Overview
- The preliminary filing reported sales of 93 trillion won, up 22.7 percent from a year earlier.
- Operating profit rose more than 200 percent year over year to a new quarterly high.
- The result exceeded the average market estimate by 1.8 percent, according to Yonhap Infomax.
- Market observers estimate the Device Solutions semiconductor unit earned roughly 16–17 trillion won in operating profit for the quarter.
- Korea Investment & Securities said DRAM and NAND prices jumped about 40 percent quarter over quarter in Q4.