Hyundai Motor holds seventh place on the KOSPI by 7 trillion won after a 58% fall from June
Hyundai Motor's market value has fallen about 89.8 trillion won since June 1 as the share price lost 58.2%, en.sedaily.com reported. Seventh place on the KOSPI now rests on a lead of about 7.4 trillion won over KB Financial.
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Hyundai Motor's market capitalization was 153.5683 trillion won in June and 63.7867 trillion won as of Oct. 14. Eighth-ranked KB Financial Group's market capitalization is 56.4308 trillion won.
Market capitalization, trillion won In trillion won
| Item | Value | Claim |
|---|---|---|
| Hyundai Motor, June | 153.5683 trillion won | 3 |
| Hyundai Motor, Oct. 14 | 63.7867 trillion won | 3 |
| KB Financial, eighth-ranked | 56.4308 trillion won | 4 |
What happened
- Hyundai Motor Securities estimates third-quarter operating profit at 2.3502 trillion won, 7.4% below a year earlier and 16.6% below the 2.8194 trillion won consensus.
- Wholesale sales worldwide, leaving out China, fell 9.7% year on year to 909,000 units.
- Foreign ownership exceeded 35% in January and has sat in the 24% range since August.
- After passing 100 trillion won on Atlas expectations in the first half, the stock fell to sixth by mid-September and then to seventh behind LG Energy Solution.
Why it matters
- decision Kiwoom Securities says foreign money needs the core auto recovery to come before any new-venture story, so Atlas cannot be the first reason a buyer gives for re-entering the stock.
- constraint Analysts cited in the en.sedaily.com report say the stronger won keeps pressing margins and that gains may be limited until robotics and self-driving show concrete results.
- contradiction After a 14.3% cut, Kiwoom's 600,000 won target still sits 91.4% above the close, so either targets have further to fall or the price has overshot.
The lead over KB Financial Group is 7.3559 trillion won, the distance between Hyundai Motor's 63.7867 trillion won [3] and KB's 56.4308 trillion won [4] [14]. That is 11.5% of Hyundai's own value [15]. The stock fell 9.91% in the five sessions after Oct. 7 [6], so one more stretch like that, with KB standing still, would swap the two.
Standing still is a generous assumption for KB. The report puts the KOSPI down 13.43% over the same five sessions [7], 3.52 points more than Hyundai's fall [17]. KB's own move is missing from it. The ranking changes only if Hyundai underperforms KB by about 11.5%.
Shinhan Securities' Park Kwang-rae laid out two cases. "If earnings grow in 2027 and some of the value of new businesses such as robotics and self-driving is recognized, the stock could rebound quickly to the 400,000 won range," said Park Kwang-rae, a research fellow at Shinhan Securities [20]. That range is 27.6% above the 313,500 won close [23] [1], and it sits below the 630,000 won target Shinhan set when it cut from 780,000 won [11]. His other case: "If the earnings recovery is delayed and the value of the robotics business is not highlighted, the stock is likely to keep moving within a range." [21] The report does not reconcile the target with either case.
The first case is the report's own expectation: with the strike over, normalized production, the new Avante and Tucson, and hybrid demand support a fourth-quarter sales recovery [19]. In the second, the won keeps pressing margins and the volume recovery never reaches the share price. In the third, KB Financial closes the gap from its side, a 13.0% rise if Hyundai does not move [18].
We think the middle case is likeliest. Shinhan itself cut its profit estimate for next year by 25.3%, against 14.2% for this year [11], and a rebound built on 2027 earnings now starts from a lower number. Fourth-quarter margins that hold despite the won would show us wrong.
What to watch
- Hyundai Motor's reported third-quarter operating profit against the brokerage estimate and the consensus.
- KB Financial's share price over the next sessions, since the 7.4 trillion won lead closes from either side.
- Whether foreign ownership climbs out of the 24% range it has held since August.
Clarity's read
What the record supports and how the coverage leans. The claims behind it follow.
Reality
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Claim ledger
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- [1]
Hyundai Motor closed at 313,500 won on Oct. 14, down 0.48%.
- [2]
Hyundai Motor's share price fell 58.20% from its June 1 close of 750,000 won (intraday high 783,000 won) to Oct. 14.
- [3]
Hyundai Motor's market capitalization was 153.5683 trillion won in June and had shrunk to 63.7867 trillion won as of Oct. 14, a drop of about 89.7816 trillion won.
- [4]
Eighth-ranked KB Financial Group has a market capitalization of 56.4308 trillion won; the gap with Hyundai Motor has narrowed to about 7 trillion won.
- [5]
Hyundai Motor passed 100 trillion won in market capitalization in the first half on expectations for the Atlas humanoid robot, then fell to sixth place by mid-September and to seventh, surrendering its position to LG Energy Solution.
- [6]
Hyundai Motor declined for five consecutive sessions since Oct. 7, falling 9.91% from its Oct. 6 close of 348,000 won.
- [7]
Over the same five-session period the KOSPI fell 13.43%.
- [8]
Hyundai Motor Securities estimates Hyundai Motor's third-quarter operating profit at 2.3502 trillion won, down 7.4% from a year earlier and 16.6% below the market consensus of 2.8194 trillion won.
- [9]
Global wholesale sales excluding China came to 909,000 units, down 9.7% from a year earlier.
- [10]
Kiwoom Securities cut its target price for Hyundai Motor by 14.3% to 600,000 won from 700,000 won.
- [11]
Shinhan Securities cut its operating profit estimates for this year and next by 14.2% and 25.3%, respectively, and lowered its target price to 630,000 won from 780,000 won.
- [12]
Foreign ownership of Hyundai Motor exceeded 35% in January and has fallen to the 24% range since August; Kiwoom Securities pointed to it as a burden.
- [13]
Kiwoom Securities said that for foreign money to return, a recovery in the core auto business must come before expectations for new ventures.
- [14]
Hyundai Motor's market-cap lead over KB Financial Group is about 7.3559 trillion won.
- [15]
The lead over KB Financial equals about 11.5% of Hyundai Motor's market value, so Hyundai must underperform KB by about 11.5% to lose seventh place.
- [16]
Kiwoom's 600,000 won target is about 91.4% above the 313,500 won close.
- [17]
The KOSPI's five-session fall exceeded Hyundai Motor's by about 3.52 percentage points.
- [18]
KB Financial would need to rise about 13.0% with Hyundai unchanged to pass it.
- [19]
With the strike over, normalized production and the launch of the new Avante and Tucson are expected to support a sales recovery in the fourth quarter; growing hybrid demand is also cited as a factor that could lift earnings.
- [20]
"If earnings grow in 2027 and some of the value of new businesses such as robotics and self-driving is recognized, the stock could rebound quickly to the 400,000 won range," said Park Kwang-rae, a research fellow at Shinhan Securities.
- [21]
"If the earnings recovery is delayed and the value of the robotics business is not highlighted, the stock is likely to keep moving within a range," said Park Kwang-rae.
- [22]
Analysts say the stronger won continues to pressure margins and that gains in the share price may be limited until concrete results emerge from the robotics and self-driving businesses.
- [23]
The 400,000 won rebound level is about 27.6% above the 313,500 won close.
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