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Samsung Electronics Co (LSE:SMSD) 5-Year Sortino Ratio : N/A (As of Jul. 15, 2025)


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What is Samsung Electronics Co 5-Year Sortino Ratio?

The 5-Year Sortino Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of the downside risk over the past five years. As of today (2025-07-15), Samsung Electronics Co's 5-Year Sortino Ratio is Not available.


Competitive Comparison of Samsung Electronics Co's 5-Year Sortino Ratio

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Samsung Electronics Co's 5-Year Sortino Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Sortino Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Samsung Electronics Co's 5-Year Sortino Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Samsung Electronics Co's 5-Year Sortino Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Samsung Electronics Co 5-Year Sortino Ratio Calculation

The 5-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio in the last five year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 5-Year Sortino Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the five-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the downside risks over the past five year.

A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.


Samsung Electronics Co  (LSE:SMSD) 5-Year Sortino Ratio Explanation

The 5-Year Sortino Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past five year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average five-year monthly excess returns divided by the standard deviation of negative returns in the five-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.


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Samsung Electronics Co Business Description

Address
129, Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon-si, KOR, 443-742
Samsung Electronics is a diversified electronics conglomerate that manufactures and sells a wide range of products, including smartphones, semiconductor chips, printers, home appliances, medical equipment, and telecom network equipment. More than half of its profit is generated from semiconductor business, and a further 20-25% is generated from its mobile handset business, although these percentages vary with the fortunes of each of these businesses. It is the largest smartphone and television manufacturer in the world, which helps provide a base demand for its component businesses, such as memory chips and displays, and is also the largest manufacturer of these globally.

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