PKC
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PKC makes basic industrial chemicals, chiefly chlorine, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, and sodium hypochlorite, by electrolyzing salt and water, a process known as chlor-alkali production.
These chemicals serve as foundational raw materials across a wide range of industries, including water treatment, paper, food processing, textiles, and petrochemicals. Listed on KOSPI, Korea's main stock exchange, the company earns the large majority of its revenue from this chlor-alkali business, while a smaller specialty-materials division supplies ultra-high-purity gases to semiconductor and display manufacturers.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Domestic competitors in the same chlor-alkali product space include Lotte Fine Chemical, Hanwha Solutions, LG Chem, and OCI, making it a smaller player in a field of large Korean chemical groups.
PKC in five facts
What does PKC do?
PKC makes basic industrial chemicals, chiefly chlorine, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, and sodium hypochlorite, by electrolyzing salt and water, a process known as chlor-alkali production.
Where is PKC listed and in which sector?
PKC (Korean name: PKC) trades under KRX code 001340 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Materials sector, Chemicals.
How large is PKC?
Its market capitalisation was US$168.6M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were PKC's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, PKC reported revenue of US$205.4M, operating profit of US$9.2M and net income of US$7.6M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-05). Revenue was up 11.0% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-05
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21 close)
- Company data updated
- 2026-10-21
- Company summary
- AI-generated from filings; may contain errors. Information only, not investment advice.
- Cash/in-kind dividend decision
PKC declared a cash dividend of US$0.02 per share, equal to about 0.5% of the recent share price.
Dividend · Mar 11 - [Amended] Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
PKC updated its previously filed consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$185M (+11% year on year), operating profit of US$8.25M (+24.6% year on year) and net income of US$6.86M (+180.5% year on year).
Earnings · Mar 11 · 2 versions