Aekyung Chemical
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Aekyung Chemical makes plasticizers, additives that make plastics flexible and workable, along with synthetic resins, household chemical products, and bio-and-energy materials.
Its products serve manufacturers across industries that use plastics and chemical inputs. The company operates across four distinct business divisions, a structure it established by absorbing two separate entities into a single enlarged group. It is listed on KOSPI, South Korea's main stock exchange.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
The company expanded its current four-division structure by absorbing Aekyung Chemical and AK ChemTech through a merger, consolidating previously separate businesses under one entity.
Aekyung Chemical in five facts
What does Aekyung Chemical do?
Aekyung Chemical makes plasticizers, additives that make plastics flexible and workable, along with synthetic resins, household chemical products, and bio-and-energy materials.
Where is Aekyung Chemical listed and in which sector?
Aekyung Chemical (Korean name: 애경케미칼) trades under KRX code 161000 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Materials sector, Chemicals.
How large is Aekyung Chemical?
Its market capitalisation was US$438.8M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Aekyung Chemical's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Aekyung Chemical reported revenue of US$1.1B, an operating loss of US$7.7M and a net loss of US$3.7M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17). Revenue was down 11.6% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Oct 20
- [Amended] DisclosureSep 30
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Sep 29
- [Amended] Decision to acquire shares/equity in another company
Aekyung Chemical updated the disclosed terms of a subsidiary's acquisition of Aekyung (Ningbo) Chemical Co., Ltd., now worth US$55.1M.
M&A · Sep 16 · 3 versions - [Amended] Rights offering (paid-in capital increase) decision (subsidiary)Capital raise · Sep 16 · 3 versions
- [quarterly, individual company] Large business group status disclosureAug 31
- Material event report (treasury share disposal)
Aekyung Chemical disclosed a plan to sell treasury shares worth US$40.6K, about 0.0% of its market value.
Treasury Shares · May 6 - Material event report (treasury share disposal)
Aekyung Chemical disclosed a plan to sell treasury shares worth US$37.9K, about 0.0% of its market value.
Treasury Shares · Apr 9 - Cash/in-kind dividend decisionDividend · Jan 26
- Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)Earnings · Jan 26