Opinions
Christine Tan
Samsung Electronics
005930-KRX
COMMENT
Feb 02, 2017
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He bought it earlier this year and now wants to get out of it. Like Apple, this is so huge, it's better to buy one of the parts of this conglomerate. Because conglomerates like Apple and Samsung are so big, it's used as a pawn in these trade wars. So, buy a semis stock, for example.
Hard to know what 2024 landscape will look like in the western world. Hard times already felt in China and Asia, so this is a bit of a bet on Asia-Pacific. Mammoth company. Largest DRAM (memory) chip maker. Second to TSM as a foundry, 59% share vs. 13%. Samsung wants to double its share in 5 years. Great report. Yield is 2%.
No ADR. Trades on the London Stock Exchange. Buy in thirds at $1360, $1300, and $1200.
They were a very secretive big conglomerate in Korea. Now, the son has taken over the leadership and it has become very different. Much more open and focused on return of capital. This used to be and still is mostly about their phones. Mobile devices are just over 50% of revenue, and they make the chips. The way they dealt with their Note7 problems was very impressive. They announced a global recall, no questions asked and gave you a little bit of a bonus back. They have already taken a $5-$6 billion of a write down, and there is probably a little more to come. They’ve also discontinued the line. This company generates cash flow. About 27% of their market cap is cash. Last year they generated roughly 5 trillion Won of cash flow, roughly $28 billion Canadian. They are spending just under 40% of it on a buyback this year. It is probably not going to grow that fast anymore, but now the D-RAM is growing very quickly because their competitors love their components. Very inexpensive. Pays a relatively attractive dividend for an Asian stock.