The revenues of Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), the world’s largest maker of notebook computers, declined more than 10 percent last month from the previous month as the company adjusted its product mix and because of lower shipments of non-notebook products.
The company yesterday posted NT$70.01 billion (US$2.37 billion) in consolidated sales for last month, down 10.59 percent from January.
On an annual basis, revenue rose 16.59 percent last month, Quanta said in a filing to the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
Notebook shipments totaled 4.5 million last month, up 18 percent from a month earlier, but a shift in product mix reduced the sector’s contribution to the company’s revenue.
In addition, lower shipments of non-notebook products drove down sales.
However, improving shipments of notebooks last month might drive first-quarter shipments higher than expected. Earlier, the company forecast notebook shipments to slide 10 to 15 percent in the first quarter, from the previous quarter.
In the first two months, consolidated revenues totaled NT$148.31 billion, up 8.48 percent from a year earlier, company statistics showed.
Also, higher-than-expected shipments of notebooks drove up the revenues of Wistron Corp (緯創資通), another major notebook maker in Taiwan, for last month.
Wistron posted NT$56.94 billion in consolidated sales, up 10.6 percent from a month earlier and up 55.17 percent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement.
Notebook shipments grew 300,000 units from a month earlier to total 2.7 million last month, with shipments of hand-held devices and monitors also going up, the company said.
However, because of a high comparison basis in the fourth quarter last year, first-quarter shipments of notebooks might still slide quarter-on-quarter by about 15 percent, as expected, Wistron added.
Wistron posted NT$108.43 billion in consolidated sales in the first two months of this year, up 31.79 percent from the previous year.
Separately, electronic components manufacturer Lite-On Technology Corp (光寶科技) yesterday reported its consolidated revenues for last month at NT$8.73 billion, up 7 percent from a month earlier and up 10 percent year-on-year.
The growth was mainly attributable to the company’s ongoing expansion in market share and smooth delivery, Lite-On said in a statement.
Accumulated sales in January and February reached NT$16.87 billion, Lite-On said.
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