Basic Materials
POSCO Holdings Inc.(PKX)
Live Price
Offline$60.69
-3.00% today
1Y Change
+35.71%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
- Market Cap
- $34.94T
- Revenue Growth
- -5.1%
- EPS Growth
- -85.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.2%
Coverage: 245 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $34.94T and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $60.69 and up 35.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -5.1%, EPS growth of -85.9%, a dividend yield of 2.2%. What stands out right now is revenue -5.1%, EPS -85.9%, free cash flow +27.9% with operating margin 2.9% and ROIC 1.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.2%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 48.0 and price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PKX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-5.1% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+2.9% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 23, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -5.1% and EPS is at -85.9%, with operating margin around 2.9%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.2%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 23, 2026 | โ | +2.8% | +16.4% | +9.0% |
2026 Jan 29, 2026 | -159.2% | -3.9% | +0.6% | +12.7% |
2025 Oct 27, 2025 | +4.9% | -0.1% | -2.5% | -7.0% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
Compare this ticker against a broad index, growth benchmark, or sector ETF using a shared 1Y normalization window.
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
PKX Max Drawdown
-35.97%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
POSCO Holdings Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
POSCO Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells steel rolled products and plates in South Korea and internationally. It operates through four segments: Steel, Construction, Trading, and Others. The company offers hot and cold rolled steel, steel plates, wire rods, galvanized sheets, electrical steel, stainless steel, and titanium. It also engages in the design, manufacture, and construction of steel mills and their facilities, and commercial and residential facilities; export and import of raw materials, as well as provision of supply and purchase transactions between domestic and foreign companies, and various steel products; power generation activities; and provision of network, system integration, and logistics services. In addition, the company is involved in the engineering and construction; research and consulting; architectural design and supervision; investment in venture, energy, and technology industries; electronic commerce; intellectual property services and consulting; transporting and warehousing; real estate development, rental, sale, and management; and education and real estate business. Further, it engages in the resource development; mine development; business facility maintenance; fuel cell; iron ore and coal sales; anode reproduction; and cargo handling business, as well as operates housing business agency. Additionally, the company is involved in the IT service and DVR; electric control engineering; forest resources development; refractory materials sales and furnace maintenance; quicklime manufacturing and sales; wastewater treatment operation and maintenance; rice processing; grain sales; and social enterprise businesses. POSCO Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.
- Leadership
- In-Hwa Chang
- IPO Date
- Oct 14, 1994
- Employees
- 429
- Street Address
- 6261, Donghaean-ro
- Mailing
- Pohang, 37859
- Region
- Pohang, KR
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- +82 2 3457 0114
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 48.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.1
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 0.8
Growth
- Revenue
- -5.1%
- EPS
- -85.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +27.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 5.6%
- Operating Margin
- 2.9%
- Net Margin
- 1.3%
- ROE
- 1.6%
- ROIC
- 1.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.54
- Current Ratio
- 1.88
Earnings Reports
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