Samsung achieves record profit in Q2 2026 thanks to AI boom

As Much as Never Before! AI Boom Brings Record Profit to Samsung's Coffers

2026-07-08 Source: dpa | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

Samsung continues to set a record pace amid the ongoing AI boom. In the second quarter, the South Korean electronics giant earned slightly more operationally than ever before ...

Samsung has been experiencing true highs in terms of revenue and profit for years. The thermals are driven by the AI boom. Now, the South Koreans are once again reporting a record...(Image: Samsung) — Samsung has been experiencing true highs in terms of revenue and profit for years. The thermals are driven by the AI boom. Now, the South Koreans are once again reporting a record...
(Image: Samsung)

Around 51 billion euros (89 trillion won / approx. $64 billion)—the highest amount ever, as Samsung emphasizes—was generated in the second quarter of 2026. The South Korean company recently announced this based on preliminary figures. Compared to the second quarter of the previous year, operating profit has increased 19-fold. The profit was also slightly higher than experts expected. Nevertheless, the stock, which has already performed excellently this year, dropped by nine percent. Samsung recorded the highest value in its corporate history for the third consecutive fiscal quarter. For comparison: the operating profit for the entire year 2025 was just under 44 trillion won (around 77 billion euros / approx. $32 billion). According to Samsung, revenue surged to 171 trillion won (around 98 billion euros / approx. $124 billion), more than doubling as a result. Samsung will publish the net profit and details of how the result was achieved at the end of July.

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