Samsung Electronics Expects Record Fourth-Quarter Profit Beat
By Kwanwoo Jun
Samsung Electronics expects record above-consensus earnings for its latest quarter, boosted by its flagship semiconductor segment.
The South Korean technology giant said in preliminary results Thursday that its operating profit likely reached 20.000 trillion won, equivalent to $13.81 billion, for the final quarter of 2025.
That, more than triple the year-earlier figure, beat a FactSet-compiled consensus estimate of 17.679 trillion won and topped the company's previous record of 17.570 trillion won set in the third quarter of 2018.
Quarterly revenue is forecast to have risen 23% to 93.000 trillion won, Samsung said.
For 2025, revenue likely rose 11% to 332.770 trillion won, with operating profit projected to have jumped 33% to 43.530 trillion won, according to the company.
Samsung gave no further earnings details. It is scheduled to release full quarterly results, including an earnings breakdown for each of its business segments, later this month.
The stock has shot up about 18% in early 2026 after more than doubling last year, buoyed by expectations that the company will continue to benefit from higher memory-chip prices.
Write to Kwanwoo Jun at kwanwoo.jun@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 07, 2026 18:11 ET (23:11 GMT)
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