Samsung becomes first tech giant to top 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit

Samsung Electronics reported Q3 revenue of 195.25 trillion won (~$146.4 billion) and operating profit of 107.44 trillion won, the first tech company to exceed 100 trillion won in quarterly profit. Its semiconductor division alone earned 106.5 trillion won on HBM4 and server SSD demand.

• Revenue rose 126.9% year on year, operating profit jumped 783.1%
• Chip division posted 106.5 trillion won profit at a 72% margin
• Mobile and appliances division swung to an 800 billion won loss
• Samsung approved 30 trillion won in dividends, 4,601 won per share