CJ CheilJedang (097950) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 097950 does

CJ CheilJedang (097950) is a South Korean food company operating in the Consumer Defensive sector and Packaged Foods industry. Listed on the Korea Exchange, it runs segments in food, biotechnology, feed and care, and logistics, offering products such as home meal replacements, meat and fishery processing, seasonings, sweeteners, oils, seaweed, desserts, snacks, and beverages. It also provides amino acids, green protein, enzymes, plant nutrition, biopolymer solutions, and polyhydroxyalkanoate products. The company trades under brands like bibigo, Hetbahn, Gourmet, Beksul, The Healthy, SPAM, and Haechandle, and has been operating since 1953 from its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, with 8,018 employees.

Key numbers explained

• 175,800 KRW is the current share price, the amount you would pay for one share right now.
• +0.92% is today’s price change, showing the percentage move relative to the previous close.
• 2.82T KRW is the market capitalization, the total value of all outstanding shares.
• The forward P/E ratio of 6.5 divides the current price by expected future earnings, helping compare valuation across companies.
• The dividend yield of 3.41% shows the annual dividend as a percentage of the current share price.
• The ex-dividend date is Aug 28, 2026, the first trading day a buyer is no longer entitled to the upcoming dividend.
• A beta of 0.13 suggests the stock’s price tends to move much less than the overall market.
• The 52-week range of 172,600 – 252,000 shows the lowest and highest traded prices over the past year.

What to watch

• Earnings reports, with the next scheduled for Nov 10, 2026, can move the price when results are released.
• Revenue growth of 9.5% year over year and trailing 12-month revenue of 28.39T KRW reflect the company’s top-line trajectory.
• Profitability metrics such as the -2.4% profit margin and 3.5% operating margin show how efficiently the company converts sales into earnings.
• The 161% share of earnings paid out as dividends indicates the payout ratio relative to net income.
• The 105.6% debt-to-equity ratio shows the company carries slightly more debt than equity, which can affect financial risk.
• As a Korean food company, CJ CheilJedang is part of the broader Consumer Defensive space alongside peers like LG H&H (051900) and Nongshim (004370), and it is part of the KOSPI 200 index.