On July 7, the much-anticipated earnings guidance from Samsung Electronics was released. The company expects quarterly operating profit to reach 89.4 trillion won, about $894k, and 3.987 trillion yuan, and it has also surpassed Nvidia in one fell swoop, setting a new record for a human company’s history. The expected revenue is about 171 trillion won, about $58.4B, and 7.62 trillion yuan.

How outrageous is Samsung Electronics’ performance? By the end of 2025, South Korea’s population is 51.68 million, and Samsung’s second-quarter profit could be distributed to each South Korean person at roughly 7,700 yuan.
At present, on the list of top technology company profits by quarter, Samsung Electronics ranks first, with Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, and Apple taking positions 2-5.
Compared with China’s tech giants, Samsung Electronics’ quarterly profit is roughly equal to 7 Tencent companies, 84 Xiaomi companies, and 115 Baidu companies (since the Q2 reports have not yet been released, all are calculated using Q1 reports).
Among A-share listed companies with the highest net profit in the first quarter, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (CN¥86.9 billion) ranks first. China Petroleum (CN¥48.3 billion), China Mobile (CN¥29.3 billion), Kweichow Moutai (CN¥27.2 billion), and CATL (CN¥20.7 billion) are also near the top. Samsung Electronics is equivalent to 5 “universal banks,” 8 China Petroleum, 15 Moutai, and 19 CATL.
However, facing Samsung Electronics’ 18-fold surge in performance, the market