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Korean maker of home appliances and TVs, with a fast-growing vehicle-component and B2B/AI solutions business.
Korean maker of home appliances and TVs, with a fast-growing vehicle-component and B2B/AI solutions business.
Appliances are the larger profit contributor, while TVs sell in volume on thin margins, and the company now treats vehicle components and business products such as commercial air conditioning as growth pillars. Sells through retailers and directly worldwide. Holding company LG Corp is the largest shareholder.
In one line: Korea's Whirlpool plus Sony electronics, with a growing auto-parts arm..
Moat: narrow (brand, scale, distribution). Strong global appliance/TV brand and distribution, but competes on price and innovation against Samsung and Chinese brands.
Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea · Founded: 1958 · Employees: 34,144
Size Lgelectronics (066570.KS) is a South Korea Information Technology company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $17.3B, the 22nd largest of 495 South Korea companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₩138,600 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 1.6%, against -8.6% for the median peer and -24.5% for the South Korea market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 8 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 8.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 4.1% (peer median 8.9%).
Valuation It trades at 11.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.9× (3rd cheapest of 8).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -13 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.2 points above its cost of capital (8.9% WACC).
Credit Lgelectronics has 1 bond outstanding ($500M), rated BBB+ by the agencies.
Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₩95.2T | ₩89.2T | ₩87.7T | ₩82.3T | ₩83.5T |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +7% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | ₩21.8T | ₩22.1T | ₩20.3T | ₩19.5T |
| EBITDA | n/a | ₩6.08T | ₩6.96T | ₩6.86T | ₩6.51T |
| Net income | ₩1.36T | ₩961B | ₩368B | ₩713B | ₩1.20T |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₩1.67T | ₩1.49T | ₩2.64T | -₩8.98B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₩3.91T | ₩3.67T | ₩4.14T | ₩3.75T |
| Total debt | n/a | ₩14.0T | ₩15.2T | ₩14.5T | ₩12.1T |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lgelectronics 066570.KS | $17.3B | -2% | +8% | 4% | 11.3× | -4.5% |
| SamsungElec 005930.KS | $886B | -14% | +88% | 46% | 4.0× | -7.2% |
| Whirlpool WHR | $2.01B | -32% | -6% | 2% | n/a | n/a |
| Sony 6758.T | $156B | +33% | +1% | 13% | 18.7× | 3.4% |
| Haier Smart Home 600690.SS | $28.0B | 0% | -8% | 7% | 11.1× | -5.9% |
| Panasonic 6752.T | $44.5B | -6% | +4% | 8% | 13.5× | 9.8% |
Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 066570.KS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -33.4% | -27.3% | 4th lowest of 8 |
| 6-month return | -1.6% | -8.6% | 4th highest of 8 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -68.4% | -62.1% | 3rd lowest of 8 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +8.1% | +3.5% | 4th highest of 8 |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 8.9% | 2nd lowest of 8 |
| Forward P/E | 11.3× | 24.9× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -4.5% | 13.0% | least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.0% | +12.2% | 4th lowest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -13.4 pp | +5.5 pp | 2nd least demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.2 pp | -2.5 pp | 3rd highest of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lgelectronics 066570.KS | South Korea | $17.3B | -2% | +8% | 4% | 11.3× | -4.5% | +9.0% |
| Samsung Sds 018260.KS | South Korea | $12.4B | +31% | +2% | 5% | 24.9× | 13.0% | +4.8% |
| HANMISemi 042700.KS | South Korea | $11.3B | -56% | -20% | 42% | 54.4× | 41.7% | +17.5% |
| LG Corp. 003550.KS | South Korea | $9.77B | -9% | +3% | 11% | 10.9× | 6.6% | +12.2% |
| SamsungElecMech 009150.KS | South Korea | $47.2B | +5% | +22% | 12% | 38.7× | 42.8% | +7.9% |
| 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% |
Lgelectronics has 1 bond outstanding with $500M face value. The agencies rate it BBB+.