{"id":4403,"date":"2026-05-06T00:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/4403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:45:41","slug":"samsung-earnings-push-group-market-cap-near-w1600tr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/4403\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung earnings push group market cap near W1,600tr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-p.v1.20260408.70f9cd028de7461ead629d0e5889d73f_P1.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Electronics' office building in southern Seoul (Im Se-jun\/The Korea Herald)\"\/>     Samsung Electronics&#8217; office building in southern Seoul (Im Se-jun\/The Korea Herald)  <\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics\u2019 record-breaking first-quarter earnings have lifted the combined market capitalization of its group affiliates to nearly 1,600 trillion won ($1.08 trillion), underscoring the company\u2019s dominant role in Korea\u2019s equity market.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Korea Exchange on Wednesday, the total market value of 17 listed Samsung Group affiliates reached 1,588,500,000,000 won at the close, accounting for 39.65 percent of the combined capitalization of the Kospi, Kosdaq and Konex markets.<\/p>\n<p>The surge follows Samsung Electronics\u2019 blockbuster earnings announcement a day earlier, which sent its shares up 7.12 percent to 210,500 won. The company\u2019s market capitalization rose to around 1,246 trillion won, making up roughly 78.4 percent of the group\u2019s total value.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics reported a preliminary operating profit of 57.2 trillion won for the January-March period, up 755 percent from a year earlier, on revenue of 133 trillion won, which rose 68.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>It marked the first time the company\u2019s quarterly revenue exceeded 100 trillion won and operating profit topped 50 trillion won.<\/p>\n<p>The earnings surprise was driven by a sharp rebound in semiconductors, as surging demand for artificial intelligence applications fueled a memory supercycle and pushed prices higher.<\/p>\n<p>Industry analysts expect the upcycle to continue throughout the year, citing Samsung\u2019s technological edge as the world\u2019s only chipmaker with integrated capabilities across logic, memory, foundry and advanced packaging.<\/p>\n<p>silverstar@heraldcorp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung Electronics&#8217; office building in southern Seoul (Im Se-jun\/The Korea Herald) Samsung Electronics\u2019 record-breaking first-quarter earnings have lifted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3888,2619,3887,335,127,223,3885,3886],"class_list":{"0":"post-4403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-samsung","8":"tag-ai-boom","9":"tag-chipmaker","10":"tag-korean-blue-chip","11":"tag-kospi","12":"tag-samsung","13":"tag-samsung-group","14":"tag-3885","15":"tag-3886"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}