Korean stock · KOSPI 000270

Kia Stock (000270.KS): Price, Tickers, US Listings and Research

Kia Corporation (named Kia Motors Corporation until the 2021-03-22 AGM) makes and sells passenger cars, SUVs/RVs and commercial vehicles, including EVs such as the EV3, EV6, EV9 and PV5, from plants in Korea, the US, Slovakia, Mexico, India and China (the China plant is not consolidated); it produced 2.85 million vehicles in 2025. Its 2025 consolidated revenue was KRW 114.1tn in a single automotive segment; by region of the selling entity, North and Central America was 44.4% (US sales arm Kia America alone 36.7%), Korea 26.3%, Europe 21.4% and other regions 7.9%.

Silver Kia EV9 three-row electric SUV parked in Stuttgart, seen from the front three-quarter angle.
Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kia (000270), Oct 23, 2026

기아 · Automobiles · KRW 1,326 per USD for dollar figures.

Share priceKRW 106,900about $80.62
Market valueKRW 41.7tnabout $31bn
12-month change-7.0%in won, price only
Foreign ownership39.1%of listed shares

Tickers and where it trades

The main line is the common share on the Korea Exchange under the six-digit code 000270. How Korean stock codes work.

VenueTickerData symbol / ratioNotes
Korea Exchange000270 KOSPIYahoo Finance: 000270.KSCommon shares

None found. SEC EDGAR has no company record and no F-6 (ADR) registration for Kia Corporation or Kia Motors (full-text and company-name searches, 2026-10-18). Kia's 2025 business report and 2026 half-year report show its shares trading only on the KRX, with no London or Luxembourg GDR, and no US OTC symbol was found.

Kia share price, last 12 months

100,000150,000200,000Kia, KRW (last 106,900)NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
100,000150,000200,000Kia, KRW (last 106,900)Jan 2026AprJulOct

Main businesses

  • Passenger cars (e.g. Morning, K5, K8, EV4)
  • RVs/SUVs (e.g. Sportage, Sorento, Carnival, Seltos, EV3, EV6, EV9)
  • Commercial vehicles and PBVs (Bongo truck, buses, PV5)

Earnings dates

Latest results date on file: 2Q26 on Jul 24, 2026.

Next results: 3Q26 on Oct 30, 2026 (company notice).

Owning it from abroad

Kia has no ADR, GDR or US OTC line that we could find, so direct exposure is via the KRX shares (000270) through a broker with Korea market access; Korea-focused ETFs such as EWY may hold it (check a fund's current holdings).

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Largest shareholders

  • Hyundai Motor Company: 35.17% (as of 2026-06-30)
  • National Pension Service: 7.38% (as of 2026-06-30 (shareholder register))
  • Chung Euisun: 1.81% (as of 2026-06-30)
  • Largest shareholder and related parties combined: 36.99% (as of 2026-06-30)

Dividends

Pays one year-end dividend (no quarterly or interim dividend). FY2025 dividend was KRW 6,800 per share (record date 2026-03-25; payout ratio 34.9%), up from KRW 6,500 for FY2024. Under its value-up plan (2024-12-03, reaffirmed 2026-04-30) Kia targets total shareholder return of about 35% for 2025-2027, with a payout ratio of at least 25%, a minimum dividend of KRW 5,000 per share and buybacks of up to 10% of net income; the 35% return for FY2025 was paid entirely as dividends, with no separate buyback or cancellation planned.

Research on Kia

About this page

  • Numbers. Price, market value and foreign ownership from the Korea Exchange (KRX) as of Oct 23, 2026; 12-month price history from Yahoo Finance. The page is refreshed when new research is published on this site.
  • Facts (listings, earnings dates, shareholders, businesses) were checked on 2026-10-18 against these sources:
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  13. worldwide.kia.com/en/company/investor-relations/library/performance-and-plans/

Information only. It is not investment advice.