Samsung Electronics Posts Record Q2 Profit, Exceeding Apple And Nvidia

Samsung Electronics recorded its highest-ever performance, achieving an operating profit approaching 90 trillion won (approximately $58.82 billion) in the second quarter of this year. A quarterly operating profit exceeding 85 trillion won is a historic record that even Apple and Nvidia, which are considered global giant technology companies (big tech), have failed to achieve. Even this extraordinary figure is lower than initially expected. Assessments indicate that if not for the financial resources deducted as performance bonus provisions, a quarterly operating profit of 100 trillion won, which is referred to as a ‘dream performance,’ was entirely possible.

Samsung Electronics publicly announced its second-quarter provisional results of 171 trillion won in sales and 89.4 trillion won (about $59.6 billion) in operating profit on July 7. Compared to the same period last year, sales increased by 129.31%, and operating profit increased by 1810.26%. For three consecutive quarters starting from the fourth quarter of last year, the company has achieved maximum performance in both sales and operating profit.

Above all, what the market and the industry are paying attention to is the operating profit reaching 90 trillion won. In just one quarter, the company earned an amount equivalent to twice the entire operating profit of last year, which was 43.6011 trillion won. This also far exceeds the combined operating profit of the past three years, which is 82.87 trillion won, including 6.57 trillion won in 2023, 32.7 trillion won in 2024 and 43.6 trillion won in 2025. Even global big tech companies Nvidia and Apple have their maximum quarterly operating profit records stopping at $53.5 billion and $50.9 billion, respectively. No private enterprise has ever reached such a record. Only the Saudi state-owned oil company ‘Aramco’ has recorded an operating profit of $86.5 billion in the second quarter of 2022.

This performance by Samsung Electronics is a result that reflects performance bonus provisions estimated at a scale of 17 trillion won. Considering the approximately 6 trillion won in performance bonuses for the first quarter, which was under negotiation, and the 11 trillion won in performance bonuses for the second quarter, Samsung Electronics’ operating profit for the second quarter of this year before excluding performance bonuses is estimated at approximately 106.5 trillion won. Judging solely by pure performance, it has essentially achieved a record-breaking result of surpassing 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit for the first time.