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Samsung Electronics's top competitors include Apple, LG, Sony, Huawei, Electrolux, HTC, GoPro, Xiaomi and Intel.
| Save Comparison |  Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics is a company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of electronic products. |  Apple Apple is a multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices. |  Sony Sony is a company that develops, designs, produces and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for consumer, professional and industrial markets, as well as game hardware and software. |  Huawei Huawei Technologies is a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. |  Electrolux Electrolux is a company specializing in home appliances and appliances for professional use. |  HTC HTC Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, assembles, processes, and sells smart mobile devices. |  GoPro GoPro is a technology company manufacturing mountable and wearable action cameras and developing its own video-editing software. | |||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1938 | Founding Date 1976 | Founding Date 1958 | Founding Date 1946 | Founding Date 1987 | Founding Date 1919 | Founding Date 1997 | Founding Date 2002 | Founding Date 2010 | Founding Date 1968 |
Type | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Private | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Suwon, KR HQ Buenos Aires, AR Surry Hills, AU Wien, AT Machelen, BE Manaus, BR Mississauga, CA see more | Locations Tokyo, JP HQ Vicente López, AR North Ryde, AU Wien, AT Zaventem, BE Sarajevo, BA São Paulo, BR see more | Locations Shenzhen, CN HQ Kabol, AF Tirana, AL Alger, DZ Dar El Beïda, DZ Belas, AO Buenos Aires, AR see more | Locations Stockholm, SE HQ Buenos Aires, AR Rosario, AR Dudley Park, AU Mascot, AU Innsbruck, AT Brussel, BE see more | Locations Taoyuan District, TW HQ Bogotá, CO Mexico City, MX Slough, GB Chicago, US San Francisco, US Seattle, US see more | Locations San Mateo, US HQ Prahran, AU Shanghai, CN Shenzhen, CN Issy Les Moulineaux, FR München, DE Hong Kong, HK see more | Locations CN HQ Singapore, SG Madrid, ES | Locations Santa Clara, US HQ Vicente López, AR Melbourne, AU Linz, AT Linz, AT Villach, AT Etterbeek, BE see more | ||
Employees | Employees 309,6303% decrease | Employees 137,0004% increase | Employees 73,7732% decrease | Employees 114,4002% decrease | Employees 194,000 | Employees 54,4193% decrease | Employees N/A | Employees 9264% increase | Employees 17,9656% increase | Employees 110,8001% decrease |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 1.4 t | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 77.8 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 4.7 b | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 742.2 m | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 266.4 b |
Twitter followers | Twitter followers 506.5 k | Twitter followers 4.4 m | Twitter followers 344.4 k | Twitter followers 4.5 m | Twitter followers 3.3 m | Twitter followers 54.2 k | Twitter followers 2.5 m | Twitter followers 2.2 m | Twitter followers 2.3 m | Twitter followers 4.8 m |
Number of tweets (last 30 days) | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 24 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 815 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 207 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 638 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 12 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 17 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 328 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 139 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 49 |
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 2.5 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1.4 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 43.9 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 5.3 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 54.6 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 32.1 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 1 k | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 27.3 |
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 17.67% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 99.03% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 49.22% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 35.98% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 89.8% |
Alexa Website Rank | Alexa Website Rank 387 | Alexa Website Rank 51 | Alexa Website Rank 2376 | Alexa Website Rank 5054 | Alexa Website Rank 1145 | Alexa Website Rank 185310 | Alexa Website Rank 48299 | Alexa Website Rank 6332 | Alexa Website Rank 525 | Alexa Website Rank 981 |
Employee Rating | Employee Rating 3.5 | Employee Rating 4.1 | Employee Rating 3.4 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 3.5 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 3.2 | Employee Rating 3.4 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 4.0 |
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Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) ₩230.4t (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) $260.2b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) ₩61.3t (FY, 2018) | Revenue (est.) ¥8.7t (FY, 2018) | Revenue (est.) ¥850b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) kr124.1b (FY, 2018) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $1.2b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) ¥114.6b (FY, 2017) | Revenue (est.) $72b (FY, 2019) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods ₩147.2t (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods $161.8b (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods ₩46.3t (FY, 2018) | Cost of goods ¥5.2t (FY, 2018) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods kr100.9b (FY, 2018) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $781.9m (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods ¥99.5b (FY, 2017) | Cost of goods $29.8b (FY, 2019) |
Gross profit | Gross profit ₩83.2t (FY, 2019) | Gross profit $98.4b (FY, 2019) | Gross profit ₩15.1t (FY, 2018) | Gross profit ¥3.5t (FY, 2018) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit kr23.2b (FY, 2018) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $412.8m (FY, 2019) | Gross profit ¥15.2b (FY, 2017) | Gross profit $42.1b (FY, 2019) |
Net income | Net income ₩21.7t (FY, 2019) | Net income $55.3b (FY, 2019) | Net income ₩1.5t (FY, 2018) | Net income ¥966.6b (FY, 2018) | Net income N/A | Net income kr3.8b (FY, 2018) | Net income N/A | Net income ($14.6m) (FY, 2019) | Net income (¥43.9b) (FY, 2017) | Net income $21b (FY, 2019) |
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Countries | Countries 74 (FY, 2018) | Countries 21 (May, 2017) | Countries N/A | Countries N/A | Countries 170 (Nov, 2019) | Countries N/A | Countries N/A | Countries 100 (FY, 2019) | Countries 74 (Q1, 2018) | Countries N/A |
Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) 9.9 m (May, 2018) | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) 22 m (May, 2018) | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A | Mobile Payment Apps Users (U.S.) N/A |
Patents (Foreign) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) 44.4 k (FY, 2018) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) 314 (FY, 2019) | Patents (Foreign) N/A | Patents (Foreign) N/A |
Patents (US) | Patents (US) 49.8 k (Q3, 2018) | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) 682 (FY, 2019) | Patents (US) N/A | Patents (US) 2.8 k (FY, 2016) |
Patents Issued | Patents Issued 134.4 k (Q3, 2018) | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued 74.7 k (Apr, 2019) | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued 87.8 k (Nov, 2019) | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued N/A | Patents Issued 7 k (Q1, 2018) | Patents Issued N/A |
Smartphones Shipped | Smartphones Shipped 296.9 m (FY, 2019) | Smartphones Shipped 185.2 m (FY, 2019) | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped 238.7 m (FY, 2019) | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped N/A | Smartphones Shipped 91.4 m (FY, 2017) | Smartphones Shipped N/A |
Smartphones Shipped (China) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) 34.2 m (FY, 2018) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) 142 m (FY, 2019) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A | Smartphones Shipped (China) 50 m (Y, 2018) | Smartphones Shipped (China) N/A |
Stores | Stores N/A | Stores 496 (May, 2017) | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores N/A | Stores 30 k (FY, 2019) | Stores N/A | Stores N/A |
Tablets Sold | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold 43.5 m (FY, 2018) | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold 10 m (FY, 2016) | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A | Tablets Sold N/A |
Trademarks | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks 4.2 k (Apr, 2019) | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks 5.3 k (Q1, 2018) | Trademarks N/A |
Wearables Sold | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold 2.8 m (Q2, 2017) | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold N/A | Wearables Sold 3.7 m (Q2, 2017) | Wearables Sold N/A |
Funding | ||||||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 6.2b | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised $ 288.2m | Total funding raised $ 1.6b | Total funding raised $ 2.5m |
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