come as vs come from

[anhnha]

The figures come as Samsung, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, said Friday its net profit almost doubled to a record 6.6 trillion won ($5.97 billion) in the third quarter, boosted by strong smartphone sales.

What does "come" mean here? Can I replace it by "come from"?

 

[Amigos4]

The figures come as Samsung, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, said Friday its net profit almost doubled to a record 6.6 trillion won ($5.97 billion) in the third quarter, boosted by strong smartphone sales.

What does "come" mean here? Can I replace it by "come from"?

No!

If you added "come from" to the original sentence, the meaning of the sentence would be all screwed-up!

The figures come[STRIKE] as [/STRIKE] from Samsung, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, said Friday its net profit almost doubled to a record 6.6 trillion won ($5.97 billion) in the third quarter, boosted by strong smartphone sales.

"Come" in this sentence is synonymous with "appear", "arrive", "happen", and "show up". In essence, the figures are "released" to the public.

The figures [STRIKE]come[/STRIKE] were released as Samsung, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, said Friday its net profit almost doubled to a record 6.6 trillion won ($5.97 billion) in the third quarter, boosted by strong smartphone sales.

That being said, the original sentence with the word "come" is perfectly acceptable and would make sense to native speakers.

Cheers,
A4

 

[Amigos4]

anhnha, as a follow-up to the original post, I would suggest the following change: ..."its net profit almost doubled to a record 6.6 trillion[STRIKE] won [/STRIKE] earned ($5.97 billion) in the third quarter,..."

Business profits are earned ... lottery profits are won! ;-)

Cheers,
A4

 

[emsr2d2]

The figures come as Samsung, the world's largest technology firm by revenue, said Friday its net profit almost doubled to a record 6.6 trillion won ($5.97 billion) in the third quarter, boosted by strong smartphone sales.

What does "come" mean here? Can I replace it by "come from"?

No. "As" means "at/around the same time that".

The figures come (are revealed) as (at/around the same time that) Samsung said on Friday that its net profit almost doubled ...

 

[anhnha]

No. "As" means "at/around the same time that".

The figures come (are revealed) as (at/around the same time that) Samsung said on Friday that its net profit almost doubled ...

Well, thank you all!
Is "come" a past participle here? I thought it is a main verb!

 

[5jj]

Well, thank you all!
Is "come" a past participle here? I thought it is a main verb!

It is the main verb, present simple.