Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Nearly 30 years of experience in the Korean/Asian equity research. Major sectors coverage include the following:
- Technology 
- Consumer 
- Special Situations/Deep Value Plays
- Tender Offers/M&As
- Holdcos/Stubs
- Asian Unicorns/Private Companies

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

A Sharp Increase in the AUM of ETFs Tracking the Korea Value-Up Index in 2026

Launch of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix 2x Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs as Early as 22 May

Labor Union of Samsung Electronics to Force Shut Down Starting 21 May?

Important Highlights of Samsung Electronics AGM (New Share Buyback of 7.2 Trillion Won)

Block Deal Sale of 3.1 Trillion Won of Samsung Electronics by Hong Ra-Hee

Samsung C&T: Updated NAV Analysis and Excessive Price Gap Vs Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics: Better Than Expected Preliminary Results in 1Q 2026

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Samsung Electronics paid out a final quarterly dividend of 566 won per common share and 567 won per preferred share. The total dividend amount reached approximately 3.75 trillion won. </li>
<li>All in all, the consensus DPS forecast of 3,291 won for Samsung Electronics in 2026 appears to be too low. </li>
<li>A more likely scenarios is for the consensus to raise the DPS forecast by 30-50% or more to 5,000 won+ (from 3,291 won) for 2026 in the next several months. </li>
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Samsung Electronics paid out a final quarterly dividend of 566 won per common share and 567 won per preferred share. The total dividend amount reached approximately 3.75 trillion won. 
All in all, the consensus DPS forecast of 3,291 won for Samsung Electronics in 2026 appears to be too low. 
A more likely scenarios is for the consensus to raise the DPS forecast by 30-50% or more to 5,000 won+ (from 3,291 won) for 2026 in the next several months. 


Samsung Electronics Pref Shares (005935 KS)

Samsung Electronics - Pays Out Special Dividend & Consensus Likely to Raise DPS by 30%+ for 2026