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Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (003490.KS)

KRW26,700.00 -1,450.00 (-5.15%)
KR KSC Industrials Airlines, Airports & Air Services
Address 260, Haneul-gil 7505
Seoul, KR
CEO Won-Tae Cho
IPO 2000-01-04
ISIN KR7003490000

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Also trades on Korea Exchange · 003490.KS (KRW) Korea Exchange · 003495.KS (KRW)
Description

Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. operates as a comprehensive airline company. Its business activities are segmented into Air Transport, Aerospace, and an 'Hotel and Others' category. The company facilitates both passenger travel and freight delivery. Beyond its core flight operations, it is involved in aircraft upkeep and the production of aviation components. Complementing these, its diverse offerings include hospitality operations (hotels, accommodation, and management), airport ground support, various rental services, sports and leisure activities, personnel outsourcing, online retail, small-scale air transport, telecommunications, and proprietary software development. Its expansive network covers 13 domestic routes and 107 international destinations spanning 42 countries, utilizing a fleet of 154 planes. Established in 1962, the enterprise maintains its primary office in Seoul, South Korea.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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KRW26,700.00 -1,450.00 (-5.15%)
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Volume Profile
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
2M
Beta
0.82
Float Shares
264.91M
Free Float %
71.9%
Price Performance
1D5D1M3M6M YTD1Y3Y5Y10YMax
-0.74% -0.19% +6.77% -4.63% +22.65% +20.72% +17.03% +21.27% -16.12% +53.64% +235.31%
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Financial Statements

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Employees

Financial Growth (CAGR)

Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
26,700.00
DCF (Unlevered) 417,805.25 +1,464.8%
DCF (Levered) 943,250.36 +3,432.8%
Ratings Trend (MoM) 92% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 4 -1
Buy 8 0
Hold 1 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
0.68
Distress
Piotroski F-Score
5 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
3 / 10
No MOAT
Composite Rating
B+
Overall Score
3 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
5 / 5
High
ROE Score
3 / 5
Medium
ROA Score
3 / 5
Medium
D/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Airlines, Airports & Air Services: +9.2%
    +41.2% Q1'26: +2.6% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Airlines, Airports & Air Services: +13.8%
    -40.2% Q1'26: -57.6% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin Airlines, Airports & Air Services: +14.2%
    -2.0% Q1'26: +16.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Airlines, Airports & Air Services: +13.1%
    +4.4% Q1'26: +7.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Airlines, Airports & Air Services: +7.0%
    +2.2% Q1'26: +5.1% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Airlines, Airports & Air Services: +0.0%
    +1.6% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Airlines, Airports & Air Services: 1.66×
    5.67× Q1'26: 4.75× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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Projection years:
Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.83) × ERP
WACC = 31% × Ke + 69% × Kd (4.1%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 419,830.28 Current price: 26,700.00
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2015
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Dec 2017
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Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
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Dec 2020
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2022
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Dec 2026
9 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
11 Rev. Ana.
10 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
4 Rev. Ana.
5 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
5 Rev. Ana.
4 EPS Ana.
Revenue
11.54T
est: 11.43T (+1.0%)
11.73T
est: 11.72T (+0.1%)
12.09T
est: 12.14T (-0.4%)
13.01T
est: 13.00T (+0.1%)
12.68T
est: 12.84T (-1.2%)
7.61T
est: 7.71T (-1.3%)
9.02T
est: 8.98T (+0.4%)
14.10T
est: 13.95T (+1.1%)
16.11T
est: 15.83T (+1.8%)
17.87T
est: 17.91T (-0.2%)
25.23T
est: 25.00T (+0.9%)
27.17T
25.90T – 29.72T
+8.7% YoY
27.01T
24.50T – 30.57T
-0.6% YoY
28.33T
26.36T – 31.51T
+4.9% YoY
26.93T
25.06T – 29.96T
-4.9% YoY
EBITDA
1.52T
est: 3.03T (-49.9%)
1.55T
est: 3.10T (-50.0%)
3.27T
est: 3.21T (+1.8%)
2.12T
est: 3.44T (-38.5%)
1.88T
est: 3.40T (-44.8%)
1.54T
est: 2.04T (-24.5%)
2.93T
est: 2.38T (+23.2%)
4.61T
est: 3.69T (+24.8%)
3.83T
est: 4.19T (-8.7%)
4.15T
est: 4.58T (-9.5%)
3.97T
est: 6.39T (-37.9%)
6.95T
6.63T – 7.60T
+8.7% YoY
6.91T
6.27T – 7.82T
-0.6% YoY
7.25T
6.74T – 8.06T
+4.9% YoY
6.89T
6.41T – 7.66T
-4.9% YoY
EBIT
840.39B
est: 1.27T (-33.7%)
-198.31B
est: 1.30T (-115.3%)
1.58T
est: 1.34T (+17.4%)
368.09B
est: 1.44T (-74.4%)
-197.75B
est: 1.42T (-113.9%)
-420.98B
est: 853.97B (-149.3%)
1.23T
est: 994.62B (+24.1%)
2.96T
est: 1.55T (+91.7%)
2.11T
est: 1.75T (+20.1%)
2.35T
est: 2.34T (+0.4%)
1.11T
est: 3.27T (-65.9%)
3.55T
3.38T – 3.88T
+8.7% YoY
3.53T
3.20T – 4.00T
-0.6% YoY
3.70T
3.44T – 4.12T
+4.9% YoY
3.52T
3.28T – 3.92T
-4.9% YoY
Net Income
-564.98B
est: -2.33T (+75.8%)
-564.88B
est: -1.68T (+66.3%)
791.51B
est: 2.02T (-60.7%)
-206.04B
est: -363.32B (+43.3%)
-622.76B
est: -1.63T (+61.9%)
-269.19B
est: -585.86B (+54.1%)
577.68B
est: 574.34B (+0.6%)
1.73T
est: 1.85T (-6.8%)
1.06T
est: 1.27T (-16.6%)
1.32T
est: 1.31T (+0.3%)
779.67B
est: 840.32B (-7.2%)
9.42B
8.23B – 10.52B
-98.9% YoY
1.12T
691.20B – 1.47T
+11,835.0% YoY
1.60T
1.46T – 1.84T
+42.5% YoY
— – —
-100.0% YoY
SGA
682.94B
est: 764.40B (-10.7%)
681.40B
est: 783.50B (-13.0%)
683.27B
est: 811.28B (-15.8%)
857.84B
est: 869.20B (-1.3%)
757.31B
est: 858.14B (-11.8%)
534.40B
est: 515.24B (+3.7%)
583.32B
est: 600.11B (-2.8%)
488.37B
est: 932.45B (-47.6%)
861.56B
est: 1.06T (-18.6%)
971.57B
est: 954.60B (+1.8%)
1.50T
est: 1.33T (+12.4%)
1.45T
1.38T – 1.58T
+8.7% YoY
1.44T
1.31T – 1.63T
-0.6% YoY
1.51T
1.41T – 1.68T
+4.9% YoY
1.44T
1.34T – 1.60T
-4.9% YoY
EPS
-5,128.74
est: -6,308.11 (+18.7%)
-4,916.97
est: -4,540.26 (-8.3%)
5,862.28
est: 5,456.39 (+7.4%)
-1,457.25
est: -983.57 (-48.2%)
-4,116.32
est: -4,423.63 (+6.9%)
-1,671.77
est: -1,586.01 (-5.4%)
1,743.37
est: 1,554.80 (+12.1%)
4,787.06
est: 5,021.43 (-4.7%)
2,873.21
est: 3,446.30 (-16.6%)
3,566.00
est: 3,500.33 (+1.9%)
2,132.69
est: 2,239.09 (-4.8%)
25.11
21.94 – 28.03
-98.9% YoY
2,997.00
1,841.75 – 3,928.94
+11,835.0% YoY
4,270.67
3,884.37 – 4,894.82
+42.5% YoY
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-100.0% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-29 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-28 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-27 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-26 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-22 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-21 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-20 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-19 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-18 B+ 3/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 3/5 4/5
2026-05-15 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-14 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-13 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-12 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-05-11 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-05-08 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-05-07 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-05-06 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-05-04 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-04-30 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 3/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-04-29 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-04-28 A 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 5/5
2026-04-27 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-24 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-23 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-22 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-21 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-20 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-17 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-16 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-15 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-14 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-13 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5
2026-04-10 A- 4/5 5/5 3/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 4/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
8.31T
OE per share TTM
22,330.83
Owner's Yield
83.98%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
474.25%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
149.0%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

Insider buys vs sells (history)

Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
65.57M
Shares Outstanding
368.22M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Won-Tae Cho Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 5B male
Gi-kwang Lee Advisor 2B
Sang-gi Lee Managing Director 1B
Kee-Hong Woo President & Executive Director 1B male
Jong-Seok Yoo Chief Safety & Operation Officer and Executive Director 694M
Nam-Il Park Managing Vice President of Corporate Communications
Eun-Yong Ha VP & CFO male
ESG Score History

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Senate Trading Activity

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House Trading Activity

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