Daesang
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Daesang makes everyday food products, from fermented soybean pastes and chilli sauces to frozen meals, kimchi, and seasoning ingredients, sold to households and food-service customers in Korea and internationally.
It also runs a materials division that supplies starch, starch-derived sweeteners, and fermentation-based ingredients such as amino acids and food additives to industrial buyers. The food segment accounts for the large majority of the company's revenue, with the materials segment making up most of the remainder. Daesang is listed on KOSPI, Korea's main stock exchange.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Daesang operates subsidiaries in Indonesia, Vietnam, and the United States, extending its food and materials businesses across multiple international markets.
Daesang in five facts
What does Daesang do?
Daesang makes everyday food products, from fermented soybean pastes and chilli sauces to frozen meals, kimchi, and seasoning ingredients, sold to households and food-service customers in Korea and internationally.
Where is Daesang listed and in which sector?
Daesang (Korean name: 대상) trades under KRX code 001680 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Consumer Staples sector, Food & Beverage.
How large is Daesang?
Its market capitalisation was US$454M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Daesang's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Daesang reported revenue of US$3.3B, operating profit of US$127.8M and a net loss of US$228.8M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-06). Revenue was up 3.4% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-06
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- Report on securities held by executives/major shareholdersOct 6
- [Amended] Half-year report (2026.06)Sep 11
- [Amended] DisclosureAug 31
- [Amended] Decision to acquire shares/equity in another company
Daesang updated the disclosed terms of an acquisition of Amino GmbH, now worth US$33.7M.
M&A · Mar 17 - [Amended] Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Daesang updated its previously filed consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$2.99B (+3.4% year on year), operating profit of US$115M (−4.3% year on year) and a net loss of US$206M (from a profit a year earlier).
Earnings · Mar 13 · 2 versions - Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Daesang declared a cash dividend of US$0.59 per share.
Dividend · Feb 25