Samsung issues record-breaking Q1 earnings guidance | Infinium-tech
Samsung is expected to earn more than $38 billion (KRW 57.2 trillion) in operating profit in the first quarter of 2026, driven by its semiconductor division. This figure represents an all-time high quarterly earnings and a 753% increase compared to Q1, 2025 earnings. Q1 earnings will even outpace Samsung’s entire 2025 annual profit, which is a remarkable feat.
| Consolidated figures based on K-IFRS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (in trillion won) | 2026 Q1 (Guidance) | 2025 Q4 | 2025 Q1 |
| sales | 133 | 93.84 | 79.14 |
| operating profit | 57.2 | 20.07 | 6.69 |
Here’s an interesting graphic from reuters newsWhich visualizes Samsung’s Q1 profits and how they stack up against previous quarters.
Samsung Q1 2026 profits versus annual profits for 2016-2025 (Source: Reuters)
As you might have guessed, the record earnings have been boosted by Samsung’s semiconductor division, which dominates the memory business with customers like Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and OpenAI queuing up for Samsung HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) chips for their AI data centers.
In addition, the demand for DRAM memory and NAND flash storage chips is also not slowing down, which puts Samsung in a very favorable and attractive position. According to analysts, Samsung could top $220 billion in operating profit in 2026 and reach an even more impressive $330 billion in 2027.
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