Doosan Corporation (000150.KS) stock analysis

In our weekly check, Doosan Corporation is graded D (A to F). Of 24 checks on debt, profit, cash flow and trend: 11 pass, warnings: 5, red flags: 8.

About Doosan Corporation

Doosan Corporation is an Industrials company (Conglomerates) based in South Korea, listed on KSC as 000150.KS.

What our checks show for 000150.KS

Red flags

• Net debt is 3.7x a year of EBITDA (debt/equity 4.14). That limits room in a downturn and raises refinancing risk.
• The net margin is only 3.1%: little room if costs rise.
• The price swings a lot: 91.1% annual volatility. Expect large ups and downs.
• The stock has fallen as much as 91% from a peak. Would you have held through that?
• Recovering from its deepest fall took about 4.6 years.
• Beta 1.95: the stock usually moves more than the market, both up and down.
• The share count grew by 24.4% in 2 years: each shareholder owns a smaller slice.
• Thinly traded (about 85 thousand shares a day): buying and selling can move the price.

Warning signs

• Operating profit covers interest only 2.6 times: a weak year could make the payments hard.
• Earnings per share fell 0.1% a year over the last 3 years.
• Free cash flow is only 0.3% of revenue.
• Free cash flow covers the dividend only 0.3 times.
• Return on capital (ROCE) is only 6.4%.

Strengths

• The net margin rose by 1.5 points over 5 years, to 3.1%.
• The gross margin is 60.6% and has risen by 43.5 points: pricing power is holding.
• Operating cash flow is 1.26x net profit: the profit arrives as real cash.
• Analysts expect earnings per share to grow about 41.3% a year over the next years.
• Analysts expect the net margin to improve by 2.9 points from today's 3.1%.
• Pay in shares is only 6% of free cash flow.

Next earnings report: 2026-11-09

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Questions

What grade does Doosan Corporation (000150.KS) have?

In our weekly check, Doosan Corporation is graded D (A to F). Of 24 checks on debt, profit, cash flow and trend: 11 pass, warnings: 5, red flags: 8. The grade is a risk check, not a buy or sell recommendation.

What are the main risks of 000150.KS stock?

This week's biggest flags for Doosan Corporation: High debt, Thin margins, Very volatile. In total 13 of 24 checks show a warning or a red flag.

What does Doosan Corporation do?

Doosan Corporation is an Industrials company (Conglomerates) based in South Korea, listed on KSC as 000150.KS.

When does Doosan Corporation report earnings next?

The next earnings report is expected on 2026-11-09. We re-run the checks every week, so the grade can change after it.

The grade is a risk check, not a price forecast, and not investment advice. In our 10-year test (S&P 500, 2016-2026), stocks we graded A or B fell more than 30% 2-3 times less often than D or F, without a lower average return.

Updated 2026-10-31

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