 15,500.00 per share - 2024-10: KRW 15,430.00 per share - 2024-11: KRW 16,710.00 per share - 2024-12: KRW 15,370.00 per share - 2025-01: KRW 16,100.00 per share - 2025-02: KRW 16,580.00 per share - 2025-03: KRW 16,500.00 per share - 2025-04: KRW 17,710.00 per share - 2025-05: KRW 19,270.00 per share - 2025-06: KRW 22,450.00 per share - 2025-07: KRW 24,700.00 per share - 2025-08: KRW 24,800.00 per share - 2025-09: KRW 25,950.00 per share - 2025-10: KRW 25,400.00 per share - 2025-11: KRW 26,550.00 per share - 2025-12: KRW 28,000.00 per share - 2026-01: KRW 30,250.00 per share - 2026-02: KRW 36,000.00 per share - 2026-03: KRW 32,050.00 per share - 2026-04: KRW 33,350.00 per share - 2026-05: KRW 29,700.00 per share - 2026-06: KRW 29,000.00 per share - 2026-07: KRW 33,600.00 per share - 2026-08: KRW 33,800.00 per share - 2026-09: KRW 34,900.00 per share - 2026-10: KRW 32,000.00 per share ## Annual estimated value (KRW per share) - FY2019: low KRW 11,983.05 per share, central KRW 14,470.51 per share, high KRW 18,261.18 per share - FY2020: low KRW 11,159.96 per share, central KRW 13,250.18 per share, high KRW 16,303.84 per share - FY2021: low KRW 13,918.88 per share, central KRW 16,808.17 per share, high KRW 21,211.22 per share - FY2022: low KRW 17,421.80 per share, central KRW 21,777.25 per share, high KRW 29,036.33 per share - FY2023: low KRW 20,598.14 per share, central KRW 25,395.47 per share, high KRW 33,105.86 per share - FY2024: low KRW 23,694.01 per share, central KRW 29,617.51 per share, high KRW 39,490.01 per share - FY2025: low KRW 28,882.01 per share, central KRW 36,102.51 per share, high KRW 48,136.68 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 2026-10-15T06:40:44.225Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period. ## Sources [Original 20-F filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1264136/000119312526168715/d82423d20f.htm); period 2025-12-31, filed 2026-04-22. 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.
316140 · KO
KOSPI 200
Not a wonderful business
2 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
Profits were positive in 9 years (at least 9 needed).
Earned a median 9% on tangible equity (minimum 12%).
Book value plus dividends grew 8.8% a year (minimum 7%).
Book value gained 17352.16 per share against 18005.55 kept (must cover the amount kept).
0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).
Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), three-year average earnings per share 3,943.72 KRW.
| Value range | KRW 29,118.62 – KRW 48,531.03 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value KRW 36,398.27 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 31150.00 / 36398.27 = 14.4% |
| Return / year | About 10.7% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Book KRW 46913.51/share; ROE 9.1%; first payout KRW 1455.93/share, growing 6.0% perpetually (4× book payout cap applied). |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |