S. Korean Household Goods Firm Aekyung Industrial Makes Market Debut
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 22, 2018 | 05:11 PM
Aekyung Industrial Co., a South Korean household goods and cosmetics maker, debuted on the Seoul bourse Thursday,
SEOUL, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :Aekyung Industrial Co., a South Korean household goods and cosmetics maker, debuted on the Seoul bourse Thursday, closing above its initial public offering (IPO) price.
After opening at 28,000 won (US$26), Aekyung Industrial closed at 34,000 won, above the IPO price of 29,100 won. Its market capitalization was 888 billion won.
The company said it aims to reach 1 trillion won in sales in 2020 by increasing investment in research and development, as well as expanding its cosmetics and overseas businesses.
Sales of cosmetics items, which accounted for 15 percent of the firm's total revenue in 2015, rose to account for 23.1 percent in 2016 and 36.9 percent at the end of the third-quarter in 2017, according to the company. Aekyung Industrial plans to accelerate its overseas push beginning with the Chinese market based on its local unit that was set up in Shanghai last year.
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