Samsung Eyes $80B Quarterly Profit as Memory Buyers Pay the Price
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As Samsung Electronics opens an era of 100 trillion won of quarterly operating profit, the forecast that the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors will continue for the foreseeable future has been confirmed in numbers. However, within Samsung Electronics, the balance between semiconductors and finished products is clearly mixed. The provisional operating profit for the 3rd quarter (July-September) of this year announced by Samsung …
While Samsung Electronics posted a record-high operating profit of 107.4 trillion won in the third quarter of this year driven by the semiconductor boom, the operating loss for the Device Experience (DX) division, responsible for the finished product business, is estimated to have reached around 2 trillion won. This represents the paradox of so-called "chipflation," where rising memory semiconductor prices boost profits for the Device Solution (…
The South Korean giant expects an operating profit almost nine times higher than last year: the lack of memories supports revenues, but increases costs for smartphones and electronics.
Samsung estimates revenues of $144.9 billion and a record operating profit, driven by demand for AI chips. The phone division would, however, record losses due to higher memory costs.
Samsung announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2026 (Q3 2026), with operating profit of approximately 107.4 trillion won (approximately $80 billion). Total revenue reached 195 trillion won, or approximately $145.3 billion. Despite the group’s extremely high profitability, the picture is completely different when we focus on the […]
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