003230 - Samyang Foods Inc.

003230 Summary
Consumer
Stock Price & Overview
₩1,417,000 -7,000 (-0.49%) Close · Sep 4, 2026 KST
KOSPI | ₩KRW | Close: ₩1,417,000  ≈ US$1,012  ·  Market cap ₩10.7tn (≈ $7.6bn)

003230 Dividend Summary

Dividend per share, FY2025₩4,800Yield at last close0.34%
Yield reported by the company (FY-end)0.40%Payout ratio (consolidated)9.2%
Total cash dividends₩36.0bnEarnings per share₩52,156
Consecutive years paid (on file)6DPS growth, 5-year CAGR+43.1%
Dividend decisions filed in 20262
Per-share and payout figures are the company's own, from the dividend section of its DART annual report. 'Yield at last close' divides that per-share amount by the latest KRX close; the company-reported yield uses the fiscal-year-end price.

003230 Dividend History

Fiscal yearDPS (common)ChangeYield (FY-end)PayoutTotal cash ₩bnEPSDPS (preferred)
FY2025₩4,800+45.5%0.40%9.2%36.0₩52,156
FY2024₩3,300+57.1%0.40%9.0%24.6₩36,468
FY2023₩2,100+50.0%0.90%12.4%15.7₩16,929
FY2022₩1,400+40.0%1.10%13.0%10.5₩10,665
FY2021₩1,000+25.0%1.10%13.3%7.5₩7,481
FY2020₩8000.80%8.9%6.0₩8,922
FY20190.89%10.1%6.0₩7,906₩800
FY20180.75%8.7%3.0₩4,623₩400
FY20170.26%6.5%1.9₩3,808₩250
FY2016₩150+200.0%0.34%6.0%1.1₩2,431
FY2015₩50-50.0%0.18%-11.1%0.4₩-418
FY2014₩1000.47%18.5%0.8₩539
Annual totals per fiscal year, interim and year-end combined, as reported in the annual report filed the following March. A year-end dividend for FY2025 is paid in April 2026.

003230 Dividend Decisions (filings)

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Samyang Foods declares a ₩3,200 interim dividend worth ₩24.1 billion

The maker of Buldak instant noodles declared an interim cash dividend of ₩3,200 per share on August 12, totalling ₩24.1bn. Against 2025 net income of about ₩389bn that is roughly 6% of a year's profit, and against a ₩11.1tn market capitalization it works out to about 0.2%. The filing puts the yield at 0.3%, which is low even by Korean standards and reflects how far the share price has run rather than any cut to the payment. The record date is August 27. The total is calculated on 7,533,013 shares — the full 7,533,015 less two treasury shares picked up as odd-lot fractions during a share certificate exchange.

Dividend08/12/26kstock explained
₩24.1bn≈ $17m
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Samyang Foods fixes August 27 as the record date for its interim dividend

Filed the same day as the ₩3,200 per share declaration, this document does one thing: it sets August 27, 2026 as the date on which Samyang Foods reads its register to decide who gets paid. Five outside directors were present at the August 12 board meeting. The filing cross-references the dividend declaration, so the two can be read together, and states that entitled holders are fixed by record date alone with no closing of the share register. There is no amount here and no payment date; both live in the companion filing.

Dividend08/12/26kstock explained
A Korean dividend arrives as two filings: the board's cash-dividend decision (amount, record date, payment date) and, for year-end dividends, a shareholder-register closing notice.

How Korean dividends work

  • Record date and amount. Traditionally the record date was the fiscal year-end (December 31) and the amount was only set at the board meeting and AGM in February–March, so investors bought before knowing the payout. Under the 2023 procedure reform, companies that amended their articles now fix the amount first and set the record date afterwards; many large caps have adopted this, others still use the year-end date.
  • Ex-dividend. KRX settles T+2, so a share goes ex-dividend one business day before the record date. Year-end dividends are paid within a month of the AGM that approves them, typically April.
  • Interim and quarterly dividends need a provision in the articles; a minority of large companies pay quarterly, most pay once a year.
  • Withholding tax. Korea withholds 22% (20% plus local tax) from non-resident holders by default; the Korea–US treaty lowers it to 15% (10% for a corporate holder of at least 10%), subject to your broker filing the treaty paperwork. Residents pay 15.4%.
  • Preferred shares (“우선주”) usually carry a slightly higher per-share dividend than common shares and no vote.

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What a US investor should know

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