Samsung Electronics Company Limited operates within the Radio & TV communications equipment sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Samsung Electronics Company Limited with three other audio-visual equipment producers in Asia: Fih Mobile Ltd of Hong Kong (2018 sales of 117.02 billion Hong Kong Dollars [US$14.92 billion] of which 79% was Asia), BYD Electronic (international) Company limited of Hong Kong (48.59 billion Hong Kong Dollars [US$6.20 billion] of which 100% was Mobile Handset), and TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd which is also based in Hong Kong (45.58 billion Hong Kong Dollars [US$5.81 billion] ).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at Samsung Electronics Company Limited were 243.77 trillion Korean Won (US$214.28 billion). This is a very small increase of 1.8% versus 2017, when the company's sales were 239.58 trillion Korean Won. This was the third consecutive year of growth at Samsung Electronics Company Limited. The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, Samsung Electronics Company Limited had sales of 228.69 trillion Korean Won. Sales of Harman saw an increase that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up 24.5% in 2018, from 7.10 trillion Korean Won to 8.84 trillion Korean Won. Samsung Electronics Company Limited also saw significant increases in sales in Semiconductor (up 16.2% to 86.29 trillion Korean Won) . Not all segments of Samsung Electronics Company Limited experienced an increase in sales in 2018: sales of Consumer Electronics fell 6.7% to 42.11 trillion Korean Won. Samsung Electronics Company Limited also experienced decreases in sales in Information Technology and Mobile Communic (down 5.6% to 100.68 trillion Korean Won) and Display Business (down 5.8% to 32.47 trillion Korean Won) .