LG Corp Dividend yield

LG Corp is part of General Industrials business, which is part of Industrials industry. LG Corp is a company from Korea, and his stocks are publicly traded.

LG Corp stock dividend

LG Corp paid a total dividend of 464,481 million KRW last year, for a market value of 12,725,500 millions (Market Cap 7,349,461 millions). LG Corp dividend per share is 2,996.65 KRW, and his stock market price 82,100.00 KRW.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, LG Corp has a dividend yield of 3.65%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Korea. It is also bigger than average of Industrials industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare LG Corp stocks dividend with other General Industrials companies or other of the best Korea dividend stocks list.

LG Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of LG Corp to maintain his current dividend of KRW 2996.65 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.65%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). LG Corp payout on ernings is currently 23.72%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that LG Corpcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of LG Corp is KRW 4,125.63 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KRW 2,996.65, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of LG Corp, compared againt world market average, Korea companies, Industrials industry and General Industrials sector companies.

LG Corp Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of LG Corp's dividend stock, both in percentage and in KRW, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	KRW	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.65%	2,996.65	23.72%	155
2022	3.59%	2,803.79	16.87%	157
2021	3.32%	2,685.88	29.55%	160
2020	2.51%	2,196.25	35.14%	173
2019	2.71%	1,999.98	18.70%	173
2018	1.86%	1,300.14	9.49%	173
2017	1.43%	1,301.30	20.74%	173
2016	2.30%	1,299.50	23.46%	173
2015	1.36%	1,000.96	20.13%	173

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of LG Corp dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Korea stocks and that of the General Industrials stocks.

LG Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth LG Corp showed a return of -1.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 0.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Korea and General Industrials firms.