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:
πΊπΈ π€ Nvidia 455 $NVDA
π°π· πΎ Samsung 422
π°π· πΎ SK hynix 315
πΊπΈ πΎ Micron 256 $MU
πΈπ¦ π’οΈ Saudi Aramco 231
πΊπΈ πͺ Microsoft 216 $MSFT
πΊπΈ π Alphabet 216 $GOOGL
πΊπΈ π Apple 166 $AAPL
πΊπΈ π¦ Amazon 142 $AMZN
πΉπΌ π TSMC 134 $TSM
