Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: NCSOFT Corp, Sanil Electric and more

In today’s briefing:

  • NCSoft: Corporate Split-Off of Two Divisions
  • Sanil Electric IPO Valuation Analysis


NCSoft: Corporate Split-Off of Two Divisions

By Douglas Kim

  • On 24 June, NCSoft announced a corporate split-off of two divisions called named NC QA Company and NC IDS Company.
  • NCSoft plans to hold a shareholders meeting where to vote on the split off decision on 14 August. Effective date of the company split is scheduled for 1 October 2024.
  • The consensus estimates sales of 2.0 trillion won (up 19.2% YoY) and operating profit of 272 billion won (up 155.2% YoY) in 2025.

Sanil Electric IPO Valuation Analysis

By Douglas Kim

  • Our base case valuation of Sanil Electric is market cap of 1.8 trillion won or target price of 58,593 won (95% higher than the high end of the IPO price).
  • Sanil Electric has higher sales growth, operating margins, and ROE than the comps. 
  • We estimate Sanil Electric to generate sales of 283.4 billion won (up 32.1% YoY) and operating profit of 79 billion won (up 69.6% YoY) in 2024. 

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