1.Date of occurrence of the event:2021/11/09
2.Company name:WPG Holdings Limited
3.Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or
”subsidiaries”):head office
4.Reciprocal shareholding ratios:N/A
5.Cause of occurrence:N/A
6.Countermeasures:N/A
7.Any other matters that need to be specified:
WPG, the distributor of semiconductor components globally, announces 2021
Third Quarter consolidated sales achieved NT$201.89 billion, +18.8% YoY.
Operating income achieved NT$3.9 billion, +41.4% YoY. Net Income achieved
NT$3.185 billion, +41.1% YoY. EPS was NT$1.9. YTD Consolidated sales achieved
NT$579.231 billion, +28.5% YoY. YTD Operating income achieved NT$10.528
billion, +39.9% YoY. YTD Net Income achieved NT$8.792 billion, +45.7% YoY.
YTD EPS was NT$5.0.
Benefited from growth in revenue, 2021 Third Quarter key financial indicators
Return on Equity (ROE) was 19.1%. Return on Working Capital (ROWC) raised to
10.7%.
The growth of sales and net income mentioned above majorly benefited from
strong demand of semiconductor chips and related electronic components,
specifically in laptops, PC, base stations, communication components,
servers and cloud, as well as price adjustment from upstream.
For 2021 Fourth Quarter, based on an exchange rate assumption of NT$27.9 to
the U.S. dollar, WPG forecasts consolidated revenue of NT$175 billion to
NT$185 billion, gross margin of 3.7% to 3.9%, operating margin of 1.65% to
1.85%, net income of NT$2.318 billion to NT$2.722 billion, EPS of NT$1.38 to
NT$1.62.