--- title: "New high! Samsung's preliminary profit in Q2 surged 19 times, surpassing NVIDIA to become the world's most profitable company" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/291859926.md" description: "Samsung Electronics announced preliminary Q2 results, with operating profit reaching 89.4 trillion Korean won, a staggering 19-fold increase year-on-year, surpassing NVIDIA to become the world's most profitable company. Revenue also significantly exceeded expectations. Driven by AI demand, memory prices have soared, and supply shortages are expected to continue until 2027. Despite the strong performance, Samsung's stock price opened down 6.5%, as one-time employee bonus provisions had already been deducted" datetime: "2026-07-07T01:22:01.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/291859926.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/291859926.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/291859926.md) --- # New high! Samsung's preliminary profit in Q2 surged 19 times, surpassing NVIDIA to become the world's most profitable company Samsung Electronics announced its preliminary earnings for the second quarter today (7th), with an operating profit of 89.4 trillion Korean won (approximately 58.4 billion USD), setting a new record for a single quarter, growing 56% from the previous quarter's 57.2 trillion Korean won, and surging 19 times compared to 4.7 trillion Korean won in the same period last year, exceeding market expectations. According to various media reports, Samsung's operating profit of 89.4 trillion Korean won far exceeds the total profit for the entire year of 2025 and is also higher than the average market analyst expectation of 84.2 trillion Korean won; during the same period, revenue doubled to 171 trillion Korean won, also outperforming the previous quarter's 133.9 trillion Korean won and the market expectation of 169.2 trillion Korean won. Notably, Samsung's quarterly operating profit has surpassed NVIDIA's last quarter profit of 53.536 billion USD, making it the company with the highest operating profit in a single quarter globally. After ranking among the top three globally in the first quarter, Samsung has now climbed to the top position. Samsung is expected to release its complete financial report at the end of this month, including net profit and detailed performance data for each business segment. However, Samsung's stock fell 6.5% at the opening today. Analysts pointed out that this performance has already accounted for one-time employee bonus provisions and related expenses due to recent labor negotiations. Sanjeev Rana, head of CLSA's Korea research, stated that demand is extremely strong, and Samsung is working hard to ship more products to server customers, which typically have higher profit margins. Samsung may also seek significant price increases from major clients like NVIDIA. HSBC noted that the average selling price of DRAM in the second quarter rose by over 40% compared to the previous quarter, while NAND Flash prices surged by more than 50%. To meet the demand from AI data centers, memory manufacturers are prioritizing the production of high-end products, which has also led to a simultaneous tightening of traditional memory supply. Analysts expect this supply shortage to last at least until 2027, giving Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron strong pricing power. As demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) from AI accelerators continues to explode, global memory manufacturers are experiencing unprecedented demand growth. However, the shift in production capacity towards HBM has further caused a historic shortage in traditional memory supply, driving up memory prices and significantly boosting overall profits. - Samsung Electronics Announces Earnings Guidance for Second Quarter 2026 - Samsung’s Soaring Profit Fails to Lift Shares After AI Rally - Samsung Electronics sees record preliminary 2Q profit but shares fall （Image source: Samsung） ### Further Reading: - Year-on-year growth of 103.72%! Creative's June revenue reaches 4.929 billion, optimistic about ASIC's future market - Upgrading independently without relying on EUV! 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