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005930 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

005930 Summary
Semiconductors
Stock Price & Overview
₩255,500 +5,500 (+2.20%) Close · Sep 4, 2026 KST
KOSPI | ₩KRW | Close: ₩255,500  ≈ US$183  ·  Market cap ₩1,493.7tn (≈ $1,066.9bn)

005930 Dividend Summary

Dividend per share, FY2025₩1,668Yield at last close0.65%
Yield reported by the company (FY-end)1.50%Payout ratio (consolidated)25.1%
Total cash dividends₩11,107.9bnEarnings per share₩6,605
Consecutive years paid (on file)12DPS growth, 5-year CAGR-11.0%
Dividend decisions filed in 20261Preferred share DPS₩1,669
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.

005930 Dividend History

Fiscal yearDPS (common)ChangeYield (FY-end)PayoutTotal cash ₩bnEPSDPS (preferred)
FY2025₩1,668+15.4%1.50%25.1%11,107.9₩6,605₩1,669
FY2024₩1,446+0.1%2.70%29.2%9,810.8₩4,950₩1,447
FY2023₩1,4440.0%1.90%67.8%9,809.4₩2,131₩1,445
FY2022₩1,4440.0%2.50%17.9%9,809.4₩8,057₩1,445
FY2021₩1,444-51.8%1.80%25.0%9,809.4₩5,777₩1,445
FY2020₩2,994+111.4%4.00%78.0%20,338.1₩3,841₩2,995
FY2019₩1,4160.0%2.60%44.7%9,619.2₩3,166₩1,417
FY2018₩1,416+66.6%3.70%21.9%9,619.2₩6,461₩1,417
FY2017₩850+49.1%1.70%14.1%5,826.3₩5,997₩851
FY2016₩570+35.7%1.60%17.8%3,991.9₩3,159₩571
FY2015₩420+5.0%1.60%16.4%3,068.7₩2,526₩421
FY2014₩400—1.50%13.0%3,000.0₩3,062₩401
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. Per-share figures from before a par-value split are restated to today's share count using the par-value ratio, so the series is comparable.

005930 Dividend Decisions (filings)

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Q2 Dividend of ₩374 a Share Totals ₩2.46tn, 0.16% of Market Value

Samsung's regular quarterly cash dividend: ₩374 per share on both common and preferred stock, record date 30 June, payable 28 August. The total is ₩2.456tn (~$1.75bn at roughly ₩1,400/$), of which ₩300.1bn goes to preferred holders. That is 0.16% of the ₩1,528.8tn market value and about 2.1% of the ₩118.8tn Samsung earned in the first half. The rate is set off a run-rate that predates the memory upcycle, and the filing puts the reference yield at 0.1% on common stock and 0.2% on preferred. What it doesn't do is connect to anything larger. Samsung guided three weeks later to ₩90-110tn of 2026 shareholder returns, and this filing gives no indication of whether the quarterly rate changes to reflect that. The board approved it on 30 July with all five outside directors present. Payment is due within one month of the resolution under Article 165-12 of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act.

Dividend07/30/26kstock explained
₩2.5tn≈ $1.8bn
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

  • Trading hours09:00–15:30 KST — 20:00–02:30 US Eastern the night before.
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