召回门后三星季度盈利同比增5%
Samsung Electronics has confounded analysts’ fears by reporting a 5 per cent rise in quarterly profits — as strong component sales offset a costly recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 phone.
三星电子(Samsung Electronics)报告季度利润上升5%，没有应验分析师们的担心。强劲的零部件销售抵消了召回旗舰手机Galaxy Note 7的高昂代价。
In recent weeks, the South Korean technology group has struggled to contain the fallout from the industry’s biggest handset recall, after some of the batteries in its cutting-edge smartphone caught fire, necessitating the replacement of 2.5m units.
最近几周，这家韩国高科技集团一直在竭力遏制业内最大规模手机召回的冲击波。在此之前，该集团最新款智能手机有一部分电池起火，导致250万部手机必须更换。
On Wednesday, concerns rose as a replacement model of the Note 7 phone, supposedly with a battery fix, began to emit smoke on board an aircraft in the US — suggesting Samsung may not yet have found a solution to the problems.
周三，人们的担忧愈发强烈，原因是一部理应修复了电池的Note 7更换手机在美国一架飞机上冒烟——似乎表明三星也许还未找到这一问题的解决方案。
News of the battery fires — and subsequent safety warnings from regulators and aviation authorities — came as the world’s largest mobile phone maker was staging a comeback, with brisk sales of premium smartphones in the first half after two years of falling market share.
在传出电池起火新闻以及监管机构及航空主管部门随后发出安全警告之际，全球最大移动电话制造商正在卷土重来。在经历两年的市场份额下滑之后，上半年三星高端智能手机销售强劲。
Analysts all cut their estimates for Samsung’s third-quarter earnings following the recall announcement in early September. But yesterday Samsung said its preliminary operating profit for July-September was Won7.8tn ($7bn) — a 5.6 per cent increase on the same period a year ago, despite a projected 5.2 per cent drop in sales.
在9月初三星公布召回决定之后，分析师们都降低了对三星第三季度盈利的估计。然而，昨天三星表示，尽管销售额预计会下滑5.2%，但该公司7月至9月运营利润初步数据为7.8万亿韩元（合70亿美元）——同比增长5.6%。
“Strong earnings from the semiconductor and display businesses helped offset the Note 7 recall woes,” said Kim Young-woo, an analyst at SK Securities. “Overall, the company’s growth momentum remains intact, despite the recall problem.”
SK证券(SK Securities)分析师金永佑(Kim Young-woo)表示：“半导体及显示器业务部门的强劲盈利，帮助抵消了Note 7召回的困境。总体来说，尽管出现了召回问题，但该公司增长势头仍然未受影响。”
Samsung’s profit guidance did not reveal the cost of the Galaxy 7 recall, as the company does not provide detailed earnings figures for each business division. However, analysts estimate that the recall will cost the company about $1bn and said a substantial part of this cost was written off in the third quarter. Samsung will reveal detailed results in late October.
由于三星并未提供各业务部门的具体盈利数据，其利润指引未能揭示Galaxy 7召回的成本。不过，分析师估计这次召回将为该公司带来约10亿美元损失，并表示该损失有很大一部分已在第三季度被减记。三星将在10月下旬公布财报细节。
Analysts estimate that quarterly operating profit for the mobile division was about Won2.3tn, compared with Won4.3tn in the previous quarter.
分析师们估计，移动部门季度运营利润为大约2.3万亿韩元，而前一季度达到4.3万亿韩元。
Samsung shares rose 0.65 per cent to a record high of Won1,702,000 yesterday.
昨天，三星股价上涨0.65%，达到每股170.2万韩元的创纪录高点。
