Barrel
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Barrel designs and distributes water-sports apparel and activewear, including rash guards (long-sleeved protective tops worn for surfing, wakeboarding, and similar activities), competitive swimwear, and athleisure pieces such as leggings for yoga and fitness.
Its products reach consumers through both online channels and physical department stores in South Korea, as well as export markets in China and Southeast Asia. Listed on KOSDAQ, South Korea's tech and small-cap exchange, the company outsources its manufacturing on an original-equipment basis rather than producing in-house. Rash guards and water-sports clothing form its core product line.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Some of its competitive swimwear carries certification from World Aquatics, the international governing body for the sport, broadening its addressable customer base beyond casual swimmers.
Barrel in five facts
What does Barrel do?
Barrel designs and distributes water-sports apparel and activewear, including rash guards (long-sleeved protective tops worn for surfing, wakeboarding, and similar activities), competitive swimwear, and athleisure pieces such as leggings for yoga and fitness.
Where is Barrel listed and in which sector?
Barrel (Korean name: 배럴) trades under KRX code 267790 on KOSDAQ, the Korea Exchange's board for smaller and growth companies. It is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector, Consumer Durables.
How large is Barrel?
Its market capitalisation was US$16.2M on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's small-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Barrel's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Barrel reported revenue of US$44.7M, operating profit of US$5M and net income of US$3.3M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-10-02). Revenue was down 8.2% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-10-02
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- Treasury share acquisition: results report
Barrel reports completing its treasury-share buyback of 293,159 common shares for a total of US$738K (average US$2.52/share) between 2026-06-16 and 2026-08-31 via Samsung Securities, slightly below the 307,219-share target due to price movements; after the buyback the company holds 293,159 treasury shares (3.81% of shares outstanding), and its largest shareholder, The Nature Holdings Co., Ltd., held 3,763,639 shares unchanged.
Treasury Shares · Sep 4 - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Barrel filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q2 2026: revenue of US$10.6M (−2.6% year on year), operating profit of US$1.05M (+6.8% year on year) and net income of US$3.08M (+387.3% year on year).
Earnings · Aug 7 - Material event report (treasury share acquisition)
Barrel disclosed a plan to buy back its own shares worth US$661K, about 4.2% of its market value.
Treasury Shares · Jun 15 - [Amended] Material event report (convertible bonds)
Barrel updated the terms of convertible bonds to raise US$6.65M, about 42.4% of its market value.
Capital raise · May 22 - [Amended] Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Barrel updated its declared cash dividend of US$0.05 per share, equal to about 2% of the recent share price.
Dividend · Mar 11 · 2 versions