- Expands shareholder return ratio to 50% and adopt interim dividends, aiming to become
South Korea’s leading shareholder-friendly company - Promote sustainable growth through the expansion of agro and energy business and the advancement of the business portfolio
POSCO International had previously set a mid-term shareholder-friendly policy earlier this year with a shareholder return ratio of 25%. However, in this new plan, the company will significantly increase this to 50% from 2025 and introduce interim dividends, further strengthening its shareholder return policy. Moreover, POSCO International aims to achieve an average annual growth rate of at least 8% in pre-tax income and set a target for Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) that exceeds the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), currently at 8.0%. This is part of a strategy to continuously enhance corporate value while ensuring stable profitability.
The company has further strengthened its market dominance by aggressively expanding its energy and agro businesses. In its steel and mobility businesses, the company aims to maximize profitability through synergy creation in cooperation with the POSCO Group and to achieve stable profit growth by diversifying risk with complementary portfolios among its key businesses.
Since being incorporated into the POSCO Group in 2010, POSCO International has restructured its core business portfolios and achieved remarkable success by surpassing
Furthermore, the plan includes measures to strengthen communication in line with the government’s value-up program. By actively engaging in IR activities and implementing innovative IR strategies, the C-Level management aims to transparently share the company’s mid-to-long-term strategic direction, pursuing trust-based sustainable growth.
A spokesperson from POSCO International stated, “Through this plan to simultaneously enhance shareholder and corporate value, we will leap forward as