POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX)

NYSE: PKX · Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling Mills (Coke Ovens) · Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, KR · filing with the SEC since 1998

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Grade4.6

◀ Past 4.8● Present 4.5▶ Future 4.6

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The grade of POSCO Holdings Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

4.6/10

◀ Past4.830% of the headline

● Present4.540% of the headline

▶ Future4.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

6.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

4.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 46th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from KRW 58522 billion in fiscal 2015 to KRW 73459 billion in fiscal 2024, up 2.6% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span2.6%bottom 21% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 17% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.6%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

2.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count steady. 15% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 25th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2024-12-31, POSCO Holdings Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 15% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 21% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.5/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

3.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 41%: owes 41¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, POSCO Holdings Inc. earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 5 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 41 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 37% of its family
return on equitybottom 38% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 23% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

5.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 46% of 12 in its family; net margin 1.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of KRW 73459 billion in fiscal 2024 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 1.4% ranks in the bottom 38%; revenue growth of -1.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 29% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin1.4%bottom 38% of its family
three-year revenue growth-1.1%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned: family median, 7 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: POSCO Holdings Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 7 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of KRW 6768 billion against debt of KRW 25997 billion leaves -18.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1.4% of revenue (bottom 21%); a gross margin of 7.5% (bottom 23%); research spending of 0.8% of revenue (top 42%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-18.6%bottom 46% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1.4%bottom 21% of its family
gross margin7.5%bottom 23% of its family
research spending against revenue0.8%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

6.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 40% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew -1.1% a year over the last three filed years against 2.6% over all 10, slowing (top 12% of its family); the newest year grew -4.7% (bottom 29%); research spending grew 5.8% a year (top 50%); capital spending grew 35.7% a year (top 28%) (its annual reports). POSCO Holdings Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-3.7 points a yeartop 12% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-4.7%bottom 29% of its family
three-year growth of research spending5.8%top 50% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending35.7%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

4.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 43% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

POSCO Holdings Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of KRW 73459 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 5.3% below the KRW 77586 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 29% of its family); net income of KRW 1005 billion against a prior three-year average of KRW 4203 billion (bottom 38%); a net margin of 1.4% against 5.4% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.3%bottom 29% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-76%bottom 38% of its family
net margin against its prior average-4.0 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PKX · research, not advice