[THE INVESTOR] On Oct. 5, LG Display (034220) increased 2.32% to 28,650 won (US$ 25.72). It had declined 4.83% 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, even though the monthly earnings rate of LG Display recorded negative, its volatility for 1 month was proper. Over the recent month, the return-on-risk, the return on investment with consideration about risk, was -2.4%. In spite of stock price decline, the return-on-risk remained around the average of its peer group. However, compared with the KOSPI industry, the return-on-risk is below the industrial mean, 1.5, and thus it is hard to say that the industrial comparison performance was positive.

Comparing industry to the market, the KOSPI industry including LG Display records lower volatility but a higher earning rate than Electrical & Electronic Equipment. In other words, the industry had been safer with high returns.

While institutions have been selling LG Display during the past 6 trading days, foreigners have been buying during the past 3 trading days. As a shareholding sum by investor group for the past 4 weeks, foreigners have bought 706,647 shares with a maintenance of shareholding and individuals have bought 1,510,330 shares with an increasing position. However, during the same period, institutions have sold 2,216,977 shares with a selling trend.

Cumulated shareholdings per investor group (1Mo) Total shareholdings per investor group

By HeRo (hero@heraldcorp.com)

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