Emart disclosed its plan to enhance corporate value on the 11th.
First, it will raise the minimum dividends per share and buy back its own shares. The company will increase the minimum dividends from the previous 2,000 won per share to 2,500 won, a 25% increase. Through this, Emart shareholders are guaranteed a minimum dividend of 2,500 won for three years until 2027.
To increase dividends, Emart plans to inject an additional 13.4 billion won each year. As a result, the benefits for minority individual shareholders, who make up more than 30% of Emart's shareholder composition, will increase.
Emart designated the minimum dividends at 2,000 won at the end of 2020 and has been continuously implementing policies to enhance shareholder value, including increasing the return resources to 20% of annual operating profit, up 5 percentage points from the previous.
Additionally, the company will buy back more than 50% of its own shares held within two years from 2025 to 2026. Emart currently holds 1,087,466 shares as its own, accounting for 3.9% of the total shares, and plans to buy back a total of 560,000 shares at 280,000 shares per year. This 560,000 shares correspond to 2% of the total shares.
Emart explained that increasing the minimum dividends and buying back shares is an expression of its commitment and confidence in boosting its stock price. The company aims to increase shareholder benefits by ensuring this commitment leads to actual performance and synergy.
Emart also announced a goal to achieve consolidated sales of 34 trillion won and operating profit of 1 trillion won by 2027 through strengthening its core competitiveness. Last year, Emart's consolidated sales were 29.0209 trillion won, and operating profit was 47.1 billion won.
Emart plans to introduce three new stores starting with Traders Magok this month. Following this, it will launch two new stores in 2026 and three new stores in 2027, aiming to restore its physical growth. Through this, it intends to create results that overpower competitors and enhance corporate value, thereby expanding shareholder profits by 2027.
In addition, it will continue to innovate and reshape existing stores to become desirable and long-staying future-oriented stores. Last year, Emart renewed its Jukjeon location into a mall-type "Starfield Market" and introduced a grocery-centered small store "Emart Food Market" in Seongseong.
To improve profitability, it will also maximize logistics efficiency through centralized purchasing. By integrating purchasing across different formats like Emart, Traders, and Everyday, the company aims to enhance purchasing specialization and achieve economies of scale, thereby increasing profitability while improving logistics systems.
An Emart official said, "We are working to enhance corporate value through growth and profitability improvements by strengthening our core competitiveness, while also reinforcing our shareholder return policies such as expanding dividends and buying back shares," adding, "We will become a company that continues to grow through enhancing shareholder value and corporate value."