Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. are expected to see their operating profits cut by half in the first three months of the year. Some say that the market conditions will improve, driven by demand recovery.Financial market researcher FnGuide forecast on March 24 that the operating profits of
Speculation is rife that Samsung Electronics Co. will seek to acquire a global semiconductor firm to strengthen its competitiveness in the non-memory sector. The company has enough capital to finance such an acquisition. Vice chairman Lee Jae-yong said in January, “We will show what we have really g
As Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled the Galaxy S10 series and a foldable phone at the same time, industry watchers are speculating about how many units the company will be able to sell. They are wondering whether the Galaxy S10 series can sell more than 40 million units.Samsung Electronics unveiled
The cash reserves of Samsung Electronics Co. exceeded 100 trillion won (US$88.53 billion) last year for the first time since its foundation thanks to the “super boom” in the global memory semiconductor market. Analysts are speculating that the company may pursue an aggressive merger and acquisition
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showcasing their latest digital signage products at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019, the largest commercial display trade show in Europe.Samsung is showing off its 8K ultra-high definition quantum dot light emitting diode (QLED) signage displa
Samsung Electronics Co. is supporting blockchain-based startups through Creative Lab (C-Lab), an in-house startup incubator program. As the Samsung Galaxy S10 flagship smartphone to be unveiled on Feb. 20 is expected to feature a cryptocurrency wallet, there is growing speculation that Samsung Elect
Samsung Electronics Co. beat Intel Corp. last year, keeping its throne in the global semiconductor market despite a steady decrease in memory chip prices from the second half of last year. The South Korean electronics giant overwhelmed Intel in terms of operating profit as well, retaining its title
Fears of a large number of listed companies delivering earnings shocks are spreading in the Seoul stock market after Samsung Electronics Co. released a projection of its operating profit for the fourth quarter of last year, which fell far short of the market estimate.Market data provider FnGuide sai
The global semiconductor market nearly grew 13 percent on-year last year, propelled by growth in the memory sector. Samsung Electronics Co. maintained the number one spot in the world with a 15.9 percent market share. SK Hynix Inc. ranked third in terms of sales and recorded a 38.2 percent increase
As South Korea’s top three information technology (IT) companies, including Samsung Electronics Co., are about to release their earnings results for the fourth quarter of 2018, all eyes are on whether they would all deliver an “earnings shock.” Market watchers said on Jan. 6 that Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co. ranked second in terms of patent applications filed worldwide between 2013 and 2015, according to a recent report of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Seven South Korean companies made the top 50, while China accounted for more than half of the total patent
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Dec. 13 that it recently launched a “smart factory support center” to step up its support for small and medium-sized companies' adoption of smart factories. It has promoted the status of its smart factory support task force which was
South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. spent the most money in advertising and sales promotion among companies around the world last year, a global consulting firm has said. This was largely due to a temporary increase in spending in order to improve the company’s image after the highl
The total interim and quarterly dividends paid out by South Korean companies listed on the stock market surpassed 9 trillion won (US$8.13 billion) this year, up nearly 5 trillion won (US$4.52 billion) from a year earlier. This was largely due to the fact that Samsung Electronics Co. increased its di
South Korean smartphone manufacturers are now standing at a critical crossroads. They are still taking the lead in terms of market share but their operating margin is plunging due to rapidly growing Chinese producers.According to data from the securities industry, the smartphone business divisions o
South Korea's chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. paid 28 percent of its net profit for corporate tax in the first half of this year, which was two times higher than Apple‘s 14 percent.Samsung Electronics is not an exception. The corporate tax burden ratio of the nation’s other leading companies,
Samsung Electronics Co. has lost a competition with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for the production of graphics processing units (GPUs) for Nvidia.Taiwanese media reports celebrate winning the competition but the market rather takes a positive view on Samsung Electronics. Samsun
South Korea's top 30 companies are reluctant to reinvest money earned and keep it in reserve due to tightening business regulations and deepening global economic uncertainly. As a result, their combined cashable assets jumped nearly 10 trillion won (US$8.93 billion) in the past year, while their
The operating profit margin of South Korean companies subject to external audit hit its highest in the second quarter of this year, according to a report released by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on September 13. The bank's analysis of corporate performances shows that the ratio of operating profits t
South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. has seen its brand value surge to nearly 90 trillion won (US$79.72 billion) this year. The figure was eight times higher than that of the No. 2 firm in South Korea and much higher than the combined amount of the remaining top 10 companies in the nat