삼성전자 3분기 영업이익 12조 3천억원…작년 동기 대비 58.1% 상승<br /><br />South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics not only beat market expectations in its guidance for the third quarter, but also posted its largest operating profit in two years.<br />It also expects its third quarter sales to hit an all-time high.<br />Eum Ji-young has more.<br />Samsung Electronics, in its guidance for the third quarter, has reported its largest operating profit in two years.<br />According to the company's earnings guidance on Thursday, it expects to make more than ( 1) 10-point-six billion U.S. dollars in operating profit for the July to September period.<br />( 2) That's a whopping 58 percent jump from what it posted during the same period last year.<br />It's Samsung's first quarterly operating profit to top 10 trillion won or eight-point-six billion dollars since the fourth quarter of 2018,... the period deemed as the boom time for the global semiconductor industry.<br />The report also forecast third quarter sales to be around 57 billion dollars,... an all-time high for a three-month period.<br />"The company's improved semiconductor business performance, strong sales of premium products and enhanced marketing strategies for smartphones and TVs might have helped Samsung post such high earnings."<br />Samsung's marketing expenses have dropped as costs for operating offline stores have declined as online sales jumped during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />Solid global sales of Samsung's latest smartphone series also contributed to the strong earnings.<br />The analyst also said the new U.S. sanctions on Chinese tech giant Huawei have benefited Samsung in terms of smartphone sales.<br />However, earnings in the fourth quarter are expected to drop.<br />"In the fourth quarter, marketing expenses are forecast to rise and performance in the semiconductor sector is forecast to decline compared to the third quarter."<br />But he added that semiconductor prices are expected to rise in the first half of 2021 and thus a more positive performance is forecast.<br />Eum Ji-young, Arirang News.<br />
