1.Date of occurrence of the event:2022/02/28
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, distributor of semiconductor components, announces 2021 Consolidated
sales and operating income achieved NT$778.573 billion and NT$13.804 billion,
+27.7% and +37.4 YoY respectively. Net Income achieved NT$11.497 billion,
+41.5% YoY. EPS was NT$6.61. 2021 Fourth Quarter consolidated sales,
operating income and net income achieved NT$199.342 billion, +25.3% YoY,
NT$3.276 billion, +29.7% YoY and NT$2.705 billion, +29.6% YoY, respectively.
Benefited from growth in revenue, 2021 Fourth Quarter key financial
indicators Return on Equity (ROE) was 15.9%, and Return on Working Capital
(ROWC) was 9.1%.
The overall strong demand for semiconductor and related electronic components
specifically laptops, PCs, base stations, communication components, servers,
and cloud are the major causes for the growth of sales and net income.
For 2022 First Quarter, based on an exchange rate assumption of NT$27.7 to
the U.S. dollar, WPG forecasts consolidated revenue of NT$180 billion to
NT$190 billion, gross margin of 3.7% to 3.9%, operating margin of 1.65% to
1.85%, net income of NT$2.411 billion to NT$2.789 billion, EPS of NT$1.44 to
NT$1.66.