Samsung records quarterly revenue of over 2 trillion yen due to rising memory prices
South Korean IT giant Samsung Electronics has announced its financial outlook for the fourth quarter of 2025 (October to December). The company forecasts operating profit of approximately 20 trillion won (approximately 2.16 trillion yen), surpassing its previous record set in 2018.
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Samsung Electronics' fourth-quarter 2025 earnings forecast calls for sales of approximately 93 trillion won (approximately 10 trillion yen) and operating profit of approximately 20 trillion won.
This represents a three-fold increase from the same period last year, when sales reached 6.49 trillion won (US$6.6 billion). It also surpassed the 17.6 trillion won (US$1.9 trillion) recorded in the third quarter of 2018, marking a record high for Samsung Electronics.
This figure is due to chip prices rising to a level higher than expected, and only a few analysts actually predicted that they would rise to this level.
DRAM, where Samsung boasts high production capacity, is expected to see prices rise another 55% to 60% in the next quarter.
On the other hand, there are concerns that the price hikes caused by such a severe memory shortage could reduce demand for PCs and smartphones, putting pressure on profit margins.
Incidentally, SK Hynix and Micron, the world's largest memory manufacturers alongside Samsung, are also doing well.
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Micron has decided to end consumer memory sales due to its focus on the data center sector, and its revenue for the first quarter of 2026 is expected to increase 56% year-on-year to $13.643 billion (approximately 2.1 trillion yen).
Micron, which has ended its general-purpose memory business, saw its profits increase 2.8 times in the data center sector - GIGAZINE
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