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Samsung Electronics Co.

SMSN.IL
74
Consumer Electronics · Technology
Price
$4200.00
-94.00 (-2.19%)
Market Cap
$1.14T
Exchange
International Order Book
Winston Score
74
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Samsung Electronics makes smartphones, televisions, home appliances, and computer memory chips. Its customers range from everyday consumers buying Galaxy phones and smart TVs to large tech companies that purchase its semiconductors and display screens. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world and is the leading global producer of memory chips and OLED displays.

Samsung earns money by selling hardware directly to consumers and by supplying components — like chips and screens — to other manufacturers, including Apple and Google. The company operates globally, with major manufacturing and sales across Asia, North America, and Europe, generating hundreds of billions in annual revenue. Its scale and vertical integration — making many of its own parts — give it a cost advantage over rivals, but it faces intense competition in both smartphones and semiconductors, and its chip business is sensitive to swings in demand that can sharply cut profits.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+74.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

>+1,000% 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

18.1%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$184.4T 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 74% 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: 271.7M (2021) → 269.5M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin
59.4%
Premium pricing power — 59.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
42.8%
Excellent — 42.8% operating margin
ROCE
11.9%
Below par — 11.9% 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
+27.4%
Fast-growing sales (27.4% YoY)
EPS YoY
+3493.7%
Earnings growing fast (3493.7% 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
130%
Turns 130% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
14.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.3%)

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
135.57x
Comfortably covers interest (135.6x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.0

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
-0.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.59%
Small dividend — 0.59% yield

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

Dividend Growth
-11.7%
Dividend cut (-11.7% YoY) — warning sign

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