Samsung Electronics Dividend yield

Samsung Electronics is part of Leisure Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Samsung Electronics is a company from Korea, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Samsung Electronics stock dividend

Samsung Electronics paid a total dividend of 8,626,889 million KRW last year, for a market value of 399,393,000 millions (Market Cap 316,343,858 millions). Samsung Electronics dividend per share is 1,445.04 KRW, and his stock market price 66,900.00 KRW.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Samsung Electronics has a dividend yield of 2.16%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Korea. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Samsung Electronics stocks dividend with other Leisure Goods companies or other of the high Korea dividend stocks list.

Samsung Electronics Dividend Payout

About the ability of Samsung Electronics to maintain his current dividend of KRW 1445.04 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.16%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Samsung Electronics payout on ernings is currently 17.06%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Samsung Electronicscan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Samsung Electronics is KRW 9,040.54 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of KRW 1,445.04, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Samsung Electronics, compared againt world market average, Korea companies, Consumer Goods industry and Leisure Goods sector companies.

Samsung Electronics Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Samsung Electronics's dividend stock, both in percentage and in KRW, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	KRW	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.16%	1,445.04	17.06%	5,970
2022	2.61%	1,443.33	23.23%	5,970
2021	1.84%	1,440.72	33.49%	5,970
2020	1.75%	1,417.50	39.38%	5,970
2019	2.54%	1,417.32	21.34%	5,970
2018	3.66%	1,416.42	22.33%	5,970
2017	1.90%	48,412.00	27.93%	120
2016	1.20%	20,952.00	12.96%	123
2015	1.60%	20,544.00	11.04%	129

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Samsung Electronics dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Korea stocks and that of the Leisure Goods stocks.

Samsung Electronics Stock performance

Finally, last moth Samsung Electronics showed a return of -4.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 12.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Korea and Leisure Goods firms.