LG Chem's board approved a share cancellation on 30 July 2026 covering two common shares and 6,041 preferred, with a book value of ₩269.4m.
LG Chem's purchases of property, plant and equipment totalled ₩41,235.5bn across FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025, more than the group's entire equity at the start of it.
The Korea Exchange required LG Chem to answer reports it had begun selling its Yeosu NCC No.2 plant, and on 24 August it said nothing has been decided.
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| Period | 051910 | KOSPI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | +1.8% | -1.5% | +3.3% |
| 1 month | +9.9% | +5.2% | +4.8% |
| 3 months | -19.9% | -22.6% | +2.7% |
| 6 months | -8.1% | +31.3% | -39.4% |
| Year to date | -15.3% | +58.7% | -74.0% |
| 1 year | +1.4% | +108.9% | -107.5% |
Closed at 25% of the way from its 52-week low (₩232,500) to its 52-week high (₩429,500).
LG Chem is Korea's largest chemical company, but most of its market value comes from something else: it owns roughly 80% of LG Energy Solution, one of the three big non-Chinese makers of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, whose customers include General Motors, Tesla and Hyundai. The rest of LG Chem is a conventional petrochemicals business making plastics and rubber, plus a growing materials arm supplying cathode powder and battery separators, plus a small pharmaceutical unit. Because LG Energy Solution is separately listed and consolidated into LG Chem's accounts, the group's reported revenue and profit are dominated by batteries while the parent's own chemical operations have been running at or below breakeven. For a US reader, think of a Dow-style commodity chemical producer that happens to control a battery maker worth more than the chemicals.
| Sector | Chemicals | Employees | |
| Market | KOSPI | Founded | |
| Korean name | LG화학 | Head office |
| Symbol | Last Price |
|---|---|
| 009830Hanwha Solutions | ₩30,050 +0.5% |
| 011790SKC | ₩84,300 +0.5% |
| 002380KCC Corporation | ₩482,000 -0.6% |
| 011780Kumho Petro Chemical Co., Ltd. | ₩125,900 -5.4% |
| 011170Lotte Chemical Corporation | ₩60,000 -1.6% |
| 357780Soulbrain Co., Ltd. | ₩325,000 +1.7% |
| 014680Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. | ₩193,100 +0.3% |
| 073240Kumho Tire CO., Inc. | ₩7,180 +0.8% |
| 005290Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd. | ₩40,250 +1.3% |
| 457190ISU Specialty Chemical | ₩63,300 +0.8% |