KOSDAQRetail & Consumer069920

Exion Group Company

₩1,349▲ 29.96%2026-10-02 close

Market Cap

₩32.5B

Turnover

₩1.6B

Volume

1.3M

Shares out.

24.1M

PER

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PBR

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EPS

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Dividend Yield

0.00%

PER, EPS, PBR and BPS are calculated in-house from the last 4 quarters (2025Q1–2025Q4) · Dividend yield is based on ₩0 per share · Prices as of the 2026-10-02 close

Report overview

Pivoting to Semiconductor Facility Work, Testing a Quarterly Turnaround

Once an e-commerce platform, Exion Group has transformed into a semiconductor facility construction company following its merger with MJ Tech, posting a quarterly operating profit in the second quarter of 2026, even as it continues to grapple with a market-cap-related administrative issue designation and persistent net losses.

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Revenue rose sharply to KRW 24.0 billion in 2025 from KRW 4.8 billion a year earlier, and growth continued into the first half of 2026 with roughly KRW 45.0 billion in sales.
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The operating loss narrowed from KRW 10.5 billion in 2024 to KRW 5.9 billion in 2025, and the company posted a quarterly operating profit of about KRW 0.8 billion in the second quarter of 2026.
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Through its merger with MJ Tech, the company shifted its core business toward semiconductor and advanced-industry facility construction, securing several large contracts tied to Samsung Heavy Industries and Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus.
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The company was designated an administrative issue in June 2026 due to insufficient market capitalization and has continued raising capital through rights offerings and small-scale public offerings to seek a lift of that designation.
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Despite the narrower operating loss, the net loss attributable to owners widened from KRW 16.9 billion in 2024 to KRW 22.3 billion in 2025, and the debt ratio jumped from 29.2% to 103.8%, leaving financial strain in place.

Business structure

Exion Group is a KOSDAQ-listed company that historically operated an e-commerce brand-market business centered on its online shopping platform WizWid, along with a commerce-infrastructure business called EDGE N2N Service.

According to its fiscal-year 2023 disclosure, the brand-market segment accounted for 94.3% of revenue and the commerce-infrastructure segment for 5.7%, making it a typical e-commerce company at the time.

However, in 2025 the company acquired full ownership of MJ Tech and absorbed it through merger, shifting its business focus toward a 'hi-tech' segment that handles piping, ducting, and mechanical facility construction for semiconductor and advanced-industry production sites.

MJ Tech, as a first-tier vendor to major domestic conglomerates, had accumulated experience as a Samsung Heavy Industries partner and in construction at large semiconductor facilities such as Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus Fabs P3 and P4.

Following this restructuring, the company won successive single supply contracts from Samsung Heavy Industries worth roughly KRW 40.6 billion in October 2025 and roughly KRW 31.4 billion in February 2026.

MJ Tech has also adopted technology from ABB Robotics, a global leader in industrial robotics, to pursue entry into the automation equipment market, building a portfolio spanning manufacturing, construction, and robotics.

In terms of competitive landscape, similar facility and construction specialists compete for large semiconductor fab contracts such as those at Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus, making vendor status retention and process-management capability key variables.

The legacy e-commerce business appears to have shrunk as a proportion of total revenue, though detailed segment-level revenue breakdowns are not specifically confirmed in recent quarterly disclosures.

Earnings trend

Quarterly revenue · Operating profit

₩800M-₩1.4B25Q225Q3₩16.1B-₩3.7B25Q4₩21.1B-₩500M26Q1₩23.9B₩800M26Q2

RevenueOperating profit

Annual revenue · Operating profit

₩5.5B-₩12.1B2022₩4.6B-₩11.6B2023₩4.8B-₩10.5B2024₩24B-₩5.9B2025

RevenueOperating profit

Quarterly results · Last 5 quarters
Quarter	Revenue	Operating profit	Op. margin
2025Q2	₩800M	-₩1.4B	−173.1%
2025Q3	—	—	—
2025Q4	₩16.1B	-₩3.7B	−22.8%
2026Q1	₩21.1B	-₩500M	−2.3%
2026Q2	₩23.9B	₩800M	3.2%

Annual results
Year	Revenue	Operating profit	Net income (parent)	Op. margin	ROE	Debt-to-equity
2022	₩5.5B	-₩12.1B	-₩11.1B	−220.7%	−19.4%	8.2%
2023	₩4.6B	-₩11.6B	-₩15.3B	−248.9%	−36.5%	8.0%
2024	₩4.8B	-₩10.5B	-₩16.9B	−217.8%	−37.2%	29.2%
2025	₩24B	-₩5.9B	-₩22.3B	−24.6%	−58.6%	103.8%

Consolidated basis (financial statements including subsidiaries) · Final figures from DART filings · Net income attributable to owners of the parent · Data as of 2026-10-01

Earnings analysis

Consolidated revenue stayed around KRW 5.0-5.5 billion for three years—KRW 5.5 billion in 2022, KRW 4.6 billion in 2023, and KRW 4.8 billion in 2024—before jumping to KRW 24.0 billion in 2025.

The operating loss continued at KRW 12.1 billion in 2022, KRW 11.6 billion in 2023, and KRW 10.5 billion in 2024, before narrowing to KRW 5.9 billion in 2025, lifting the operating margin from -217.8% in 2024 to -24.6% in 2025.

Yet the net loss attributable to owners widened instead, from KRW 16.9 billion in 2024 to KRW 22.3 billion in 2025, with the narrower operating loss and wider net loss appearing simultaneously.

On a quarterly basis, revenue of KRW 0.8 billion, an operating loss of KRW 1.4 billion, and a net loss of KRW 3.6 billion in the second quarter of 2025 grew to revenue of KRW 16.1 billion, an operating loss of KRW 3.7 billion, and a net loss of KRW 18.6 billion by the fourth quarter of 2025, with both scale and losses expanding together.

The trend shifted in 2026. First-quarter 2026 revenue rose to KRW 21.1 billion while the operating loss narrowed to KRW 0.5 billion and the net loss to KRW 0.2 billion.

In the second quarter of 2026, revenue reached KRW 23.9 billion with an operating profit of KRW 0.8 billion, marking a quarterly operating profit turnaround, although a net loss attributable to owners of KRW 0.6 billion remained.

On the balance sheet, the debt ratio surged from 8.0% in 2023 and 29.2% in 2024 to 103.8% in 2025, while equity declined from KRW 57.1 billion in 2022 to KRW 38.0 billion in 2025.

Operating cash flow, which had shown a net inflow of KRW 0.5 billion in 2023, turned into net outflows of KRW 9.6 billion in 2024 and KRW 9.1 billion in 2025, indicating that cash generation has not yet kept pace with the company's top-line growth.

Industry analysis

The piping, ducting, and mechanical-facility construction industry for semiconductor production sites that the company is now focused on is directly tied to expanding capital expenditure by domestic and overseas chipmakers amid growing demand for AI data centers and high-bandwidth memory (HBM).

Rather than semiconductor prices themselves, the new fab construction, expansion, and advanced-process investment schedules of major chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have a more direct impact on order intake and revenue.

Indeed, at Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus, the P5 construction is proceeding through large general contractors such as Samsung C&T and Samsung E&A, and a comparable facility specialist, ExaINC, has secured a cumulative KRW 108 billion in orders on that project, illustrating that order volumes across the industry are growing.

This market is characterized by its dependence on client companies' restructuring, subcontracting relationships with large EPC firms and general contractors, and process-management capability, and Exion Group entered the market on the basis of its status as a first-tier partner of Samsung Heavy Industries.

Whereas the company's legacy e-commerce business was heavily affected by seasonality and external variables, its hi-tech infrastructure business is viewed as having a relatively more predictable order structure owing to its vendor status with large conglomerates.

Competitors include similar semiconductor and advanced-industry facility construction firms, and vendor registration and track record with client companies act as barriers to entry, making it difficult for new entrants to rapidly expand market share.

Outlook

At the time of its business restructuring, the company set a target of achieving more than KRW 20.0 billion in annual revenue and building a revenue base exceeding KRW 50.0 billion by 2026, and its 2025 results already exceeded that target.

Looking into this year, the company expects that annual revenue in the KRW 80.0 billion range could be achievable if semiconductor facility investment expands and additional orders continue to come in.

In the first half of 2026, the company recorded revenue of KRW 44.99 billion and operating profit of KRW 0.29 billion, achieving a turnaround to profitability, and it has stated that it will focus on achieving a full-year operating profit in the second half through stable order intake and cost management.

If a full-year operating profit is actually confirmed, it would lay the groundwork for resolving one of the grounds for the investment-alert issue designation—five consecutive fiscal years of operating losses.

On the funding side, following third-party placement rights offerings of KRW 6.0 billion in June and KRW 8.0 billion in August, the company also carried out a KRW 2.0 billion small-scale public offering through SK Securities in September, becoming the first KOSDAQ company to use the expanded small-offering cap, which was raised from under KRW 1.0 billion to under KRW 3.0 billion.

To lift the administrative issue designation stemming from insufficient market capitalization, the company's market cap must stay above the threshold for 45 trading days, and it is pursuing market-cap expansion partly through the listing of new shares from its rights offerings.

However, from January 2027 the market-cap threshold for the administrative issue designation is set to rise to KRW 30.0 billion, leaving stable market-cap maintenance as a continuing challenge even after any de-designation.

Valuation

PER

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PBR

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ROE

-58.6%

EPS

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BPS

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Dividend per share

₩0

Exion Group has shown a trend of shrinking equity amid consecutive annual net losses in recent years, and in 2025 a wider net loss and a rising debt ratio appeared together, leaving room for improvement in financial soundness.

That said, the swing to a quarterly operating profit in the second quarter of 2026 can be viewed as a signal distinct from the loss pattern that persisted for several preceding years.

Continued external funding through frequent rights offerings, small-scale public offerings, and convertible bond issuances means that potential equity dilution from new share issuance should be considered when interpreting the relationship between the share price and net asset value.

The stock has also been subject to multiple exchange market-surveillance measures, including investment alert, investment caution, and administrative issue designations, placing it among names with notably higher price volatility.

With no history of dividend payments, income-oriented appeal is limited, and valuation outcomes are likely to hinge on whether the recent earnings turnaround proves durable and whether the administrative issue designation is eventually lifted.

PER, EPS, PBR and BPS are all calculated in-house (the same method as Naver and Toss) · Dividend yield = cash dividend per share from DART filings (supplemented by KRX) ÷ current price · As of 2026-10-01

Bull factors

Potential Beneficiary of Semiconductor Facility Investment

The hi-tech segment has won a series of large contracts based on its status as a first-tier partner to Samsung Heavy Industries and its construction experience at Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus.

If semiconductor companies continue to expand facility investment amid growing AI data center and HBM demand, additional order momentum could materialize.

Winning contracts worth KRW 40.6 billion and KRW 31.4 billion from Samsung Heavy Industries in October 2025 and February 2026, respectively, are representative examples.

Quarterly Operating Profit Turnaround

Operating profit turned positive at KRW 0.8 billion in the second quarter of 2026, and the first-half total also swung to a profit. This marks a departure from the pattern of three consecutive years of double-digit-billion-won operating losses from 2022 to 2024.

Revenue also expanded from KRW 24.0 billion in 2025 to about KRW 45.0 billion in the first half of 2026, showing scale and profitability improving in tandem.

Business Diversification and New Growth Drivers

Through the merger with MJ Tech, the company has entered the manufacturing and construction industries in earnest, and it is also pursuing entry into the automation equipment market by adopting technology from ABB Robotics, a global industrial robotics company.

This can be seen as a move to diversify away from a revenue structure that had depended on a single legacy e-commerce business.

Bear factors

Continued Net Losses and Deteriorating Balance Sheet

Even as the operating loss narrowed, the net loss attributable to owners widened from KRW 16.9 billion in 2024 to KRW 22.3 billion in 2025, and the debt ratio surged from 29.2% to 103.8%.

Operating cash flow also posted net outflows of KRW 9.6 billion and KRW 9.1 billion in 2024 and 2025, respectively, meaning the company has failed to generate cash for several consecutive years.

Administrative Issue and Market Surveillance Risk

Having been designated an administrative issue in June 2026 due to insufficient market capitalization, and with a history of investment alert and investment caution designations, concerns about listing stability remain.

Lifting the designation requires maintaining a market cap above the threshold for 45 trading days, and from January 2027 that threshold itself will rise to KRW 30.0 billion.

Dilution and Reliance on External Funding

A convertible bond in-kind payment structure was used during the acquisition of MJ Tech, and the company has continued to rely on external funding through repeated third-party placement rights offerings and small-scale public offerings since then. This funding pattern makes it difficult to rule out the possibility of further equity dilution going forward.

Risk factors

Listing Eligibility Risk

Multiple listing-maintenance risks are in play simultaneously, including the administrative issue designation from insufficient market capitalization and the investment-alert issue designation grounds tied to five consecutive fiscal years of operating losses.

Resolving both requires maintaining market capitalization and confirming a full-year operating profit at the same time.

Customer and Project Concentration Risk

A substantial portion of recent revenue growth is concentrated in a handful of large contracts tied to Samsung Heavy Industries and Samsung Electronics, so a change in a specific client's investment plans or project delays could significantly affect results. The lack of clearly confirmed diversification toward new clients is also a variable.

Governance and Funding Structure Risk

It has been pointed out that the acquisition of MJ Tech was carried out through a convertible bond in-kind payment method without substantial cash outflow, and given a history of changes in the largest shareholder, governance stability and future funding methods warrant continued monitoring.

What to watch next

November 16, 2026
The statutory filing deadline for the third-quarter 2026 report, a point to check whether the quarterly operating profit continues and whether revenue growth is sustained.
During the fourth quarter of 2026 (ongoing monitoring)
Whether the market capitalization stays above the KRW 15.0 billion de-designation threshold for 45 trading days, and whether a disclosure lifting the administrative issue designation is issued, need to be checked.
January 2027
The point when the market-cap threshold for the administrative issue designation rises to KRW 30.0 billion, making stable maintenance of market capitalization before that date a point to watch.
Around March 2027 (filing of the fiscal-year 2026 annual report)
A point to confirm whether the full-year 2026 operating profit is actually confirmed as positive, and whether this resolves the 'five consecutive fiscal years of operating losses' designation ground.
Upon any new large order disclosures
Whether new single supply-contract disclosures tied to Samsung Heavy Industries or Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus continue to emerge is a key indicator of growth in the hi-tech segment.

Overall view

Exion Group is in the midst of transitioning from an e-commerce-centered company to a semiconductor and advanced-industry facility construction firm.

Revenue grew sharply to KRW 24.0 billion in 2025 and the operating loss narrowed to KRW 5.9 billion, with the company achieving a quarterly operating profit turnaround in the second quarter of 2026.

However, over the same period the net loss attributable to owners widened and the debt ratio rose steeply, meaning top-line growth has not fully aligned with a recovery in profitability and financial stability.

Ongoing market-surveillance measures related to listing eligibility—including the administrative issue designation and a history of investment alert and investment caution designations—mean listing-stability variables remain in place.

Large orders tied to Samsung Heavy Industries and Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek campus, along with MJ Tech's push into robotics and automation, are cited as growth drivers, but volatility tied to the semiconductor facility investment cycle and dependence on specific clients also warrants attention.

Going forward, the third-quarter 2026 earnings disclosure, whether a full-year profit turnaround is achieved, and whether the administrative issue designation is lifted are likely to serve as the key indicators for gauging the success of the company's business restructuring.

Sources

Korea Exchange (KRX) — Prices · Market Cap · Volume
FSS electronic disclosure system (DART) — Financial statements · Dividend filings

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Report written 2026-10-02 · Data as of 2026-10-01

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