{"id":2141160,"date":"2025-11-07T15:35:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2141160"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:35:30","slug":"sm-entertainment-q3-2025-profits-surge-fueled-by-aespa-and-nct-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sm-entertainment-q3-2025-profits-surge-fueled-by-aespa-and-nct-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"SM Entertainment Q3 2025 Profits Surge, Fueled by aespa and NCT WISH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tLed by concerts and music releases from aespa and NCT WISH, SM Entertainment revenue rose to 321.6 billion KRW ($237.3 million), up 32.8% from the prior year period, in the third quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday. Operating profit jumped 262% to 48.2 billion KRW ($35.6 million) and net income soared 1,100% to 44.7 billion KRW ($33 million).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn this quarter\u2026our leading artists have continued to prove their solid capabilities while new IPs are growing rapidly and adding fresh energy to the company,\u201d CEO Cheol-hyuk Jang<\/strong> said during Thursday\u2019s earnings call. \u201cThis generational synergy further reinforces the foundation of our IP portfolio, exemplifying the virtuous cycle of a sustainable IP ecosystem that SM Entertainment aims to build.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tRecorded music rose 32.7% to 96.7 billion KRW ($71.4 million). New album sales grew to 5.42 million from 3.61 million in the third quarter of 2024. NCT WISH\u2019S COLOR \u2013 The 3rd Mini Album<\/em>, sold 1.48 million units while aespa\u2019s 6th mini album, Rich Man<\/em>, sold 1.13 million units. SM Entertainment does not break out streaming performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tConcert revenue rose 37.5% to 52.5 billion KRW ($38.7 million) despite SM Entertainment having fewer concerts compared to the prior-year period. RIIZE\u2019s RIIZING LOUD tour had 20 shows during the quarter in Seoul, Japan, and Hong Kong. NCT DREAM performed 8 concerts in Seoul and Thailand. Super Junior had 6 shows in Seoul, Hong Kong and Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\n\tMerchandise and licensing revenue rose 32.8% to 50.3 billion KRW ($37.1 million) on the strength of concert merchandise and pop-up retail stores. The company cited aespa\u2019s concert merchandise and light stick sales and pop-up stores from aespa, NCT WISH and Super Junior.<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking ahead, Jang provided details of SMTR25, an \u201cartist incubation project\u201d intended to help SM Entertainment expand globally. SMTR25 has 15 trainees who are taking part in a new reality TV series, Reply High School<\/em>, that will be released in the first half of 2026. SMTR25 also released an original content series, W.O.W! (Way Outta Walls)<\/em> a travel series produced with support from the Korean Tourism Organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJang also highlighted the early success of a young SM Entertainment group, Hearts2Hearts. \u201cWithin a short period of time, Hearts2Hearts has proven its capabilities across all fronts \u2014 musical success, fandom growth, and brand influence \u2014 solidifying its position as SM Entertainment\u2019s next-generation global IP,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n


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Led by concerts and music releases from aespa and NCT WISH, SM Entertainment revenue rose to 321.6 billion KRW ($237.3 million), up 32.8% from the prior year period, in the third quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday. Operating profit jumped 262% to 48.2 billion KRW ($35.6 million) and net income soared 1,100% to 44.7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2141161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[26192,344124,330344],"class_list":["post-2141160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-earnings","tag-earnings-reports","tag-genre-k-pop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SM-Entertainment-Q3-2025-Profits-Surge-Fueled-by-aespa-and.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141162,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141160\/revisions\/2141162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2141161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}