Samsung execs must have poured champagne just after hitting “publish” on the Q4 and 2025 financial report. The company posted an all-time high operating profit of KRW 20.1 trillion and the highest-ever quarterly revenue of KRW 93.8 trillion.
For the full year 2025, Samsung reports KRW 333.6 trillion in revenue and KRW 43.6 trillion in operating profits. We have to start with the Device Solutions Division (DS).
DS posted a 33% quarter-on-quarter increase in sales driven by the Memory Business, which hit an all-time high for quarterly revenue and profits. In concrete numbers, it had a quarterly revenue of KRW 44.0 trillion and an operating profit of KRW 16.4 trillion.
This was driven by high demand for conventional DRAM and growing HBM sales. The division reports increased profitability of products like server DDR5 RAM and enterprise SSDs.
Looking forward to Q1 2026, the division will continue to ride the AI boom – it expects to start selling HBM4 products (which target speeds of 11.7Gbps), while continuing to deliver DDR5, SOCAMM2 and GDDR7, all of which have their place in AI servers. Additionally, it expects higher sales of NAND storage.
The Mobile Experience (MX) division and Networks Business report KRW 29.3 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 1.9 trillion in operating profit for Q4.
The MX business managed “double-digit annual profit” last year thanks to flagship sales, as well as stable demand for tablets and wearables. However, smartphone sales declined in Q4.
That’s to be expected, given Samsung’s launch schedule. In Q1 2026, the company will launch the Galaxy S26 series. The company is pinning its hopes for 2026 on AI-driven product sales as well as on getting an edge with its innovative slim and light form factors (presumably, this refers to foldables, but the press release didn’t specify).
Profits over at the System LSI Business declined in Q4 2025 and Samsung blames weak seasonal demand. It’s not all bad news, however, as new 200MP and 50MP camera sensors pushed revenue up. Samsung expects that profits will bounce back up in Q1 2026 thanks to increased demand for its 200MP sensors.
LSI also makes chipsets and that side of the business saw growing sales and stabilizing yields.
Samsung’s foundry business enjoyed strong demand in the final quarter of 2025. It started mass production of first-generation 2nm products and plans to get into second-generation 2nm chips this year. It will also offer performance and power-optimized 4nm nodes.
SDC, which manufactures displays, saw solid results from its small and medium display products. That includes increased demand for smartphone displays and higher sales in the IT and automotive segments. The large display products also delivered revenue growth.
Samsung expects soft demand for smartphone displays in Q1 2026, so it will focus on development and supply of displays for flagship models. SDC reported KRW 9.5 trillion in revenue and KRW 2.0 trillion in operating profits for Q4.
The related Visual Display (VD) and Digital Appliances (DA) Businesses reported KRW 14.8 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 0.6 trillion in operating profit. The VD business enjoyed solid sales of its Neo QLED and OLED TVs and monitors.
This year, the VD division is expecting big business as consumers buy new TVs in preparation for major sporting events like the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.
There’s more, but let’s wrap up with Harman, which reports KRW 4.6 trillion in revenue for Q4 and KRW 0.3 trillion in operating profit. Harman does many things – it sold automotive products to European OEMs, which drove revenue up, and its TWS buds did well during the peak season demand over the holidays. In 2026, it will focus on more sales in the automotive field, especially digital cockpits and audio products. And it is looking forward to growing revenue from its consumer audio business too.
Samsung has a lot of other divisions that we didn’t cover here, e.g. air conditioning. Follow the Source link for more details.
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