Samsung Electronics earned nearly as much as Microsoft and Alphabet combined. What the Korean giant is now saying about the memory-chip outlook.

Samsung Electronics earned nearly as much as Microsoft and Alphabet combined. What the Korean giant is now saying about the memory-chip outlook. South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics posted a more than 780% leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by booming demand for AI semiconductors.

Samsung Electronics just posted a quarter that no other tech company has ever seen. Samsung had previously given the outline of its third-quarter results three weeks ago, so there was little surprise in numbers showing an incredible 783% increase in year-on-year operating profit, to 107.4 trillion Korean won ($80.3 billion), on revenue growth of 127% to 195.3 trillion won. Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc.

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