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Samsung Electronics Co.

005930.KS
77
Consumer Electronics · Technology
Price
255000.00 KRW
-24500.00 (-8.77%)
Market Cap
1700.85T KRW
Exchange
Korea Exchange
Winston Score
77
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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Samsung Electronics makes smartphones, televisions, home appliances, and computer memory chips. It sells these products to everyday consumers around the world and also supplies critical components — especially memory chips and display screens — to other tech companies like Apple and Google. Samsung is one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers on the planet and owns one of the most recognized consumer electronics brands globally.

The company earns money by selling finished devices directly to consumers and by selling chips and displays to other manufacturers. Samsung operates across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond, generating hundreds of billions of dollars in annual revenue. Its deep manufacturing expertise and massive scale make it difficult for competitors to match its costs or product range. The biggest risk Samsung faces is the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, where chip prices can swing sharply depending on global supply and demand, which can cause profits to rise or fall dramatically from year to year.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+69.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+486.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$37.7T/ year

Rising (+8% vs prior year)

11.3% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

21.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$184.9T cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Samsung Electronics Co. grew revenue 69% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

0.8% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 6.79B (2021) → 6.74B (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
60.7%
Premium pricing power — 60.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
42.8%
Excellent — 42.8% operating margin
ROCE
11.5%
Below par — 11.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+26.0%
Fast-growing sales (26.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+142.2%
Earnings growing fast (142.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
131%
Turns 131% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
14.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.05
Conservative — low debt load (0.05)
Interest Cover
133.10x
Comfortably covers interest (133.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
20.4x
Growth-priced — P/E 20.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+15.3
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (20.4 → 5.1)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.53%
Small dividend — 0.53% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+15.0%
Dividend growing fast (15.0% YoY)

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