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[STOCK WATCH] Korea Kolmar increases 2%

Oct. 27, 2016 - 09:50 By thinkpool
  
- Compared with its peer group, in spite of high Volatility, Earning Rate is low
- Related stocks mixed, Chemicals industry +0.84%
- Target price KRW 118,000, has 37% disparate to increase compared with stock price.
- Individuals and Foreigners buy, Institutions sell
- Turnover Rate and Price Range both proper
- Institution 32.66%, Foreigners 26.56%


Market Review
As of Oct. 27 09:25 A.M., Korea Kolmar (161890) increased 2.15%, compared with yesterday, to 85,700 won (US$75.34). It had declined 11.83% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates risk, records 2% over the same period over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, the monthly volatility of Korea Kolmar was not so high, the earnings rate for one month was also the lowest with decline of stock price. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -5.9%. As high volatility and a bearish stock price trend, the return-on-risk was poor, compared with its peer group. Moreover, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, -3.5, and thus the industrial comparison performance was not so good.

Comparing industry to the market, the KOSPI industry including Korea Kolmar records higher volatility but lower earning rate than chemicals. Even though the earning rate of the industry is negative, the industry was more satisfactory than the market.


Close CompetitorsEarning rate (%)STD (1Mo)Return on
Risk (1Mo)
1 Mo3 Mo6 Mo
KUMHO PETRO CHEM(011780)6.5%13.5%-0.7%2.5%2.5
KUMHO TIRE(073240)-8.5%10.2%23.1%2.4%-3.5
KOREA KOLMAR(161890)-11.8%-8.3%-1.3%2.0%-5.9
KOLON IND(120110)-8.9%-9.9%8.5%2.0%-4.4
SK CHEM(006120)-8.3%-13.1%-21.1%1.7%-4.8
 
Chemicals-3.3%-2.6%-3.9%0.9%-3.6
KOSPI-2.1%-1.2%0.3%0.6%-3.5

Target price 118,000 won, has 37% disparate to increase compared with stock price.
Per analysts' expectations during the recent month, the average target price of Korea Kolmar is 118,000 won. The stock price is 85,700 won as of yesterday, so there is 32,300 won (37%) disparate in order to be able to increase.



Earnings & Valuation
KOREA KOLMAR(161890): 2Q(Apr ~ June) of 2016 Earnings (reported at Aug. 17. 2016)
 RevenueOperating IncomeNet Income
2Q of 20161,730.1 T215.5 T163.8 T
Previous Quarter16.4% increase23.3% increase22.9% increase
YoY21.8% increase22.6% increase20.9% increase

Financial structure Overview
Compared with four close competitors with similar market capitalization within its industry, Korea Kolmar's P/B ratio, a financial ratio of a company's book value, and its P/E ratio, a price-paid ratio of annual net income, are both at a relatively higher level.

P/E ratio and P/B ratio
Close CompatitorsROEPERPBRBasic Date
KOREA KOLMAR(161890)20.733.26.9June 2016
KOLON IND(120110)8.810.30.9June 2016
KUMHO TIRE(073240)-9.3-1.4June 2016
SK CHEM(006120)7.67.70.6June 2016
KUMHO PETRO CHEM(011780)6.620.01.3June 2016



Investor Group
Individuals and Foreigners buy, Institutions sell
While Institutions have been selling Korea Kolmar during the past six trading days, foreigners have been buying during the past five trading day. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, foreigners have bought 156,470 shares with a maintenance of shareholding and individuals have bought 149,719 shares changing stance to buying from selling. However, during the same period, institutions have sold 306,189 shares with a selling trend.

Turnover Rate and Price Range both proper
Regarding the statistics for the past month on trade volume as the total outstanding shares, the daily turnover rate of Korea Kolmar was 0.38%. And the daily volatility, the average range of rise and fall, during the same period is 6.79%.

Institution 32.66%, Foreigners 26.56%
As per the inquiry for shareholding by investor group, the major investor group is individuals with 40.76% from total outstanding shares. Institutions and foreigners each hold 32.66% and 26.56%. And as recent five-day shareholding change by investor group, individuals is the major investor group with 45.82%. Institutions hold 27.11% and foreigners hold 27.06%.

Cumulated shareholdings per investor group (1Mo) Total shareholdings per investor group
 
* Other Investor groups, included as "other corporations", are considered as "Individuals".


By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)
 
By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)

This article is produced by the algorithm developed by the artificial intelligence developer ThinkPool in collaboration with Herald Corp