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May 28, 2019 Korea Morning Focus

Company News & Analysis Major Indices Close Chg Chg (%) NCsoft (036570/Buy/TP: W700,000) KOSPI 2,044.21 -1.10 -0.05 June offers good entry point KOSPI 200 264.40 -0.02 -0.01 KOSDAQ 689.67 -0.36 -0.05

Turnover ('000 shares, Wbn) Volume Value KOSPI 342,685 3,507 KOSPI 200 51,883 2,289 KOSDAQ 769,018 4,314

Market Cap (Wbn) Value KOSPI 1,355,616 KOSDAQ 237,021

KOSPI Turnover (Wbn) Buy Sell Net Foreign 873 1,067 -194 Institutional 1,027 856 171 Retail 1,588 1,565 23

KOSDAQ Turnover (Wbn) Buy Sell Net Foreign 368 418 -50 Institutional 227 225 2 Retail 3,689 3,633 56

Program Buy / Sell (Wbn) Buy Sell Net KOSPI 804 792 11 KOSDAQ 350 359 -9

Advances & Declines Advances Declines Unchanged KOSPI 342 491 62 KOSDAQ 522 658 102

KOSPI Top 5 Most Active Stocks by Value (Wbn) Price (W) Chg (W) Value Electronics 42,650 -50 317 KODEX Leverage 11,540 15 221 KODEX 200 Futures 7,985 -10 173 Inverse 2X KODEX KOSDAQ150 7,790 5 148 INVERSE Hynix 66,900 -700 148

KOSDAQ Top 5 Most Active Stocks by Value (Wbn) Price (W) Chg (W) Value Incon 3,780 580 331 Kukil Paper 4,030 335 144 Hyundai IT 17,250 1,650 134 COMPANY K PARTNERS 14,850 3,400 111 Nepes 24,550 -4,650 100 Note: As of May 27, 2019

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NCsoft (036570 KS) June offers good entry point

Game Strong earnings momentum expected in 2Q19 Company Report For 2Q19, we forecast NCsoft’s revenue and operating profit to grow 21.1% and 71.6% QoQ to W434bn and W136bn, respectively. We expect revenue to surge 150% May 28, 2019 QoQ to W52bn and revenue from mobile titles, including Lineage M, to expand 22% QoQ to W243bn. Our 2Q19 mobile title revenue estimate reflects W20bn in revenue from Lineage M Japan (assuming daily average revenue of W0.7bn and no. 11-15 ranking among top-grossing games), which begins service on May 29th. (Maintain) Buy New titles and global advance to drive significant earnings growth for the next three years Target Price (12M, W) 700,000 The biggest risk to NCsoft’s stock is delays in new title releases. Titles released by the company’s domestic studios over the past two decades have had a 100% success rate. Share Price (05/27/19, W) 480,000 As such, operating profit has grown exponentially QoQ in the first quarter of a new release, driving a strong rally in the stock. Expected Return 46% Many investors are waiting for the right entry point, but are hesitant due to the company’s changing comments about the release schedule for Lineage 2M, which was pushed from 1H19 to 3Q19 and later to 2H19. What hasn’t changed, however, is that OP (19F, Wbn) 814 the company will roll out several large-scale titles—including Lineage 2M, Aion 2, and Consensus OP (19F, Wbn) 582 Blade & Soul 2—first in Korea and then in overseas markets, including Japan, Taiwan, the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and China. EPS Growth (19F, %) 49.5 Market EPS Growth (19F, %) -19.7 In the case of Lineage 2, Aion, and Blade & Soul, overseas revenue has been either in P/E (19F, x) 16.8 line with domestic revenue or around 2.5 times higher on a cumulative basis. Market P/E (19F, x) 11.5 Expectations are growing on the overseas success of upcoming titles. Once Lineage 2M KOSPI 2,044.21 comes out in Korea during 2H19, we expect a new title/market release in almost every quarter for the next three years, which could lead to exponential QoQ earnings Market Cap (Wbn) 10,531 growth. Shares Outstanding (mn) 22 June offers good entry point on six-month, one-year, and five-year Free Float (%) 81.9 investment horizons Foreign Ownership (%) 50.3 Expectations on 2Q19 earnings should begin to build up in June-July. Even if Lineage Beta (12M) 0.75 2M is launched in 4Q19, we still think the market will start to price in new title 52-Week Low 351,000 momentum in 3Q19. 52-Week High 526,000 Microsoft is set to unveil its new cloud gaming platform at next month’s E3 2019 in Los (%) 1M 6M 12M Angeles. Apple, Microsoft, and Google will launch their cloud (streaming) gaming Absolute -4.8 -1.0 31.9 services in 2H19, while Amazon is also expected to join the race in 2020. We believe Relative 1.5 1.6 58.7 such changes in industry dynamics will fuel multiple expansions for globally competitive developers with intellectual property (content). 150 NCsoft KOSPI Current estimates on NCsoft’s 2019 performance differ widely (P/E of 16.8x based on 130 our estimate vs. 22.2x based on consensus), as views on the success and schedule of 110 new releases are highly subjective. Looking at earnings for 2020 (when new title effects will be reflected for the full year), the stock is trading at a P/E of 14.3x based on our 90 estimate and 13.3x based on consensus—the low end of its multiple range over the

70 past two decades. We maintain our Buy rating on NCsoft with a target price of 5.18 9.18 1.19 5.19 W700,000.

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[Internet] FY (Dec.) 12/16 12/17 12/18 12/19F 12/20F 12/21F Revenue (Wbn) 984 1,759 1,715 2,095 2,335 2,882 Chang-kwean Kim +822-3774-1614 OP (Wbn) 329 585 615 814 1,029 1,497 [email protected] OP margin (%) 33.4 33.3 35.9 38.9 44.1 51.9 NP (Wbn) 272 441 418 625 734 1,074 EPS (W) 12,416 20,104 19,061 28,503 33,450 48,938 ROE (%) 14.9 19.1 16.4 23.9 23.1 27.2 P/E (x) 19.9 22.3 24.5 16.8 14.3 9.8 P/B (x) 2.7 3.4 3.7 3.2 2.7 2.2 Dividend yield (%) 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 Note: All figures are based on consolidated K-IFRS; NP refers to net profit attributable to controlling interests Source: Company data, Mirae Asset Daewoo Research estimates

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Mirae Asset Daewoo Research Key Valuations May 28, 2019

※All data as of close May 24, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

19F Earnings growth Mkt Cap Price P/E (x) P/B (x) ROE (%) Ticker Company Div Yield OP EPS (Wbn) (W) (%) 19F 20F 19F 20F 19F 20F 19F 20F 19F 20F 005930 254,611 42,650 3.3 -54.2 38.9 -46.7 34.7 13.3 9.9 1.1 1.1 8.8 11.1 000660 SK Hynix 48,703 66,900 2.2 -78.7 60.6 -78.6 55.5 14.6 9.4 0.9 0.9 6.9 10.1 005380 Hyundai Motor 28,845 135,000 3.0 40.1 30.5 139.2 15.0 10.5 9.2 0.5 0.5 5.1 5.7 051910 LG Chem 23,013 326,000 1.8 -13.1 52.7 -15.4 63.6 20.5 12.5 1.4 1.3 7.1 10.9 068270 Celltrion 22,329 174,000 - - - - 0.0 0.0 055550 22,216 46,850 12.5 3.1 10.5 0.7 6.4 6.3 0.6 0.6 9.4 8.8 012330 20,872 219,000 1.6 9.1 10.2 27.0 7.4 8.9 8.3 0.6 0.6 7.5 7.6 017670 SK Telecom 20,711 256,500 3.9 5.8 9.8 -34.9 53.0 10.2 6.6 0.8 0.7 8.8 12.5 005490 POSCO 20,358 233,500 4.7 -16.7 1.8 69.3 2.3 7.1 7.0 0.4 0.4 6.5 6.3 051900 LG H&H 19,804 1,268,000 0.9 12.5 9.5 15.3 10.4 25.1 22.8 5.4 4.6 19.9 18.8 105560 KB Financial Group 19,129 45,750 9.7 3.8 10.8 4.0 5.6 5.4 0.5 0.5 9.3 9.0 035420 NAVER 18,212 110,500 0.3 -15.1 26.3 -31.4 68.6 40.9 24.3 2.6 2.4 8.2 12.5 028260 Samsung C&T 17,736 93,500 2.1 5.4 20.1 -4.2 20.7 14.0 11.6 0.6 0.6 5.2 5.9 000270 Motors 16,883 41,650 1.9 20.5 19.7 54.5 16.7 9.5 8.1 0.6 0.6 6.3 7.0 034730 SK Holdings 16,535 235,000 2.0 13.3 12.9 -32.3 20.1 10.9 9.1 0.9 0.8 8.9 9.8 032830 Samsung Life 16,400 82,000 - - - - 0.0 0.0 015760 KEPCO 16,049 25,000 ------0.2 0.2 - - 018260 Samsung SDS 15,746 203,500 1.4 11.6 16.5 12.7 15.4 22.2 19.2 2.4 2.2 11.3 12.0 096770 SK Innovation 15,211 164,500 4.9 -29.5 18.8 -40.7 27.9 15.7 12.3 0.8 0.8 5.3 6.7 006400 Samsung SDI 14,853 216,000 0.5 16.8 45.7 -1.0 42.4 21.9 15.4 1.2 1.1 5.6 7.5 033780 KT&G 13,729 100,000 4.2 12.8 5.6 17.5 5.1 13.0 12.3 1.5 1.4 12.7 12.6 000810 Samsung F&M 13,194 278,500 - - - - 0.0 0.0 066570 LG Electronics 12,535 76,600 1.0 7.1 20.0 23.7 39.9 9.0 6.5 0.9 0.8 10.3 12.9 003550 LG Corp. 12,338 71,500 3.2 17.2 15.4 5.5 15.6 6.4 5.5 0.6 0.6 10.5 11.1 086790 11,199 37,300 8.6 8.1 9.5 8.2 4.5 4.2 0.4 0.4 9.0 9.1 090430 AmorePacific 10,669 182,500 0.7 6.0 20.7 6.9 22.4 30.0 24.5 2.7 2.5 7.8 8.9 036570 NCsoft 10,531 480,000 1.3 32.4 26.4 49.5 17.4 16.8 14.3 3.2 2.7 23.9 23.1 035720 10,175 122,000 0.1 167.0 116.1 127.8 160.4 87.3 33.5 1.9 1.8 2.2 5.6 251270 9,571 112,000 44.5 59.7 57.2 39.0 32.0 23.0 2.0 1.8 6.6 8.5 010950 S-Oil 9,142 81,200 3.1 60.1 77.0 99.7 139.4 18.4 7.7 1.4 1.2 7.7 16.5 011170 Lotte Chemical 8,946 261,000 4.0 -34.3 31.9 -35.0 35.1 8.7 6.5 0.7 0.6 7.8 9.9 010130 Korea Zinc 8,293 439,500 2.5 8.9 6.0 19.1 2.4 13.2 12.9 1.2 1.2 9.7 9.3 024110 7,992 13,900 7.5 4.5 5.4 3.6 4.9 4.8 0.4 0.4 8.6 8.3 009540 HHI 7,820 110,500 - 594.6 - - - 65.7 0.7 0.7 - 1.0 091990 Celltrion Healthcare 7,781 54,100 - 192.4 1119.2 156.4 55.8 21.8 4.2 3.6 8.2 18.6 009150 Samsung Electro-Mechanics 7,186 96,200 1.1 -19.1 28.9 -17.5 31.2 13.8 10.5 1.4 1.2 10.7 12.6 030200 KT 7,141 27,350 4.0 2.0 3.0 28.2 5.6 8.1 7.7 0.5 0.5 6.5 6.6 018880 Hanon Systems 6,326 11,850 - - - - 0.0 0.0 032640 LG Uplus 6,069 13,900 4.7 -2.9 11.7 2.0 18.2 12.4 10.5 0.8 0.8 7.0 7.9 034220 LG Display 5,976 16,700 - - - - - 18.8 0.4 0.4 - 2.3 086280 5,963 159,000 2.1 8.8 2.2 20.2 8.7 11.3 10.4 1.3 1.2 11.8 11.7 000720 Hyundai E&C 5,557 49,900 1.0 24.6 6.1 20.7 0.6 12.1 12.0 0.8 0.8 7.2 6.8 004020 5,431 40,700 1.8 2.5 16.1 42.1 23.3 9.6 7.8 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.8 267250 4,992 306,500 6.0 78.7 2.1 154.0 4.5 7.3 7.0 0.6 0.6 8.6 8.5 Holdings 010140 SamsungHvyInd 4,801 7,620 - - - - - 62.1 0.6 0.6 - 1.2 128940 4,720 406,500 0.1 37.5 -0.2 141.7 -12.3 78.5 89.5 6.1 5.7 8.2 6.8 023530 Lotte Shopping 4,540 160,500 3.2 6.5 3.9 - 10.5 11.3 10.2 0.4 0.4 3.4 3.7 005830 DB Insurance 4,340 61,300 - - - - 0.0 0.0 029780 Samsung Card 4,322 37,300 -16.3 3.1 2.8 4.1 12.2 11.7 0.6 0.6 1.5 1.5 097950 CJ CheilJedang 4,162 276,500 1.3 15.4 12.7 -64.8 23.7 14.5 11.7 0.9 0.8 6.3 7.3 Source: Mirae Asset Daewoo Research

Mirae Asset Daewoo Research Market Data May 28, 2019

※All data as of close May 27, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

Other Major Indices Economic Indicators Close Net Chg 1D (%) YTD (%) Close 1D ago 1M ago 1Y ago MSCI Korea* 409.59 -3.46 -0.84 -4.51 USD/KRW 1,189.60 1,191.20 1,158.70 1,079.70 KOSPI 2,044.21 -1.10 -0.05 1.70 JPY100/KRW 1,087.63 1,087.41 1,038.77 988.19 KOSDAQ 689.67 -0.36 -0.05 3.03 EUR/KRW 1,333.48 1,332.12 1,290.44 1,265.25 Dow Jones* 25,585.69 95.22 0.37 9.68 3Y Treasury 1.65 1.64 1.72 2.20 S&P 500* 2,826.06 3.82 0.14 12.59 3Y Corporate 2.13 2.13 2.19 2.82 NASDAQ* 7,637.01 8.73 0.11 14.57 DDR2 1Gb* 1.05 1.05 1.06 1.35 Philadelphia Semicon* 1,311.97 -10.87 -0.82 12.59 NAND MLC 64G* 2.35 2.35 2.55 3.67 FTSE 100* 7,277.73 46.69 0.65 8.07 Oil (Dubai)* 66.73 69.22 73.67 77.03 Nikkei 225 21,182.58 65.36 0.31 8.28 Gold* 1,283.60 1,285.40 1,275.50 1,304.40 Hang Seng* 27,353.93 86.80 0.32 8.85 Customer deposits (Wbn)* 24,752 24,875 26,027 27,433 Taiwan (Weighted) 10,334.13 5.85 0.06 8.16 Equity type BC (Wbn)(May. 23) 80,918 80,912 83,876 80,727 Note: * as of May 24, 2019 Source: KSDA, FnGuide, DRAMeXchange, MSCI

KOSPI Top 10 Foreign Net Buy / Net Sell (Wbn) KOSPI Top 10 Institutional Net Buy / Net Sell (Wbn) Net Buy Net Sell Net Buy Net Sell Hyundai Motor 10.01 Samsung Electronics 56.72 Samsung Electronics 40.02 KODEX Kosdaq150 Leverage 9.95 4.82 Hynix 35.41 Hyundai Mobis 23.20 KODEX Leverage 9.54 NC Soft 4.81 Hyundai Mobis 21.15 LG Electronics 14.15 Celltrion 9.45 Samsung C&T 3.90 NAVER 8.89 Hynix 13.97 KEPCO 7.22 LG Household & Health Care 3.72 KODEX 200 Futures Inverse 2X 6.77 KODEX 200 Futures Inverse 2X 9.41 KODEX KOSDAQ150 INVERSE 6.51 KODEX KOSDAQ150 INVERSE 3.53 KB Financial Group 6.73 Hyundai Glovis 8.47 KAL 6.16 2.48 KT&G 6.54 Samsung SDI 8.25 Samsung Biologics 5.51 Lotte Shopping 2.39 Hyundai Motor (2P) 5.86 Shinhan Financial Group 7.92 Honam Petrochemical 4.02 NHN 2.36 POSCO 5.32 Hyundai Motor 7.42 NC Soft 3.61 2.32 LG Display 5.27 KB Financial Group 5.78 Netmarble 3.30 Source: KSDA, FnGuide

KOSDAQ Top 10 Foreign Net Buy / Net Sell (Wbn) KOSDAQ Top 10 Institutional Net Buy / Net Sell (Wbn) Net Buy Net Sell Net Buy Net Sell PearlAbyss 5.39 Nepes 19.43 RFHIC 9.24 Seojin System 4.51 HLB 4.32 Celltrion Healthcare 16.93 2.99 YG Entertainment 3.88 ABL Bio 4.22 RFHIC 14.90 Posco Chemtech 2.84 KMW 3.33 OSSTEM IMPLANT 3.34 LB Semicon 9.05 Cafe24 Corp. 2.83 CJ ENM 3.23 Wemade 3.32 Power Logics 5.17 ViroMed 2.74 Jokwang ILI 3.18 Eutilex 3.32 ViroMed 4.44 KMH 2.73 Nas Media 2.79 HB Technology 3.08 Seojin System 3.18 Nepes 2.59 Genomictree 2.71 Emerson Pacific 2.88 OE Solutions 2.87 JYP Entertainment 2.01 SK Materials 2.25 KMW 2.26 Easy Bio System 2.84 Com2us 1.67 FST 2.11 EO Technics 2.09 Posco Chemtech 2.52 Silicon Works 1.64 OSSTEM IMPLANT 1.81 Source: KSDA, FnGuide

KOSPI Top 10 by Market Cap (Wbn) KOSDAQ Top 10 by Market Cap (Wbn) Close (W) Chg (W) Mkt Cap Close (W) Chg (W) Mkt Cap Samsung Electronics 42,650 -50 254,611 Celltrion Healthcare 54,100 -2,300 7,781 Hynix 66,900 -700 48,703 CJ ENM 183,700 2,600 4,028 Hyundai Motor 135,000 4,500 28,845 SillaJen 55,000 -1,000 3,876 Samsung Electronics (P) 34,250 0 28,184 ViroMed 211,500 0 3,375 LG Chem 326,000 500 23,013 Posco Chemtech 53,900 300 3,287 Celltrion 174,000 -7,000 22,329 HLB 71,800 1,100 2,817 Shinhan Financial Group 46,850 0 22,216 Medy-tox 437,400 -3,300 2,544 Hyundai Mobis 219,000 5,000 20,872 PearlAbyss 190,900 -3,600 2,486 SK Telecom 256,500 3,500 20,711 Studio Dragon 75,200 4,100 2,109 POSCO 233,500 4,500 20,358 Hugel 395,900 10,100 1,725 Source: