LG Electronics made a net profit of KRW 1,240 bil in 2018, down 28.1% compared to the previous year. Historically, between 2000 and 2018, the company's net profit reached a high of KRW 2,287 bil in 2009 and a low of KRW -470 bil in 2011.
The result implies a return on equity of 8.01% and a return on invested capital of 4.27% in 2018. That is compared to an average of 4.99% and 2.59% over the last five years.
The company has been operating with average EBITDA margin of 5.70% in the last 5 years and an average net margin of 1.17%.
Since 2013, the firm's net profit increased by 602% or an average of 47.6% a year.
As far as LG Electronics's peers are concerned, Apple Inc. generated ROE of 49.4% and ROCE of 27.6% in 2018. Huawei's profitability reached 29.0% and 27.1%, respectively. Samsung Electronics operated with 19.0% and 21.0% returns in 2018.
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