South Korean billionaires become the biggest buyers of Samsung Electronics stock

Samsung Electronics stock has become a hot commodity over the past few months. Investors are increasingly bullish on the company's prospects as it sees high demand for memory products as well as major new orders for its foundry.

No wonder, then, that investors have been buying the company's stock hand over fist. As it turns out, Samsung Electronics stock was the hot favorite of South Korean billionaires in 2026.

This is based on data from KB Securities which shows that Samsung Electronics was the most bought stock in the Korean stock market by high net-worth investors with assets topping 1 billion Korean won. That may seem like a lot of money, but a billion Korean won is roughly $700,000.

The firm found that as of last week, Samsung Electronics accounted for 29% of the total net purchase of domestic stocks by people in this category. It was followed in second place by SK Hynix, another darling of the memory supercycle, capturing 18% of domestic stock purchases.

Analysts view this as a vote of confidence from investors in the ability of both companies to fully capitalize on the opportunities that the memory supercycle presents them. Samsung happens to be one of the very few companies that has already begun shipping HBM4 memory chips to clients.

This stellar performance has also led many investors in the United States to look into how they can buy Samsung stock in the US. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as they may think it would be.