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004990 - Lotte Corporation

004990 Summary
Holding Companies
Stock Price & Overview
₩24,750 -100 (-0.40%) Close · Sep 4, 2026 KST
KOSPI | ₩KRW | Close: ₩24,750  ≈ US$18  ·  Market cap ₩2.5tn (≈ $1.8bn)

004990 Dividend Summary

Dividend per share, FY2025₩1,250Yield at last close5.05%
Yield reported by the company (FY-end)4.00%Payout ratio (consolidated)-14.8%
Total cash dividends₩96.0bnEarnings per share₩-9,028
Consecutive years paid (on file)8DPS growth, 5-year CAGR+4.6%
Dividend decisions filed in 20264Preferred share DPS₩1,300
Per-share and payout figures are the company's own, from the dividend section of its DART annual report. 'Yield at last close' divides that per-share amount by the latest KRX close; the company-reported yield uses the fiscal-year-end price.

004990 Dividend History

Fiscal yearDPS (common)ChangeYield (FY-end)PayoutTotal cash ₩bnEPSDPS (preferred)
FY2025₩1,250+4.2%4.00%-14.8%96.0₩-9,028₩1,300
FY2024₩1,200-20.0%5.80%-8.4%85.9₩-14,389₩1,250
FY2023₩1,5000.0%5.30%-698.9%107.3₩-215₩1,550
FY2022₩1,5000.0%4.60%62.9%107.3₩2,387₩1,550
FY2021₩1,500+50.0%4.90%34.8%107.3₩4,315₩1,550
FY2020₩1,000-9.1%2.90%-36.1%71.5₩-2,775₩1,050
FY2019₩1,100+37.5%2.80%-21.8%78.7₩-5,028₩1,150
FY2018₩800—1.50%30.9%57.2₩2,713₩850
FY2017—————₩7,625—
FY2016₩452+0.3%0.63%23.0%16.1₩1,964—
FY2015₩451+116.7%0.50%21.3%16.0₩2,138—
FY2014₩208—0.29%-256.7%7.3₩-81—
Annual totals per fiscal year, interim and year-end combined, as reported in the annual report filed the following March. A year-end dividend for FY2025 is paid in April 2026. Per-share figures from before a par-value split are restated to today's share count using the par-value ratio, so the series is comparable.

004990 Dividend Decisions (filings)

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DART

Record Date Set for a Dividend

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DART

Dividend Declared

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DART

Record Date Set for a Dividend

Dividend06/11/26title translated
DART

Dividend Declared

Dividend06/11/26title translated
A Korean dividend arrives as two filings: the board's cash-dividend decision (amount, record date, payment date) and, for year-end dividends, a shareholder-register closing notice.

How Korean dividends work

  • Record date and amount. Traditionally the record date was the fiscal year-end (December 31) and the amount was only set at the board meeting and AGM in February–March, so investors bought before knowing the payout. Under the 2023 procedure reform, companies that amended their articles now fix the amount first and set the record date afterwards; many large caps have adopted this, others still use the year-end date.
  • Ex-dividend. KRX settles T+2, so a share goes ex-dividend one business day before the record date. Year-end dividends are paid within a month of the AGM that approves them, typically April.
  • Interim and quarterly dividends need a provision in the articles; a minority of large companies pay quarterly, most pay once a year.
  • Withholding tax. Korea withholds 22% (20% plus local tax) from non-resident holders by default; the Korea–US treaty lowers it to 15% (10% for a corporate holder of at least 10%), subject to your broker filing the treaty paperwork. Residents pay 15.4%.
  • Preferred shares (“우선주”) usually carry a slightly higher per-share dividend than common shares and no vote.

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