LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd.

KOSDAQ:A078020 Stock Report

Market Cap: ₩325.1b

LS SECURITIES Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

LS SECURITIES' CEO is Won Kyu Kim, appointed in Mar 2019, has a tenure of 7.42 years. directly owns 0.089% of the company’s shares, worth ₩290.26M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 12.3 years and 1.4 years respectively.

Key information

Won Kyu Kim

Chief executive officer

n/a

Total compensation

CEO salary percentagen/a
CEO tenure7.4yrs
CEO ownership0.09%
Management average tenure12.3yrs
Board average tenure1.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article Feb 14

LS SECURITIES (KOSDAQ:078020) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At ₩500.00

LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd.'s ( KOSDAQ:078020 ) periodic dividend will be increasing on the 17th of April to ₩500.00, with...
Analysis Article Jan 29

LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd.'s (KOSDAQ:078020) Low P/E No Reason For Excitement

LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd.'s ( KOSDAQ:078020 ) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 10.8x might make it look like a buy...
Analysis Article May 29

LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd.'s (KOSDAQ:078020) Shareholders Might Be Looking For Exit

With a median price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of close to 12x in Korea, you could be forgiven for feeling...
Analysis Article Aug 07

LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd.'s (KOSDAQ:078020) Prospects Need A Boost To Lift Shares

When close to half the companies in Korea have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 12x, you may consider LS...
Analysis Article Feb 14

Should EBEST Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:078020) Be Part Of Your Dividend Portfolio?

Today we'll take a closer look at EBEST Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. ( KOSDAQ:078020 ) from a dividend investor's...
Analysis Article Jan 10

EBEST Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:078020) Looks Inexpensive But Perhaps Not Attractive Enough

EBEST Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.'s ( KOSDAQ:078020 ) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 3.7x might make it...
Analysis Article Dec 06

How Much Did EBEST Investment & Securities'(KOSDAQ:078020) Shareholders Earn From Share Price Movements Over The Last Three Years?

EBEST Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. ( KOSDAQ:078020 ) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 24% in...

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Won Kyu Kim's remuneration changed compared to LS SECURITIES's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2026n/an/a

₩41b

Dec 31 2025n/an/a

₩23b

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

₩27b

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

₩24b

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

₩13b

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

₩17b

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

₩33b

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

₩35b

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

₩30b

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

₩29b

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

₩7b

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

₩10b

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

₩16b

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

₩21b

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

₩62b

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

₩93b

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

₩126b

Dec 31 2021₩2b₩500m

₩154b

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

₩163b

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

₩171b

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

₩158b

Dec 31 2020₩950m₩499m

₩122b

Compensation vs Market: Insufficient data to establish whether Won Kyu's total compensation is reasonable compared to companies of similar size in the KR market.

Compensation vs Earnings: Won Kyu's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Won Kyu Kim (66 yo)

7.4yrs
Tenure
₩1,883,000,000
Compensation

Mr. Won Kyu Kim serves as Chief Executive Officer at LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd. (formerly known as EBEST Investment & Securities Co., Ltd.) since March 21, 2019. He served as Chief Executive Officer of E1 Cor...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Won Kyu Kim
Chief Executive Officer7.4yrs₩1.88b0.089%
₩ 290.3m
Yoo-ho Jung
MD & Head of Equity Management Division11.7yrs₩3.02bno data
Woo-seok Kwon
Head of Management Infrastructureno data₩2.12b0.0040%
₩ 12.9m
Young-Jin Kim
Head of Real Estate Finance Division & Assistant Executive Directorno data₩4.12b0.013%
₩ 40.6m
Hyunjoo Lee
Chief Compliance Officerno datano datano data
Jong-Ho Lee
Assistant Executive Director & Global Sales Managerno datano datano data
Sung-Geun Jung
Managing Director7.3yrsno datano data
Ji-Ho Youn
MD & Head of Research Division14.3yrs₩1.65b0.061%
₩ 199.9m
Kyung-Geun Park
Managing Director15.3yrsno datano data
Yong-Doo Kim
Director & Head of Retail Finance Divisionno datano datano data
Eung Jin Oh
Managing Director13yrsno datano data
Gyuyoon Lee
Head of Debt Division & Directorno datano datano data
12.3yrs
Average Tenure
59.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: A078020's management team is seasoned and experienced (12.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Won Sik Hong
Inside Directorless than a yearno datano data
Dong-Hwi Koo
Non-Executive Director1.4yrsno data0.094%
₩ 304.8m
ByungCheol So
Independent Outside Director1.4yrsno datano data
JooHyung Kim
Independent Outside Director1.4yrsno datano data
Hyoje Cho
Independent Outside Directorless than a yearno datano data
1.4yrs
Average Tenure
62yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: A078020's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.4 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/08/05 01:04
End of Day Share Price 2026/08/05 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

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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

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Analyst Sources

LS SECURITIES Co., Ltd. is covered by 2 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ji-Young KimKyobo Securities Co., Ltd
Tae Joon JeongYuanta Securities Korea Co., Ltd.