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Investors Stay Sour on Samsung, Slicing $8 Billion From Market Capitalization
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Investors are showing concern about Samsung's earning momentum. The mobile division generates 50% of profit and competition in intensifying in this field. Samsung shares declined by 4.6% on Jan 2, 2013. Overall operating profit is expected to increase in the 4th quarter 2013 by 9.2% from prior year, compared to 26% in the 3rd quarter 2013. The operating profit for the mobile division is expected to be up 14% over prior year for 4th quarter 2013, declining 8% from the third quarter. The less premium smartphones make up a greater proportion of the portfolio reducing margins. Prices are being lowered by competitors. Motorola Mobility is cutting the price of its Moto X smartphone to $399 from $550, much cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone costing $600 without a contract in the U.S. market. Declining TV prices with competition from Vizio and other Chinese competitors is likely to squeeze margins in this segment.
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPhone 5S parts components cost a little over $200 with the phone price set at about $640. In comparison the Google Moto G has $123 of parts components and is priced at $200. Google has about a 5% operating profit margin on the Moto G, compared to about 28% for Samsung's Galaxy S4.
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