Orion
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Orion makes packaged snacks and confectionery, most famously Choco Pie, a chocolate-coated marshmallow cake, for everyday consumers across Korea and several international markets.
Its products reach shoppers through retail chains, convenience stores, snack shops, and e-commerce channels. Listed on KOSPI, Korea's main stock exchange, Orion operates its entire business within a single confectionery segment covering biscuits, pies, and snacks, with China representing its largest overseas market alongside operations in Vietnam, Russia, and India.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Orion was established as a separate legal entity after being spun off from Orion Holdings, which retained the holding-company structure.
Orion in five facts
What does Orion do?
Orion makes packaged snacks and confectionery, most famously Choco Pie, a chocolate-coated marshmallow cake, for everyday consumers across Korea and several international markets.
Where is Orion listed and in which sector?
Orion (Korean name: 오리온) trades under KRX code 271560 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Consumer Staples sector, Food & Beverage.
How large is Orion?
Its market capitalisation was US$3.4B on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's large-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Orion's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Orion reported revenue of US$2.5B, operating profit of US$421.3M and net income of US$294.8M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-10-02). Revenue was up 7.3% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-10-02
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Oct 13
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Oct 1
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Sep 10
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (abbreviated)Sep 1
- [quarterly, individual company] Large business group status disclosureAug 31
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Orion Corporation reported preliminary July 2026 consolidated monthly net revenue of US$213M (Korea, China, Vietnam and Russia combined), with revenue and operating income by country shown versus June 2026 and July 2025, as a fair-disclosure update to institutional and general investors.
Earnings · Aug 7 - [Amended] Decision to acquire shares/equity in another company (voluntary) (subsidiary)
Orion updated the disclosed terms of a subsidiary's acquisition of LigaChem Biosciences Co., Ltd., now worth US$55.8M.
M&A · Jul 16 · 2 versions - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Orion disclosed preliminary June 2026 country-level sales and operating profit on a non-consolidated basis (no consolidated totals given): Korea sales of US$0.65 (unit: US$66.4K) with operating profit of 121; China sales of 1,240 with operating profit of 207; Vietnam sales of 384 with operating profit of 49; and Russia sales of 349 with operating profit of 46, all up year-on-year, helped by currency gains of 19.6% (China), 12.2% (Vietnam) and 20.0% (Russia) against the Korean won.
Earnings · Jul 9 - Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Orion declared a cash dividend of US$1.14 per share, equal to about 1.28% of the recent share price.
Dividend · Jul 6 - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Jun 16
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · May 15
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Apr 21
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Mar 13
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Feb 25
- Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Orion declared a cash dividend of US$2.40 per share.
Dividend · Feb 11 - Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Orion reported consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$2.29B (+7.3% year on year), operating profit of US$384M (+2.7% year on year) and net income of US$268M (−26.7% year on year).
Earnings · Feb 11 - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Orion filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$2.28B and operating profit of US$382M.
Earnings · Feb 5