Samsung Electronics projects record-high profits for Q4

삼성전자, 4Q 영업익 15조1000억…전년대비 64%↑

Samsung Electronics released its estimated fourth quarter earnings.
The figures fell slightly short of expectations.
Nonetheless, the firm posted the highest operating profit and sales to date… mainly fuelled by semiconductor sales.
Park Hee-jun helps us look beyond the numbers.
The world’s largest chipmaker, Samsung Electronics, has recorded its highest ever earnings in the fourth quarter of last year.

According to the firm’s report on Tuesday,… its estimated operating profit for the October-December period jumped 64 percent on-year to a record high of 14-point-1 billion U.S. dollars. Sales went up 24 percent to an estimated 61-point-7 billion dollars.
In terms of yearly profit,… Samsung’s total operating profit hit 50-billion dollars– the highest in its history.

The figures were slightly below what had been forecast.
According to Yonhap Infomax,… the South Korean tech giant was anticipated to post a quarterly profit of around 14-point-8 billion dollars.

Samsung did not reveal the performance details of its business divisions,… but industry watchers say that, although the company enjoyed the recovery of its mobile sector– the main driver of these record-high figures is the booming semiconductor division, which accounts for 65 percent of the profits.

(English)
“There has been serious expansion of industries in big data, artificial intelligence, and IOTs. Thanks to the skyrocketing increase in demand for chips from these industries,… Samsung had great years for the last two to three years.”

Prospects for Samsung mainly depend on the memory chip market situation for this year and next year.
With Chinese manufacturers actively jumping into the market, there may be more competition for the South Korean firm.
But experts say that Samsung Electronics’ profits are still likely to continue to rise throughout the year, as the semiconductor ‘supercycle’ is expected to reach its peak in 2018.

Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.

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