Abstract: We analyzed treasury-share repurchases on KRX for the week ended Oct 30th. Korean companies repurchased KRW 1,020 billion of their own shares, down 49.9% from KRW 2,034 billion the prior week, with 151 companies participating, 5 more than the previous week. Direct purchases accounted for 92.2% of the value, with trust contracts making up the remaining 7.8%. SK Hynix (000660 KS) led with KRW 734.4 billion repurchased over 2 days, followed by SamsungE&A (028050 KS) with KRW 77.6 billion and KT&G (033780 KS) with KRW 39.9 billion. Among companies with market cap above US$100 million, KSS LINE (044450 KS) bought back the largest share of its stock at 1.14% of shares outstanding, ahead of Saramin (143240 KS) at 0.71% and SamsungE&A at 0.64%.
SamsungE&A, KT&G, SK Hynix
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