Samsung hits $1 trillion valuation as AI rally lifts shares over 10%

Samsung became the second Asian company to cross the $1 trillion mark, after TSMC. The company first crossed that $1 trillion market capitalization threshold on Feb. 26, according to FactSet data.

The rally followed Samsung Electronics’ record first-quarter earnings last week. Operating profit surged more than eightfold to 57.2 trillion won, while revenue climbed to a record 133.9 trillion Korean won

Samsung’s first-quarter operating profit also topped its full-year 2025 profit of 43.6 trillion won.

The rally also followed a Bloomberg report that Apple has held exploratory talks with Samsung and Intel to produce chips for Apple devices in the U.S., potentially diversifying beyond longtime supplier TSMC.

Shares of South Korean chip behemoth SK Hynix also jumped more than 9%, helping push the benchmark index Kospi more than 5% to top 7,000 for the first time.