South Korea ’ s Samsung Electronics has achieved historical earnings in the third quarter ( July - September ) this year . Samsung Electronics has made an official announcement Tuesday that it has estimated consolidated revenue and operating profit for third quarter at 36 trillion won ( or $ 30 . 785 billion ) and 4 . 1 trillion won , respectively . A simultaneous rebound in earnings of semiconductor and liquid crystal display ( LCD ) sectors which have yielded a huge deficit for two successive quarters -- in Q 4 last year and Q 1 2009 -- has directly factored in an earnings surprise . Estimated revenue is on par with initial predictions , but estimated operating profit has largely beaten a consensus ( 3 . 6772 trillion won ) by 13 domestic securities firms . Compared to the third quarter last year , corporate revenue upped 19 percent , and operating profit leaped a whopping 177 percent . Revenue and operating profit are respectively 11 percent and 63 percent higher than the second quarter this year when the company generated large earnings . In terms of quarterly figures , Q 3 operating profit renewed the previous record high of 4 . 01 trillion won posted in Q 1 2004 . In 2004 , an operating profit gap was large among sectors with the semiconductor area solely reaping operating profit of 1 . 78 trillion won . However , this year ’ s third quarter is significant in an aspect that corporate four major businesses -- semiconductor , LCD , handset , and TV -- each has created an operating profit of around 1 trillion won . A Samsung Electronics worker stated , “ Released earnings are predictions provided for investor convenience under situations where settling accounts are not finalized yet , ” and added , “ Confirmed earnings are scheduled to be put out on October 30 . ” [ written by Hun - chul Shin , translated by Eun - jung Kim , edited by JYJ ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]