POSCO (PKX) Expected to Post Earnings on Thursday

POSCO (NYSE:PKX) will likely be posting its Q2 2026 results before the market opens on Thursday, July 30th. Analysts expect the company to post earnings of $0.85 per share and revenue of $11.9565 billion for the quarter. Investors can find conference call details on the company’s upcoming Q2 2026 earning results page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM ET.

POSCO (NYSE:PKX) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The basic materials company reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $11.88 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.75 billion. POSCO had a return on equity of 1.34% and a net margin of 1.19%. On average, analysts expect POSCO to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

POSCO Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of PKX stock opened at $51.88 on Thursday. POSCO has a fifty-two week low of $44.99 and a fifty-two week high of $92.40. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $60.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $62.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a quick ratio of 1.30 and a current ratio of 1.90. The company has a market cap of $15.69 billion, a PE ratio of 30.70 and a beta of 1.57.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On POSCO

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership bought a new stake in shares of POSCO during the third quarter worth about $8,851,000. Empowered Funds LLC bought a new position in POSCO in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $9,223,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in POSCO by 57.3% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 423,253 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $20,117,000 after buying an additional 154,100 shares during the period. Citadel Advisors LLC boosted its position in POSCO by 1,456.8% during the 3rd quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 59,453 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,926,000 after buying an additional 63,835 shares during the period. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp grew its holdings in POSCO by 45.6% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 147,036 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $7,824,000 after acquiring an additional 46,057 shares during the last quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on PKX. UBS Group upgraded POSCO from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Wall Street Zen cut POSCO from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 20th. Zacks Research raised shares of POSCO from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of POSCO from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold”.

About POSCO

POSCO (NYSE: PKX) is a South Korea–based integrated steel producer founded in 1968 as Pohang Iron and Steel Company. Headquartered in Pohang, the company grew rapidly as part of South Korea’s industrialization program and developed large, integrated steelworks—most notably in Pohang and Gwangyang—that helped establish POSCO among the world’s largest steelmakers. It is structured as a diversified industrial group with steelmaking at its core and a range of downstream and trading businesses.

The company’s primary activities include ironmaking and steelmaking, producing a wide array of steel products such as hot-rolled and cold-rolled sheets, coated steels, plates, stainless and special steels, long products (bars and wire rods), and seamless pipes.