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Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "대신증권", "en": "Daishin Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "daol", "name": "Daol Investment & Securities", "nameKo": "다올투자증권", "renamedIn": "2022", "currentNameNotYetInArchive": true, "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "KTB투자증권", "en": "KTB Investment & Securities", "note": "Renamed Daol Investment & Securities in March 2022" } ] }, { "entity": "db", "name": "DB Financial Investment", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "DB금융투자", "en": "DB Financial Investment", "note": "Formerly Dongbu Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "ds", "name": "DS Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "DS투자증권", "en": "DS Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "eugene", "name": "Eugene Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "유진투자증권", "en": "Eugene Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "golden-bridge", "name": "Golden Bridge Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "골든브릿지투자증권", "en": "Golden Bridge Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "hana", "name": "Hana Securities", "nameKo": "하나증권", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "하나증권", "en": "Hana Securities", "note": "Formerly Hana Financial Investment" } ] }, { "entity": "hanwha", "name": "Hanwha Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "한화투자증권", "en": "Hanwha Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "hanyang", "name": "Hanyang Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "한양증권", "en": "Hanyang Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "hyundai-motor", "name": "Hyundai Motor Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "현대차증권", "en": "Hyundai Motor Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "ibk", "name": "IBK Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "IBK투자증권", "en": "IBK Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "im-securities", "name": "iM Securities", "nameKo": "iM증권", "renamedIn": "2024", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "하이투자증권", "en": "Hi Investment & Securities", "note": "Renamed iM Securities" }, { "ko": "iM증권", "en": "iM Securities", "note": "Formerly Hi Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "kb", "name": "KB Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "KB증권", "en": "KB Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "kiwoom", "name": "Kiwoom Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "키움증권", "en": "Kiwoom Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "ked", "name": "KODATA", "nameKo": "한국평가데이터", "renamedIn": "2020", "currentNameNotYetInArchive": true, "type": "credit-rating", "typeNote": "Credit rating or corporate information agency. Publishes company analysis but does not issue target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": false, "nameVerified": false, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "한국기업데이터", "en": "Korea Enterprise Data", "note": "Now trading as KODATA" } ] }, { "entity": "korea-investment", "name": "Korea Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "한국투자증권", "en": "Korea Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "kirs", "name": "Korea IR Service", "type": "ir-service", "typeNote": "Investor relations body. Publishes sponsored company analysis; does not issue target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": false, "nameVerified": false, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "한국IR협의회", "en": "Korea IR Service", "note": "Industry body publishing sponsored company analysis; does not issue target prices" } ] }, { "entity": "ktcr", "name": "Korea Technology Credit Rating", "type": "credit-rating", "typeNote": "Credit rating or corporate information agency. Publishes company analysis but does not issue target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": false, "nameVerified": false, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "한국기술신용평가(주)", "en": "Korea Technology Credit Rating", "note": "English name not confirmed against an official source" } ] }, { "entity": "kyobo", "name": "Kyobo Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "교보증권", "en": "Kyobo Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "ls-securities", "name": "LS Securities", "nameKo": "LS증권", "renamedIn": "2024", "currentNameNotYetInArchive": true, "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "이트레이드증권", "en": "E*TRADE Korea Securities", "note": "Renamed eBEST Investment & Securities in 2015" }, { "ko": "이베스트투자증권", "en": "eBEST Investment & Securities", "note": "Renamed LS Securities in 2024" }, { "ko": "이베스트증권", "en": "eBEST Investment & Securities", "note": "Same firm as eBEST Investment & Securities; now LS Securities" }, { "ko": "이베스트투자", "en": "eBEST Investment & Securities", "note": "Truncated form found in the source listing" } ] }, { "entity": "meritz", "name": "Meritz Securities", "nameKo": "메리츠증권", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "메리츠종금증권", "en": "Meritz Securities", "note": "Formerly Meritz Comprehensive Financial Securities" }, { "ko": "메리츠종금", "en": "Meritz Securities", "note": "Truncated form found in the source listing" }, { "ko": "메리츠증권", "en": "Meritz Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "mirae-asset", "name": "Mirae Asset Securities", "nameKo": "미래에셋증권", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "미래에셋증권", "en": "Mirae Asset Securities" }, { "ko": "대우증권", "en": "Daewoo Securities", "note": "Merged into Mirae Asset (via Mirae Asset Daewoo, 2016)" } ] }, { "entity": "nh", "name": "NH Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "NH투자증권", "en": "NH Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "nice-dnb", "name": "NICE D&B", "type": "credit-rating", "typeNote": "Credit rating or corporate information agency. Publishes company analysis but does not issue target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": false, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "나이스디앤비", "en": "NICE D&B" } ] }, { "entity": "nice-info", "name": "NICE Information Service", "type": "credit-rating", "typeNote": "Credit rating or corporate information agency. Publishes company analysis but does not issue target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": false, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "NICE평가정보", "en": "NICE Information Service" } ] }, { "entity": "samsung", "name": "Samsung Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "삼성증권", "en": "Samsung Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "seoul-credit", "name": "Seoul Credit Rating & Information", "nameKo": "서울평가정보", "renamedIn": "2025", "type": "credit-rating", "typeNote": "Credit rating or corporate information agency. Publishes company analysis but does not issue target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": false, "nameVerified": false, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "SCI평가정보", "en": "SCI Information Service", "note": "Renamed Seoul Credit Rating & Information in April 2025" }, { "ko": "서울평가정보", "en": "Seoul Credit Rating & Information", "note": "Formerly SCI Information Service" } ] }, { "entity": "shinhan", "name": "Shinhan Securities", "nameKo": "신한투자증권", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "신한투자증권", "en": "Shinhan Securities", "note": "Formerly Shinhan Investment" }, { "ko": "굿모닝증권", "en": "Good Morning Securities", "note": "Became Good Morning Shinhan, then Shinhan Investment" } ] }, { "entity": "shinyoung", "name": "Shinyoung Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "신영증권", "en": "Shinyoung Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "sk", "name": "SK Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "SK증권", "en": "SK Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "taurus", "name": "Taurus Investment & Securities", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "토러스투자증권", "en": "Taurus Investment & Securities" } ] }, { "entity": "yuanta", "name": "Yuanta Securities Korea", "type": "brokerage", "typeNote": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "issuesTargetPrices": true, "nameVerified": true, "knownAs": [ { "ko": "유안타증권", "en": "Yuanta Securities Korea", "note": "Formerly Tongyang Securities" } ] } ], "types": { "brokerage": "Securities firm. Issues investment opinions and target prices.", "credit-rating": "Credit rating or corporate information agency. Publishes company analysis but does not issue target prices.", "ir-service": "Investor relations body. Publishes sponsored company analysis; does not issue target prices." }, "coverage": { "korean_names": 44, "distinct_entities": 34, "note": "Korean brokerages rename frequently and our archive spans 2007-2026, so one firm appears under several names. `entity` is stable across renames; group by it rather than by name.", "unverified_english_names": 5, "unverified_note": "Where we could not confirm an English name against an official source we say so rather than guess." } }