SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd <034220.KS> reported a third-quarter operating loss on Wednesday, missing analyst estimates, following a drop in liquid crystal display (LCD) panel prices.
The Apple Inc <AAPL.O> supplier posted a loss of 437 billion won ($372.84 million) for July-September, versus a profit of from 140 billion won in the same period a year earlier.
The result - the third consecutive on-quarter loss - compared with analysts' forecast for a loss of 322 billion won, according to Refinitiv SmartEstimate based on the estimates of 22 analysts.
Revenue fell 5% to 5.8 trillion won, LG Display said in a stock exchange filing.
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(Reporting by Heekyong Yang, Ju-min Park and Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Himani Sarkar)
