Samsung Electronics last year’s operating profit of 36 trillion… 29.5% ↑ compared to the previous year
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Samsung Electronics announced its provisional results for the fourth quarter of last year.
Last year’s overall operating profit was close to 36 trillion won.
It is an evaluation of good performance in the Corona 19 situation.
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Reporter Bae Sam-jin.
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Yes, Samsung Electronics announced its provisional performance in the fourth quarter of last year, saying it recorded KRW 61 trillion in sales and KRW 9 trillion in operating profit.
Compared to the previous year, sales increased by 1.9% and operating profit increased by 26%, which is slightly lower than the highest performance in the third quarter.
In the third quarter of last year, the operating profit was 12 trillion won, the highest in two years.
It is slightly below market expectations.
It is analyzed that semiconductor prices fell in the fourth quarter, a sharp decline in the exchange rate, and a decrease in smartphone sales had a compound effect.
Accordingly, Samsung Electronics’ total sales last year were 236 trillion won and operating profit was 3,595 trillion won.
Sales increased by only 2.54%, but operating profit increased by 29.46%.
Sales performance was similar to that of 2019, but profitability has improved significantly.
It was initially sluggish due to the Corona 19 pandemic last year, but in the third quarter, due to the pent-up effect, the demand for non-face-to-face online semiconductors, smartphones, and home appliances also increased rapidly.
There are many analyzes that this year’s performance will also improve.
With the advent of the semiconductor supercycle following the rise of DRAM prices, there are many prospects that it will outperform last year’s performance, mainly semiconductors.
Recently, the demand in the foundry sector has been increasing rapidly, so expectations for growth are high.
So far, the news agency has delivered it.
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