Ratings POSCO Holdings Inc.

Equities

A005490

KR7005490008

End-of-day quote Korea S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-04-18 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
386,500 ^KRW	-0.90%		-2.15%	-22.62%

Apr. 18	Posco Shares Gain After Biden Calls for Higher Tariffs on Chinese Steel	DJ
Mar. 22	Posco Group Appoints Chairman and CEO	MT

Summary

The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.

Strengths

The stock, which is currently worth 2024 to 366.44 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
The company's share price in relation to its net book value makes it look relatively cheap.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
For the last four months, the sales outlook for the coming years has been revised downwards. No recovery of the group's activities is yet foreseen.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been significantly revised downwards over the last four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
Sales estimates for the next fiscal years vary from one analyst to another. This clearly highlights a lack of visibility into the company's future activity.
The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

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Sector: Iron & Steel

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
POSCO HOLDINGS INC.	-22.62%	21.32B	B
NUCOR CORPORATION	+9.95%	45.92B	B-
TATA STEEL LIMITED	+16.20%	24.27B	C+
STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.	+15.92%	21.62B	B
ARCELORMITTAL	-7.19%	20.82B	C+
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION	+5.63%	20.33B	B
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.	+1.91%	9.89B	B+
JFE HOLDINGS, INC.	+7.34%	9.66B	B
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION	-20.68%	8.68B	B
GERDAU S.A.	-2.93%	7.47B	B

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