Qisda Corp (佳世達) yesterday said its revenue and profit are expected to improve this quarter and next quarter from the first quarter, driven by higher value-added businesses, particularly its medical, networking and artificial intelligence (AI) segments.
After a low point last year, revenue and profit are to return to more normal levels this year, with significant improvement anticipated, Qisda chairman Peter Chen (陳其宏) said told an online investors’ conference.
Qisda’s net profit fell 50.53 percent to NT$1.42 billion (US$45.18 million) last year, with revenue rising 3 percent year-on-year to NT$207.9 billion, company data showed.
Gross margin fell to 16.7 percent last quarter from 17.1 the prior quarter and 17.3 percent a year earlier, but is expected to improve going forward, Chen said.
AI would be one of the company’s major growth drivers this year, he said, adding that Qisda expects to see clearer results from its AI strategies.
The company is integrating AI features across its major products, Qisda president Cally Ko (柯淑芬) said.
That would include AI vision and display, high-end projectors, smart cockpits, advanced vision systems, satellite-related applications and drones, Ko added.
In smart healthcare, Qisda plans to focus on smart hospitals, elderly care, precision medicine, hemodialysis, healthcare and pet care markets, which the company sees as rapidly growing alongside demographic changes and rising pet ownership, Ko said.
Qisda also aims to start volume production of its new liquid-cooled AI servers after securing orders, she said.
The company is developing uninterruptible power supply products, industrial computers, telecommunications network products and cooling distribution units, she added.
Qisda expects its semiconductor business to support this year’s profit growth, Chen said, referring to BenQ Materials Corp (明基材), which is tapping into advanced semiconductor process materials.
The company reported a 1 percent quarterly drop in revenue in the first quarter to NT$51.54 billion, although it was up 4 percent on an annual basis.
Net profit totaled NT$318 million, up 509 percent quarterly, but down 34 percent annually.
Earnings per share rose to NT$0.2 from NT$0.03 in the previous quarter, but was lower than the NT$0.25 a year earlier.
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