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Suresofttech

₩4,395▲ 3.53%2026-10-02 close
Market Cap
₩234.7B
Turnover
₩1.1B
Volume
260,000 shares
Shares out.
53.5M
PER
20.2×
PBR
2.1×
EPS
₩217
Dividend Yield
0.00%

PER, EPS, PBR and BPS are calculated in-house from the last 4 quarters (2025Q3–2026Q2) · Dividend yield is based on ₩0 per share · Prices as of the 2026-10-02 close

01

Report overview

Auto SDV Verification Demand, Profit Recovery

SureSoftTech continues its automotive software verification business centered on the Hyundai Motor Group while expanding into AI and big data through its Mobigen acquisition, with operating profit improving sharply in 2025.

  1. 1

    2025 consolidated revenue reached KRW 93.94 billion with operating profit of KRW 12.60 billion (13.4% operating margin), improving both top line and profitability year on year.

  2. 2

    After posting an operating loss of KRW 0.42 billion in Q1 2026, the company swung back to profit in Q2 2026 with revenue of KRW 26.45 billion and operating profit of KRW 2.76 billion, underscoring a quarter-to-quarter volatile earnings pattern.

  3. 3

    Reports indicate the automotive (Hyundai Motor Group) revenue share fell to around 44% in 2024 before rising back above half to 56% in H1 2025, meaning customer concentration remains a key swing factor for results.

  4. 4

    Mobigen (big data and AI Ops), acquired in August 2023, carries seasonality concentrated in the fourth quarter, meaning a substantial portion of annual results depends on the second half.

  5. 5

    Repeated news coverage of stake sales by former second-largest shareholder Hyundai Motor has kept share-supply overhang concerns as a recurring stock price variable.

02

Business structure

Founded in 2002, SureSoftTech specializes in verifying mission-critical software, focusing on developing and supplying automated verification tools along with verification services.

Based on the H1 2023 business report, revenue was split among code verification solutions (46.4%), system verification solutions (25.8%), future-technology verification solutions (18.8%), and model verification solutions (9.0%), with automotive accounting for an overwhelming 75.6% of industry mix at the time, followed by defense/aerospace at 12.2% and nuclear/energy at 5.0%.

Analysts have since noted the automotive share fell to around 44% in 2024 before climbing back above half to 56% in H1 2025.

The company has partnered with the Hyundai Motor Group on vehicle software safety verification since around 2010, with key customers including Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Mobis, and Hyundai Kefico in automotive; Hanwha Group companies, Korea Aerospace Industries, and LIG Nex1 in defense; and Doosan Enerbility in nuclear.

In 2022 it also secured an overseas software contract related to NuScale Power's small modular reactor business in the United States.

Subsidiaries include the wholly owned U.S. entity V-cubed Solutions Inc, and in August 2023 the company acquired a 43.7% stake in big data and AI Ops specialist Mobigen for KRW 22.9 billion, consolidating it from the fourth quarter of that year.

Mobigen supplies big data analytics and AI Ops solutions to telecom operators, large system integrators, and public institutions, and carries seasonality with revenue concentrated in the fourth quarter given its heavy public/financial sector weighting.

The company listed on KOSDAQ in April 2023 via a merger with NH Special Purpose Acquisition Company 22, and is understood to face no clear direct domestic competitor in mission-critical software verification.

03

Earnings trend

Quarterly revenue · Operating profit
RevenueOperating profit
Annual revenue · Operating profit
RevenueOperating profit
Quarterly results · Last 5 quarters
QuarterRevenueOperating profitOp. margin
2025Q2₩21.5B₩200M0.9%
2025Q3₩23.6B₩3.6B15.3%
2025Q4₩31.9B₩10.9B34.1%
2026Q1₩20.2B-₩400M−2.1%
2026Q2₩26.4B₩2.8B10.4%
Annual results
YearRevenueOperating profitNet income (parent)Op. marginROEDebt-to-equity
2022₩43.4B₩9.7B₩9.4B22.3%16.7%74.6%
2023₩63.3B₩11.5B₩5.1B18.1%6.2%64.8%
2024₩88.8B₩7.9B₩10.8B8.9%11.7%53.0%
2025₩93.9B₩12.6B₩8.6B13.4%8.0%46.8%

Consolidated basis (financial statements including subsidiaries) · Final figures from DART filings · Net income attributable to owners of the parent · Data as of 2026-09-04

04

Earnings analysis

2025 consolidated revenue rose to KRW 93.94 billion from KRW 88.80 billion in 2024, while operating profit jumped to KRW 12.60 billion from KRW 7.89 billion, lifting the operating margin from 8.9% to 13.4%.

Net income attributable to owners, however, actually declined to KRW 8.58 billion in 2025 from KRW 10.81 billion in 2024, a gap that stems from the difference between total consolidated net income (KRW 10.08 billion in 2024, KRW 9.63 billion in 2025) and the owners' share.

In 2024, owners' net income exceeded total consolidated net income, while the opposite held in 2025 — a pattern that can be linked to year-to-year swings in the profit contribution of non-controlling shareholders in Mobigen, in which the company held a 50.5% stake as of Q3 2024.

On a quarterly basis, revenue bottomed at KRW 21.50 billion with operating profit of just KRW 0.19 billion in Q2 2025, before rising to KRW 23.57 billion / KRW 3.60 billion in Q3 and KRW 31.95 billion / KRW 10.90 billion in Q4, a clear back-loaded pattern that also reflects Mobigen's fourth-quarter revenue concentration.

That momentum reversed in Q1 2026, when revenue fell to KRW 20.22 billion and the company posted an operating loss of KRW 0.42 billion, before recovering in Q2 2026 with revenue of KRW 26.45 billion, operating profit of KRW 2.76 billion, and owners' net income of KRW 2.78 billion.

Summed over the most recent four quarters (Q3 2025 through Q2 2026), owners' net income totaled roughly KRW 11.40 billion, indicating a profit base that has persisted on an annualized basis as well.

On the balance sheet side, the debt ratio has steadily declined from 74.6% in 2022 to 46.8% in 2025, while operating cash flow grew from KRW 9.34 billion in 2022 to KRW 17.90 billion in 2025, pointing to improving cash conversion of earnings.

05

Industry analysis

In the automotive end-market, the shift toward Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) is the central theme, and SureSoftTech has expanded from automotive controller testing and verification into developing verification solutions specialized for automotive software.

As controller software complexity rises, the importance of verification grows correspondingly, and because verification work handles sensitive information, automakers face difficulty easily diversifying verification partners — a factor cited as a competitive advantage.

In defense, the company has a track record of supplying Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation (HILS) system verification services to Hanwha Aerospace, with defense-related revenue understood to correlate more closely with individual defense companies' R&D spending capacity than with their export performance.

In nuclear energy, the company has a track record of verifying instrumentation and control systems (MMIS) based on international standards for clients including Doosan Enerbility, and has also won a software contract related to NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) business in the United States, drawing attention amid the expanding global SMR market.

Through the Mobigen acquisition, the company has broadened into AI and big data verification (future-technology verification solutions), positioning itself to address growing software testing demand as AI and machine learning applications expand in areas such as autonomous driving.

With no clear direct domestic competitor identified in mission-critical software verification, some assessments view the company as positioned to capture a substantial share of demand growth as the underlying industries expand.

06

Outlook

Q1 2026 results reportedly showed revenue up 19.5% year on year, the operating loss narrowing 80.1%, and net income turning positive, with the company identifying automotive software as the core growth area and emphasizing the close relationship between the global SDV transition and its software testing and verification business.

The company is pursuing expansion into the Trustworthy AI domain through its Safe Intelligence business, positioning related solutions and certification programs to support customers' adoption of AI safety measures.

In the automotive segment, the company has moved beyond pure verification to directly developing certain controller software for next-generation vehicles, expanding into a comprehensive automotive software engineering partner role — a development worth monitoring for future revenue mix shifts.

Given Mobigen's pronounced fourth-quarter revenue concentration, second-half performance is likely to continue driving the full-year outcome. In nuclear energy, further progress on projects tied to NuScale Power and the broader U.S. SMR market expansion is cited as a potential source of additional order momentum.

That said, these directions reflect expectations expressed by the company and the market, and uncertainty remains until specific order sizes and timing are confirmed through disclosures.

07

Valuation

PER
20.2×
PBR
2.1×
ROE
11.3%
EPS
₩217
BPS
₩2,085
Dividend per share
₩0

The current share price trades in a range that carries a premium over net asset value, which can be interpreted as reflecting the profit recovery trend seen since 2025 to some degree.

The company currently pays no cash dividend, meaning that business growth and earnings improvement — rather than dividend-based shareholder returns — serve as the key variables in how the stock is valued.

Given that the operating margin fluctuated from 18.1% to 8.9% to 13.4% between 2023 and 2025, valuation discussions warrant looking at the continuity and direction of earnings across multiple quarters and years rather than any single period's profit level.

As is typical for a small-cap KOSDAQ name, liquidity conditions and supply-demand effects tied to changes in major shareholders' stakes, including Hyundai Motor's, are also factors that can influence valuation premiums or discounts.

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 2026-09-04

08

Bull factors

Structural verification demand from the SDV transition

As automakers accelerate the SDV transition, vehicle controller software complexity is rising, which structurally expands demand for testing and verification.

The company has maintained a multi-year partnership with the Hyundai Motor Group and has expanded into directly developing certain next-generation vehicle controller software.

The sensitive nature of verification work also makes it difficult for automakers to easily switch verification partners, which can favor relationship continuity.

Business diversification through Mobigen

Mobigen, acquired in 2023, supplies big data and AI Ops solutions to telecom operators, large system integrators, and public institutions, serving as a pillar that reduces automotive dependence. Technical synergies with AI/big data verification (future-technology verification solutions) are also expected.

However, Mobigen carries fourth-quarter revenue concentration, meaning a substantial portion of annual results depends on the second half.

Improving balance sheet and stronger cash conversion of earnings

The debt ratio has steadily declined from 74.6% in 2022 to 46.8% in 2025, improving financial stability. Operating cash flow also grew from KRW 9.34 billion in 2022 to KRW 17.90 billion in 2025, strengthening the conversion of accounting profit into actual cash. The 2025 operating margin recovered to 13.4% from 8.9% in 2024.

09

Bear factors

Still-high customer concentration

Analysis indicates the automotive (Hyundai Motor Group) revenue share fell to around 44% in 2024 before rising back above half to 56% in H1 2025, meaning results remain sensitive to the investment and R&D cycles of a concentrated customer base. The defense and nuclear segments are also subject to individual clients' cash capacity and project progress.

Quarter-to-quarter earnings volatility

Operating profit swung sharply from KRW 0.19 billion in Q2 2025 to KRW 10.90 billion in Q4 2025, before the company posted another operating loss of KRW 0.42 billion in Q1 2026. Mobigen's fourth-quarter revenue concentration is cited as one factor amplifying this volatility.

Supply-demand pressure from major shareholder stake changes

Former second-largest shareholder Hyundai Motor sold half its stake via a block deal in September 2023, reducing its holding from 14.91% to 7.45%, and reports of further stake sales have recurred since then.

Given the characteristics of a small-cap KOSDAQ stock, the possibility of additional stake sales by the major shareholder remains a share-supply overhang factor.

10

Risk factors

Customer and end-market concentration risk

Revenue depends heavily on a small number of large customers, including the Hyundai Motor Group, so changes in those customers' budget or R&D policies can directly affect results. The defense and nuclear segments similarly show high dependence on a handful of large domestic conglomerates.

Earnings volatility and seasonality risk

Quarterly revenue and operating profit show large swings, and Mobigen's fourth-quarter revenue concentration reduces the predictability of full-year results. The recurrence of a temporary operating loss, as seen in Q1 2026, cannot be ruled out.

Share overhang and liquidity risk

As a small-cap KOSDAQ stock, liquidity may be limited, and recurring news related to former major shareholder Hyundai Motor's stake sale history has kept the market wary of the possibility of further sales.

11

What to watch next

  1. Around November 2026

    The scheduled timing for Q3 2026 earnings disclosure; worth checking whether the profit recovery resumed in Q2 continues and how segments such as Mobigen contribute.

  2. Q4 2026

    The period when Mobigen's revenue-concentration seasonality typically recurs; worth checking the fourth quarter's share of annual results and order conditions in the public/financial sector.

  3. Ongoing (upon large shareholding change disclosures)

    If a major shareholder such as Hyundai Motor files a stake-change disclosure, the sale size and stated purpose (whether a simple disposal) should be checked to assess supply-demand impact.

  4. Around CES 2027 in January 2027

    If Hyundai, Kia, or other automakers announce new SDV-related plans or partnerships, this should be checked against the potential for expanded automotive-segment orders or collaboration for the company.

  5. Upon disclosures or reports on NuScale Power and other U.S. SMR projects

    Whether additional related software orders materialize amid the expanding U.S. SMR market is a key point to watch for growth in the nuclear segment.

12

Overall view

SureSoftTech, built on automotive software verification centered on the Hyundai Motor Group, has diversified into AI and big data through the Mobigen acquisition, lifting its 2025 operating margin to 13.4% from 8.9% in 2024.

However, owners' net income actually declined from 2024 due in part to shifts in profit attribution to non-controlling interests, and quarterly volatility remains pronounced, with a temporary operating loss in Q1 2026 followed by a return to profit in Q2.

Alongside analysis suggesting the automotive segment's revenue share has again risen above half, recurring news coverage of stake sales by former second-largest shareholder Hyundai Motor represents an ongoing supply-side overhang factor.

On the balance sheet side, stability has improved, as reflected in a declining debt ratio and rising operating cash flow.

Going forward, key items to monitor include the sustainability of profit through Q3 and Q4 results, Mobigen's seasonal revenue contribution, disclosures on changes in Hyundai's stake, and progress on SDV- and SMR-related business expansion.

13

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  1. Korea Exchange (KRX) — Prices · Market Cap · Volume
  2. FSS electronic disclosure system (DART) — Financial statements · Dividend filings
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Report written 2026-09-05 · Data as of 2026-09-04

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