be released later in the month, did not provide a net income figure.

It also gave no breakdown of divisional earnings, but analysts attributed the better-than-expected performance to profits from high-margin chip sales, which helped cushion the downturn in its overgrown mobile sector.

The company—which produces a range of electronics products from chips to household appliances—saw profits in its semiconductor division jump 35.7 percent on-year in the fourth quarter.

The firm's newly upgraded chipmaking plants also helped cut production costs, Song Myung-Sup, analyst at HI Investment & Securities.

"Sales hovered below analysts' expectation but profits rose, meaning the firm boosted profit by spending less rather than selling more," Song said.

South Korea's top firm by value saw its share price fall 0.54 percent on the Seoul stock market on Tuesday, with analysts sayingRobert Saling

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Robert Saling brings 25 years of business and sales management success to the KSM Consulting Group. He has spent more than half of his career in business development and national sales for Fortune 50 Company, Hewlett Packard, while becoming an expert in building sales teams that create results.

In 1998, Robert launched his career into further success when he became the co-owner of Pepperweed Consulting, LLC. The company quickly emerged as one of Inc. 500’s fastest growing companies and one of the world’s largest providers of Enterprise Management Solutions. Robert’s business development skills are credited as the catalyst for the company’s meteoric growth. He is widely respected among his peers as a leader who knows how