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Samsung Electronics achieved its largest quarterly sales and operating profit ever with sales of 93.8 trillion won and operating profit of 20.1 trillion won in the fourth quarter of last year. It achieved an all-time high in annual sales and ranked fourth in operating profit.
Samsung Electronics announced on the 29th that its operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year recorded KRW 20.737 trillion, up 209.2% from the same period last year. Sales rose 23.8 percent to 93.83 trillion won during the same period.
Samsung Electronics' total sales last year amounted to 333.6059 trillion won and its operating profit to 43.601.1 trillion won. This is an increase of 10.88% and 33.23% year-on-year, respectively.
Samsung Electronics' good performance is due to increased sales of high value-added products such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and rising memory prices in the DS (Device Solutions) sector, which is in charge of semiconductors. Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division recorded 44 trillion won in sales and 16.4 trillion won in operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year. Sales of the DS division increased 33% compared to the previous quarter, leading to improved earnings this quarter.
The DS segment saw its operating profit increase due to increased sales of high value-added products such as Double Data Rate (DDR5) for servers and Solid State Drive (SSD) for enterprises along with rising memory prices. System LSI's performance fell compared to the previous quarter due to seasonal demand changes, but image sensors increased sales due to increased sales of new 200 million pixels and 50 million pixels of big pixels. Foundry's sales increased due to strong demand from the U.S. and China after mass production of new 2-nano first-generation products began in earnest, but profitability improvement was limited due to the impact of provision costs.
The DX (Device eXperience) segment's sales and operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year were 44.3 trillion won and 1.3 trillion won. Mobile eXperience (MX) saw a decline in sales in the fourth quarter, but its annual performance was double-digit profitability due to sales growth of flagship products and stable sales of tablets and wearable products. The network showed improved performance in the previous quarter and year-over-year due to increased sales in North America.
VD (Visual Display) expanded its sales compared to the previous quarter due to solid sales of premium products such as Neo QLED and OLED TVs and responding to demand during the peak season. Household appliances have seen their earnings decline due to the continued seasonal off-season and global tariffs. Harman, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, posted 4.6 trillion won in sales and 300 billion won in operating profit in the fourth quarter of last year. Sales increased by expanding the supply of electronic equipment in the European market and launching new products such as Portable and True Wireless Stereo (TWS) during the peak audio market season.
The display division's sales and operating profit were estimated at 9.5 trillion won and 2 trillion won in the fourth quarter of last year. Small and medium-sized companies achieved solid performance due to increased demand for smartphones from major customers and increased sales of IT and automobile products. Large has expanded its sales in response to market demand at the end of the year.
Samsung Electronics predicted that the semiconductor business will continue to grow in the first quarter of this year, focusing on demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and servers. Accordingly, it plans to continue its stable management stance centered on securing profitability by closely watching uncertainties in the macro environment such as global tariffs.
In the case of the DS sector, memory is expected to be in a solid market across the industry due to strong demand for AI, and plans to actively respond to market demand, focusing on high value-added products. It also plans to lead the market by mass-producing HBM4, including the industry's best 11.7Gbps (Gigabits per second) products.
System LSI plans to focus on improving its performance by stably supplying new SoC (System on Chip) products to drive sales growth and expanding its 200 million pixel image sensor lineup. Foundry is expected to see a decrease in sales due to seasonal off-season effects, but it plans to expand orders to HPC (High Performance Computing) and large mobile-related customers.
MX plans to launch Galaxy S26 in the first quarter of this year to expand sales to flagship products and solidify its leadership in the AI smartphone market based on its AI experience. Although the network is expected to see a decrease in sales due to a decrease in investment in major telecommunication companies, it plans to promote sales growth by expanding new orders. VD plans to focus on improving sales growth and profitability by releasing new products with enhanced image quality and AI functions such as micro RGB TVs. Household appliances will expand sales to premium products with enhanced AI experience and push for improved performance by recovering seasonal demand for air conditioner products.
Harman expects to expand sales of electronic products such as digital cockpit and ka audio, while sales of audio products will continue to grow. Display plans to expand sales by developing and supplying displays installed in new flagship smartphone products of major customers. Large is planning to expand sales with the launch of new QD-OLED products
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics announced that it invested 10.9 trillion won in research and development in the fourth quarter of last year and 37.7 trillion won, the largest ever in 2025.
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