ISU Specialty Chemical
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ISU Specialty Chemical makes fine chemicals, industrial solvents and specialty chemical compounds used across a range of manufacturing processes, as well as lithium sulfide, a key raw material for the solid electrolytes found in solid-state batteries.
Its products supply industrial manufacturers and battery-material producers. Listed on KOSPI, Korea's main stock exchange, the company operates two distinct business lines: an established fine-chemicals division and a newer solid-state battery materials division.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
The company was spun off from ISU Chemical through a corporate split, then later absorbed a fine-chemicals division from ISU Exachem through a small-scale split-merger, consolidating related operations under one entity.
ISU Specialty Chemical in five facts
What does ISU Specialty Chemical do?
ISU Specialty Chemical makes fine chemicals, industrial solvents and specialty chemical compounds used across a range of manufacturing processes, as well as lithium sulfide, a key raw material for the solid electrolytes found in solid-state batteries.
Where is ISU Specialty Chemical listed and in which sector?
ISU Specialty Chemical (Korean name: 이수스페셜티케미컬) trades under KRX code 457190 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Materials sector, Chemicals.
How large is ISU Specialty Chemical?
Its market capitalisation was US$1.9B on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's large-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were ISU Specialty Chemical's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, ISU Specialty Chemical reported revenue of US$310.6M, operating profit of US$1.2M and net income of US$580.8K, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-06-04). Revenue was up 23.9% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-06-04
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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.
- Change in shares held by the largest shareholderOct 21
- Investor relations (IR) meeting (notice)Sep 28
- Report on large shareholdings (5% rule) (standard)Sep 23
- Investor relations (IR) meeting (notice)Sep 14
- Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
ISU Specialty Chemical reported consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$281M (+23.9% year on year), operating profit of US$942K (−90.3% year on year) and a net loss of US$3.37M (from a profit a year earlier).
Earnings · Feb 9