A137400 heads into the back half of June with its stock down roughly 11% over the past month and the borrow market quietly tightening — a combination worth watching even if the short-selling pressure remains modest in absolute terms.
The lending market tells the more interesting story this week. Availability has tightened sharply from around 345% in late May to 147% now — still in the "tight" range but heading in one direction. That drop of roughly 17% in a single week means the pool of shares still available to borrow has shrunk considerably relative to what is already out on loan. Cost to borrow has followed the same path, climbing about 15% over the past month to 6.3%. Neither level is alarming on its own — availability above 100% means borrowers still have room — but the trend is clearly toward a tighter market. The ORTEX short score sits near 49, the highest reading of the past six weeks, up from around 42 in mid-May. That composite score captures the drift in momentum and borrow conditions together, and the direction of travel is consistent.
The stock's recent price action reinforces a cautious read. At ₩40,100, it is down 2.4% on the day and 3.7% on the week. Most highly correlated KOSDAQ peers also fell — A372170 dropped 6.4% on the week and fell 7.6% — so some of the pressure is sector-wide rather than company-specific. That said, managed a small gain of just under 1%, which suggests the selling is not uniform across the peer group.
The fundamental picture carries an important caveat. Valuation data in the snapshot carries a June 2024 reference date, so multiples — a trailing P/E near 13x and EV/EBITDA near 9.4x — should be treated as directional rather than precise. The analyst consensus price target of ₩62,500, roughly 56% above the current price, is stale at over a month old with no recent changes filed. There are no fresh analyst moves to report. The dividend score ranks in the 86th percentile, which is notable for a KOSDAQ industrial name, though the company's last actual dividend payment was in late 2021.
Ownership is concentrated at the top: founder and CEO Joon-Sup Kim holds nearly 16% of shares outstanding and has not changed that position recently. International passive managers — Vanguard and BlackRock collectively hold just under 4% — added marginally in May, a sign of index-driven accumulation rather than conviction buying.
The next scheduled earnings event is August 13. The three most recent earnings prints all produced positive first-day moves, but the five-day picture was mixed — a rise of over 11% after the November 2025 release gave way to a 2.2% five-day loss, suggesting early enthusiasm faded quickly. Whether the current slide stabilises before that date, or whether the tightening borrow market accelerates into something more disruptive, is the question that defines the near-term setup.
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