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February 24, 2026

๐Ÿšจ Alpha Signal: Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (088350.KS) ๐Ÿ“‰ Price Drop 6.4%

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Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (088350.KS) -6.4% at 2026-02-24 13:41 JST from 2026-02-24 12:00 JST

๐Ÿ•’ Time (Local) ๐ŸŒ English Summary ๐Ÿ“ฐ Original Headline (linked)
2026-02-24 08:31 KST KB Securities points out that 4Q25 standalone net income was a 25bn KRW loss, missing consensus, with retained CSM down 4.3% YoY to 8.7trn KRW and the Kโ€‘ICS solvency ratio slipping to 157%; it maintains only a Hold rating and stresses that visible turnaround requires improvement in these weakened profitability and capital metrics. (newspim.com) [\[๋ฆฌํฌํŠธ ๋ธŒ๋ฆฌํ•‘\]ํ•œํ™”์ƒ๋ช…, '์‹ค์  ๊ฐœ์„ ์„ ์œ„ํ•ด ํ™•์ธํ•  ๊ฒƒ์ด ์•„์ง ๋งŽ์ด ๋‚จ์•„ ์žˆ๋‹ค' ๋ชฉํ‘œ๊ฐ€ 6,000์› - KB์ฆ๊ถŒ](https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20260224000094)
2026-02-24 08:10 KST Meritz Securities describes Hanwha Lifeโ€™s 4Q25 results as an โ€œearnings shock,โ€ noting a 25bn KRW net loss versus a market expectation of 688bn KRW profit, a 3.8% YoY decline in CSM to 8.7trn KRW, negative distributable (dividendable) profit due to large surrender value reserves, and a Kโ€‘ICS ratio down to 157%, all highlighting pressure on capital and future shareholder returns despite some recovery in insurance profit. (etoday.co.kr) ๋ฉ”๋ฆฌ์ธ ่ญ‰ โ€œํ•œํ™”์ƒ๋ช…, ์‹ค์ ์€ โ€˜์‡ผํฌโ€™์ง€๋งŒ ์†์ต ํšŒ๋ณต ์ค‘โ‹ฏ๋ชฉํ‘œ๊ฐ€โ†‘โ€
2026-02-23 19:16 KST Based on a DART filing, DigitalToday reports that on a separate (parentโ€‘only) basis Hanwha Life recorded a 4Q25 net loss of 24.96bn KRW, swinging to a loss from the prior year, with revenue slightly down and operating profit plunging over 80% YoY, signaling a sharp deterioration in standalone profitability. (m.news.nate.com) ํ•œํ™”์ƒ๋ช…, 2025๋…„4๋ถ„๊ธฐ ๋‹น๊ธฐ์ˆœ์†์‹ค 24์–ต9600๋งŒ์›โ€ฆ์ „๋…„ ๋™๊ธฐ ๋Œ€๋น„ ์ ์ž์ „ํ™˜
2026-02-23 18:04 KST TopDaily highlights a โ€œdilemmaโ€ over resuming dividends: Hanwha Life has suspended cash dividends for 2024โ€“2025, its Kโ€‘ICS solvency ratio has declined to about 157% with Tierโ€‘1 capital around 58%, and surrender value reserves are projected to exceed retained earnings, implying that distributable profit and the nearโ€‘term likelihood of dividend payments remain very limited. (en.topdaily.kr) Hanwha Life Insurance The 'dilemma' of resuming dividends with surrender refund reserves exceeding profits
2026-02-23 15:43 KST Yonhap reports that 2025 fullโ€‘year net income was 836.3bn KRW, down 3.4% from a year earlier, confirming a yearโ€‘onโ€‘year decline in bottomโ€‘line earnings even as operating profit and sales grew, which can weigh on valuation after the recent sharp shareโ€‘price runโ€‘up. (en.yna.co.kr) Hanwha Life Insurance 2025 net profit down 3.4 pct to 836.3 bln won
2026-02-23 15:39 KST An Infostock article summarizing Hanwha Lifeโ€™s DART โ€œ์ž ์ •์‹ค์ โ€ disclosure notes that 4Q25 consolidated net income fell 51.5% YoY to 674.07bn KRW and controllingโ€‘shareholder net income dropped 85.4% YoY, with operating profit and preโ€‘tax profit also down sharply versus both the prior quarter and prior year, underscoring a significant earnings deterioration. (stock.mk.co.kr) ํ•œํ™”์ƒ๋ช…, 25๋…„4๋ถ„๊ธฐ ์—ฐ๊ฒฐ ์˜์—…์ด์ต 1,802.98์–ต์›
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