After Samsung Electronics and Tesla... This Is the Most Gifted Stock for Christmas

Samsung Electronics Tops Domestic Stock Gifts
"Semiconductor Hopes" Drive Popularity
Tesla Dominates Overseas Stock Gifts
AI Boom Fuels Global Demand

As the culture of gifting stocks around Christmas continues to spread, it has been found that the stock most frequently gifted by individual investors this year was Samsung Electronics.

On December 25, KB Securities announced that, according to an analysis of transactions made through its "Stock Gifting Service" from the beginning of this year until December 22, Samsung Electronics topped the list.

Samsung Electronics accounted for 9% of all domestic stock gifts by number of transactions, ranking first. When including Samsung Electronics preferred shares, the proportion of Samsung Electronics-related gifts exceeded 10% of the total.

Among the top domestic stocks gifted, LG CNS ranked second with 4.0%. This was followed by Samsung Electronics preferred shares (2.4%), Myungin Pharmaceutical (2.3%), Doosan Enerbility (1.6%), Kakao (1.4%), and Daehan Shipbuilding (1.3%).

According to the securities industry, Samsung Electronics is less burdensome to gift due to its relatively lower price per share compared to other major semiconductor stocks. In addition, the strong performance of US technology stocks has boosted expectations for further gains across the semiconductor sector, which has influenced investors' choices.

Kim Dongwon, Head of Research at KB Securities, stated, "Samsung Electronics is currently trading at a price-to-book ratio (PBR) of 1.5 times, which is a 44% discount compared to the average of its competitors, making it the most undervalued among global DRAM manufacturers. There is significant potential for its share price to rise in the future."

In the overseas stock gifting segment, US technology stocks performed strongly amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Tesla was the most frequently gifted overseas stock by individual investors, accounting for 10% of all overseas stock gifting transactions. Nvidia followed with approximately 9%, while Palantir (5.0%), Alphabet A (3.8%), Apple (3.5%), and IonQ (2.8%) also ranked among the top.

In addition, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on Tesla's share price, such as "Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL)" and "YieldMax TSLA Option Income Strategy (TSLY)," were also included among the top 10 overseas stocks gifted.

Meanwhile, on December 23, the Federation of Korean Industries announced that it had proposed to the Office for Government Policy Coordination the introduction of a "stock gifticon service" to broaden the domestic stock market and foster a culture of corporate appreciation among the public. A stock gifticon is a financial investment service concept in which a specific listed stock is issued in the form of a mobile gifticon and digitally gifted to others.