Ratings LOTTE Corporation Korea S.E.

Equities

A00499K

KR700499K014

End-of-day quote Korea S.E. Other stock markets 23:00:00 09/05/2024 BST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
35,250 ^KRW	-0.56%		-0.98%	-4.73%

05-10	Lotte Asset Development Co.,Ltd announced that it has received KRW 113.9545246 billion in funding from LOTTE Corporation	CI
04-26	Lotte Group Agrees to Divest Theme Park Project in China for KRW450 Billion	MT

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 6.94 and 6.68 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 120.76 for the 2024 fiscal year.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
Given the positive cash flows generated by its business, the company's valuation level is an asset.
The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
For the past twelve months, EPS forecast has been revised upwards.
The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.

Weaknesses

The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
The company has insufficient levels of profitability.
The company is in debt and has limited leeway for investment
Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

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