Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., KR7005930003

Samsung guided KRW 107.4 trillion profit: Citi targets Samsung Electronics stock

Published on 10/13/2026 at 10:07 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Samsung Electronics stock had KRW 107.4 trillion third-quarter profit guidance. Citi kept a KRW 430,000 target against a KRW 268,500 close.

Key points in brief

Samsung guided for KRW 107.4 trillion in third-quarter operating profit on October 8, 2026.
Third-quarter sales guidance was KRW 195.0 trillion, up 126.60 percent year over year.
Citi maintained a KRW 430,000 12-month target, while full results are scheduled for October 29, 2026.

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Samsung guided for KRW 107.4 trillion in third-quarter operating profit, while Citi maintained a KRW 430,000 target for Samsung Electronics stock. The company announced the guidance on October 8, 2026, and the estimate marked a new quarterly profit threshold for the chipmaker.

Three quarters set the earnings path

In the first quarter of 2026, Samsung reported operating profit of KRW 57.2 trillion, up from KRW 6.69 trillion a year earlier, according to TechTimes on October 9, 2026.

For the second quarter of 2026, Samsung's sales reached KRW 171.5 trillion and operating profit was KRW 89.49 trillion, the company stated in its Samsung Global Newsroom release dated October 8, 2026.

The third-quarter guidance lifted sales to KRW 195.0 trillion and operating profit to KRW 107.40 trillion. That represents year-over-year growth of 126.60 percent in sales and 782.50 percent in operating profit, while the operating-profit estimate stood 1.60 percent above the average market estimate, according to Yonhap News Agency on October 8, 2026.

What does the record guidance mean?

The figures point to a sharp earnings acceleration, but the next question is how much of the improvement belongs to memory chips and how much can persist into 2027. The second-quarter operating profit of KRW 89.49 trillion provides the immediate comparison base for the KRW 107.40 trillion third-quarter guidance.

Citi maintained its buy rating and a 12-month target of KRW 430,000 on October 8, 2026, according to FUTU. The same report said Citi attributed the result to semiconductor recovery and described the memory business as the central earnings driver.

October 29 brings the next test

Samsung's investor-relations calendar schedules the third-quarter earnings conference call for October 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. KST. The event should add the business-unit detail behind the KRW 195.0 trillion sales guidance and the KRW 107.40 trillion operating-profit estimate.