The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Affected by sluggish stock market conditions, the pace of ESG investment inflow has slowed y-y. While impacts related to revisions to the Fair Trade Act (FTA) from end-2021 still warrant attent
South Korean convenience store brands are overtaking their Japanese counterparts in Southeast Asian markets.The Nikkei reported on May 26 that GS Retail is currently running 160 GS25 stores in Vietnam, 10 more than FamilyMart, and the number is second only to Circle K’s 260. FamilyMart entered the V
Hankook Tire announced the company’s 2022 Q1 financial results on May 11, with consolidated global sales of 1,790.6 billion won and operating profit of 126.0 billion won.The company saw a 32.2% decline in operating profit year on year due to the lingering effects of the ongoing global supply chain d
Ildong Pharmaceutical Group’s holding company and key affiliates are undergoing an intensive special tax investigation by the National Tax Service.The 4th Bureau of Investigation at the Seoul National Tax Service launched a large-scale tax investigation into the pharmaceutical group, including Ildon
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. She can be reached at hzl.lee@nhqv.com. -- Ed.For J Contentree, a 1Q22 operating loss looks inevitable, given both PPA amortization and sluggish cinema earnings. In the near term, however, we draw attention to earnings recovery stemming from a
Medytox announced on April 1 that it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Hugel, Hugel America, and Croma-Pharma, claiming that Hugel had stolen its botulinum toxin strains and manufacturing process.Croma-Pharma, an Austrian family-owned company based in L
The Samsung Electronics stock price closed at 69,800 won per share on March 25, failing to top 70,000 won yet again.The company's stock price is sluggish because Samsung Group owner family members are selling a huge number of shares in order to pay their inheritance taxes, which amount to 12 tri
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at joonsop.analyst@kbfg.com. -- Ed. Market conditions changing in favor of Samsung SDS— We estimate OP to improve 18.2% YoY in 2022, driven by changes in the IT services market.— Growing demand for environment, health and safety (EHS) syst
The stock price of Samsung SDS dropped on March 22 after the news that the Samsung Group's founder family would sell 390 billion won of Samsung SDS shares in after-hours trading.In the afternoon of the previous day, KB Securities and Morgan Stanley started demand forecasting in order to sell 3,0
Hana Financial Group is bidding for the Chelsea Football Club in the English Premier League (EPL) in partnership with British property developer Nick Candy and Korean sports management company C&P Sports Group.The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, and Sports Illustrated, a U.S. sports media outle
In May 2022, Hankook Tire will be launching iON (pronounced as /ai’on/), its first family of tires specially designed for high performance, premium electric vehicles.The new iON tire is characterized by further reduced rolling resistance, notably lower rolling noise and high resilience. Compared to
iFamilySC announced on Feb. 14 that its color tone brand Romand will enter 120 offline stores and online official malls of Sasa, a leading cosmetics store in Hong Kong.Founded in 1978, Sasa has been running about 250 stores in Hong Kong, China, Macau, and Malaysia since its listing on the Hong Kong
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Backed by an accelerating digital transformation, the mid/long-term growth potential of Samsung SDS’s strategic IT service business continues to stand out. Moving ahead, we anticipate business
The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at dongyang.kim@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Samsung C&T’s bio, trading, and fashion divisions are showing brisk earnings momentum. The firm is moving forward to strengthen its business portfolio. Benefits stemming from a governance issue
EOFlow Co., a Korean pharmaceutical company specializing in wearable drug delivery solutions, announced on Dec. 28 that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, EOFlow Inc. has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in the U.S. with the U.K. biotech firm Zihipp Limited, a spin-off from Imperial C
Samsung Electronics announced on Dec. 27 that it has built smart homes in Eco Delta City, a national pilot smart city in Busan.Promoted by Korea Water Resources Corp., Eco Delta City is a smart city with 30,000 households on a site of 11.8 square meters in Gangseo-gu, Busan.Samsung Electronics suppl
Samsung Electronics and Apple are preparing to launch tablet PCs that are much bigger than current models. The move is intended to expand table PC ecosystems by targeting a market segment for products with large screens.Samsung Electronics is preparing to launch the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra with a 14.6-i
SK Bioscience announced on Dec. 21 that it has started a project to develop a general-purpose vaccine that can respond to both the COVID-19 virus and its variants such as Omicron and Delta. To this end, it will receive US$50 million in initial R&D expenses from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparednes
The following is an editorial by Han Jong-hee, vice chairman, CEO and head of DX (Device eXperience) Division, Samsung Electronics. -- Ed. With CES 2022 just two short weeks away, and as I embark on a new role here at Samsung, I am greatly honored to be hosting our pre-show keynote, held under the t
IBM and Samsung Electronics have unveiled a new semiconductor design -- a vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET) that utilizes a vertical transistor architecture.The new semiconductor design has the potential to reduce energy usage by 85 percent compared to a scaled fin field-effect tran