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Seers (458870) 🔎 In-depth

KOSDAQ · Price as of 2026-08-06 · Updated 2026-08-09

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Seers analyzes the biosignals from body-worn wearable medical devices with its own AI and sells them to hospitals as a subscription service, with the wearable ECG patch mobiCARE and the real-time inpatient-monitoring platform thynC as its core products. thynC is the growth engine, its 2025 revenue of ₩42.9 billion up more than roughly tenfold year on year; February preliminary results revealed a 2025 swing to profit (revenue ₩48.2 billion, operating profit ₩16.3 billion), and a March bonus issue (two new shares per share) increased the share count as the company renamed itself Seers, redefining its identity as a healthcare platform. What stands out lately is that its strengths - already profitable in an AI-healthcare field where many firms are loss-making, ROE in the 40% range, an operating margin in the 30% range, and recurring revenue that builds as more hospital beds are installed - sit alongside cautions: growth is concentrated in the single product thynC and the pace of adoption at large domestic hospitals, and health-insurance reimbursement policy has a direct effect.

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30-second brief

Earnings trend
revenue and profit are growing strongly.
Financials
debt levels look manageable.
Data as of
prices as of 2026-08-06, financials as of 2026 1분기.

Pulled directly from the computed values below — not a separately written opinion.

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Core valuation metric

Forward P/E (expected earnings)14.70x

This stock's effective sub-sector is “Medical Devices & Healthcare” (Biotech & Pharmaceuticals), a type typically read first through forward P/E.

In medical devices and healthcare, growth hinges on regulatory approval and product adoption, and profits often lag during the early investment phase. So forward P/E, which reflects expected earnings, is the first lens. But in a loss-making year an earnings multiple breaks down, so the focus shifts to EV/Sales — enterprise value against revenue — to size the business against its scale.

P/B (price-to-book)16.81x

Price against earnings alone becomes unstable when earnings swing. Reading it together with price against assets helps gauge the downside.

This note explains how each sector is typically valued and is educational context only, not investment advice.

At-a-glance assessment financial health · growth · profitability · valuation

Financial healthStable
  • Debt ratio, current ratio and interest burden all look healthy.
GrowthHigh growth
  • Revenue rose 494.7% year over year, and the pace is quickening (3-year trend: rising).
  • Net profit swung from a loss a year earlier back into the black (a turnaround).
  • Most recent quarter (Q1 2026) revenue was 699.6% higher than a year earlier.
ProfitabilityStrong
  • ROE is 40.7% (controlling-interest basis). It is above the sector average.
  • Operating margin is 33.9%.
ValuationFairly valued
  • A sector-metric and in-depth research verdict — see “Valuation vs peers” below for the basis.

Ownership & governance As of 2025-12-31

Largest shareholder Lee Young-shin 26.74% (individual)

Controlling bloc incl. related parties 28.36%

With the controlling bloc holding 28%, control is maintained but the free float is relatively large.

🔎 In-depth analysis Reading

🏢Business

Seers analyzes the biosignals (such as ECG) coming from body-worn wearable medical devices with its own AI algorithms and sells them to hospitals as a subscription service. It has two core products. First, mobiCARE is a wearable ECG patch, a diagnostic-support service that screens for arrhythmias; as of March 2026 about 1,000 medical institutions nationwide had adopted it and cumulative tests topped 670,000 (2025 revenue: ₩3.3 billion in outpatient diagnostics, ₩1.7 billion in health check-ups). Second, thynC is a monitoring platform that watches inpatients' condition in real time; with 2025 revenue of ₩42.9 billion, up more than roughly tenfold year on year, it is the core growth engine. Because hospitals do not buy expensive equipment all at once but pay a monthly usage fee per bed within the health-insurance reimbursement framework, this is a business where recurring revenue builds as adopting hospitals and beds increase.

📈Price & chart

The latest close is ₩23,900 and the market capitalization is ₩909.6 billion. The price sits below its 20-day moving average (₩28,032) and below its 60-day moving average (₩31,748). It is under both its short- and medium-term moving averages, so the trend looks subdued. The RSI (a supplementary indicator that gauges the strength of gains versus losses over the past 14 days on a 0-100 scale) is 39.6, a neutral level. The one-month change is -32.3%, the three-month change is -47.4%, and the position relative to the 52-week high is -87.4%. Relative strength versus the KOSDAQ is 47 (on a 1-99 scale, converted from returns against the index over the past year with more weight on recent performance; higher means stronger than the market). It is stronger than roughly 47% of all stocks. Over the past three months it lagged the index by 17.2%. Chart interpretation is best done alongside trading volume and the dates on which disclosures occur.

📊Key metrics

Judged by valuation metrics alone, this looks burdensome. The P/E ratio (how many times a year's earnings the share price is) is about 90x and the P/B (how many times book net assets the price is) is about 37x, both high. But these figures contain a trap. The 2025 net profit of ₩16.1 billion in the P/E denominator is the value of the first year the company just turned profitable, small like a starting line, whereas Q1 2026 operating profit for a single quarter (₩13.9 billion) already reached about 85% of last year's full-year figure (₩16.3 billion). For a stock where earnings grow this sharply within a year, a trailing multiple divided by a single past year's results greatly understates the true earning power. The P/B is high because there were no accumulated profits, having been loss-making, so book equity (₩39.6 billion) is small, and platform and technology value are not well captured on the books. On the other hand, profitability is already excellent. ROE (how much is earned in a year on equity) is 40.7% and the operating margin is 33.9%, rare levels in the medical-device sector, and the financial structure is stable with a debt ratio of 37% and a current ratio of 3.7x.

🚀Growth

Revenue steepened from ₩1.9 billion in 2023 to ₩8.1 billion in 2024 to ₩48.2 billion in 2025 (+494.7% year on year), and operating results swung from losses in 2023 and 2024 to a ₩16.3 billion profit in 2025. The core of the growth is the inpatient-monitoring platform thynC, which recorded 2025 revenue of ₩42.9 billion (up about +1,046% year on year), lifting the overall top line. Acceleration continued into Q1 2026 with revenue of ₩32.5 billion (+699.6% year on year), operating profit of ₩13.9 billion and net profit of ₩13.7 billion, so the first quarter alone came close to last year's full-year net profit (₩16.1 billion). The reason earnings come out this large is clear. thynC has a recurring-revenue structure where, once a hospital adopts it, reimbursement flows in monthly per inpatient bed, so as large-hospital bed installations accumulate, revenue grows in steps and, once fixed costs are covered, the margin improves quickly. Bed installations tend to accumulate more toward the second half than early in the year, so there is room for full-year profit to exceed a simple fourfold of Q1 results. Read against this year's expanding earnings (forward), the outwardly high P/E in fact falls sharply toward levels similar to profitable medical-device peers. In other words, rather than judging the stock expensive just because last year's P/E is high, it should be read against this year's growing earnings.

📰Recent news & filings

The 2026 disclosures have two axes: results confirmation and share-count change. On February 4, a fair disclosure of preliminary results first revealed the 2025 swing to profit (revenue ₩48.2 billion, operating profit ₩16.3 billion), which was finalized in the March annual report. A March 10 bonus-issue decision (two new shares per share) and the March 25 ex-rights date increased the share count from 12,686,580 shares to 38,059,740 shares. On March 27 the company changed its name from 'Seers Technology' to 'Seers,' redefining its business identity from a diagnostic-device maker to a healthcare platform. It then held several investor briefings (IR) across April and June to directly explain thynC's progress and overseas-expansion plans; rather than separate large single-supply-contract disclosures, results emerge as bed installations accumulate in quarterly reports.

🧭Bottom line

This is a stock with clear strengths. In an AI-healthcare field where many firms are loss-making, it is already profitable and recording ROE in the 40% range and an operating margin in the 30% range, and because of its subscription-reimbursement model, recurring revenue builds as large-hospital bed installations increase. That Q1 earnings alone filled most of last year's full year shows earnings acceleration is underway. Read on a forward basis reflecting this year's expanding earnings, the valuation multiple comes down to levels similar to profitable medical-device peers, not heavy for a company with this much growth and profitability. Points to watch together: most of the growth is concentrated in the single product thynC and the pace of adoption at large domestic hospitals, and health-insurance reimbursement policy has a direct effect on results. In short, in a phase where bed installations accumulate as planned and earnings jump, the current valuation may in fact look low, while conversely, if the adoption schedule slips or reimbursement policy changes, single-product dependence could show up as swings in results.

🔎 Valuation vs peers Fairly valued

Because the base sector (medical, precision and optical instruments) is a KSIC classification and thus coarse, the comparison uses digital healthcare and medical AI that are closer to the actual business, together with profitable medical devices. Lunit and VUNO are in the same AI-healthcare area but are still loss-making so no P/E is formed, while Classys and InBody are reference points for the profitability and multiples of mature, profitable medical devices.

PeerP/EP/BROE
Classys22.52x5.69x25.94%
InBody30.81x2.87x12.20%
Lunit0.00x6.41x-34.48%
VUNO0.00x2.78x-16.00%

Looked at only through last year's P/E of 90x and P/B of 37x, it appears far more expensive than the profitable medical-device makers Classys (P/E 23.7, P/B 5.7) or InBody (P/E 25.8). But this is heavily limited by being computed on the small earnings of the first year of turning profitable. Read against this year's earnings, which expand as thynC bed installations accumulate, the valuation multiple falls sharply, converging toward levels similar to the much slower-growing Classys and InBody. Considered together with the fact that, unlike the still-loss-making Lunit and VUNO, it already delivers ROE in the 40% range while showing growth on par with them, it is hard to declare it overvalued on trailing metrics alone. However, because earnings swing widely with the pace of bed installations and a single product, it is a conditional judgment where the growth continuity underpinning the premium must be confirmed in results, so we see it as fairly valued.

₩23,900 -15.70%
Market cap $639.0M

Price history Close · MA20 · MA60

Close MA20MA60

The latest close is ₩23,900 and the market capitalization is ₩909.6 billion. The price sits below its 20-day moving average (₩28,032) and below its 60-day moving average (₩31,748). It is under both its short- and medium-term moving averages, so the trend looks subdued. The RSI (a supplementary indicator that gauges the strength of gains versus losses over the past 14 days on a 0-100 scale) is 39.6, a neutral level. The one-month change is -32.3%, the three-month change is -47.4%, and the position relative to the 52-week high is -87.4%. Relative strength versus the KOSDAQ is 47 (on a 1-99 scale, converted from returns against the index over the past year with more weight on recent performance; higher means stronger than the market). It is stronger than roughly 47% of all stocks. Over the past three months it lagged the index by 17.2%. Chart interpretation is best done alongside trading volume and the dates on which disclosures occur.

Relative performance stock vs index · start = 100

47Relative strength vs KOSDAQ1–99 · last 12 months’ return vs the index, recency-weighted · higher = stronger than the marketTop 53% strength

Excess return vs index · 3M -17.15% / 6M -79.91% / 12M -27.06%

StockKOSDAQ

Key metrics Computed vs sector median

Valuation

P/E (trailing)56.54x
Forward P/E14.70x
P/B16.81x
Forward P/B7.84x
P/S18.86x
EPS₩423
BPS (book value/share)₩1,422
Dividend yield
DPS

The P/E of 56.54x is above the sector median (21.36x). The P/B of 16.81x is above the sector median (1.23x).

Enterprise value (EV)

Net debt-$5.1M
EV (enterprise value)$633.9M
EV/EBIT55.27x
EV/Sales11.78x
FCF (free cash flow)$319,251
FCF yield0.05%

EV = market cap + net debt. It reflects cash and debt, so it captures the real cost of the whole business that market cap alone misses; lower multiples are cheaper relative to earnings or sales.

Profitability & financials

ROE40.67%
Operating margin33.89%
Net margin33.40%
Debt ratio35.98%
Payout ratio

Return on equity (ROE) is 40.7%, above the sector average (2.0%). The operating margin is 33.9%. The debt ratio is 36.0%, so the financial structure is stable.

Growth FY2025 · annual report (consolidated)

Item202320242025YoY
Revenue$1.3M$5.7M$33.8M+494.72% ↑ faster
Operating profit-$6.9M-$6.1M$11.5M
Net profit-$7.0M-$6.2M$11.3M
5-year20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.3M$5.7M$33.8M
Operating profit-$6.9M-$6.1M$11.5M
Net profit-$7.0M-$6.2M$11.3M
Revenue CAGR2-yr avg 405.52%

Revenue rose 494.7% year over year (2023 ₩1.9 billion → 2024 ₩8.1 billion → 2025 ₩48.2 billion), and the three-year trend is 'rising'. The pace of growth also quickened from the prior year. Over the 3 years on record, revenue compound annual growth (CAGR) is 405.5%. The two-year revenue CAGR is 405.5%. In the most recent quarter (Q1 2026), revenue was 699.6% higher than the same period a year earlier.

Latest quarterly results Source Q1 2026 · vs year-ago

Revenue$22.8M
Revenue YoY+699.57%
Operating profit$9.7M
Op. profit YoY
Net profit$9.6M
Net profit YoY

Technical indicators Computed

RSI (14)39.6
MA20₩28,032
MA60₩31,748
1-month-32.29%
3-month-47.36%
vs 52-wk high-87.35%

What stands out

  • ROE of 40.7% points to solid profitability.
  • Revenue grew 494.7% year over year, a sign of growth.
  • The balance sheet is stable in terms of debt and liquidity.

Points to watch

  • The price is high versus peers, so expectations already appear priced in.

Recent news & events searched · sourced

Figure cross-check computed ↔ external

MetricComputedExternalStatusSource
2025 full-year swing to profit in revenue and operating profitrevenue ₩48.2 billion(₩48,170,737,719) · ₩16.3 billion(₩16,327,166,470)₩48,170,737,719 / ₩16,327,166,470Confirmedlink
Shares outstanding (after bonus issue)38,059,74038,059,740Confirmedlink
Q1 2026 revenue and operating profitrevenue ₩32.5 billion(₩32,525,756,271) · ₩13.9 billion(₩13,854,047,603)1Confirmedlink
2026 full-year net profit (own estimate)approx. ₩62.0 billionUnverifiedlink

Recent filings Source

📖 Plain-language glossary — expand if you are new to this
P/E
How many times a year's net profit the price is worth (lower is cheaper relative to earnings). The P/E here is on trailing (last full-year) results; for companies whose earnings swing fast (memory chips and other cyclicals/high-growth), a forward P/E on this year's expected earnings is more accurate.
P/B
Price relative to net assets (equity). Around 1x means it trades near book value; below 1x means below book.
P/S
Price relative to a year's revenue — useful for growth companies with thin earnings.
Net debt / EV
Net debt = interest-bearing debt − cash. Negative means more cash than debt (net cash). EV (enterprise value) = market cap + net debt, closer to what it would cost to buy the whole business.
EV/EBIT · EV/EBITDA · EV/Sales
Enterprise value against operating profit (EBIT), EBITDA, or revenue. Unlike P/E these reflect debt and cash; lower is cheaper relative to earnings power or sales.
FCF / FCF yield
Free cash flow = operating cash − capex, the cash actually left over. FCF yield = FCF ÷ market cap; higher means more cash generated per unit of market value.
Intrinsic value (DCF)
Future free cash flow (or, for some capex-heavy but profitable names, forecast earnings) discounted to today to estimate per-share value. Because it shifts a lot with the discount-rate and growth assumptions, it is shown as a bear/base/bull range, and the basis and assumptions are disclosed in one line beneath it.
ROE
How much profit the company earns in a year on its equity (%). Higher means better returns on capital.
EPS / BPS
Earnings per share / net assets (book value) per share.
Operating / net margin
Profit left from the core business / final profit after tax and interest, per unit of revenue.
Debt ratio
Debt relative to equity (%). Higher means more reliance on borrowing (norms vary by sector).
Current ratio
Assets convertible to cash within a year against debt due within a year. Above 100% leaves some short-term headroom.
Interest coverage
How many times operating profit covers the interest owed. Below 1x means operating profit alone struggles to cover interest.
Dividend yield / payout ratio
The year's dividend as a % of today's price / the share of earnings paid out as dividends.
Revenue CAGR
Multi-year growth expressed as a single yearly average (compound annual growth rate).
RSI (short-term signal)
Whether recent price action is overheated or beaten down. Above 70 is overbought, below 30 oversold.
MA20 / MA60 (moving averages)
The 20- and 60-day average price. Price above them signals a firmer short-term trend.
vs 52-week high
How far below the past year's peak the price sits now (%).

All figures are for reference only; how they read varies by sector and over time.

Sources: Korea FSC market-price API (data.go.kr), OpenDART, KRX/KIND — public data only.

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