Overview

• Samsung posted an all-time high quarterly revenue of 79.14 trillion won, with operating profit rising 1.2% to 6.68 trillion won in Q1 2025.
• Net profit surged 21.7% year-on-year to 8.22 trillion won, exceeding market expectations driven by strong smartphone sales.
• The mobile division achieved its highest profit in four years, with 4.3 trillion won in operating profit, fueled by Galaxy S25 sales and pre-tariff stockpiling.
• The semiconductor division's profit dropped 42% to 1.1 trillion won, hindered by US export controls and weak high-bandwidth memory (HBM) sales.
• Samsung plans to ramp up production of its advanced HBM3E chips and launch new Galaxy models to sustain growth amid global trade uncertainties.