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‘Over 100 Billion’ Joins LG and Hyundai Motor Company
The total market capitalization (based on common shares) of the publicly traded subsidiaries in the 10 largest groups was found to exceed 1,000 trillion won when KOSPI wrote the reported price. Groups with market capitalizations greater than 100 trillion won were just two from Samsung and SK at the end of last year, but with the addition of LG and Hyundai Motors, the number increased to four.
According to F & Guide, a financial information company on the 25th, as of the 23rd, the total market capitalization of 102 listed affiliates in the top 10 groups was 1,069 trillion won, exceeding 1,000 trillion won. This is a 22.3% increase from 87.3 trillion won at the end of last year. In the market capitalization ranking of group companies, Samsung Group accounted for more than half of the total market capitalization of the top 10 groups with KRW 58.7 billion. SK Group was followed by 151.5 billion won, followed by LG Group (122 billion won) and Hyundai Motor Group (107 billion 500 billion won). LG Group was the place that gained the most since the end of last year. LG Group’s market capitalization increased by 44.5% from 84 trillion won to 122 trillion won at the end of last year. This is the result of an increase of approximately 30 trillion won (135.5%) by LG Chem from 22.4 trillion won to 52 trillion won at the end of last year. Hanwha Group increased 42.5% from 1.0600 trillion won last year to 1.1 trillion won, and the market capitalization of the Samsung Group increased 23.7% from 47.5 trillion won.
Hyundai Motor Group recorded just 87.9 trillion won last year, but increased 22.2% to 107.5 trillion won, surpassing 100 trillion won, and SK Group also rose 17.1% to 151.9 trillion. won. Of the 10 groups, 7 groups increased their market capitalization, but 3 groups decreased. Hyundai Heavy Industries Group’s market capitalization decreased 14.8% from the end of last year, showing the biggest drop. GS Group decreased by 13.5% and Shinsegae also decreased by 3.5%. The market capitalization share of the top 10 groups in the total market capitalization of the national stock market (2.130 trillion won), which is KOSPI and KOSDAQ combined, was 50.2%.
Journalist Yu Hoe-kyung [email protected]
