LG Uplus' third-quarter services revenue decreased by 0.5% with operating profit up 84% and net profit up 270%. The services revenue decline was driven by mobile, which declined 0.5% on lower interconnect revenue, while the previous year's retirement payouts boosted the profit growth.
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.
South Korea’s telecom market is highly competitive, and the core business is not significantly differentiated among competitors.
Metric | 032640 | KT | SKM |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 11.03 | 10.13 | 28.42 |
Price/Book Value | 0.73 | 0.74 | 1.34 |
Price/Sales | 0.43 | 0.48 | 1.11 |
Price/Cash Flow | 1.03 | 2.23 | 4.26 |
Metric | 032640 | KT | SKM |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.71 | 0.88 | 0.79 |
Current Ratio | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.25 |
Interest Coverage | 3.76 | 5.39 | 3.58 |
Metric | 032640 | KT | SKM |
|---|---|---|---|
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% |
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