Earnings quality
Compare earnings and operating cash flow for earnings quality.
Ticker 000270 · 🇰🇷 Korea · Consolidated K-IFRS · amounts in won
Filed 2025-03-31 · Period end 2024-12-31
Takeaway
Worth trackingoperating margin is 11.8%; equity ratio is 60.2%.
Sales and operating profit moved together — keep watching margins and whether the trend persists next period.
Kia Corporation is a Korea-listed company with consolidated financial statements filed on DART (Open DART).
| Account | FY2023 (ended Dec 31, 2023) | FY2024 (ended Dec 31, 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩99.8T | ₩107.4T |
| Cost of sales* | ₩77.2T | ₩82.7T |
| Gross profit | ₩22.6T | ₩24.8T |
| Operating profit | ₩11.6T | ₩12.7T |
| Finance income | ₩1.3T | ₩1.4T |
| Finance costs | ₩392.0B | ₩609.6B |
| Income tax | ₩3.9T | ₩3.7T |
| Profit for the period | ₩8.8T | ₩9.8T |
| Profit to owners | ₩8.8T | ₩9.8T |
| Basic EPS | 22,168.00 | 24,893.00 |
| Account | FY2023 (ended Dec 31, 2023) | FY2024 (ended Dec 31, 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | ₩14.4T | ₩13.6T |
| Current assets | ₩37.5T | ₩41.8T |
| Non-current assets | ₩43.2T | ₩51.0T |
| Total assets | ₩80.6T | ₩92.8T |
| Current liabilities | ₩25.7T | ₩27.0T |
| Short-term borrowings | ₩128.8B | ₩220.9B |
| Non-current liabilities* | ₩8.4T | ₩9.9T |
| Total liabilities | ₩34.1T | ₩36.9T |
| Owners’ equity | ₩46.6T | ₩55.8T |
| Total equity | ₩46.6T | ₩55.8T |
| Account | FY2023 (ended Dec 31, 2023) | FY2024 (ended Dec 31, 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | ₩11.3T | ₩12.6T |
| Investing cash flow | -₩3.1T | -₩10.2T |
| Financing cash flow | -₩5.6T | -₩3.6T |
| Net change in cash | — | — |
| Cash at end of period | ₩14.4T | ₩13.6T |
| Metric | Trend | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩59.2T | ₩69.9T | ₩86.6T | ₩99.8T | ₩107.4T | |
| Operating profit | ₩2.1T | ₩5.1T | ₩7.2T | ₩11.6T | ₩12.7T | |
| Profit to owners | ₩1.5T | ₩4.8T | ₩5.4T | ₩8.8T | ₩9.8T | |
| Total assets | ₩60.5T | ₩66.8T | ₩73.7T | ₩80.6T | ₩92.8T | |
| Cash & equivalents | ₩10.2T | ₩11.5T | ₩11.6T | ₩14.4T | ₩13.6T | |
| Owners’ equity | ₩29.9T | ₩34.9T | ₩39.3T | ₩46.6T | ₩55.8T |
No material one-offs extracted from this filing.
Sales and operating profit both moved in a healthier direction.
On the income statement, revenue moved from ₩99.8T to ₩107.4T (▲ +7.7%). Operating profit went from ₩11.6T to ₩12.7T (▲ +9.1%).
Operating cash flow was ₩12.6T (prior ₩11.3T), with cash on the balance sheet at ₩13.6T versus ₩14.4T.
Compare earnings and operating cash flow for earnings quality.
Short-term borrowings moved from ₩128.8B to ₩220.9B.
Total equity moved from ₩46.6T to ₩55.8T.
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