SEOUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics posted a record-high preliminary operating profit in the first quarter, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
The company's preliminary operating profit reached 57.2 trillion won (37.9 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-March quarter, up 755.01 percent from the same quarter last year.
The earnings not only set a new quarterly record but also matched its all-time high annual operating profit of 58.89 trillion won (39.0 billion dollars) tallied in 2018.
Samsung's preliminary revenue surged 68.06 percent from a year earlier to hit a new high of 133.0 trillion won (88.1 billion dollars) in the first quarter.
The net income and detailed earnings for each business unit will be unveiled later this month. ■