SEOUL: South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday that its preliminary operating profit more than tripled in the fourth quarter of last year, reported Xinhua.
Samsung’s preliminary operating profit stood at 20 trillion won (US$13.8 billion) in the October-December quarter of 2025, up 208.2 per cent from a year earlier.
It surpassed the previous quarterly high of 17.57 trillion won (US$12.1 billion) tallied in the third quarter of 2018, slightly beating market estimates of about 19.6 trillion won (US$13.5 billion).
Preliminary revenue advanced 22.7 per cent from a year earlier to reach a record high of 93 trillion won (US$64.2 billion) in the fourth quarter.
For the whole year of 2025, Samsung’s preliminary operating profit rose 33.0 per cent to 43.53 trillion won (US$30.0 billion) compared to the previous year, while its preliminary revenue expanded 10.6 per cent to 332.77 trillion won (US$229.5 billion). – BERNAMA-XINHUA
