Samsung plans up to $79 billion shareholder return package
Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are preparing record shareholder returns to stabilize their stock prices following steep declines driven by investor concerns over the sustainability of AI hardware spending. Samsung plans to announce a shareholder return package worth up to 110 trillion won ($79 billion) on August 21, 2026. Meanwhile, SK Hynix has unveiled a 40 trillion won ($29 billion) share buyback program and raised its 2025–2027 shareholder return pledge to over 50% of cumulative free cash flow.
Samsung shareholder return package
▪Samsung Electronics Co. scheduled a board meeting for approximately 4:00 p.m. local time on August 21, 2026, to discuss and shortly after disclose the details of the shareholder return program
▪Samsung Electronics Co. plans to announce a new shareholder return package that could be worth as much as 110 trillion won ($79 billion) on August 21, 2026
SK Hynix share buyback
▪SK Hynix Inc. plans to execute its share buyback of up to 24 million shares between August 20, 2026, and November 19, 2026
▪SK Hynix Inc. plans to buy back and cancel as many as 24 million shares
▪SK Hynix Inc. announced plans to buy back 40 trillion won ($29 billion) of shares and return more profits to investors
Stock price decline
▪SK Hynix Inc. shares fell more than 50% in the two months preceding August 19, 2026
▪SK Hynix Inc.'s U.S. shares rose as much as 7.1% in pre-market trading on August 19, 2026, after the company announced its share buyback plan
▪Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. experienced stock declines driven by investor concerns over the sustainability of artificial intelligence hardware spending
Shareholder return policy changes
▪The revised shareholder return pledge by SK Hynix Inc. from 2025 to 2027 is equivalent to approximately $170 billion, according to Bloomberg calculations
▪SK Hynix Inc. raised its shareholder return pledge to more than 50% of cumulative free cash flow from 2025 to 2027, up from a previous target of up to 50%
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