По оценкам отраслевых исследователей, резервы Samsung, по состоянию на конец 2018 года, превысили 92,5 миллиарда долларов США, увеличившись по сравнению с 2017-м почти на 25%, сообщает телеканал ARIRANG News.
Samsung Electronics' cash reserves reached record high in 2018
Thanks to the semiconductor boom that lasted until the third quarter last year, Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is expected to have accumulated a record-high amount of cash reserves that could be used for R&D or foreign mergers and acquisitions.
Industry researchers estimate Samsung's cash reserves as of last year to have surpassed 92,5 billion U.S. dollars an increase from the previous year of almost 25%.
Dividend payments also rose by nearly 50% from the previous year to a combined 9-billion dollars at the end of last year.