Kim BoltonSamsung Electronics005930.KSTOP PICKNov 29, 2023

Reported last night. But his choice would be TSLA.

Note:  The ADR in the States is rather illiquid, better to go through the London exchange.

Sold in July, after doing quite well and reaching his price target. Lots of legacy businesses. 

They just reported a monster return. It's an AI play in that they produce phones and other electronics that need AI. They lag TSCM, though. Shares are on sale now and worth a look. Will benefit from the general uplift in semis sales.

Semi-conductor market feeling lots of pain - resulting share price a good opportunity for investors.
Large diversified business with excellent product range.
Good long term prospects as demand for product not going away.
Very strong brand name.

Intel has been a mixed story. Lost its sheen. They've massively underperformed. Business is solid, but it may be dead money. He'd pass. Instead, look at Samsung, which has a ton of semiconductor exposure, a good suite of products, and an accessible valuation.

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.

(A Top Pick May 31/17. Up 3.92%.) She still likes this. It hasn’t done much in the last quarter even though their earnings season was very, very strong.

The largest smart phone manufacturer in Asia in terms of volume. More importantly, they now have the other side of the business, OLED screens, D RAM etc. Very inexpensive. Dividend yield of 1.7%. (Analysts’ price target is KRW3,000,000.)

They’ve had a number of negative things, such as exploding phones and a corruption probe. When looking at the financials, you see a big line item that comes from semiconductors, which is one of their big drivers. Ultimately though, that is a supplier to the phones, smart devices and a lot of other related paraphernalia. If there is a slowdown in the phone segment, then you definitely get a slowdown in semiconductors and their ability to use the semiconductor division to derive additional revenues through third-party relationships. It has been a fabulous stock, but at this point it is too rich.

They dealt with their exploding battery situation very well. Did a very big recall and a big write down, because they recognized that the risk to their reputation was too high. She likes this as it is no longer a cyclical business. A few years ago, this was basically smart phones or D-RAM memory. Today they are much more diversified. Also, corporate governance has improved. Dividend yield of 1.6%. (Analysts’ price target is 2,800,000 KRW.)

It is a great company with good exposure to the semi conductor business. If you are optimistic in both telecom and semiconductor industries, this one could do well for you. If it sold off he would get more interested.