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Samsung Electronics Estimates Nearly Three-Fold Profit Surge as Memory Prices Skyrocket
Surging AI-driven memory chip prices boosted Samsung's Device Solutions division to nearly 80% of operating profit, with estimates at 20 trillion won for Q4, a record high.
- On January 08, 2026, Samsung Electronics forecast an operating profit of 20 trillion won and sales of 93 trillion won for the fourth quarter of 2025, setting new records.
- Surging AI demand drove memory prices higher, with DRAM and NAND prices jumping about 40% quarter-on-quarter, as Counterpoint Research said, 'The memory market has entered a 'Hyper-Bull' phase, with current conditions eclipsing the historic 2018 peak.'
- Analysts added that the Device Solutions division posted about 17.2 trillion won, nearly 80,000,000,000,000 of overall profit, while the Mobile Experience division earned about 1.9 trillion won, and the TV and home appliance division logged a roughly 100 billion won loss.
- Qualcomm has begun talks to use Samsung's 2-nanometer foundry process, following a $16.5 billion Tesla order and increasing focus on HBM production capacity expansion.
- Some analysts say the quarterly surge could push Samsung's full-year 2025 operating profit toward or above 100 trillion won, while market watchers forecast memory-price gains into early 2026 and Samsung shares have gained over 145%.
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Samsung Electronics has projected exceptionally strong profit growth for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, sending a clear signal to the markets. According to the current forecast, the company expects an operating profit of around 20 trillion won, which is equivalent to approximately 11.8 billion euros. Compared to the same period last year, this would represent a significant increase. […] Source
South Korean giant Samsung Electronics indicated on Thursday that it expects its operating profit to reach a record level of 20 trillion won (11 billion francs) in the fourth quarter of 2025.
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