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Chokwai Lee, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Posco’s 2Q Results Hit by Lower Volume and High-Cost Inventory; FVE Unchanged

No-moat Posco’s first-half 2017 net profit of KRW 1,364 billion was below our expectations due to weak performance from the steel business, the engineering and construction, or E&C, division, and the energy segment. We decrease our 2017 net profit by 19% to take into account the disappointing results. We retain our fair value estimate of USD 49.00 per ADR (KRW 225,000 per share), given that our long-term EBITDA forecast is largely unchanged. We think Posco is currently overvalued, as it has ...
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POSCO

POSCO is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of steel rolled products and plates in the domestic and overseas markets. Co. manufactures and sells a diversified line of steel products, including cold rolled and hot rolled products, stainless steel products, plates, wire rods and silicon steel sheets. Also, Co. is able to meet a broad range of customer needs from manufacturing industries that consume steel, including automotive, shipbuilding, home appliance, engineering and machinery industries. Co. operates two steel plants, Pohang Works and Gwangyang Works in the Republic of Korea.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Chokwai Lee, CFA

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