US EditionSamsung 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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