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KIM NA YOON
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Samsung Electronics Posts 333.6 Trillion Won in Annual Revenue as Memory Lifts Results Samsung Electronics said in a regulatory filing Thursday that its fourth-quarter consolidated revenue rose to 93.8374 trillion won and operating profit totaled 20.0737 trillion won. Operating profit surged 209.17% from a year earlier. For the year, revenue came to 333.6059 trillion won and operating profit reached 43.6011 trillion won. Samsung said results were driven by its Device Solutions (DS) division, citing expanded sales of high-margin products such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and rising memory prices. The company said it posted record quarterly revenue and operating profit. It also pointed to stronger sales of higher-value products, including server DDR5 and enterprise SSDs, alongside higher memory prices. In foundry, Samsung said it began ramping mass production of a first-generation 2-nanometer product and saw revenue rise on strong demand from customers in the United States and China, but profitability gains were limited due to provisions-related costs. The Device Experience (DX) division, which leads the mobile business, posted an 8% revenue decline from the third quarter as the boost from new smartphone launches faded. DS revenue, however, rose 33% from the prior quarter, helping lift overall results, the company said. Samsung said it spent 10.9 trillion won on research and development in the fourth quarter and a record 37.7 trillion won for all of 2025, continuing investment to secure future technologies.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-29 08:00:00 -
Samsung Electronics Reports 333.6059 Trillion Won in 2025 Revenue, Up 23.82% * This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-29 07:45:00 -
Samsung Electronics Reports 43.6 Trillion Won in 2025 Operating Profit, Up 33% * This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-29 07:42:01
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Samsung Electronics reports 4Q revenue of 93.84 trillion won, up 23.8% * This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-29 07:42:00
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Samsung Electronics Reports 20 Trillion Won in Q4 Operating Profit, Up 209% * This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-29 07:39:16
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Samsung Electro-Mechanics sets 2025 profit-sharing bonus at 5%-6% of salary as Samsung affiliates finalize payouts Samsung Electro-Mechanics has decided to pay an excess profit incentive (OPI) worth 5% to 6% of annual salary based on last year’s results, effectively wrapping up performance-bonus decisions across major Samsung electronics affiliates, including Samsung Electronics. According to the industry on Tuesday, Samsung Electro-Mechanics announced its 2025 OPI payout rates in an internal notice. The Component Business Division, which leads the multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) business, will receive 6%, as will the Optical Solution Business Division. The Package Solution Business Division will receive 5%. The payout is scheduled for Thursday. Earlier Tuesday, Samsung Display also finalized its OPI. It set the rate at 36% — the top end of the 32% to 36% range forecast late last month — and will apply it across all divisions. OPI is paid once a year when a business unit exceeds targets set at the start of the year. It can be worth up to 50% of an employee’s annual salary, within a cap of 20% of excess profit. Along with the target achievement incentive (TAI), it is one of Samsung Electronics’ main bonus programs. Samsung Electronics was the first to set its OPI rates, doing so on Jan. 16. In its Device Solutions (DS) division, which oversees semiconductors, most units — including memory, System LSI and foundry — were set at 47% of annual salary. The company said sales rose sharply across memory products last year, including high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and commodity DRAM, helping results recover from the second half. In the fourth quarter, Samsung Electronics posted quarterly operating profit of 20 trillion won for the first time since its founding. By contrast, OPI for 2024 was set at 14% amid weak semiconductor performance, and it was set at 0% in 2023. The Device Experience (DX) division, which leads the mobile business, was set at 50%, reflecting strong sales of the Galaxy S25 series and the Galaxy Z Fold/Flip7 last year. OPI for the Visual Display (VD) unit, which oversees TVs, and for the Digital Appliances (DA), network and medical device units was set at 12%. Management support, Harman, the mutual growth cooperation center and the global customer service center will receive 39%, while the production technology research institute will receive 36%.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-28 19:06:00 -
Samsung C&T Posts 29.6% Jump in Q4 Operating Profit to 822.2 Billion Won Samsung C&T said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that its fourth-quarter operating profit rose 29.6% from a year earlier to 822.2 billion won on a consolidated basis. Revenue increased 8.4% to 10.8324 trillion won. Net profit surged 137.6% to 1.5582 trillion won. For the full year, revenue totaled 40.7422 trillion won and operating profit was 3.2927 trillion won. Compared with the previous year, revenue fell 3.2% while operating profit rose 10.4%. Samsung C&T said it maintained solid results despite growing global uncertainty and shifts in the business environment, citing a diversified portfolio and competitiveness across its divisions. By business segment, the construction unit posted weaker results as large projects, including high-tech work, moved into completion stages. The trading unit lifted revenue by expanding sales despite the spread of protectionism, but operating profit edged down. The fashion unit saw a slight rise in revenue, but operating profit declined due to higher costs including marketing. The resort unit reported higher revenue on expanded food service and food-and-beverage distribution.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-01-28 16:13:11 -
Samsung's Lee to host gala in Washington with Lutnick invited amid renewed tariff threat SEOUL, January 27 (AJP) -Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong is due in Washington, D.C., this week amid renewed tariff threat from President Donald Trump, raising attention on whether tycoon can serve as an informal business-diplomatic channel. Lee’s visit comes after Seoul emerged as the latest target of Trump’s tariff offensive, with the U.S. president warning overnight on social media of sweeping tariff hikes to 25 percent on South Korean exports, citing delays in Korea’s National Assembly approving a bilateral trade agreement reached last year. Lee is scheduled to host a gala on Jan. 28 (local time) tied to a special exhibition of his late father and group chairman Lee Kun-hee’s art collection at Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington D.C. before this week's closing. Among the VIPs are U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as well as other key figures from Congress, White House and business circle. The entire Lee family will be there, mother Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art; sisters Lee Boo-jin, president of Hotel Shilla; and Lee Seo-hyun, president of Samsung C&T. The gathering comes at a sensitive time. Lutnick oversees the Trump administration’s tariff policy. Attendance could be affected by weather conditions. Heavy snowfall in the U.S. East forced the Smithsonian Institution to temporarily close all museum facilities on Jan. 25 and 26. The gala marks the successful launch of what organizers describe as the largest exhibition of Korean antiquities in North America in more than 40 years, highlighting the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee’s cultural vision. “Korea’s Treasures: Collecting, Cherishing, Sharing,” the first overseas touring exhibition of donated works, opened on Dec. 15 for run through Feb. 1. The exhibition is drawn from more than 23,000 works donated to the government in 2021 by the family of the late Kun-hee Lee, the longtime chairman of Samsung. Lee was best known as the business leader who transformed Samsung Electronics into one of the world’s leading electronics companies, but at home in Korea he was also known as a devoted art collector. 2026-01-27 12:52:24 -
Korean metals company LS MnM posts record revenue in 2025 SEOUL, January 22 (AJP) - South Korean metals company LS MnM posted record results last year, with revenue approaching 15 trillion won, supported by higher metal prices and the dollar's strength. In a regulatory filing released via parent company LS Corp., Thursday, LS MnM reported revenue of 14.94 trillion won in 2025, up 23.3 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 39.9 percent to 106.7 billion won. The company said profitability improved even as fees for refining copper cathodes declined sharply from the previous year, citing a significant rise in metal prices and favorable currency movements. It also pointed to the registration of its flagship copper cathode product on the New York Mercantile Exchange, which marked its entry into the U.S. market. Operating profit, however, fell 29.2 percent from a year earlier to 224.8 billion won. LS MnM attributed the decline to more stable exchange-rate conditions during the year. In 2024, a widening gap between exchange rates applied to raw material purchases and finished product sales had boosted operating profit, the company said. The company said it is operating business systems designed to reduce earnings volatility stemming from fluctuations in exchange rates and metal prices, adding that profit before corporate income tax provides a more appropriate measure of its underlying performance than operating profit. * This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP. 2026-01-22 10:00:51 -
Nomura flags heavy US investment burden for Samsung Electronics, SK hynix SEOUL, January 21 (AJP) - Samsung Electronics and SK hynix may need to invest between 100 trillion won and 120 trillion won ($74–89 billion) in the United States from 2027 to 2030 to secure tariff exemptions, according to a new analysis by Nomura Securities. That would translate into annual investment of about 25 trillion won to 30 trillion won, or roughly a quarter of the two companies’ combined annual memory chip capital expenditure, estimated at 120 trillion won to 140 trillion won, the report said. Nomura said tariff-exemption terms agreed between the United States and Taiwan are likely to be applied similarly to South Korea, making expanded U.S. investment by Korean memory chipmakers difficult to avoid. Under arrangements reached during the Trump administration, Taiwanese companies building new semiconductor production facilities in the United States can receive tariff exemptions covering imports of up to 2.5 times their production capacity while construction is under way. After a facility is completed, imports of up to 1.5 times the new capacity can be exempted from tariffs. Nomura noted that Samsung has already committed about $37 billion (54.4 trillion won) to U.S. foundry investments, while SK hynix has invested roughly $3.9 billion (5.7 trillion won) in U.S. packaging facilities. However, the brokerage said those investments are unlikely to be sufficient to fully secure tariff exemptions. The report said the companies may need to expand memory production capacity in the United States, potentially at the expense of planned investment in South Korea. Nomura estimated that, due to higher labor and operating costs, production costs at U.S.-based memory plants would be at least 40 percent higher than in South Korea. “The ultimate impact on profitability depends on the supply-demand environment,” it said, adding that under similar conditions, higher costs are likely to be passed on to end customers. Assuming operating profit margins for Korea-based production remain as high as 70 percent during a supply shortage, Nomura estimated margins at U.S. facilities could reach up to 58 percent. On a consolidated basis, that would imply overall margins in the mid-to-high 60 percent range. Nomura said uncertainty over tariffs could weigh on share prices in the short term. However, if the memory supercycle continues through at least 2027, the negative impact from additional U.S. investment is likely to be limited in the short to medium term. The long-term impact would also remain contained if chipmakers maintain disciplined capital spending and solid profitability, it added. * This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP. 2026-01-21 15:17:20