POSCO Holdings Inc.

BASE:PKS Stock Report

Market Cap: AR$24.5t

POSCO Holdings Valuation

Is PKS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of PKS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: PKS (ARS28920) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (ARS6139.58)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: PKS is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PKS?

Key metric: As PKS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PKS. This is calculated by dividing PKS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PKS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio39.5x
Earnings₩657.65b
Market Cap₩25.95t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PKS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PKS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average51.4x
TXAR Ternium Argentina
36.1xn/aAR$2.9t
RS Reliance
21.6x9.24%US$15.5b
600010 Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union
131.7xn/aCN¥134.0b
600019 Baoshan Iron & Steel
16.3x16.54%CN¥152.4b
PKS POSCO Holdings
39.5x44.09%AR$26.0t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PKS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (39.5x) compared to the peer average (51.5x).


Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PKS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Metals and Mining Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
PKS 39.5xIndustry Avg. 13.5xNo. of Companies4PE0816243240+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PKS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (39.5x) compared to the South American Metals and Mining industry average (12.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PKS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PKS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio39.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PKS's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AR$36.44k
Fair Value
20.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
23
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/11 15:20
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/11 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

POSCO Holdings Inc. is covered by 34 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ephrem RaviBarclays
Bik Yun LauBernstein
Kyung Jae HwangBofA Global Research