Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co. · Samsung Elec
Samsung Electronics (KOSPI: 005930) is South Korea's largest electronics maker, producing smartphones, TVs and appliances alongside memory chips, and one of the heavyweights of the KOSPI index.
Company snapshot
- Listing
- KOSPI: 005930
- Founded
- 1969
- Headquarters
- Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- Industry
- Consumer electronics and semiconductors (memory, foundry)
- Website
- www.samsung.com
What the company does
Samsung Electronics was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea. It is unusual in making both finished devices and the components inside them. The DX (Device eXperience) division handles smartphones, TVs, appliances and network equipment, while DS (Device Solutions) covers DRAM and NAND memory, mobile processors and the foundry business. Subsidiary Samsung Display (SDC) makes OLED panels for phones, and Harman makes car electronics and audio gear.
How it makes money
According to its 2025 annual business report, revenue was 333.6 trillion won. By division, DX accounted for 56.3%, DS 39.0%, SDC 8.9% and Harman 4.7% (these figures include sales between divisions, so they add up to more than 100%). DX is bigger by sales, but in periods of rising memory prices the DS division often generates most of the profit. The report lists Alphabet, Apple and Deutsche Telekom among its major customers.
Why markets watch it
Samsung carries a very large weight in the KOSPI, so foreign buying and selling of its shares moves both the index and the won-dollar exchange rate. Memory prices and chip export data drive its earnings, and the company carries large weight in Korean export statistics and growth forecasts. Its competitiveness in AI memory such as HBM is constantly compared with SK hynix. Preferred shares (005935) also trade alongside the common stock.