POSCO (005490) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 005490 does

POSCO (005490) is an integrated steel producer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, listed on the Korea Exchange. It operates through six segments — Steel, Trading, Construction, Logistics and Others, Green Materials and Energy, and Others — producing and selling products such as hot and cold rolled steel, stainless steel, plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets, as well as pig iron, billets, blooms, and slabs. The company also trades steel and raw materials, develops natural resources, generates power, and provides construction, logistics, and alternative energy solutions. As a major Korean industrial name, POSCO is part of the KOSPI 200 index.

Key numbers explained

• 311,500 KRW is the latest price for POSCO (005490), reflecting the most recent trade on the Korea Exchange.
• -1.89% is the price change today, showing the session’s movement relative to the previous close.
• 23.56T KRW is the market capitalization, the total market value of all outstanding shares.
• The forward P/E ratio of 10.4 divides the current price by expected future earnings, offering a sense of how the market values the company relative to its anticipated profit.
• The dividend yield of 2.57% indicates the annual dividend payment as a percentage of the current price; POSCO pays out 52% of earnings as dividends, with the ex-dividend date on 21 aug. 2026.
• 1.66 is the beta, a measure of the stock’s sensitivity to overall market moves — a beta above 1 means it tends to be more volatile than the market.
• The 52-week range of 258,500 – 542,000 shows the lowest and highest prices over the past year, with the current price near the lower end of that band.
• 11.8% is the price change over the last 52 weeks, the total return from one year ago to today.
• 71.24T KRW is the trailing 12-month revenue, and 9.7% is the year-over-year revenue growth.
• 1.9% profit margin and 4.3% operating margin show how much of each revenue unit remains as profit at different stages.
• 2.2% return on equity measures how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders’ equity.
• The debt-to-equity ratio of 49.6% indicates the proportion of debt relative to equity used to finance the business.

What to watch

Investors tracking POSCO (005490) often monitor steel demand cycles, raw material costs (such as iron ore and coking coal), and currency movements, particularly the Korean won. The company’s exposure to construction, energy, and logistics segments means it can be affected by infrastructure spending and industrial activity in Korea and abroad. Earnings releases, such as the upcoming report on 26 oct. 2026, and dividend policy updates are common catalysts for price movement. For broader context, peers like Hansol Chemical (014680), Kumho Petrochemical (011780), Korea Petrochemical (006650), DL (000210), SK Chemicals (285130), KCC (002380), and Seah Besteel (001430) operate in related Korean industrial and materials sectors. The full list of Korea Exchange stocks is available in the stocks directory.