The fourth quarter of Samsung remains less than estimates, as the demand for artificial intelligence remains strong

Samsung Electronics On Friday, on Friday, revenue in the fourth quarter was better than expected, despite its sharply declining profit from the previous three months due to the high search and development expenses in the chips sector.

Here are the results of Samsung in the fourth quarter compared to Lseg Smartestimate, which are weighting towards predictions than analysts who are constantly more accurate:

• profit: 75.8 trillion Korean Won ($ 52.2 billion) for KRW 75.4 trillion
• Operating profit: KRW 6.5 trillion versus krw 6.8 trillion

Revenue increased by about 12 % of the same period last year, while operating profits grew about 130 %, on an annual basis. However, the operating profits decreased about 30 % and revenues fell by more than 4 %, a quarter.

Samsung shares fell 2.2 % in South Korea on Friday morning.

The quarter -quarter revenue won KRW 75 trillion Samsung directives, while operating profit was in line with the company’s expectations.

Samsung is the leading company in the field of memory chips, which is used in devices such as laptops and servers, and is also the second largest player in the world in the smart phone market.

Samsung said that the annual revenue reached the second highest record, “although the fourth quarter revenues and operating profits decreased on a quarter of a quarter of (QOQ) Its statement.

For the whole year, Samsung has reached 300.9 trillion Crowe in revenue and 32.7 trillion crus. In 2023, the company recorded an annual revenue of 258.94 trillion of KRW and a operating sword of 6.57 trillion.

For the current quarter, Samsung said the profits may be limited due to the weakness of its work in semiconductors, but it will continue to grow through smartphones of artificial intelligence and other distinguished devices.

She added: “For the year 2025 as a whole, the company plans to enhance the advantages of technology and the product in artificial intelligence, in meeting the future demand for high -value products and sales growth in the distinct parts.”

Samsung Electronics Chip has recorded a 2.9 trillion operating profit in the fourth quarter, a decrease of more than 25 % of the three months ending in October, while The numbers came below Sk Hynix.

This was although Samsung’s memory works achieved revenues in the fourth -quarter standard of 30.1 trillion that helped demand advanced memory products used in artificial intelligence applications.

Samsung said: “(Q) The voltage profit decreased slightly compared to the previous quarter due to the increase in research and development expenses to secure the leadership of future technology, as well as the costs of increasing the initial to secure the productive capabilities of the advanced contract.”

Samsung and SK Hynix provides DRAM, or dynamic random access products – a type of semiconductor memory needed to process data.

However, SK Hynix Samsung has been left in HBM, or high -frequency range memory, which is a type of drama, where the chips are vertically stacked to save space and reduce energy consumption.

According to Samsung, its memory works reduce old products to better in line with the demand for the market and increase the percentage of high -value products, such as HBM.

Samsung said: “In 2025, the total demand for the memory market is expected to recover from the second quarter,” warning that its profits are expected to remain weak in the current quarter.