Lotte Chemical
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Lotte Chemical makes basic and intermediate chemicals, substances such as plastics and petrochemical building blocks that manufacturers use to produce everyday goods ranging from packaging to automotive parts.
Its customers are broadly industrial producers who incorporate these materials into finished products. The company is listed on KOSPI, South Korea's main stock exchange. The filing text does not provide sufficient detail to identify a single dominant structural fact about its business mix.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
Lotte Chemical in five facts
What does Lotte Chemical do?
Lotte Chemical makes basic and intermediate chemicals, substances such as plastics and petrochemical building blocks that manufacturers use to produce everyday goods ranging from packaging to automotive parts.
Where is Lotte Chemical listed and in which sector?
Lotte Chemical (Korean name: 롯데케미칼) trades under KRX code 011170 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Materials sector, Chemicals.
How large is Lotte Chemical?
Its market capitalisation was US$1.7B on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's large-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were Lotte Chemical's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, Lotte Chemical reported revenue of US$14B, an operating loss of US$711.8M and a net loss of US$1.9B, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-08). Revenue was down 9.5% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-08
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21 close)
- Company data updated
- 2026-10-21
- Company summary
- AI-generated from filings; may contain errors. Information only, not investment advice.
- Investor relations (IR) meeting (notice)Oct 16
- Investor relations (IR) meeting (notice)Oct 16
- DisclosureOct 15
- Clarification of rumor or media report (unconfirmed)Sep 30
- [Amended] Decision to guarantee a third party's debtSep 30
- Decision to acquire shares/equity in another company
Lotte Chemical disclosed an acquisition, worth US$435M.
M&A · Sep 17 - Decision to guarantee a third party's debtSep 17
- [Amended] DisclosureSep 17
- DisclosureSep 17
- [Amended] Decision to guarantee a third party's debtSep 2
- [Amended] Decision to guarantee a third party's debtSep 1
- Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Lotte Chemical declared a cash dividend of US$0.36 per share, equal to about 0.89% of the recent share price.
Dividend · Aug 20 - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Lotte Chemical filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q2 2026: revenue of US$4B (+39.2% year on year), operating profit of US$77.4M (from a loss a year earlier) and net income of US$137M (from a loss a year earlier).
Earnings · Aug 7 - Completion report on merger, etc.M&A · Jun 2
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Lotte Chemical filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q1 2026: revenue of US$3.38B (+1.8% year on year), operating profit of US$49.8M (from a loss a year earlier) and net income of US$22.7M (from a loss a year earlier).
Earnings · May 11 - Material event report (spin-off)M&A · Mar 26
- [Amended] Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
Lotte Chemical updated its previously filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q4 2025: revenue of US$3.18B (−1.7% year on year), an operating loss of US$292M and a net loss of US$1.08B.
Earnings · Mar 4 · 2 versions - [Amended] Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)
Lotte Chemical updated its previously filed consolidated results for FY2025: revenue of US$12.5B (−7.1% year on year), an operating loss of US$636M and a net loss of US$1.67B.
Earnings · Mar 4 · 2 versions - Cash/in-kind dividend decision
Lotte Chemical declared a cash dividend of US$0.35 per share.
Dividend · Feb 4