Inventec Corp (英業達) yesterday forecast sales this quarter would continue to grow from last quarter, driven by strong orders for mobile devices and a recovery in its solar business.
The company also expects its notebook computer shipments to be higher than last quarter’s on the back of clients’ new product launches, Inventec chief financial officer Yu Chin-Pao (游進寶) told the Taipei Times.
Yu made the remark after the company saw a 1.54 percent quarterly growth in revenue of NT$90.68 billion (US$2.9 billion) last quarter. The figure was down 13.53 percent from NT$104.88 billion a year earlier.
He attributed the company’s quarterly sales increase last quarter to increased orders by notebook computer vendors at the end of last month.
“Revenue from both mobile devices and solar products this quarter is expected to increase 10 to 15 percent each from last quarter,” Yu said, but declined to offer an estimate of growth for Inventec’s total sales this quarter.
In the first half, the company’s consolidated revenue dropped 18.77 percent to NT$179.99 billion from NT$221.58 billion a year earlier, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
Elsewhere, contract notebook computer maker Wistron Corp (緯創) said revenue for this quarter would grow by nearly 10 percent from last quarter’s NT$145.92 billion on higher notebook computer orders.
“Notebook shipments will drop slightly this month from last month’s 1.9 million units, but we expect the figure to grow month-by-month throughout this quarter,” a Wistron official who declined to be named said.
Wistron’s notebook computer segment accounted for 43 percent of its total revenue last quarter, the official said. Shipments of servers, desktop computers and monitors are expected to be flat or increase slightly from last quarter.
Last quarter, the company reported consolidated revenue of NT$145.92 billion, up 7.43 percent from last year’s NT$135.82 billion. On a quarterly basis, the figure dropped 3.17 percent from NT$150.7 billion.
In the first six months, consolidated revenue totaled NT$296.56 billion, up 13.34 percent from last year’s NT$261.65 billion, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
Inventec shares plunged 3.78 percent to NT$20.35, while Wistron’s stock price plummeted 5.19 percent to NT$22.85 in Taipei trading yesterday. The TAIEX lost 2.96 percent.
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