Yg-1
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Yg-1 makes cutting tools, the hardened blades and bits used to shape and machine metal and other materials in industrial manufacturing.
Its tools supply a broad range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, and electronics, and the company is listed on KOSDAQ, South Korea's tech and small-cap exchange. The business operates as a single cutting-tool segment and covers both solid-type tools and indexable-type tools, where only the cutting edge is replaced, giving it what it calls a total-tooling capability. The vast majority of its revenue comes from exports, spread across more than sixty countries.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Yg-1 holds its raw-material production, precision-machining, and coating technologies in-house, which the filing cites as a core source of product-quality competitiveness.
Yg-1 in five facts
What does Yg-1 do?
Yg-1 makes cutting tools, the hardened blades and bits used to shape and machine metal and other materials in industrial manufacturing.
Where is Yg-1 listed and in which sector?
Yg-1 (Korean name: 와이지-원) trades under KRX code 019210 on KOSDAQ, the Korea Exchange's board for smaller and growth companies. It is classified in the Industrials sector, Machinery.
How large is Yg-1?
Its market capitalisation was US$315M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Yg-1's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Yg-1 reported revenue of US$482.6M, operating profit of US$50.2M and net income of US$19.1M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-08). Revenue was up 11.2% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-08
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$6.5M.
Ownership change · Oct 14 - Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Oct 7
- [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$6.72M.
Ownership change · Sep 8 - Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Sep 8
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Aug 31
- [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$5.71M.
Ownership change · Jun 22 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$6.75M.
Ownership change · May 29 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$7.01M.
Ownership change · Apr 15 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$10.3M.
Ownership change · Apr 9 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$8.54M.
Ownership change · Mar 5 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$9.87M.
Ownership change · Feb 24 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$10.1M.
Ownership change · Feb 13 - Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Yg-1 declared a cash dividend of US$0.13 per share.
Dividend · Feb 10 - Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Yg-1 reported consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$438M (+11.2% year on year), operating profit of US$45.6M (+19.2% year on year) and net income of US$17.4M (+49.1% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 10 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholder
Yg-1's largest shareholder (Yg-1) pledged shares as loan collateral to a company, securing up to US$11.5M.
Ownership change · Feb 4 - [Amended] Share-pledge agreement that may change the largest shareholderOwnership change · Jan 2