Photo illustration showing the Samsung Group company logo displayed on a smartphone screen.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSamsung Electronics' operating profit and revenue beat analysts' estimates Wednesday, as sales of its flagship smartphones as well as memory chips rose.The South Korean company posted a record quarterly revenue, up 10% from a year earlier, while its first-quarter operating profit climbed 1.5%.Here are Samsung's first-quarter results compared with LSEG SmartEstimates, which are weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate:Revenue: 79.1 trillion Korean won ($55.4 billion) vs. 78.1 trillion Korean wonOperating profit: 6.7 trillion Korean won vs. 6.4 trillion Korean wonFirst-quarter revenue marginally topped Samsung's forecast of 79 trillion Korean won, while operating profit also came in higher than the company's expectations of 6.6 trillion Korean won.Samsung is a leading manufacturer of memory chips, which are utilized in device...
