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LX International

KSC:001120 · KR7001120005
Trading Companies & DistributorsSmall

360

88
EV / EBIT75
Price / Owner Earnings62
Owner Earnings Yield63
Dividend Yield97
Price/Sales100
EV / Gross Profit80
Price/Book93
Return on Capital22
Cash Return on Capital37
Return on Equity26
EBIT Margin18
Gross Profitability17
Cash Conversion91
Accruals46
Owner Earnings Margin34
Sales growth47
Profit Growth54
Long-Term EPS Growth100
Owner Earnings Growth100
Reinvestment28
Price momentum67
Debt load25
Refinancing95
Debt Payback12
Liquidity41
Analyst ratings63
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside100
Market mood53
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

LX International clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountrySouth Korea
IndustryTrading Companies & Distributors
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeKOSE
Employees407
ISINKR7001120005
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Energy StorageClean EnergyOnshore and Offshore WindBusiness DevelopmentFinanceTrading Platform

Description

LX International Corp. is a diversified corporation engaged in multiple business segments, primarily focusing on resource development, trading activities, and logistics solutions. The company has established a presence in various markets through its…

Analysis

Bargain bin

LX International Corp. is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 7.6×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around -7% a year, against analyst forecasts of 33%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is solid and accelerating; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
86
2023202420252026

All-time high

100

Jan 2025

All-time low

65

Jan 2023

Average rank

85

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
100
100
97
97
Price/Earnings
68
95
91
100
Price/Book
93
79
81
74
Dividend Yield
97
92
88
100
Value (overall)
100
95
93
95

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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