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   By In-Soo Nam 
 

SEOUL--Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday said it is considering raising its annual dividend payout for this year by 30% to 50% compared with the year earlier.

A final decision will be made at the company's board meeting in January and annual general meeting in March, the world's largest semiconductor and smartphone company by revenue said in a regulatory filing.

Early this year, Samsung said it would significantly increase dividend payouts this year, but in July it kept its interim dividend unchanged from 2013.

Samsung's dividend yield, which measures a company's annual dividend in relation to its share price, is around 1.2%--about half that of peers such as Intel Corp. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Write to In-Soo Nam at in-soo.nam@wsj.com

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