{
  "id": 17762615,
  "title": "KRX Names 151 Firms With Persistently Low PBR, Including Hyundai Steel and E-Mart",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/krx-names-151-firms-with-persistently-low-pbr-including-hyundai-steel",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:34:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessKorea",
    "slug": "businesskorea",
    "url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=280199"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Korea Exchange (KRX) has released a list of 151 companies with persistently low price-to-book ratios (PBRs) on the domestic stock market, in an effort to pressure firms into improving their corporate value. The \"Low PBR\" designation, which will be displayed on KRX's Listed Company Disclosure System (KIND) and brokerage firms' mobile trading systems, will be in effect until May 4, 2027. Companies on the list, including Hyundai Steel and E-Mart, have had their PBRs remain in the bottom 25% of their respective sectors for six consecutive half-year periods or six out of seven half-year periods over the past three years. The Materials sector had the largest representation on the list, with 23 companies, followed by Industrials and Consumer Discretionary with 22 and 18 companies, respectively.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}