LG Uplus Dividend yield

LG Uplus is part of Mobile Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. LG Uplus is a company from Korea, and his stocks are publicly traded.

LG Uplus stock dividend

LG Uplus paid a total dividend of 279,496 million KRW last year, for a market value of 4,493,500 millions (Market Cap 2,200,936 millions). LG Uplus dividend per share is 649.99 KRW, and his stock market price 10,450.00 KRW.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, LG Uplus has a dividend yield of 6.22%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Korea. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications 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 Uplus stocks dividend with other Mobile Telecommunications companies or other of the best Korea dividend stocks list.

LG Uplus Dividend Payout

About the ability of LG Uplus to maintain his current dividend of KRW 649.99 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.22%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). LG Uplus payout on ernings is currently 27.37%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that LG Upluscan 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 Uplus is KRW 8,038.46 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KRW 649.99, 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 Uplus, compared againt world market average, Korea companies, Telecommunications industry and Mobile Telecommunications sector companies.

LG Uplus Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of LG Uplus'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	6.22%	649.99	27.37%	430
2022	5.43%	600.02	23.89%	430
2021	3.31%	450.16	24.16%	437
2020	3.40%	399.50	23.12%	437
2019	2.82%	400.44	24.25%	437
2018	2.27%	400.66	22.02%	437
2017	2.50%	350.00	22.75%	437
2016	2.18%	249.61	20.71%	437
2015	1.41%	150.17	16.36%	437

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of LG Uplus dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Korea stocks and that of the Mobile Telecommunications stocks.

LG Uplus Stock performance

Finally, last moth LG Uplus showed a return of 4.40% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -9.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Korea and Mobile Telecommunications firms.