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Holding company atop the LG Group, owning stakes in LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, LG Uplus and other affiliates.
Holding company atop the LG Group, owning stakes in LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, LG Uplus and other affiliates.
Earns dividends from affiliates and a brand-licensing fee for use of the LG name, so its income depends on those companies' payouts. The Koo family controls the group through this holding company, and LG CNS, its IT-services arm, listed in 2025.
In one line: A diversified conglomerate holding company with no single US analogue..
Moat: none (scale). A holding company; its value and risk mirror its listed and unlisted subsidiaries, not an operating moat of its own.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1947 · Employees: 195
Size LG Corp. (003550.KS) is a South Korea Information Technology company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $9.77B, the 46th largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩90,600 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.6%, against -40.8% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 15 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.8%); the operating margin is 10.8% (peer median 8.7%).
Valuation It trades at 10.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.4× (2nd cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.1 points below its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩7.30T | ₩7.12T | ₩6.96T | ₩6.55T | ₩5.88T |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +6% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | ₩1.21T | ₩1.20T | ₩1.19T | ₩1.08T | ₩1.00T |
| EBITDA | ₩1.04T | ₩1.01T | ₩942B | ₩877B | ₩819B |
| Net income | ₩758B | ₩737B | ₩575B | ₩1.26T | ₩1.26T |
| Free cash flow | ₩918B | ₩864B | ₩1.26T | ₩771B | ₩481B |
| Capital expenditure | ₩164B | ₩168B | ₩126B | ₩140B | ₩196B |
| Total debt | ₩586B | ₩786B | ₩694B | ₩600B | ₩859B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG Corp. 003550.KS | $9.77B | -9% | +3% | 11% | 10.9× | 6.6% |
| Samsung C&t 028260.KS | $31.3B | -8% | +14% | 8% | 15.0× | 5.9% |
| SK 034730.KS | $17.9B | +5% | +15% | 7% | 2.2× | n/a |
| Hanwha 000880.KS | $2.86B | -30% | +35% | 6% | 4.5× | n/a |
Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 003550.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -18.2% | -36.2% | 4th highest of 15 |
| 6-month return | -8.6% | -40.8% | 5th highest of 15 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -51.3% | -61.3% | 3rd highest of 15 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.7% | +17.8% | 4th lowest of 15 |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 8.7% | 7th highest of 15 |
| Forward P/E | 10.9× | 19.4× | 2nd cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.6% | 13.0% | 6th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.2% | +11.8% | 6th highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -5.6 pp | -1.6 pp | 6th least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -6.1 pp | +3.2 pp | lowest of 15 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.9× | 21.3× | cheapest of 5 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -2.4× | -1.1× | 2nd least indebted of 5 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LG Corp. 003550.KS | South Korea | $9.77B | -9% | +3% | 11% | 10.9× | 6.6% | +12.2% |
| HANMISemi 042700.KS | South Korea | $11.3B | -56% | -20% | 42% | 54.4× | 41.7% | +17.5% |
| Samsung Sds 018260.KS | South Korea | $12.4B | +31% | +2% | 5% | 24.9× | 13.0% | +4.8% |
| Lgelectronics 066570.KS | South Korea | $17.3B | -2% | +8% | 4% | 11.3× | -4.5% | +9.0% |
| HyundaiAutoever 307950.KS | South Korea | $5.49B | -40% | +16% | 5% | 35.7× | 27.6% | +22.2% |
| LG Cns 064400.KS | South Korea | $5.29B | +14% | +4% | 9% | 15.5× | 5.6% | +7.2% |
| LG Innotek 011070.KS | South Korea | $4.62B | -54% | +20% | 4% | 9.6× | -0.3% | +18.1% |
| Hanwha Solutions 009830.KS | South Korea | $4.30B | -49% | +14% | 0% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Isupetasys 007660.KS | South Korea | $3.36B | -59% | +42% | 20% | 16.4× | n/a | n/a |
| kakaopay 377300.KS | South Korea | $3.22B | -42% | +32% | 12% | 33.9× | 18.9% | +26.8% |
| Simmtech 222800.KS | South Korea | $2.69B | +7% | +42% | 9% | 18.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Daeduck Electronics 353200.KS | South Korea | $2.61B | -37% | +56% | 16% | 15.0× | 15.3% | +11.8% |
| LG Display 034220.KS | South Korea | $2.61B | -42% | -7% | 2% | n/a | -13.4% | +1.2% |
| Leeno Industrial 058470.KS | South Korea | $2.60B | -61% | +24% | 49% | 19.4× | 6.3% | +13.1% |
| EO Technics 039030.KS | South Korea | $2.53B | -39% | +26% | 25% | 29.9× | 18.0% | +3.2% |