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POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX)

Basic Materials | Steel | Seoul, South Korea | NYSE
51.22 USD -1.06 (-2.028%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 51.24 +0.02 (0.039%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 6:53 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 7:02 a.m. EDT

The investment case for POSCO Holdings is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its aggressive analyst targets and its deteriorating operational reality. While the forward P/E of roughly 9.7x suggests deep value, this metric is misleading given the company's crushing debt load, with total debt nearly doubling its equity base to create a precarious leverage ratio. The business is also struggling to generate capital, evidenced by negative free cash flow and a return on equity that hovers near 1%, indicating the capital deployed is barely covering its cost. Furthermore, the stock has suffered a multi-year decline, with the last two years showing negative annual returns, confirming that the market has already priced in these structural issues. Although the dividend yield of 3.25% provides a floor, the payout ratio of 87.7% is dangerously high, leaving little room for error if earnings slip further. Options activity reinforces this pessimism, with traders placing significant bets on downside protection. Consequently, despite the 'strong buy' analyst consensus which appears detached from the balance sheet reality, the security warrants a cautious hold at best, as the fundamental risks outweigh the speculative upside.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.117794
AutoARIMA0.118586
AutoETS0.118587
AutoTheta0.118647

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 0.90
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.549
Excess Kurtosis -0.69
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-26
Last Dividend Date 2025-08-27
Debt to Equity Ratio 49.969
Revenue per Share 57927.51
Market Cap 15,493,184,512
Trailing P/E 28.46
Forward P/E 9.55
Beta 1.57
Profit Margins 1.18%
Previous Name POSCO
Website https://www.posco-inc.com

As of July 11, 2026, 7:02 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume relative to calls, particularly in the August and November expirations where out-of-the-money puts show significant open interest. While there is some call activity at distant strikes (100 strike in November), the overwhelming majority of open interest sits in the money for puts, suggesting a bearish bias or hedging against further downside rather than a bullish breakout expectation.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.85% 0.85% 2.12% 2.21%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-08-28 0.449 0.850218
2025-05-28 0.455 0.997807
2025-02-28 0.439 0.949394
2024-09-30 0.446 0.637234
2024-06-28 0.467 0.710374
2024-03-28 0.473 0.603162
2024-03-27 0.453 0.565120
2024-02-28 0.468 0.583250
2023-09-28 0.480 0.470542
2023-06-29 0.472 0.640087
2023-03-30 0.472 0.718308
2022-12-29 0.381 0.693231
2022-09-29 0.374 0.984211
2022-06-29 0.738 1.643287
2012-12-26 1.326 1.638858
2012-06-27 0.369 0.473684
2011-12-28 1.286 1.571359
2011-06-27 0.453 0.432623
2010-12-28 1.682 1.582761
2010-06-25 0.434 0.419283
2007-12-26 1.979 1.286736
2007-06-27 0.676 0.570368
2005-06-27 0.374 0.841395
2004-12-28 1.185 2.609557
2004-06-25 0.216 0.641330
2003-12-26 0.631 1.964508
2003-06-25 0.105 0.417163
2002-12-26 0.108 0.421875
2002-06-26 0.102 0.351482
2001-12-26 0.384 1.763085
2001-06-27 0.096 0.509825
2000-12-27 0.106 0.695082
2000-06-27 0.112 0.486957
1999-12-28 0.279 0.792895
1998-12-28 0.166 0.998496
1997-12-26 0.058 0.310368
1996-12-26 0.282 1.384049
1995-12-27 0.055 0.250000
1994-12-23 0.045 0.148148
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.62
dividendYield 3.11
exDividendDate 2026-05-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 10000.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 191.27774
lastDividendValue 0.449
lastDividendDate 2025-08-28
dividendDate 2026-06-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.097687244
Address1 POSCO Center
Address2 440 Teheran-ro Gangnam-gu
All Time High 201.0
All Time Low 10.0
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 200
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 469,650
Average Daily Volume3 Month 358,213
Average Volume 358,213
Average Volume10Days 469,650
Beta 1.574
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 100
Book Value 31.51149
City Seoul
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,577,750,400
Country South Korea
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 51.22
Current Ratio 1.898
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 52.15
Day Low 51.1
Debt To Equity 49.969
Dividend Date 1,782,086,400
Dividend Rate 1.62
Dividend Yield 3.11
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,525,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,525,200
Earnings Growth 0.545
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.546
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,414,600
Ebitda 5,932,450,840,576
Ebitda Margins 0.085319996
Enterprise To Ebitda 3.951
Enterprise To Revenue 0.337
Enterprise Value 23,440,157,310,976
Eps Current Year 4.52071
Eps Forward 5.36558
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.8
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,779,840,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 82 56 2220 6000
Fifty Day Average 67.4968
Fifty Day Average Change -16.276802
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.24114923
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -9.768724
Fifty Two Week High 92.4
Fifty Two Week High Change -41.18
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.445671
Fifty Two Week Low 44.99
Fifty Two Week Low Change 6.2299995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.1384752
Fifty Two Week Range 44.99 - 92.4
Financial Currency KRW
First Trade Date Milliseconds 782,141,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.21
Float Shares 1,147,563,326
Forward Eps 5.36558
Forward P E 9.546032
Free Cashflow -1,966,300,200,960
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.07661
Gross Profits 5,327,267,299,328
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 0.033469997
Implied Shares Outstanding 302,483,116
Industry Steel
Industry Disp Steel
Industry Key steel
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,756,339,200
Last Dividend Value 0.449
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary POSCO Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated steel producer in Korea and internationally. It operates through six segments: Steel, Trading, Construction, Logistics and Others, Green Materials and Energy, and Others. The company engages in the production, import, sale, and export of steel products, such as hot and cold rolled steel, stainless steel, plates, wire rods, and silicon steel sheets, as well as pig iron, billets, blooms, and slabs; trading of steel and raw materials, textiles, agricultural commodities, and other goods; natural resources development and power generation activities; and planning, designing, and construction of industrial plants, civil engineering projects, and commercial and residential buildings. It is also involved in the manufacture and sale of various energy-related and other industrial materials, including anode and cathode materials for rechargeable batteries; investment business; and provision of alternative environmentally-friendly energy solutions, as well as information technology and operational technology, and integrated logistics services. POSCO Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Long Name POSCO Holdings Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 15,493,184,512
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_381388
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-13
Net Income To Common 822,564,880,384
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 15,422,973,716
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 51.8
Operating Cashflow 3,543,833,247,744
Operating Margins 0.0399
Payout Ratio 0.8771
Peg Ratio 0.89
Phone 82 2 3457 0114
Post Market Change 0.020000458
Post Market Change Percent 0.03904814
Post Market Price 51.24
Post Market Time 1,783,983,183
Prev Name POSCO
Previous Close 52.28
Price Eps Current Year 11.330079
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.6254389
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.00022281382
Profit Margins 0.011829999
Quick Ratio 1.218
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.06
Regular Market Change Percent -2.02754
Regular Market Day High 52.15
Regular Market Day Low 51.1
Regular Market Day Range 51.1 - 52.15
Regular Market Open 51.8
Regular Market Previous Close 52.28
Regular Market Price 51.22
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 243,149
Return On Assets 0.0117999995
Return On Equity 0.01125
Revenue Growth 0.025
Revenue Per Share 57,927.51
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Shares Outstanding 302,483,116
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0034
Shares Short 1,041,265
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,177,138
Short Name POSCO Holdings Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0034
Short Ratio 2.03
Source Interval 15
Symbol PKX
Target High Price 84.67948
Target Low Price 84.67948
Target Mean Price 84.67948
Target Median Price 84.67948
Total Cash 14,898,110,136,320
Total Cash Per Share 12,411.68
Total Debt 31,676,696,625,152
Total Revenue 69,534,216,093,696
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 10,000.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 191.27774
Trailing Eps 1.8
Trailing P E 28.455557
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 59.8796
Two Hundred Day Average Change -8.659599
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.14461686
Type Disp Equity
Volume 243,149
Website https://www.posco-inc.com
Zip 6,194