{"id":129599,"date":"2026-08-24T01:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/129599\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T01:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T01:35:15","slug":"samsung-slips-3-6-premarket-as-sk-hynix-rises-1-9-after-payout-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/129599\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Slips 3.6% Premarket as SK hynix Rises 1.9% After Payout Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and SK hynix (000660.KS) have unveiled large shareholder-return plans in quick succession, but their shares are moving in opposite directions. Samsung Electronics fell more than 3% as analysts judged its plan to return up to 110 trillion won ($79 billion) fell short of market expectations, while SK hynix rose nearly 2%.<\/p>\n

Samsung Electronics was trading at 271,500 won as of around 8:10 a.m. in premarket trading on Nextrade (NXT), down 10,000 won, or 3.55%, from the previous session, according to the exchange. The stock had closed at 281,500 won in the regular session on the 21st, up 3.87%, but slid to 270,000 won in after-hours trading following the announcement of its shareholder-return plan that same day, and extended its losses. SK hynix, by contrast, was trading at 1.763 million won, up 33,000 won, or 1.91%, from the previous session. Both semiconductor heavyweights that lead the domestic market have moved to expand shareholder returns, but investors’ initial assessments have diverged.<\/p>\n

Samsung Electronics held a board meeting on the 21st and approved a shareholder-return plan of 90 trillion to 110 trillion won for this year. The figure represents 50% of free cash flow (FCF) over the 2024-2026 period, minus the 29.3 trillion won already returned last year and this year. The company plans to pay about 30 trillion won in cash dividends, including its regular third-quarter dividend, this year, while the specific method for returning the remaining 60 trillion to 80 trillion won will be decided at a board meeting in January of next year, once this year’s earnings are finalized.<\/p>\n

The stock’s decline despite the record-sized shareholder return reflects the fact that market expectations had risen too high before the announcement. KB Securities had earlier projected that Samsung Electronics’ funds for shareholder returns could reach up to 200 trillion won, with special dividends alone potentially exceeding 100 trillion won. With the actual maximum return announced coming in at 110 trillion won, the outcome is seen as having prompted short-term profit-taking and disappointed selling.<\/p>\n

In particular, the fact that the immediately confirmed plan amounts to only about 30 trillion won in cash dividends, with the use of the remaining funds pushed to next year, is weighing on investor sentiment. Specific measures the market had hoped for, such as share buybacks and cancellations or additional special dividends, have not yet been presented. SK hynix, by contrast, is seen as having strengthened its return policy more concretely, raising its shareholder-return benchmark from “up to” 50% of FCF to “at least” 50%.<\/p>\n

Analysts are offering a positive outlook on Samsung Electronics’ medium- to long-term share price, as its shareholder returns coincide with profit growth. “Over the next three years, Samsung Electronics is estimated to generate at least 600 trillion won in funds for shareholder returns,” said Kim Dong-won, head of research at KB Securities. “We see this as a turning point at which Samsung Electronics is being re-rated from a simple cyclical stock into a long-term compounding investment asset.”<\/p>\n

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