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Largest Food & Beverages Public Companies in South Korea
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Sam Yang Foods, CJ, Orion (Spin Co), CJ CheilJedang and Lotte.
 | Sam Yang Foods Co Ltd is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of instant noodles, snacks, and soy sauce. There are various flavors of its noodles, such as beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, mushroom, oriental, hot, and other flavors. | $874 | +17% | $7B | $7B | 4.2x | 16.7x | ||
| CJ Corp is a South Korean conglomerate. Its businesses operate in food and food services, biopharma, home shopping and logistics, entertainment and media, and infrastructure. The businesses include food manufacturer, restaurants, food material distributors, nucleic acid and lysine research companies, pharmaceutical companies, home shopping channels, logistic companies, digital content and advertisement producers, as well as construction companies for luxury housing, complex commercial facilities, and resorts. The largest two segments by operating profit are food and food services and home shopping and logistics. | $116 | -- | $4B | $14B | 0.5x | 3.4x | ||
| Orion Corp (Spin Co) is a confectionery company. Its product offerings include Choco Boy jelly, Sause Dot Potatochip, Red Velvet, Fig and Berries, and others. | $91 | +22% | $4B | $3B | 1.2x | 5.4x | ||
| CJ CheilJedang Corp is engaged in the development, production, and sale of processed foods.. The company operates through four segments: Bio, Food, Feed and Care, and Logistics. The Bio segment includes amino acids, vegetable protein sources, and related products. The Food segment covers sugar, flour, cooking oil, and various food items. The Feed and Care segment provides mixed feed and livestock products. The Logistics segment handles transportation, loading and unloading, construction, and related services. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Food segment. | $143 | -8% | $2B | $9B | 0.5x | 4.7x | ||
| Lotte Corp formerly, Lotte Confectionery Co Ltd is a Korea-based company engaged in the food business. The company manufactures and distributes confectionery products such as gum, chocolate, biscuit, ice cream, pie, snacks, and candy, among others. The company distributes its products through retail stores, supermarkets, and other distribution channels. | $18 | -- | $1B | $6B | 0.6x | 7.5x | ||
| Orion Holdings Corp operates in three main areas: confectionary and snacks, entertainment, and restaurants and sports. Its confectionary and snacks business includes more than a hundred brands, most notably Choco Pie, in categories such as biscuits, caramel, gum, and snacks. The company produces these products in Russia, China, Vietnam, and Korea and exports them to dozens of countries worldwide. In its two other segments, the company owns 10 television channels, a film distribution company, a professional baseball team, and the Market O restaurant chain in Korea. Most of the company’s revenue is from sales in Korea, China, and Russia. | $17 | -- | $1B | $157M | 0.1x | 0.3x | ||
| Samyang Holdings Corp is involved in chemical, consumer food stuff, bottle and ion exchange resin business. The company has primarily Chemical business and Food business segments. Chemical business segment comprises engineering plastics for automotive, electronic and machine parts, manufacturing, and selling of ion exchange resins and industrial fibers, services related to the development of materials for displays, semiconductors. The food business segment consists of food material and foodservice distribution business. The firm promotes and sells its products under the Q.one food stuff brand. | $40 | -- | $307M | $735M | 0.3x | (12.6x) | ||
| Pulmuone Corp is a South Korean company involved in food manufacturing and food material distribution. The company's businesses are production of tofu, bean sprouts, eggs, and noodles; chilled delivery logistics; food service, food material distribution; and manufacture of healthcare foods, also includes mineral water, and fermented milk, concession businesses. | $7 | -- | $267M | $928M | 0.4x | 5.3x | ||
| Daesang Holdings Co Ltd is a holding company. The company is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of processed food products such as processed food and starch products. Its products mostly include Soyabean paste; Marinade; Soy sauce; fish sauce and amongst others. | $6 | -- | $235M | $991M | 0.3x | 67.2x | ||
| Easy Holdings Co Ltd operates in the Korean packaged foods industry. It is one of the foremost companies in the field of feed additives for the livestock industry. The company employs fermentation technologies in its assorted feeds, additives and other animal products. It provides feeds for pigs, poultry, ruminating animals and aquatic animals. | $3 | -- | $225M | $656M | 0.3x | 4.2x | ||
| CJ Freshway Corp provides a range of food distribution and contact meal services to organizations. The company's food service business caters for offices, business sites, hospitals, public organizations, schools and others. It supplies agricultural, fishery and livestock products, processed foods, and kitchen appliances to all types of restaurants including food dealers, food service providers, chain stores and general restaurants. In addition, it also designs, constructs and remodels cafeterias, general and franchised restaurants as well as provides consulting services. | $17 | -- | $196M | $411M | 0.2x | 3.6x | ||
| Plasmapp Co Ltd operates as a medical solution company. It develops sterilization and disinfection technologies, regeneration activation technologies, and other technologies. Based on this technology, Plasmapp has devised a novel plasma sterilizer for medical tools known as STERPACK packaging pouches. | $4 | -- | $14M | $18M | 3.1x | (7.1x) | ||
| Median | $17 | +17% | $659M | $959M | 0.4x | 4.5x |
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