Analysis-Samsung, SK Hynix Payouts Test South Korea’s Reform Drive as Investors Seek More

Global Market: Samsung, SK Hynix payouts put South Korea’s corporate reform to the test

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix’s massive shareholder-return plans are putting South Korea’s efforts to narrow the “Korea discount” While investors welcome payouts worth over 130 trillion won, concerns remain over corporate governance, capital allocation and minority shareholder rights, with the KOSPI still trading at a steep valuation discount to regional peers.

Samsung, SK Hynix payouts test South Korea’s reform drive as investors seek more

South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI remains about 26 per cent below the record high reached in June. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Samsung, SK Hynix payouts test South Korea's reform drive as investors seek more

Samsung, SK hynix dividends test South Korea’s corporate reform drive

Eye-popping shareholder-return plans from Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix, have become an early test of South Korea’s corporate reform drive, with investors welcoming the windfall but saying more is needed to narrow the country’s decades-old valuation gap. An AI-driven boom has left South ​Korea’s two largest companies flush with cash, fuelling investor demands for larger […]