[STOCK WATCH] LG Display drops 3%

By thinkpool

Published : Oct. 28, 2016 - 11:23

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■ Market Review

As of Oct. 28 11:10 A.M.,LG Display (034220) declined 3.04% to 28,700 won (US$25.05). It had increased 0.7% through the past month. Standard deviation, which indicates variableness, records 2% over the same period of time over one month.

Compared with its close competitors within the same industry, KOSPI, the monthly earnings rate of LG Display was proper and its volatility within one month was also at a proper rate. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was 0.3. Both volatility and earnings rate of LG Display preserve proper value, so the return-on-risk was also around the median of its peer group. In spite of that, the return-on-risk is much better than the industrial mean, -2.5, and thus the industrial comparison performance was positive.

Comparing industry to the market, the KOSPI industry including LG Display records lower volatility and earning rate than Electronics equipment. In other words, the industry was safer and the rate of decrease is smaller than that of the market.

Earning rate (%)

Close Competitors

Target price 38,000 won, has 32% disparate to increase compared with stock price.
Per analysts' expectations during the recent month, the average target price of LG Display is 38,000 won. The stock price is 28,700 won as of yesterday, so there is 9,300 won (32%) disparate in order to be able to increase.

■ Earnings & Valuation

LG Display(034220): 3Q(July ~ Sept) of 2016 Earnings (reported at Oct. 26. 2016)

Revenue

Financial structure Overview

Compared with four close competitors with similar market capitalization within its industry, while LG Display's P/E ratio, a price-paid ratio of annual net income, is at the highest level, its P/B ratio, a financial ratio of a company's book value, is a proper value.

P/E ratio and P/B ratio

Close Compatitors ROE

■ Investor Group

Individuals and Foreigners sell, Institutions buy
While institutions have been buying LG Display during the past four trading day, foreigners have been selling during the past two trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past four weeks, institutions have bought 1,203,131 shares in spite of lowered the position recently. However, during the same period, foreigners have sold 589,127 shares and individuals have sold 614,004 shares with a decreasing position.

Turnover Rate and Price Range both proper
Regarding the statistics for the past month on trade volume as the total outstanding shares, the daily turnover rate of LG Display was 0.26%. And the daily volatility, the average range of rise and fall, during the same period is 2.19%.

Institution 33.01%, Foreigners 33.14%
As per the inquiry for shareholding by investor group, the major investor group is individuals with 33.83% from total outstanding shares. Foreigners and institutions each hold 33.14% and 33.01%. And as recent five-day shareholding change by investor group, foreigners is the major investor group with 37.6%. Individuals hold 35.93% and institutions hold 26.46%.

Cumulated shareholdings per investor group (1Mo)

* Other Investor groups, included as "other corporations", are considered as "Individuals".

By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)

This article is produced by the algorithm developed by the artificial intelligence developer ThinkPool in collaboration with Herald Corp

[STOCK WATCH] LG Display drops 3%

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