Samsung Electronics (005930)
삼성전자 · KOSPI · Memory, foundry and the broader electronics business
KOSPI · Price as of · Delayed Quote · Converted at ₩1342 per dollar
- Code005930
- ExchangeKOSPI
- Korean name삼성전자
- Quoted inKorean won
- US listingNone
- Run byJun Young-hyun and TM Roh
- Analysts36
- Implied upside+83.9%
- Target range₩290,000 to ₩725,000
- Target in dollars$355.51
Reported fundamentals
There is no stock score on this page. The score is computed from audited XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR and includes a 20-point insider component built from Form 4s, and a Korean company files neither, so a grade here would be measuring something different from the same letter on a US hub. These are the reported figures instead.
| Revenue | ₩334T ($248.5B) | +10.9% against the prior year |
| Net income | ₩44.3T ($33.0B) | 13.3% net margin |
| Capital spending | ₩52.2T | 15.6% of revenue |
| Shares outstanding | 6,630,180,138 | +11.1% 2022 to 2025, dilution |
| Cash | ₩190T ($141.5B) | Current ratio 2.8 |
| Total debt | ₩22.4T ($16.7B) | Debt to equity 3.9 |
| Forward P/E | 3.7 | On analyst estimates, not on reported earnings |
Samsung Electronics closed at ₩259,500 on Sep 11, up 1.6% since Aug 12. Daily closes on the KOSPI, in won. Source: Yahoo Finance.
What Samsung Electronics does
Samsung Electronics is the largest memory chipmaker in the world and the only company that competes across memory, contract chip manufacturing and finished electronics at once. The AI part of the business is its memory division, which makes conventional DRAM, NAND flash and high bandwidth memory, and its foundry, which builds chips to other companies' designs in competition with TSMC.
The size of everything else is what makes Samsung hard to read as an AI stock. Phones, displays and home appliances still account for a large share of revenue, so a quarter can be strong in memory and ordinary at the group level. Samsung has no US listing. The shares trade in Seoul, and a separate preferred line, 005935, trades alongside the ordinary shares.
Samsung Electronics is run by Jun Young-hyun and TM Roh (전영현, 노태문), Co-CEOs. Roh was appointed in November 2025. Jun, a vice chairman, runs Device Solutions, which is the memory and foundry business. Roh runs Device eXperience, the phones and consumer side.
Samsung Electronics has no US listing. Buying the shares means buying the Seoul line, which most US brokerage accounts cannot do directly.
Samsung Electronics coverage
110 articles
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are close to half the Kospi. They fell almost 9% on Monday and took the index down 5.12%, while Korea's smaller companies rose.
The Kospi closed down 5.12% on August 3, giving back a third of the record rise it had on July 31. Foreign and institutional investors net sold 4.3814 trillion won ($3.06 billion USD) of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on the day, and almost nothing else. The Kosdaq rose 2.44% in the same session.
Broadcom just picked its next supplier, and it is not Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek, not Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix, are racing to supply Broadcom with the substrates its AI chips sit on. One has already won Broadcom's business and is shipping glass substrate samples. The other is fielding trillion won investment offers to catch up.
Jensen Huang didn't name a Korean company. Three Korean cybersecurity stocks rose the maximum 30 percent the next morning.
XGate, SandsLab and Katis each rose the full 30 percent daily limit in Seoul on Friday. AhnLab, the biggest Korean cybersecurity company, rose 3.85 percent.
Samsung chairman is buying $1.45 billion in shares from his mother
Lee Jae-yong will buy 7,188,793 Samsung Electronics shares from Hong Ra-hee on October 12 for 1.9374 trillion won. Her borrowing against the family's inheritance tax bill nearly doubled in a year.
Samsung led a 3 billion euro round for France's Mistral AI. Its own chip plants are the first customer.
Samsung Electronics led Mistral AI's 3 billion euro funding round and signed a partnership to run the French company's models inside its chip business. Samsung did not disclose the size of its stake.
Samsung and SK Hynix memory inventories fall below 10 days, KB Securities says. Kospi rally nears 7,000.
Foreigners and institutions bought a net 5.2 trillion won on Monday while individuals sold 6.8 trillion. KB Securities' Kim Dong-won says memory inventory at Samsung and SK Hynix is under 10 days and the stocks trade at three times 2027 earnings.
Other Korean AI listings
| Company | Code | Board | What it makes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK Hynix | 000660 | KOSPI | HBM memory for AI accelerators |
| Hanmi Semiconductor | 042700 | KOSPI | Thermal compression bonders for HBM stacking |
| HPSP | 403870 | KOSDAQ | High-pressure annealing equipment |
| Wonik IPS | 240810 | KOSDAQ | Deposition and etch equipment for memory |
| Leeno Industrial | 058470 | KOSDAQ | Test probes and probe cards |
| Samsung Electro-Mechanics | 009150 | KOSPI | FC-BGA package substrates and MLCCs |
| Naver | 035420 | KOSPI | Korea's search platform and HyperCLOVA X |
| LG Innotek | 011070 | KOSPI | Camera modules and package substrates |
| Simmtech | 222800 | KOSDAQ | Package substrates for memory |
| Techwing | 089030 | KOSDAQ | Memory test handlers |
| Hana Micron | 067310 | KOSDAQ | Semiconductor packaging and test |
| ISC | 095340 | KOSDAQ | Test sockets |
| Jusung Engineering | 036930 | KOSDAQ | Atomic layer deposition equipment |
| Soulbrain | 357780 | KOSDAQ | Process chemicals for chipmaking |
| Samsung SDS | 018260 | KOSPI | IT services, cloud and data centers |
| SK Square | 402340 | KOSPI | Holding company whose main asset is SK Hynix |
| Kakao | 035720 | KOSPI | Messaging platform building consumer AI |
| HD Hyundai Electric | 267260 | KOSPI | Transformers and switchgear |
| LS Electric | 010120 | KOSPI | Power distribution and automation |
| Hyosung Heavy Industries | 298040 | KOSPI | Transformers and heavy electrical equipment |
| Doosan Enerbility | 034020 | KOSPI | Power plant equipment, turbines and nuclear components |
Frequently asked questions
What is Samsung Electronics's stock code?
Samsung Electronics trades on the KOSPI in Seoul under the code 005930. Data providers usually write it as 005930.KS. The company has no US listing, so the Seoul line is the only place the shares trade.
Why is Samsung Electronics an AI stock?
Samsung Electronics is the largest memory chipmaker in the world and the only company that competes across memory, contract chip manufacturing and finished electronics at once. The AI part of the business is its memory division, which makes conventional DRAM, NAND flash and high bandwidth memory, and its foundry, which builds chips to other companies' designs in competition with TSMC.
What do analysts expect for Samsung Electronics?
36 analysts covering Samsung Electronics have an average price target of ₩477,239 (about $355.51), which is +83.9% against the last close. Coverage of Korean listings is overwhelmingly domestic, so these are Korean brokerage estimates rather than the US sell-side names that cover an American chip stock.
Does Samsung Electronics file with the SEC?
No. Samsung Electronics is a Korean company listed in Seoul, so it reports to the Korea Exchange and the Financial Supervisory Service, not the SEC. That is why this page has no filings, Form 4 insider or congressional trading sections: those are built from EDGAR, which has nothing on a company that does not file there.