July 5, 2013 Samsung released 2013 second quarter earnings forecasts, operating profit was $ 8.3 billion, compared to the same period the growth rate reached 47%, Samsung once again set a record single quarter operating profit, but as a whole has not yet reached market expectations.
With the Galaxy S series smartphones selling Samsung smartphone business performance soared since the first quarter of 2012, Samsung has five consecutive quarters operating profit hit a new high. In 2013Q2 earnings before the public, Samsung released 2013Q2 performance expectations, operating profit for the quarter is expected to be $ 8.3 billion, compared with growth of 47% over the same period. 43 Analysts on average expected $ 8.9 billion, compared to 57% growth rate, mainly due to Samsung in April 2013 released Galaxy S4. But in the past month, there are many analysts lowered Samsung's performance expectations, and made Samsung profits hit new high period has ended.
Tong Yang Securities analyst Brian Park believe that Samsung's net profit likely to keep growing, Galaxy S4 selling prices help increase shipments, shipments can be offset by the growth of the price drop on the impact of product margins. Samsung's future product plans is not clear, smart phones increasingly commercialized, the profits of a single product will decline. Samsung mobile phones rich, ranging from low-end to high-end all product grades, in the global smart phone market share up to 33.1% in the low-end mobile phone market is facing the challenge of a Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, Chinese consumers have begun to prefer Buy more affordable local brands mobile phones.
Market expectations Samsung 2013 smartphone sales in the second quarter of 72 million units to 75 million units between which Galaxy S4 to 20 million units. Samsung Electronics, the second quarter of 2013 earnings will be released on July 26.
