005930 · KRX · Technology
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Current price
₩232,000.00
▲ +₩0.00 (0.00%) today
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Last reviewed 16 September 2026
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
Samsung Electronics is one of the strongest beneficiaries of the AI semiconductor investment cycle, combining enormous manufacturing scale, leadership across conventional memory and an improving position in HBM with businesses…
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Mostly healthy
Margins and the balance sheet stand out. Watch earnings.
Overall
Revenue
₩485.27tn · ↑ +11% last year
Earnings
₩135.26tn · ↑ +32% last year
Margins
Keeps 52% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
₩33.16tn spare cash a year · 7% of sales
Balance sheet
More cash than debt
Dividend
0.6% yield · Pays out 7% of earnings · covered 13.4×
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Samsung Electronics is one of the strongest beneficiaries of the AI semiconductor investment cycle, combining enormous manufacturing scale, leadership across conventional memory and an improving position in HBM with…
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | ₩333.61tn | +10.9% | 13.1% | ₩44.26tn | ₩6603.00 | ₩33.16tn |
| FY2024 | ₩300.87tn | +16.2% | 10.9% | ₩33.62tn | ₩4950.00 | ₩19.24tn |
| FY2023 | ₩258.94tn | −14.3% | 2.5% | ₩14.47tn | ₩2131.00 | −₩16.40tn |
| FY2022 | ₩302.23tn | — | 14.4% | ₩54.73tn | ₩8057.00 | ₩9.05tn |
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ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s largest technology companies, with operations spanning smartphones, semiconductors, televisions, displays, home appliances, tablets, wearables, network equipment, and connected devices. The company is best known globally for its Galaxy smartphones and consumer electronics, while also playing a major role behind the scenes as a leading manufacturer of memory chips, processors, image sensors, and display technologies.
Samsung sits at the centre of several major technology markets, including mobile devices, artificial intelligence, data centres, consumer electronics, and advanced semiconductors. Its strength comes from the breadth of its business, its global brand, and its deep manufacturing capabilities across both consumer-facing products and critical technology components. As demand grows for AI chips, high-performance memory, smart devices, and connected homes, Samsung remains one of the most strategically important technology companies in the world.
Technology · South Korea
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As of 14 October 2026
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| Measure | Today | Source |
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| Forward P/E | Members | |
| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
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Read the full ET&A methodology →The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
Highly profitable · Strong balance sheet · Strong
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 5.0 / 10 | Average |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 2.0 / 10 | Weak |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 9.3 / 10 | Excellent |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 6.5 / 10 | Good |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 9.6 / 10 | Excellent |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 2.3 / 10 | Weak |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 6.5 / 10 | Good |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
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