Samsung profits plummet 69% on falling demand for processors
Samsung has reported an eight-year low for its operating profit in its Q4 earnings results, dropping to $3.4 billion from $10.9 billion in the same period a year before.
One reason for the steep decrease in profit is how Samsung supplies many iPhone displays, but Apple has been hit by production delays in China. Then there are also ongoing US sanctions against China, which are affecting many technology firms.
However, according to the Financial Times, Samsung's results are because it has stepped up. chip production even though the market has declined. Samsung reportedly increased memory chip production by 10% in Q4, for instance.
The Financial Times says that Samsung is pursuing a strategy of investing now in order to build market share later.
It's not clear if the fall in profit is more from deferred earnings from supply chain issues, or demand destruction.
This operating profit percent decline is not the company's first, but it is Samsung's worst since Q3 2014. Beyond the operating profit, Samsung reported that it expects overall sales to have declined 9% to $55 billion for the quarter.
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One reason for the steep decrease in profit is how Samsung supplies many iPhone displays, but Apple has been hit by production delays in China. Then there are also ongoing US sanctions against China, which are affecting many technology firms.
However, according to the Financial Times, Samsung's results are because it has stepped up. chip production even though the market has declined. Samsung reportedly increased memory chip production by 10% in Q4, for instance.
The Financial Times says that Samsung is pursuing a strategy of investing now in order to build market share later.
It's not clear if the fall in profit is more from deferred earnings from supply chain issues, or demand destruction.
This operating profit percent decline is not the company's first, but it is Samsung's worst since Q3 2014. Beyond the operating profit, Samsung reported that it expects overall sales to have declined 9% to $55 billion for the quarter.
Read on AppleInsider
Comments
I think all this nonsense about iPhone Pro shipments is nonsense, I think Apple will have a decent quarter, I am seeing iPhone 14 Pro Maxs in the wild and I think the AW Ultra has been a sleeper hit…I know many people who have purchased them and everyone loves it. It is arguably the best watch value in the world.
Likewise my brother just bought his family all iPhone 14s (no problem getting the phones) and the iPhone 14 ProMax I ordered from the Apple Store arrived a week early from its projected date of 12/27 so supply constraints seem overblown to me.
I think great future for Apple but yes China concerns loom large.