LG Display Co., Ltd. (LPL) vs Sony Corporation (SONY)

LG Display Co., Ltd. and Sony Corporation are both Consumer Electronics companies. Sony Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $137.7B against $2.9B — 47.0× the size. LG Display Co., Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −2.18% against −2.58%. Sony Corporation has the higher net margin (−1.99% vs −5.40%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.0% vs 1.25%). Both pay a dividend; LG Display Co., Ltd. yields more (4.99% vs 0.57%). Across the 21 metrics below, Sony Corporation leads on 12 and LG Display Co., Ltd. on 9.

Valuation

Metric LPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
P/E n/m n/m —
P/S 0.17 1.69 1.37
P/B 0.56 2.51 1.88
Price to free cash flow 4.99 13.04 13.04
EV/EBITDA 3.70 7.50 7.02
EV/Sales 0.64 1.61 1.24
Earnings yield (30.54%) (1.12%) (26.50%)
Free cash flow yield 20.03% 7.67% (0.52%)

Profitability

Metric LPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Gross margin 13.18% 31.76% 29.45%
Operating margin 1.56% 12.43% (0.42%)
Net margin (5.40%) (1.99%) (13.99%)
Free cash flow margin 3.41% 12.95% 0.00%
Return on equity (17.70%) (2.86%) (2.86%)
Return on assets (4.86%) (0.95%) (4.86%)
Return on invested capital 1.25% 12.97% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.18%) (2.58%) 4.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 111.23% (129.27%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.40%) (0.53%) (3.25%)
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Debt to equity 1.76 0.14 0.03
Current ratio 0.63 1.25 1.61
Net debt to EBITDA 2.27 (0.44) 0.72

Dividend

Metric LPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Dividend yield 4.99% 0.57% —
Payout ratio 0.00 0.10 0.00

Size

Metric LPL SONY Consumer Electronics median
Market cap 2.93b 137.71b 42.23m

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