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Company snapshot — POSCO Holdings Inc

PKX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
POSCO Holdings operates as an integrated steel producer based in Seoul, running six segments that include Steel, Trading, Construction, Logistics and Others, Green Materials and Energy, and Others. The steel business makes and sells hot and cold rolled products, stainless steel, plates, wire rods and other rolled goods, while the trading arm moves steel, raw materials and other commodities. The Green Materials and Energy segment also produces anode and cathode materials used in rechargeable batteries, alongside the group's construction, logistics and technology services.
Where it sits in the stack
POSCO carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks; it belongs instead to the Basic Materials sector, Steel industry, in the wider Closelook universe. Its battery-material output sits adjacent to the supply chains our indices follow but does not itself earn a place in them.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group here groups scored Basic Materials names sharing the same sector and country classification, which in this case pulls in several gold miners rather than direct steel rivals — AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Kinross Gold, Barrick Mining, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle, Harmony Gold and Pan American Silver. The comparison the market more naturally draws is with Nippon Steel as a fellow large integrated steelmaker.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest of its seven modules and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes to date.
What the diary watches
Whether the quality module recovers as the Green Materials and Energy segment scales, and whether steel pricing or battery-material demand shifts the valuation read.

POSCO Holdings Inc (PKX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelook company score reads 40/100 composite (momentum 28, quality 12, valuation 68) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for PKX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Steel · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Steel

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against PKX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.58%, semi-annual · last 0.25 USD on 2026-05-27

Dividends and capital return

What PKX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.89 USD per share · a 1.58% yield on the 2026-09-23 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-23
  • Change on the year −33.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.34 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-05-27
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.65 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.58 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 915.2 bn USD 44% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 none reported
  • Share count −15.4% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 915.2 bn USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.85 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How PKX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.85 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), POSCO Holdings Inc moved 0.85% on average · correlation 0.17 · higher than 80% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.25 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.78% on average against −0.76% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −4.71% TLT −1.58% that day 2026-09-23

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 65/100 · S&P 500 fund at 68, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-23
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +9.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-23
  • Sector × region Materials in US: +0.3% week · −5.7% month · −1.3% quarter · +1.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-23
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is POSCO Holdings Inc (PKX)?

POSCO Holdings Inc trades as PKX on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-24.

Is PKX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — POSCO Holdings Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-24.

What is POSCO Holdings Inc's Closelook composite score?

40 out of 100, with momentum 28, quality 12 and valuation 68 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-24. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does PKX trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -1.5% vs the 50-day and -7.6% vs the 200-day average, 38.9% below the 52-week high and +26.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 40 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does POSCO Holdings Inc do?

POSCO Holdings operates as an integrated steel producer based in Seoul, running six segments that include Steel, Trading, Construction, Logistics and Others, Green Materials and Energy, and Others. The steel business makes and sells hot and cold rolled products, stainless steel, plates, wire rods and other rolled goods, while the trading arm moves steel, raw materials and other commodities. The Green Materials and Energy segment also produces anode and cathode materials used in rechargeable batteries, alongside the group's construction, logistics and technology services. Closelook's peer group here groups scored Basic Materials names sharing the same sector and country classification, which in this case pulls in several gold miners rather than direct steel rivals — AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Kinross Gold, Barrick Mining, IAMGold, Agnico Eagle, Harmony Gold and Pan American Silver. The comparison the market more naturally draws is with Nippon Steel as a fellow large integrated steelmaker.

Where does POSCO Holdings Inc sit in the AI build-out?

POSCO carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out layers the diary tracks; it belongs instead to the Basic Materials sector, Steel industry, in the wider Closelook universe. Its battery-material output sits adjacent to the supply chains our indices follow but does not itself earn a place in them. It carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest of its seven modules and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes to date.

Does POSCO Holdings Inc pay a dividend?

POSCO Holdings Inc has paid 0.89 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.58% on the 2026-09-23 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-05-27. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 915.2 bn USD in dividends. The share count fell 15.4% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does POSCO Holdings Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year POSCO Holdings Inc had a beta of 0.85 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 80% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.78% on average, against −0.76% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PKX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Steel, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.