LG Chem
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LG Chem is one of Korea's largest chemical companies.
It makes petrochemicals and plastics, advanced materials, and products for batteries and displays, and it also has a growing life-sciences business in medicines and vaccines. The company supplies materials to manufacturers across many industries worldwide. It is a flagship affiliate of South Korea's LG group and the former parent of the battery maker LG Energy Solution.
Summary is AI-generated and may contain errors · figures from DART filings
It remains the largest shareholder of LG Energy Solution, which it spun off as a separate battery company.
LG Chem in five facts
What does LG Chem do?
LG Chem is one of Korea's largest chemical companies.
Where is LG Chem listed and in which sector?
LG Chem (Korean name: LG화학) trades under KRX code 051910 on KOSPI, the main board of the Korea Exchange. It is classified in the Materials sector, Chemicals.
How large is LG Chem?
Its market capitalisation was US$13.6B on 2026-10-21, which puts it in this site's large-cap group. US$ amounts are converted from won at 1 USD ≈ ₩1,325 (2026-10-21).
What were LG Chem's latest annual revenue and operating profit?
For fiscal year 2025, LG Chem reported revenue of US$34.7B, operating profit of US$891.3M and a net loss of US$737.4M, per its annual report on DART (data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17). Revenue was down 6.1% on the previous year.
Where does this data come from?
Financial statements and filings come from DART, Korea's official corporate-filing system. Share prices, market capitalisation and trading status come from KRX. Company summaries are AI-generated from the filings and may contain errors; financial figures are mapped directly from DART.
Data sources and last updated
- Filings and financial statements
- DART (dart.fss.or.kr), Korea's official corporate-filing system
- Prices, market cap, trading status
- KRX (Korea Exchange), via FinanceDataReader
- Latest annual financials
- Fiscal year 2025, data retrieved from DART on 2026-09-17
- Share price and market cap
- Close of 2026-10-21
- Currency
- US$, 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
- [Amended] DisclosureOct 8
- Report on securities held by executives/major shareholdersSep 29
- Investor relations (IR) meeting (notice)Sep 4
- [quarterly, individual company] Large business group status disclosureAug 31
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
LG Chem filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q2 2026: revenue of US$9.98B (+19% year on year), operating profit of US$422M (+25.8% year on year) and net income of US$47M (from a loss a year earlier).
Earnings · Jul 31 - Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)
LG Chem filed provisional (unaudited) consolidated results for Q1 2026: revenue of US$8.31B (−2.6% year on year), an operating loss of US$33.7M (from a profit a year earlier) and a net loss of US$530M (from a profit a year earlier).
Earnings · Apr 30 - [Amended] Decision to acquire shares/equity in another company (subsidiary)
LG Chem updated the disclosed terms of a subsidiary's acquisition of LG Energy Solution Arizona ESS, Inc, now worth US$1.05B.
M&A · Feb 25 - [Amended] Rights offering (paid-in capital increase) decision (subsidiary)Capital raise · Feb 25
- Operating results (consolidated) (preliminary) (fair disclosure)Earnings · Jan 29
- Cash/in-kind dividend decisionDividend · Jan 28
- Change of 30% or more in revenue or profit/loss structure (15% for large companies)Earnings · Jan 28