Daejung Chemicals & Metals
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Daejung Chemicals & Metals makes chemical reagents, precise-grade substances used to detect or measure other chemicals in laboratory and industrial testing, as well as electronic-grade solvents and active pharmaceutical ingredients, the raw chemical inputs used in finished medicines.
Its products reach chemical manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies across South Korea and through export. Listed on KOSDAQ, Korea's tech and small-cap exchange, the company operates two distinct business lines: a reagents division serving research, biotech, and environmental industries, and a pharmaceutical raw-materials division supplying excipient ingredients to drug makers.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Named customers in the filing include LG Chem, Hyosung, Chong Kun Dang, and Boryung Pharmaceutical, spanning both the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.
Daejung Chemicals & Metals in five facts
What does Daejung Chemicals & Metals do?
Daejung Chemicals & Metals makes chemical reagents, precise-grade substances used to detect or measure other chemicals in laboratory and industrial testing, as well as electronic-grade solvents and active pharmaceutical ingredients, the raw chemical inputs used in finished medicines.
Where is Daejung Chemicals & Metals listed and in which sector?
Daejung Chemicals & Metals (Korean name: 대정화금) trades under KRX code 120240 on KOSDAQ, the Korea Exchange's board for smaller and growth companies. It is classified in the Materials sector, Chemicals.
How large is Daejung Chemicals & Metals?
Its market capitalisation was US$78M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Daejung Chemicals & Metals's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Daejung Chemicals & Metals reported revenue of US$81.6M, operating profit of US$8.4M and net income of US$10.2M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17). Revenue was up 17.1% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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
Daejung Chemicals & Metals declared a cash dividend of US$0.33 per share.
Dividend · Feb 24 - Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Daejung Chemicals & Metals reported separate results for FY2025: revenue of US$74.9M (+17.1% year on year), operating profit of US$7.75M (+31.9% year on year) and net income of US$9.39M (+40% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 24