Samsung Electronics Co. said it expects to return approximately 90–110 trillion won ($90–110 billion) to shareholders by 2026, completing its three-year shareholder return policy launched in 2024.
The planned payouts represent 50% of the company’s total free cash flow generated between 2024 and 2026, after excluding advance payments from long-term memory contracts and share-based compensation expenses. Samsung has already returned 29.3 trillion won to investors over the past two years, including 20.9 trillion won in cash dividends and 8.4 trillion won via share repurchases and cancellations.
For 2026, Samsung outlined plans to distribute about 30 trillion won in cash dividends during the third quarter, subject to board approval at a meeting scheduled for late October 2026. The company will also finalize the structure of remaining returns—potentially a mix of dividends and buybacks—at a subsequent board meeting in late January 2027.
The total expected amount remains contingent on 2026 business performance, capital expenditures, and macroeconomic conditions, the company said. Free cash flow calculations exclude advance payments received under long-term memory agreements and employee share-based compensation costs.
Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s largest technology company by market value, did not provide a breakdown of how the remaining funds would be split between cash dividends and share repurchases.
