LG Display: View This Consumer Stock With Caution

The firm's competitors include Asian heavyweights Samsung Electronics, Sharp (SHCAY Quote), Hitachi (HIT Quote), Mitsubishi (MTU Quote) and Sony (SNE Quote), with LG Display boasting second place in terms of worldwide LCD production.

A few days ago, on Nov. 13, the prices of a trio of LCD stocks -- including LG Display and Sharp -- crumbled when they agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices. They were hit with $585 million in fines as part of the deal.

Worldwide, a number of consumer suits against LPL and other LCD manufacturers are also pending as a result of the price-fixing.

A Consumer Electronics Stock Best Viewed With Caution Company LG Display Ticker LPL GICS Sector Information Technology GICS Industry Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components Recent Share Price 8.83 Market Cap ($Mil) 6,319.0 TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade C+ TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade D TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade C- Recommendation Hold EPS - Current Year 1.89 EPS - Next Year's Estimate -0.47 Price/Book 0.8 Price/Sales 0.4 Price/Earnings 4.7 Source: TheStreet.com Ratings (Data as of 11/08/2008) For more information, check out an explanation of our ratings.

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