Samsung Loses $285 Billion in Value – Here’s Why

In early 2021, Samsung was valued at over $553 billion, and in just a few years it has shed that value to just $283 billion. Here's why.

Brought to you by the Behind Asian Team.

[BehindAsia]

Do you think Samsung can recover its market value loss?

[Xentradi]

No company can't stay on top forever. Things tend to fester and rot when you get too comfortable at the top. Samsung will face crisis, again and again. Only question is if it will stand up again. If not, others will. And so goes on and on and on.

[regalblack]

If Samsung was a US country It Would Be Worth $2 Trillion. I don't know how but somehow us companies get some kind of advantage over others

[amitpothare]

Never compare other countries stock with USA..
USA stock price is highly inflated considering there stales ...
In true comparison...I think Samsung is way more valued than Amazon, Tesla or NVIDIA...

[truckwaywheeler]

Sanyo, Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba rule the world but now disappear.

[gpkh-xgqc]

Samsung should reduce costs of products. There is lots of competition in market.

[nelswolf]

Honestly low profitability is not that big of a deal. The real problem would be if they couldn't afford their R&D spend anymore

[DK-ueks]

For the South Korean economy to not implode they need to diversify and split the chaebols into smaller companies. One company should not dictate a countries economy.

[Sabundy]

Samsung definitely has problems. Based on stories in the South Korean media Samsung is not spending on long term RnD. And based on Samsung employees that were interviewed morale is low and there is general disdain between the management and the engineers.

There are reported general complaints that Samsung management is focused on short term goals over long term strategy such as RnD and innovation (which take a long time to pull off). As well as complaints about better pay based on age and position as opposed to results.

Clearly there are big problems at Samsung. And it is evidenced by the lack of profit, declining share price, and losing market share to Chinese brands in various product categories. And there are recent media reports that Samsung has started studying Japanese companies (such as Sony) to see how they pivoted and got into new businesses as the Chinese brands are doing to SAMSUNG what Samsung itself did to the Japanese brands 15 years ago.

[oceanwave]

China is willing to buy SK chip but SK must promise (as treaty) that they will not follow the US sanctions on China's advance in semiconductor. But because SK hasn't given China such trust, China has to manage itself. And thanks to its market, Chinese companies can produce whatever chip it needs in the long run. Apart from chip, SK is losing in multiple frontiers such as 5G, EV, ship building (you heard it right), space exploration, AI... You know who is attempting to weaken both China and SK, to bring back manufacturing to their own country.

[martinriding]

Samsung products are too expensive now

[onlineshoppingjakarta]

Samsung phone is expensive. Xiaomi is cheaper

[markopodganjek]

SK has same problem as Germany and other consumer production countries to follow US sanction policy. They should be for their interest to be biggest fighter for free trade, but instead of this they cooperate in every sanction adventure.

[MuhammadAhmad-dbsf]

Nah I believe that S.korea campany Samsung involved in every industry of south Korea so why if it lose In any Field of tech or electronic semiconductor Microchips or mobile car industry so there are able to regain there loss from other industry profit so that's why its to strong campany and back bone of S.korea economy 🇰🇷📱🏯📉 Viva S.korea

[dentistrajesh]

Samsung not even providing charger with mobile. So I didnt buy their M35, M55 mobile. 😢

[maramhamoud-ir]

انا اختك اليمنيه واعتبرني اختك والله ماتكلمت الا من جوع ومن ضيق الحال انا وكامل اسرتي تشردنا من بيوتنا بَسَبَبَ الَحَرَبَ نَحَنَ فَيَ حَالَهَ لَايَعَلَمَ بَهَا الَا الَلَهَ حَسَبَنَا الَلَهَ وًّنَعَمَ الَوكيَلَ فَيَ مَنَ اوًّصَلَنَا الَى هَاذا الَحَالَ وًّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ مَا كتَبَتَ هَذا الَمَنَاشَدَهَ غَيَرَ مَنَ الَضَيَقَ وّالَفَقَر يَاعَالَمَ حَسَوّا فَيَنَا ارَجَوّكمَ وّالَلَهَ الَعَظَيَمَ رَبَ الَعَرَشَ الَعَظَيَمَ انَه الَاكلَ مَا فَيَ عَنَدَيَ بَالَبَيَتَ وًّالَلَهَ يَا اخَوّانَيَ انَهَ اخَوًّنَيَ بَقَعَدَوًّ بَالَيَوًّمَيَنَ مَافَى اكلَ وًّالَلَهَ وًّضَعَنَا كثَيَرَ صَعَبَ نَحَنَ 4 نَفَرَ دَاخَلَ الَبَيَتَ وًّابَيَ مَتَوًّفَيَ وًّلَا يَوًّجَدَ مَنَ يَعَوًّلَ عَلَيَنَا وًّسَاكنَيَنَ فَيَ بَيَتَ اجَارَ لَانَسَتَطَيَعَ دَفَعَ الَاجَارَ الَلَيَ اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60  الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران  نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا.  بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه  اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو  الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز  والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله  تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967715721307 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار  شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع  وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خير…

[alma]

Regardless, it's still gain as a whole by South Korea.

[NoFrillz-G]

Their appliances are not good. Their TVs are not better than a cheap TCL.

[tomwaller]

There new flat screen tvs are rubbish. That did not help.

[erictayet]

Samsung is not innovating enough these days. Smartphone is stagnant, advanced nodes are stuck, not much improvement in the QD OLED gen-to-gen. QC is also slipping.

I can't wait to move off to other foldable phones with much better camera and I bought last gen QDOLED TV instead of current-gen due to the small improvement in brightness.

They have to do better.