Coverage Counted in Won Is Not Coverage Counted in Companies
Two dates sit at either end of Korea's low-PBR publication rule, and they are counted in different units. The first is 22 October 2026. A listed company that would otherwise appear on the Korea Exchange's low-PBR list can stay off it for a year by filing a corporate value-up plan that contains a separate PBR improvement plan. The second is 2 November 2026, when the Exchange posts the first list on KIND and securities firms begin showing a "low PBR" marker beside the ticker in their trading apps. Selection is by market and by industry group: a company qualifies if its PBR has sat in the bottom 25% on KOSPI, or the bottom 10% on KOSDAQ, for six consecutive half-yearly readings over three years. On 6 October the Exchange published its monthly corporate value-up status, measured at the end of September. Cumulatively, 764 listed companies have a value-up plan on file — 358 on KOSPI and 406 on KOSDAQ, a total that includes 638 high-dividend disclosures. Their combined mar...