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Samsung’s Cash and Short-Term Assets Reach 214.8 Trillion Won
Samsung Electronics’ cash and short-term assets reached 214.8 trillion won at the end of the third quarter.
The total includes cash, cash equivalents and short-term financial products.
It rose 24.8 trillion won from the previous quarter and was nearly twice the 108.5 trillion won recorded a year earlier.
A semiconductor boom helped drive the increase at South Korea’s largest company by cash holdings.
The company is expected to use up to 110 trillion won for shareholder returns, according to the headline.
The available information does not say when or how that money would be distributed.
Samsung Electronics’ cash, cash equivalents and short-term financial assets reached 214.8 trillion won at the end of the third quarter.
The total was 24.8 trillion won higher than in the previous quarter.
It was about twice the 108.5 trillion won recorded in the same period a year earlier.
The increase was attributed to a semiconductor boom.
The headline says up to 110 trillion won may be used for shareholder returns.
- Who
- Samsung Electronics.
- What
- Its cash and short-term financial assets reached 214.8 trillion won.
- When
- At the end of the third quarter; the report was published on November 8, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The increase was attributed to a semiconductor boom.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Samsung Electronics’ cash and short-term financial assets totaled 108.5 trillion won.
The total was 190 trillion won.
The total reached 214.8 trillion won.
- Total at end of third quarter
- 214.8 trillion won
- Increase from previous quarter
- 24.8 trillion won
- Total in same period a year earlier
- 108.5 trillion won
- Potential shareholder returns
- Up to 110 trillion won