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Zacks Investment Research <\/p>\nPOSCO Holdings Inc.\u00a0PKX via its subsidiary POSCO Future M is setting up an overseas artificial graphite anode material plant in Vietnam as part of its strategy to expand global battery material supply and secure new international orders. The company approved an investment of about KRW 357 billion to build the facility in Thai Nguyen, northern Vietnam, with construction expected to begin in the second half of 2026 and commercial production targeted for 2028.<\/p>\n
The plant is designed with a potential annual capacity of up to 55,000 metric tons, with expansion planned in phases depending on customer demand. POSCO Future M currently\u00a0operates\u00a0an artificial graphite anode material plant in Pohang,\u00a0Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, with an annual production capacity of 8,000 metric tons.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0company plans to\u00a0leverage\u00a0the manufacturing\u00a0expertise\u00a0gained from these domestic operations to produce cost-competitive products at the Vietnam facility for supply to global customers.<\/p>\n
Vietnam was selected due to its competitive electricity and labor costs, strong\u00a0logistics\u00a0infrastructure\u00a0and favorable trade access to key markets such as the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n
The project is expected to strengthen POSCO Future M\u2019s global battery supply chain, diversify production outside South Korea and support the company\u2019s efforts to become a major supplier of anode materials.<\/p>\n
Shares of PKX are up 12.2% over the past year compared with the\u00a0industry\u2019s 8.2% rise.<\/p>\n
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PKX\u2019s Zacks Rank & Key Picks <\/p>\n
PKX\u00a0currently carries a Zacks Rank of #3\u00a0(Hold).<\/p>\n
Some better-ranked stocks in the Basic Materials space are\u00a0Impala Platinum Holdings Limited\u00a0IMPUY,\u00a0BHP Group Limited\u00a0BHP and\u00a0Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.\u00a0AEM. IMPUY, BHP and AEM sport\u00a0a Zacks\u00a0Rank of\u00a0#1 (Strong Buy).\u00a0 You can see\u00a0the complete list of today\u2019s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.<\/p>\n
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for IMPUY\u2019s current fiscal-year earnings is pegged at $2.12\u00a0per share, indicating a\u00a04,140% year-over-year increase. Shares of IMPUY have jumped\u00a0171.5% over the past\u00a0year.<\/p>\n
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for\u00a0BHP\u2019s current fiscal-year earnings stands at\u00a0$4.93\u00a0per share, implying a\u00a035.44% year-over-year increase. Shares of\u00a0BHP\u00a0have gained\u00a052.8% over the past\u00a0year.<\/p>\n
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for\u00a0AEM\u2019s current fiscal-year earnings is pegged at\u00a0$13.28\u00a0per share, indicating a\u00a060.4% year-over-year increase.\u00a0Its earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimates in\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0the trailing four quarters, with the average\u00a0earnings surprise of\u00a011%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POSCO Holdings Inc.\u00a0PKX via its subsidiary POSCO Future M is setting up an overseas artificial graphite anode material…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[380],"tags":[2575,1001,3765,442,254,998],"class_list":{"0":"post-4154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-posco","8":"tag-anode-material","9":"tag-consensus-estimate","10":"tag-northern-vietnam","11":"tag-posco","12":"tag-vietnam","13":"tag-zacks-investment-research"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}