Samsung Electronics reported preliminary third-quarter operating profit of 107.4 trillion won (about $80.1 billion), nearly nine times the year-earlier figure.

Samsung Electronics reported preliminary third-quarter operating profit of 107.4 trillion won (about $80.1 billion), nearly nine times the year-earlier figure. Revenue more than doubled to 195 trillion won. The results marked the company’s fourth straight quarter of record results and made it the fi…