# Samsung Posts Record $58 Billion Quarterly Profit, But Shares Sink 6% on Revenue Miss

*2026-07-08 10:02 UTC · Business · 1 min read*

> Samsung's Q2 2026 operating profit jumped roughly 19-fold to a record 89.4 trillion won on booming AI memory demand, but shares fell 6% on a revenue miss.

Samsung Electronics said Tuesday its second-quarter operating profit surged to a record 89.4 trillion won (about $58.4 billion), a roughly 19-fold jump from a year earlier, as soaring demand for AI memory chips drove prices for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and DRAM sharply higher.

Consolidated sales for the quarter reached 171 trillion won, nearly 2.3 times the 74.57 trillion won reported in the same period last year, though the figure fell short of analyst expectations of roughly 172.2 trillion won.

Despite the historic profit, Samsung shares dropped more than 6% after the preliminary guidance was released, as investors weighed the revenue miss against questions about whether AI-driven memory demand and elevated chip prices can be sustained through the rest of 2026.

## Sources

- [tradingkey.com](https://www.tradingkey.com/analysis/stocks/more/262014354-samsung-q2-earnings-forecast-operating-profit-surged-19-times-yoy-stock-price-fell-more-than-6-tradingkey)
- [semiwiki.com](https://semiwiki.com/forum/threads/samsung-electronics-reports-record-q2-2026-profit-as-ai-memory-demand-drives-historic-growth.25462/)

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