The data shows the quarterly operating profit made by Samsung from 2009 to 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, Samsung's operating profit reached a record high of 15.64 trillion South Korean won. Strong memory demand or high-density DRAMs and SSDs for servers contributed to the significant earnings growth as well as increased demand for HPC chips and premium smartphone components.
Q1 '09 | 0.6 |
Q2 '09 | 2.7 |
Q3 '09 | 4.2 |
Q4 '09 | 3.4 |
Q1 '10 | 4.4 |
Q2 '10 | 5 |
Q3 '10 | 4.9 |
Q4 '10 | 3 |
Q1 '11 | 2.8 |
Q2 '11 | 3.8 |
Q3 '11 | 4.3 |
Q4 '11 | 4.7 |
Q1 '12 | 5.7 |
Q2 '12 | 6.5 |
Q3 '12 | 8.1 |
Q4 '12 | 8.8 |
Q1 '13 | 8.8 |
Q2 '13 | 9.5 |
Q3 '13 | 10.2 |
Q4 '13 | 8.3 |
Q1 '14 | 8.5 |
Q2 '14 | 7.2 |
Q3 '14 | 4.06 |
Q4 '14 | 5.29 |
Q1 '15 | 5.98 |
Q2 '15 | 6.9 |
Q3 '15 | 7.39 |
Q4 '15 | 6.14 |
Q1 '16 | 6.68 |
Q2 '16 | 8.14 |
Q3 '16 | 5.2 |
Q4 '16 | 9.22 |
Q1 '17 | 9.9 |
Q2 '17 | 14.07 |
Q3 '17 | 14.53 |
Q4 '17 | 15.15 |
Q1 '18 | 15.64 |
Q2 '18 | 14.87 |