Samsung guides to record Q2 profit, roughly 19x higher, on AI memory demand

Samsung guided Q2 2026 operating profit of about ₩89.4 trillion — a record, roughly 19 times a year earlier — as its chip division rides surging HBM and DRAM demand for AI. The beat over Reuters' ₩87.3 trillion consensus marks the memory cycle becoming Samsung's dominant profit engine, even as shares fell nearly 7% on profit-taking.

Source: news.samsung.com ↗