Market Cap Increases by 500 Trillion Won in One Year... Samsung Electronics Up by 144 Trillion Won

CXO Research Institute Investigates Market Cap Changes of 2,608 Stocks
Group Market Cap: Samsung Maintains Top Spot... LG and SK Battle for 2nd Place
POSCO DX Drops from 245th to 38th, EcoPro Rises from 103rd to 19th

In the past year, the market capitalization of the domestic stock market has increased by nearly 500 trillion won. Samsung Electronics' market cap rose by 144 trillion won. Samsung also held the top spot in group market capitalization. LG and SK competed for second place.

On the 11th, Korea CXO Research Institute, a corporate analysis specialist, analyzed the changes in market capitalization of the domestic stock market. As of early this month, the market capitalization of 2,607 stocks excluding preferred shares was 2,503 trillion won. This is an increase of 492 trillion won (24.5%) compared to early January last year (2,011 trillion won).

The number of stocks joining the '1 trillion won club' increased by 21 (13.6%) from 228 at the beginning of last year to 259 at the beginning of this year. Sixty-six stocks increased their market capitalization by more than 1 trillion won in one year.

On the 9th, Samsung Electronics Seocho Building, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Samsung Electronics maintained its top position by increasing its market capitalization from 331.3229 trillion won at the beginning of last year to 475.1946 trillion won at the beginning of this year, an increase of 143.8717 trillion won (43.4%). SK Hynix rose to second place by increasing its market capitalization from 55.1097 trillion won to 103.6675 trillion won, an increase of 48.5578 trillion won (88.1%). It climbed two ranks from fourth place at the beginning of last year.

EcoPro BM (18.592 trillion won), POSCO Holdings (18.2673 trillion won), Kia (14.3096 trillion won), EcoPro (14.2513 trillion won), POSCO Future M (12.4328 trillion won), and Celltrion (11.3634 trillion won) also saw significant increases in market capitalization.

Samsung SDI (-9.2832 trillion won), LG Chem (-7.8004 trillion won), LG Household & Health Care (-5.7162 trillion won), NCSoft (-4.2041 trillion won), LG Energy Solution (-3.861 trillion won), Samsung Biologics (-2.7046 trillion won), and F&F (-2.0187 trillion won) experienced decreases in market capitalization exceeding 2 trillion won.

Sixteen companies newly entered the top 100 by market capitalization. POSCO DX increased its market capitalization by 1,041% over one year, raising its rank from 245th to 38th. EcoPro also surged from 103rd to 19th by increasing its market capitalization by 512.6%.

POSCO International (105→39th), Hanwha Ocean (137→51st), Geumyang (178→63rd), Hanmi Semiconductor (205→64th), Hanjin Kal (118→75th), Alteogen (135→84th), Cosmo Advanced Materials (160→85th), and HPSP (209→97th) also entered the top 100.

SD Biosensor (95→198th), Pan Ocean (96→150th), Kakao Games (82→143rd), and Korea Gas Corporation (93→135th) fell out of the top 100.

Major Group Market Capitalization Changes at the Beginning of the Year. [Source=CXO Research Institute]

By group, Samsung maintained first place. Its market capitalization increased by 156.9218 trillion won (28%) over one year, from 561.2237 trillion won at the beginning of last year to 718.1455 trillion won at the beginning of this year. LG (190.002 trillion won), SK (179.6757 trillion won), and Hyundai Motor (138.1219 trillion won) followed.

LG's market capitalization decreased by 13.9045 trillion won (6.8%) compared to 203.9065 trillion won at the beginning of last year, while SK increased by 56.5112 trillion won (45.9%) compared to 123.1645 trillion won at the beginning of last year. The CXO Research Institute stated, "Although SK ranked third in market capitalization last year and early this year, it is highly likely to overturn the ranking this year."