IM Financial stock: Capital Research reaches a 5.10 percent stake in IM Financial stock

Published on 10/23/2026 at 04:49 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Capital Research disclosed a 5.10 percent stake on October 19, 2026. First-half ROE was 9.43 percent and CET1 was 12.27 percent.

Capital and earnings signals

Capital Research disclosed a 5.10 percent IM Financial stake on October 19, 2026.
First-half ROE reached 9.43 percent while CET1 rose to 12.27 percent.
IM Financial Group had a KRW 2.5 trillion market capitalization as of October 23, 2026.

IM Financial, KR7139130009, Illustration mit AI erstellt.

IM Financial (ISIN KR7139130009) became the subject of a new ownership disclosure after DataTooza reported on October 19, 2026, that Capital Research and Management Company held 5.10 percent of the KOSPI-listed financial group. The holding represented 8,078,636 shares after the investment adviser bought 210,436 shares on October 14, 2026.

Three events set the timeline

On October 7, 2026, Newspim reported that Hanwha Investment and Securities set a KRW 25,000 target for IM Financial while forecasting third-quarter attributable net income of KRW 144.8 billion. On October 19, 2026, Metro reported first-half group operating profit of KRW 1.109 trillion, up 4.40 percent from the prior-year period. On the same date, DataTooza reported Capital Research's 5.10 percent holding, making the ownership filing the latest event in this sequence.

What does 12.27 percent mean?

The first-half CET1 ratio of 12.27 percent put IM Financial 0.73 percentage points below the 13.00 percent target described by Metro for the group's value-up strategy. The same report put first-half ROE at 9.43 percent, up 2.14 percentage points from 7.29 percent at the end of 2025. That combination gives the ownership filing a financial context: capital strength and profitability are moving toward stated shareholder-return goals.

Institutional interest meets valuation

DataTooza said Capital Research's holding crossed the 5.00 percent reporting threshold after the October 14 purchase, with the stake classified as a simple investment. The disclosure therefore adds an institutional ownership signal to a strategy already centered on capital efficiency, buybacks and dividends. Hanwha's KRW 25,000 target also gives investors a dated reference point, although its third-quarter forecast called for net income to remain 6.00 percent below consensus.

IM Financial Group's latest quote was KRW 15,590 on the KOSPI at 11:28 a.m. KST on October 23, 2026. Its market capitalization was KRW 2.5 trillion on that date, while the reported 52-week range was KRW 13,170.00 to KRW 22,000.00.