POSCO

US · PKX #1031 by market cap Listed 1970

56.26 -2.48 -4.22%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 441s ago · 2026-10-08 07:14

Pre-market 57.19 +1.65%

After-hours 56.26 0.00%

Overnight 57.00 +1.32%

Market cap: 17.02B
P/E (TTM): 17.38
P/B: 0.40
EPS: 1.70
Div yield: 2.70%
52W pos: 22%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Weak

Altman Z-Score is 1.66, below the 1.8 "distress zone" threshold.
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year -6.09% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 7.45%
Operating margin: 2.71%
Net margin: 1.00%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 13.10T
Altman Z-Score: 1.66

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	65.15T	64.79T	57.47T	76.01T	85.00T	77.06T	73.46T	68.99T
Gross profit	8.03T	6.32T	4.67T	11.85T	7.68T	6.42T	5.49T	5.14T
Selling & admin expenses	1.92T	1.94T	1.85T	2.14T	2.24T	2.35T	2.49T	2.56T
Research & development	108.35B	110.32B	116.27B	123.09B	179.71B	175.17B	207.56B	195.26B
Operating profit	5.45T	4.04T	2.32T	9.25T	4.76T	3.38T	2.30T	1.87T
Pretax profit	3.62T	3.13T	1.97T	9.39T	4.05T	2.64T	1.33T	1.14T
Tax	1.68T	1.09T	224.27B	2.21T	461.53B	789.37B	320.95B	612.14B
Net profit	1.93T	2.04T	1.75T	7.18T	3.59T	1.85T	1.01T	527.02B
Basic EPS	5.29K	5.80K	4.98K	21.80K	10.41K	5.60K	3.71K	2.28K
Diluted EPS	5,294.25	5,797.25	4,975.00	21,310.00	9,824.00	5,595.75	3,160.00	2,283.50

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Revenue	17.44T	17.56T	17.26T	16.73T	17.88T	19.26T
Gross profit	1.34T	1.39T	1.42T	1.00T	1.52T	1.66T
Selling & admin expenses	594.26B	605.25B	592.60B	770.24B	632.23B	632.50B
Research & development	46.87B	47.30B	47.00B	54.09B	51.83B	54.73B
Operating profit	612.18B	612.45B	643.62B	55.30B	798.82B	846.97B
Pretax profit	509.96B	227.68B	517.84B	-116.32B	756.61B	911.10B
Tax	165.72B	143.84B	130.93B	171.65B	213.22B	149.79B
Net profit	344.24B	83.85B	386.91B	-287.97B	543.39B	761.32B
Basic EPS	1,000	529	1.39K	-636	1.54K	2.26K
Diluted EPS	999.50	528.50	1,391.25	-635.75	1,544.50	2,263.75

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	34.15T	35.14T	36.40T	47.42T	48.24T	46.73T	44.07T	43.58T
Cash & ST investments	10.68T	12.46T	16.36T	18.16T	18.74T	17.91T	14.80T	15.59T
Inventory	12.15T	11.23T	9.64T	16.10T	16.13T	14.56T	14.18T	13.74T
Total assets	78.78T	79.37T	79.68T	92.30T	99.02T	101.49T	103.44T	105.29T
Total current liabilities	19.43T	16.55T	17.21T	21.27T	23.43T	22.47T	22.74T	23.07T
Short-term debt	10.30T	8.70T	8.92T	9.01T	12.07T	11.12T	11.28T	12.30T
Long-term debt	9.92T	11.89T	11.82T	12.91T	12.39T	15.01T	14.88T	16.37T
Total liabilities	32,104,377,000,000.00	31,607,510,000,000.00	32,080,153,000,000.00	37,584,924,000,000.00	40,829,853,000,000.00	41,887,716,000,000.00	42,000,967,000,000.00	42,894,966,000,000.00
Total equity	46.67T	47.76T	47.60T	54.71T	58.19T	59.60T	61.44T	62.39T
Retained earnings	44.16T	45.05T	46.06T	51.48T	52.92T	53.81T	53.64T	53.20T

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Total current assets	44.29T	43.66T	43.58T	43.58T	44.83T	45.22T
Cash & ST investments	15.50T	16.54T	15.84T	15.59T	14.90T	14.30T
Inventory	13.32T	12.34T	12.81T	13.74T	14.14T	13.97T
Total assets	102.12T	101.15T	102.60T	105.29T	108.35T	109.71T
Total current liabilities	23.46T	22.22T	22.27T	23.07T	23.61T	22.81T
Short-term debt	12.72T	11.96T	12.17T	12.30T	12.56T	11.31T
Long-term debt	14.64T	15.69T	15.48T	16.37T	17.89T	19.30T
Total liabilities	40,450,149,000,000.00	40,564,919,000,000.00	40,544,452,000,000.00	42,894,966,000,000.00	44,952,468,000,000.00	45,549,500,000,000.00
Total equity	61.67T	60.59T	62.06T	62.39T	63.39T	64.16T
Retained earnings	53.40T	53.37T	53.64T	53.20T	53.09T	53.65T

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	5.87T	6.00T	8.69T	6.26T	6.19T	6.17T	6.66T	4.57T
Depreciation & amortization	3.27T	3.46T	3.62T	3.58T	3.69T	3.84T	3.98T	4.16T
Free cash flow	3.29T	3.19T	5.19T	2.75T	766.31B	-1.06T	-1.50T	-1.67T
Dividends paid	-723.93B	-946.22B	-659.15B	-1.31T	-1.22T	-815.45B	-844.20B	-915.22B
Stock buybacks / issuance	0	0	-883.22B	-116.77B	0	0	-92.31B	0
Ending cash balance	2.64T	3.52T	4.76T	4.78T	8.05T	6.67T	6.77T	7.05T

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Operating cash flow	668.78B	1.76T	223.76B	1.92T	-359.30B	1.07T
Depreciation & amortization	1.02T	1.02T	1.03T	1.09T	1.05T	1.09T
Free cash flow	-851.36B	113.06B	-1.06T	126.70B	-1.44T	-186.93B
Dividends paid	-3.28B	-477.49B	-244.84B	-189.61B	-1.88B	-403.56B
Stock buybacks / issuance	--	--	--	0	--	--
Ending cash balance	6.77T	7.00T	7.17T	7.05T	7.07T	6.35T

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	3.90	4.23	3.55	13.94	6.11	3.19	2.05	1.24
ROA %	2.14	2.35	1.98	7.68	3.29	1.69	1.10	0.66
ROIC %	3.11	3.28	2.76	9.70	4.60	2.58	1.82	1.33
5-year avg ROE %	3.03	3.59	4.23	6.39	6.35	6.21	5.77	5.31
EBIT margin %	6.69	5.99	4.54	12.93	5.48	4.72	3.24	3.23
FCF / sales %	5.04	4.92	9.03	3.62	0.90	--	--	--
Current ratio	1.76	2.12	2.12	2.23	2.06	2.08	1.94	1.89
Quick ratio	1.09	1.39	1.51	1.42	1.31	1.36	1.23	1.24
Debt / assets	25.77	26.61	26.65	24.40	25.38	26.50	26.01	28.33
LT debt / equity	23.09	27.94	27.80	26.81	24.89	29.13	28.21	31.45
Interest coverage	5.88	5.14	4.09	22.35	7.66	3.63	2.26	2.04
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	3.64	6.96	-1.53	5.27	9.48	10.27	-1.13	-6.72
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	115.32	11.23	-16.91	56.86	19.20	2.41	-44.57	-39.75
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	-11.57	4.31	20.35	-5.79	-37.81	--	--	--

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
ROE %	1.61	0.94	0.87	1.24	1.52	2.46
ROA %	0.86	0.50	0.47	0.66	0.81	1.31
ROIC %	1.49	1.09	1.09	1.33	1.51	2.07
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	2.98	2.32	2.11	3.23	3.61	4.50
FCF / sales %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Current ratio	1.89	1.96	1.96	1.89	1.90	1.98
Quick ratio	1.23	1.34	1.32	1.24	1.24	1.31
Debt / assets	27.53	28.38	28.06	28.33	29.24	29.01
LT debt / equity	27.71	30.63	29.89	31.45	33.65	35.70
Interest coverage	2.03	1.58	1.42	2.04	2.24	2.83
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Single-engine

Steel is the largest reported line at 83.71% of revenue, across 7 reported segments.
The next-largest line, Trading, is a distant second at 62.49% - a sharp slowdown here would have little to offset it.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Steel83.71%

Trading62.49%

Construction9.80%

Rechargeable Battery Materials5.48%

Logistics and Others5.23%

Others4.90%

Quote time 2026-10-08 07:14:51 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.