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October 8, 2026

Last quarter Samsung made $80bn of operating profit, the most any tech company has ever made in three months.

According to forecasts, Nvidia will still be the world's top company by operating profit in 2027, but next come 3 memory chip makers. All of them trade at about 4 times expected annual operating profit.

The 10 companies expected to make the most operating profit in 2027, $bn:
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ€– Nvidia 455 $NVDA

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· πŸ’Ύ Samsung 422

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· πŸ’Ύ SK hynix 315

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ’Ύ Micron 256 $MU

πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¦ πŸ›’οΈ Saudi Aramco 231

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸͺŸ Microsoft 216 $MSFT

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ” Alphabet 216 $GOOGL

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 🍎 Apple 166 $AAPL

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ“¦ Amazon 142 $AMZN

πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ό 🏭 TSMC 134 $TSM