Lotte Chemical Corp.
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Company Background
Lotte Chemical is a core unit of Lotte group, the fifth-largest conglomerate in South Korea.
In terms of sales, Lotte Chemical ranks behind only LG Chem in the domestic chemical industry. It is one of the world's largest producers of chemical products such as polyethylene and ethylene.
Lotte Chemical began as Honam Petrochemical, which was established in 1976 through technological collaboration between companies including Japan's Mitsui group. Lotte group acquired the business in 1979. Honam became Lotte Chemical in 2012, when its management was integrated with Kp Chemical.
In South Korea, Lotte Chemical has the world's biggest ethylene capacity. Its plants in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, and Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, each have 1 million-ton production systems.
The company is also expanding its international presence.
In 2018, it plans to open a joint plant with U.S. company Axiall in the state of Louisiana. The facility is to produce ethylene from shale gas. This stands to boost Lotte Chemical's ethylene capacity to 3.7 million tons.
In 2010, the South Korean company acquired Malaysia's Titan Chemicals, now called Lotte Chemical Titan Holding.
Seeking to reduce its heavy reliance on commodity chemicals, Lotte Chemical intends to reinforce its water treatment business. In addition, it has research-and-development programs focused on large-scale battery products, such as energy storage systems.
Business Summary
Financial Highlights
Dec 2021 | KRW | USD |
Revenue | 18,120.46B | 15,823.52M |
Gross Profit | 2,427.71B | 2,119.97M |
Operating income | 1,535.64B | 1,340.98M |
Income before tax | 1,521.55B | 1,328.68M |
Net income | 1,345.65B | 1,175.08M |
EBITDA | 2,368.37B | 2,068.16M |
Diluted EPS | 39,260.04 | 34.28 |
Dividends Per Share | 8,300 | 7.24 |
Total Assets | 22,869.96B | 19,238.66M |
Total liabilities | 7,418.76B | 6,240.81M |
Total equity | 14,410.21B | 12,122.15M |
Operating cash flow | 1,535.20B | 1,340.60M |
Currency in KRW | Currency in USD |
Historical Data
Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | |
Revenue | 15,874.51B | 16,073.06B | 15,123.47B | 12,223.03B | 18,120.46B |
Gross Profit | 3,775.37B | 2,687.41B | 1,878.34B | 1,113.80B | 2,427.71B |
Operating income | 2,930.11B | 1,946.17B | 1,105.49B | 357,071.86M | 1,535.64B |
Income before tax | 3,084.68B | 2,006.18B | 1,063.65B | 178,695.37M | 1,521.55B |
Net income | 2,243.87B | 1,537.08B | 816,896.52M | 158,468.91M | 1,345.65B |
EBITDA | 3,621.27B | 2,631.21B | 1,837.06B | 1,187.96B | 2,368.37B |
Diluted EPS | 65,625 | 46,073.67 | 20,859.79 | 4,623.39 | 39,260.04 |
Dividends Per Share | 10,500 | 10,500 | 6,700 | 3,600 | 8,300 |
Total Assets | 19,550.97B | 20,799.13B | 20,043.10B | 19,386.54B | 22,869.96B |
Total liabilities | 7,296.20B | 7,254.81B | 5,989.97B | 5,674.19B | 7,418.76B |
Total equity | 11,489.62B | 12,734.71B | 13,204.39B | 12,846.51B | 14,410.21B |
Operating cash flow | 3,152.43B | 1,503.36B | 1,408.91B | 1,377.44B | 1,535.20B |
Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | |
Revenue | 14,041.89M | 14,604.99M | 12,968.34M | 10,359.48M | 15,823.52M |
Gross Profit | 3,339.53M | 2,441.95M | 1,610.67M | 943.99M | 2,119.97M |
Operating income | 2,591.84M | 1,768.41M | 947.96M | 302.63M | 1,340.98M |
Income before tax | 2,728.57M | 1,822.94M | 912.07M | 151.45M | 1,328.68M |
Net income | 1,984.83M | 1,396.69M | 700.48M | 134.30M | 1,175.08M |
EBITDA | 3,203.22M | 2,390.88M | 1,575.27M | 1,006.84M | 2,068.16M |
Diluted EPS | 58.04 | 41.86 | 17.88 | 3.91 | 34.28 |
Dividends Per Share | 9.28 | 9.54 | 5.74 | 3.05 | 7.24 |
Total Assets | 18,262.54M | 18,640.56M | 17,331.57M | 17,846.40M | 19,238.66M |
Total liabilities | 6,815.37M | 6,501.89M | 5,179.62M | 5,223.41M | 6,240.81M |
Total equity | 10,732.45M | 11,413.08M | 11,418.04M | 11,825.93M | 12,122.15M |
Operating cash flow | 2,788.50M | 1,366.05M | 1,208.13M | 1,167.43M | 1,340.60M |
Valuation Measures
Dec 2021 | |
PER | 5.52 |
ROA | 6.36% |
ROE | 9.87% |
Operating margin | 8.47% |
Profit margin | 7.42% |
Key executives
- Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer: Dong-Bin Shin
- Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director: Young-jun Lee
- Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director: Jin-Koo Hwang
- Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director: Kyo-Hyeon Kim
- Senior Managing Director & Head-Research: Gyeong-Bo Kang
Shareholders
- Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. (29.2%)
- Lotte Corp. (25.5%)
- National Pension Service of Korea (7.7%)
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.1%)
- BlackRock Fund Advisors (1.0%)
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.6%)
- Invesco Asset Management Ltd. (0.4%)
- Samsung Asset Management Co., Ltd. (0.3%)
- Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Ltd. (0.3%)
- Norges Bank Investment Management (0.3%)
Contact Details
- Website:http://www.lottechem.com
- Address: 14-16/F, Lotte World Tower, 300 Olympic-ro, Seoul, 05551, South Korea
- Phone: +82.2.829.4114
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