AI boom: Samsung posts record profits – and disappoints the markets
Compared to the same period last year, this corresponds to an increase in operating profit of more than 1,800 percent.
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Compared to the same period last year, this corresponds to an increase in operating profit of more than 1,800 percent. At times, the price was even around 10 percent in the minus. For comparison, operating profit for the entire year 2025 was 43.6 trillion won, less than half of the currently forecast quarterly figures.
Furthermore, The Group will only publish more precise figures at a later date, probably at the end of the month. For example, the unemployment rate in the particularly affected age group under 30 years has recently risen significantly. The focus is on a semiconductor ecosystem in the southwest of the country, which costs around 450 billion euros and is being built by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
In addition, Accordingly, many investors have now sold their shares in order to hedge already achieved profits. Added to this is the assumption shared by many industry observers that the AI investments that drive the semiconductor industry will not continue forever at such a rapid pace.
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Compared to the same period last year, this corresponds to an increase in operating profit of more than 1,800 percent.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAt times, the price was even around 10 percent in the minus.
reliability low1/3 sourcesFor comparison, operating profit for the entire year 2025 was 43.6 trillion won, less than half of the currently forecast quarterly figures.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe Group will only publish more precise figures at a later date, probably at the end of the month.
reliability low1/3 sourcesFor example, the unemployment rate in the particularly affected age group under 30 years has recently risen significantly.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe focus is on a semiconductor ecosystem in the southwest of the country, which costs around 450 billion euros and is being built by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAccordingly, many investors have now sold their shares in order to hedge already achieved profits.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAdded to this is the assumption shared by many industry observers that the AI investments that drive the semiconductor industry will not continue forever at such a rapid pace.
reliability low1/3 sources
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