Samsung Forecasts Record 20 Trillion Won Q4 Profit

Samsung Electronics forecasted a record quarterly operating profit of 20 trillion won ($13.8 billion) for the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by surging prices for memory chips amid global demand for artificial intelligence applications. The projection, released Thursday in Seoul, represents a 208 percent increase from the same period a year earlier and surpasses the company's previous high of 17.6 trillion won set in the third quarter of 2018. Revenue is expected to reach 93 trillion won, up 23 percent year-over-year, marking the largest quarterly figures for any Korean company.

The estimates exceeded analyst expectations, which had anticipated operating profit around 18 trillion to 19.65 trillion won and revenue of 90.6 trillion to 92.5 trillion won, according to compilations from multiple brokerages and research firms. For the full year, Samsung projected total revenue of 332.7 trillion won, topping its prior record of 302.2 trillion won from 2022.

Analysts attribute the strong performance primarily to the company's device solutions division, which handles semiconductors and is estimated to contribute 16 trillion to 17.2 trillion won in operating profit for the quarter, up...