Samsung Electronics (OTC:SSNLF) expects fourth-quarter operating profit to be its highest ever, up 64% Y/Y to 15.1T won ($14.1B), although the figure still fell short of analyst forecasts, pushing shares down 3% in South Korea.
The results come amid a leadership vacuum at the top of the company. Its chairman is incapacitated, de facto leader Lee Jae-yong is in prison and Samsung Electronics replaced all three of its co-CEOs in late October.