LG Uplus Corp 032640

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Company Report

LG Uplus Has Solid Mobile Business With Growth From AI Data Centers and Solutions

We expect LG Uplus to continue to grow its core business through the expansion of its wireless/wireline network, specifically its 5G broadband network, and expansion into targeted noncore businesses such as its smart home and enterprise infrastructure business segments. As LG Uplus expands its wireless network, it attracts premium 5G subscribers directly, but also mobile virtual network operator subscribers. LG Uplus seemed to have benefited from cyberattacks that affected SK Telecom and, to a lesser extent, KT in 2025, helping its mobile business gain subscriber and revenue market share. LG Uplus' 5.6% growth in fourth-quarter 2025 wireless services revenue (including interconnection) compared favorably with SKT's 4.6% decline over the same period. LG Uplus also added 452,000 mobile customers for the quarter, compared with SKT's 174,000 decline.

Price vs Fair Value

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₩14,550.01
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

The relaxation of the government’s covid mandates has increased cross-border travel and changed customer spending habits. We expect trends that show increases in data roaming revenue as well as mobile traffic to continue.

Bears

South Korea’s telecom market is highly competitive, and the core business is not significantly differentiated among competitors.

Trading Information

Previous Close Price
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Day Range
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52-Week Range
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Bid/Ask
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Shares Outstanding
424.43M
Market Cap
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Volume/Avg
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Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
10.31
Price/Sales
0.40
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
4.67%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
4.67%
Dividend Payment Schedule
Apr, Aug
Total Yield
5.65%

Company Profile

LG Uplus is a Korean telecommunications operator selling mobile and fixed-line products. It entered the Korean mobile market in 1996 as LG Telecom by acquiring a mobile license, then building out a mobile network. Parent company LG Corp. merged LG Telecom with LG Dacom and LG Powercom in 2010 to add fixed-line and internet capabilities to the existing mobile business and changed its name to LG Uplus that same year. The firm competes against KT and SK Telecom, which were formed from the previously state-owned monopoly, Korea Telecom. Given that KT and SKT had incumbent telecom businesses before LG Uplus started its business, LG Uplus has lower market shares than the other two in the key telecom services, but has gradually taken market share.
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Telecom Services
Stock Style Box
Mid Value
Total Number of Employees
10,470

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
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Price/Earnings (Normalized)
10.3110.0929.65
Price/Book Value
0.680.741.40
Price/Sales
0.400.481.16
Price/Cash Flow
0.962.224.44
Price/Earnings
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SKM

Financial Strength

Metric
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Quick Ratio
0.710.880.79
Current Ratio
1.111.131.25
Interest Coverage
3.765.393.58
Quick Ratio
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Profitability

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Return on Assets (Normalized)
2.92%3.50%2.21%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
6.44%8.52%5.29%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
4.64%5.28%3.55%
Return on Assets
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