LG Electronics Dividend yield

LG Electronics is part of Leisure Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. LG Electronics is a company from Korea, and his stocks are publicly traded.

LG Electronics stock dividend

LG Electronics paid a total dividend of 113,994 million KRW last year, for a market value of 16,055,500 millions (Market Cap 10,566,669 millions). LG Electronics dividend per share is 699.35 KRW, and his stock market price 98,500.00 KRW.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, LG Electronics has a dividend yield of 0.71%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Korea. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare LG Electronics stocks dividend with other Leisure Goods companies or other of the best Korea dividend stocks list.

LG Electronics Dividend Payout

About the ability of LG Electronics to maintain his current dividend of KRW 699.35 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.71%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). LG Electronics payout on ernings is currently 7.53%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that LG Electronicscan 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 Electronics is KRW 17,589.29 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KRW 699.35, 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 Electronics, compared againt world market average, Korea companies, Consumer Goods industry and Leisure Goods sector companies.

LG Electronics Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of LG Electronics'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	0.71%	699.35	7.53%	163
2022	0.98%	847.70	10.09%	163
2021	0.87%	1,200.60	8.96%	163
2020	0.56%	756.00	28.90%	163
2019	1.04%	749.84	8.11%	163
2018	0.64%	398.72	3.33%	163
2017	0.38%	402.80	14.55%	163
2016	0.89%	399.61	12.01%	164
2015	0.74%	401.08	7.92%	164

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of LG Electronics dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Korea stocks and that of the Leisure Goods stocks.

LG Electronics Stock performance

Finally, last moth LG Electronics showed a return of -9.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Korea and Leisure Goods firms.