Samsung is cashing in on the memory crisis, as it estimates profits of over 8 times this period last year

Samsung Electronics America Corporate office in Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA. - stock photo. Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA - August 23, 2022: Samsung Electronics America Corporate office in Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA. Samsung is a South Korean manufacturing conglomerate.

As the memory crisis continues to rage on, Samsung Electronics, Samsung's manufacturing arm, seems set to make a whole bucketload of pennies in return. It just reported its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2026, effectively an estimate, and the figures are rather monumental.

First up is consolidated sales, which Samsung suggests will sit at 133 trillion Korean won ($88.6 billion). That is just under 40 trillion above the fourth quarter of 2025, and 54 trillion above the first quarter of 2025. That is a huge increase.