Kiswire
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Kiswire makes wire rope, the thick steel cable used to lift, haul, and moor heavy loads, as well as high-carbon steel wire and bead wire used in tires and industrial springs.
Its products serve as intermediate materials supplied to industries such as automotive, shipbuilding, mining, and construction. Listed on KOSPI, Korea's main stock exchange, the company operates across two core manufacturing segments, rope and wire rod, plus a smaller rental-income segment, with the wire rod segment generating the larger share of external revenue.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
The filing states that Kiswire is the largest domestic producer by both production capacity and sales volume among Korean manufacturers of wire rope and specialty wire rod products.
Kiswire in five facts
What does Kiswire do?
Kiswire makes wire rope, the thick steel cable used to lift, haul, and moor heavy loads, as well as high-carbon steel wire and bead wire used in tires and industrial springs.
Where is Kiswire listed and in which sector?
Kiswire (Korean name: 고려제강) trades under KRX code 002240 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Materials sector, Steel.
How large is Kiswire?
Its market capitalisation was US$321.2M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Kiswire's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Kiswire reported revenue of US$1.4B, operating profit of US$30.7M and net income of US$3.5M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-06). Revenue was up 4.0% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-06
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- Change in shares held by the largest shareholderOct 16
- Report on securities held by executives/major shareholdersOct 16
- Report on securities held by executives/major shareholdersOct 16
- [Amended] Half-year report (2026.06)Sep 29
- Executives/major shareholders' securities trading planSep 14
- Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Kiswire declared a cash dividend of US$0.24 per share, equal to about 1.7% of the recent share price.
Dividend · Mar 6 - Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Kiswire reported consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$1.24B (+4% year on year), operating profit of US$28.2M (+57.8% year on year) and net income of US$3.18M (−85.9% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 9