Lotte Corporation (004990)

Lotte Corporation (004990) is the holding company of the Lotte group, spanning food, retail, chemicals, hotels, and bio. In ETFpedia it is the textbook holding-company-discount case of the Korea Financials & Holdings High Dividend concept: Q1 2026 operating profit rose 156% to ₩46.1 billion, the fiscal 2025 dividend rose to ₩1,250, and 5% of shares were cancelled in March 2026.

Ticker004990
ExchangeKOSPI
SectorIndustrials · Holding Company
CountrySouth Korea
Held by ETFDAISHIN343 금융&지주고배당 ETF (0189Z0)
WikidataQ51570147
Last updated2026-06-10
Financial snapshotas of2026-06-10

Next event:Next report · H1 2026 반기보고서 (semi-annual report), estimated · Estimated from Korea's 45-day semi-annual filing deadline; not company-confirmed. Lotte Corporation's Q1 2026 results were filed with the mid-May quarterly reporting cycle. (source)

Latest reported quarter:Q1 2026 (ended Mar 31, 2026)

Lotte Corporation reported consolidated Q1 2026 revenue of ₩3.622 trillion, up 1% year over year, operating profit of ₩46.1 billion, up 156%, and a net profit of ₩14.5 billion that swung back from a year-earlier loss. Across the group's four main business units, combined operating profit jumped 181% to ₩787.6 billion, with Lotte Chemical posting its first operating profit in ten quarters.

Revenue (consolidated)₩3.622T+1%YoY
Operating profit₩46.1bn+156%YoY
Net profit₩14.5bn · Swung back to profit from a year-earlier loss
Group four business units' operating profit₩787.6bn+181%YoY · Lotte Chemical posted its first operating profit in ten quarters

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Recent & upcoming events

  • · FY2025 dividend raised to ₩1,250 a share.The fiscal 2025 dividend was set at ₩1,250 per common share and ₩1,300 per preferred share, both up ₩50, for a total of ₩96.0 billion, an 11.8% increase from ₩85.9 billion a year earlier. (source)
  • · ₩166.3 billion treasury-share cancellation announced.Lotte Corporation disclosed the cancellation of 5,245,461 treasury shares, about 5% of issued common stock, worth roughly ₩166.3 billion, scheduled for March 31, 2026, cutting the treasury ratio from 27.5% toward 22.5%. (source)
  • · Q1 2026 results: operating profit up 156%, net back to black.Consolidated revenue reached ₩3.622 trillion and operating profit ₩46.1 billion, with net profit of ₩14.5 billion swinging back from a loss; the group's four main business units grew combined operating profit 181% to ₩787.6 billion. (source)
  • · Named holding in the newly listed DAISHIN343 금융&지주고배당 ETF.Daishin Asset Management's monthly-distribution ETF (0189Z0), tracking the KRX-Akros Financial & Holdings High Dividend Index, listed on KRX with Lotte Corporation among its featured holding companies. (source)

Q1 2026 figures are from Korean press coverage of the quarterly disclosure; audited detail sits in the DART 분기보고서. Dividend history is from Lotte's IR page; value-up targets from the November 2024 disclosure via Asia Economic Daily.

Figures are as of 2026-06-10 and reflect the most recent public filings/IR releases; they are updated after each earnings report.

What does Lotte Corporation do?

Lotte Corporation sits at the top of one of Korea’s largest conglomerates. It consolidates subsidiaries including Lotte Wellfood, Lotte Chilsung Beverage, Korea Seven, Lotte Innovate, and Lotte Biologics, and holds the group’s stakes in retail, chemical, and hotel affiliates, whose results reach it as equity income and dividends. The holding company’s own consolidated print ran at ₩3.622 trillion of revenue in Q1 2026 (Insight), while the group is mid-restructuring: non-core assets such as Lotte Rental are being sold, Lotte Chemical’s Daesan and Yeosu operations are being consolidated with joint-venture partners, and Lotte Biologics opens its Songdo bio campus in H2 2026 (Newspim).

Why is Lotte Corporation a high-dividend, low-PBR name?

Because its discount is the deepest kind, and the payout is moving up while the share count moves down. Lotte’s own value-up filing diagnosed a 0.3x price-to-book ratio versus a 0.5x average for six comparable Korean holding companies, with 27.5% of shares held in treasury from the 2017-2018 holding-company conversion, and committed to a shareholder return ratio of 35% or more through 2026 (Asia Economic Daily). Execution followed: the fiscal 2025 dividend rose ₩50 to ₩1,250 per common share, ₩96.0 billion in total and up 11.8% (CEO Score Daily), and in March 2026 the company cancelled 5,245,461 treasury shares, about 5% of issued common stock worth ₩166.3 billion, cutting the treasury ratio toward 22.5% (Deal Site). It is exactly the profile the new high-dividend financials-and-holdings basket was built to own:

“Financial stocks and holding companies are emerging as the core sectors of the Korean market’s value-up, on the back of high capital efficiency and aggressive shareholder-return policies.” (translated)

— Lee Jae-woo, Head of Marketing, Daishin Asset Management (Money Today, Jun 9, 2026)

What did Lotte Corporation report most recently?

In Q1 2026 (quarter ended March 31, 2026), consolidated revenue was ₩3.622 trillion, up 1% year over year, operating profit was ₩46.1 billion, up 156%, and net profit of ₩14.5 billion swung back from a year-earlier loss (Insight). The group level tells the rebound story more loudly: the four main business units’ combined operating profit jumped 181% to ₩787.6 billion, with Lotte Shopping up 71% to ₩252.9 billion, Hotel Lotte up 83% to ₩74.5 billion, Lotte Wellfood up 118% to ₩35.8 billion, and Lotte Chemical posting its first operating profit in ten quarters (Newspim). Food and retail moved first; chemicals stopped bleeding.

What are the risks for Lotte Corporation?

  • Chemical cycle. Lotte Chemical’s return to profit follows ten straight loss-making quarters; petrochemical oversupply can reverse the swing and drag group earnings back down (Newspim).
  • Dividend follows earnings. The payout was cut from ₩1,500 to ₩1,200 for fiscal 2024 before the 2025 raise, a reminder that the income stream is not contractual (Lotte).
  • The discount can persist. Holding-company discounts of roughly 30% to 60% have survived decades of complaints; cancellations help only if they continue (The Korea Economic Daily).
  • Restructuring execution. Asset sales, chemical-site consolidations, and the bio ramp all have to land; each is a multi-year project with slippage risk (Newspim).

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Frequently asked questions about Lotte Corporation

What does Lotte Corporation do?

Lotte Corporation is the holding company of the Lotte group. It consolidates subsidiaries such as Lotte Wellfood, Lotte Chilsung Beverage, Korea Seven, Lotte Innovate, and Lotte Biologics, and holds stakes across the group's retail, chemical, and hotel businesses. In Q1 2026 its consolidated revenue was ₩3.622 trillion with operating profit of ₩46.1 billion (Insight; Newspim).

What did Lotte Corporation report in Q1 2026?

Consolidated revenue of ₩3.622 trillion, up 1% year over year, operating profit of ₩46.1 billion, up 156%, and net profit of ₩14.5 billion, a swing back from a year-earlier loss (Insight). Across the group's four main business units, combined operating profit jumped 181% to ₩787.6 billion, with Lotte Shopping up 71%, Hotel Lotte up 83%, and Lotte Chemical posting its first operating profit in ten quarters (Newspim).

What is Lotte Corporation's dividend policy?

The fiscal 2025 dividend was raised ₩50 to ₩1,250 per common share (₩1,300 preferred), ₩96.0 billion in total, up 11.8% from a year earlier (CEO Score Daily). Its value-up disclosure targets a shareholder return ratio of 35% or more through 2026 while reviewing interim dividends and treasury cancellations (Asia Economic Daily); the full dividend history is published on Lotte's IR shareholder-policy page (Lotte).

Why is Lotte Corporation in a high-dividend, low-PBR concept?

Because it is the textbook holding-company-discount case. Lotte's own value-up filing diagnosed a 0.3x price-to-book ratio versus a 0.5x average for comparable Korean holding companies, and 27.5% of its shares sat in treasury from the 2017-2018 holding-company conversion (Asia Economic Daily). A price that depressed turns the raised ₩1,250 dividend into meaningful yield, and the March 2026 cancellation of 5% of shares (₩166.3 billion) starts converting the treasury pile into per-share value (Deal Site).

When does Lotte Corporation report its next earnings?

Korean issuers do not pre-announce earnings dates. Lotte Corporation's first-half results come with the H1 2026 반기보고서 (semi-annual report), due around August 14, 2026 under Korea's 45-day deadline; the date is estimated. Its Q1 2026 results were reported in mid-May 2026 (Insight).

Sources & references

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  2. 롯데, 1분기 실적 반등...포트폴리오 재편 가속화 · Newspim, 2026-05-28
  3. 롯데그룹 유통사, 배당총액 2794억원… 롯데쇼핑·롯데지주 주주환원 확대 · CEO Score Daily, 2026-02-11
  4. 롯데지주, 1663억 규모 자사주 소각 결정 · Deal Site (딜사이트), 2026-03-10
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  6. 롯데지주 주주정책 (IR · dividend history) · Lotte Corporation
  7. 할인율 과도 vs 적정 가치…불거지는 지주사 저평가 논란 · The Korea Economic Daily (한국경제), 2021-07-21
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  9. 대신자산운용 '금융&지주 고배당 ETF' 상장…월분배 연 4.5% 기대 · Money Today (머니투데이), 2026-06-09