[Click eStock] "Samyang Foods, Significant Upward Revision Expected in Earnings Estimates and Target Price"

Kiwoom Securities announced on the 17th that it plans to significantly raise its earnings estimates and target price for Samyang Foods. This is based on the first-quarter earnings far exceeding market expectations (consensus) and the outlook that global performance will rapidly improve due to overseas expansions.

Park Sang-jun, an analyst at Kiwoom Securities, stated in a report on the same day, "Samyang Foods has sufficiently proven through its first-quarter earnings disclosure that achieving an annual operating profit in the 300 billion KRW range is possible."

Samyang Foods announced the previous day that it achieved consolidated sales of 385.7 billion KRW and operating profit of 80.1 billion KRW in the first quarter. Sales increased by 57% and operating profit by 235% compared to the same period last year. These figures are 18% higher in sales and 78% higher in operating profit than Kiwoom Securities’ earnings forecasts.

Analyst Park explained, "In particular, overseas sales growth reached 83%, which is thanks to the increased shelf space of the flagship brand ‘Buldak Bokkeum Myun’ in major U.S. retail channels such as Costco and Walmart, as well as increased sales during the Chinese Lunar New Year."

He added, "By expanding distribution areas beyond the U.S. West Coast and having sufficient capacity to expand into new regions and channels, along with plans to increase production capacity (CAPA) by more than 30% next year, there is a high possibility of upward revisions to earnings estimates and target prices."

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