Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: Misto Holdings and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Alpha Generation Through Share Buybacks in Korea: Bi-Monthly (May and June 2025)


Alpha Generation Through Share Buybacks in Korea: Bi-Monthly (May and June 2025)

By Douglas Kim

  • In this insight, we discuss the alpha generation through companies that announced share buybacks in the Korean stock market in May and June 2025.
  • There were 24 companies in the Korean stock market that announced share buybacks in the past two months. On average, the share buyback announcements represented 1.7% of outstanding shares.
  • There were four companies with more than 100 billion won in market cap that announced share buybacks in May and June with at least 3% of outstanding shares. 

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