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  • Microlife Corporation
  • Brief

    Full name: Microlife Corporation

    Chinese name: 百略醫學科技股份有限公司

    Short name: MLC

    Arconym: MLC

    Stock code: 4103

    Tax ID: 04822871

    Market: OTC

    Established: 10 Nov 1981

    Paid in capital: NT$1.10 billion

    Listed on OTC: 29 Mar 2001

    Public since: 16 Jul 1999

    Website: www.microlife.com.tw

  • On display

    Micron P410m SSD

    Micron P410m SSD

    Photo: Company, Feb 27.

    Micron C400 mSATA

    Micron C400 mSATA

    Photo: Company, Apr 16.

    Micron RealSSD P400e

    Micron RealSSD P400e

    Photo: Company, Sep 21.

  • Financial performance
    MLC [4103] historical stock price (NT$)
    DateVolume (k)TransactionsValueOpenHighLowCloseChangeAskBid
    19-Jun 113   84.00 84.90 83.10 83.10-0.90-1.07%  
    18-Jun 194 190 16,369,600 84.10 85.20 83.10 84.00-0.10-0.12% 84.00 84.50
    17-Jun 180 157 15,286,100 83.00 85.80 83.00 84.10+0.60+0.72% 84.10 84.40
    14-Jun 168 153 14,181,300 85.50 85.60 83.50 83.50-2.00-2.34% 83.50 83.80
    13-Jun 254 231 21,962,200 88.20 88.20 85.50 85.50-3.50-3.93% 85.50 86.00
    11-Jun 262 217 23,635,100 91.40 91.40 89.00 89.00-2.30-2.52% 89.00 89.80
    10-Jun 577 426 52,985,400 89.10 93.00 89.10 91.30+2.40+2.70% 91.20 91.40
    • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

    MLC: Consolidated revenues, May 2012 - May 2013 (NT$m)

    Month

    Sales

    M/M

    Y/Y

    YTD

    Y/Y

    May-13

    378

    (2.2%)

    21.6%

    1,715

    9.2%

    Apr-13

    386

    8.4%

    41.8%

    1,337

    6.2%

    Mar-13

    356

    67%

    (14.6%)

    951

    (3.7%)

    Feb-13

    213

    (44.1%)

    (28.8%)

    595

    4.3%

    Jan-13

    381

    3.1%

    40.9%

    381

    40.9%

    Dec-12

    370

    (27.2%)

    (12.9%)

    5,509

    1.7%

    Nov-12

    508

    (15.4%)

    (16.4%)

    5,139

    2.9%

    Oct-12

    600

    (22.6%)

    (0.9%)

    4,632

    5.6%

    Sep-12

    775

    1.1%

    (9.3%)

    4,032

    6.6%

    Aug-12

    767

    39.7%

    (0.4%)

    3,257

    11.2%

    Jul-12

    549

    48.1%

    (2.1%)

    2,490

    15.4%

    Jun-12

    371

    19.3%

    36.4%

    1,941

    21.5%

    May-12

    311

    14.1%

    20.8%

    1,570

    18.5%

    *Figures are consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Non-consolidated revenues, Dec 2011 - Dec 2012 (NT$m)

    Month

    Sales

    M/M

    Y/Y

    YTD

    Y/Y

    Dec-12

    340

    (18.8%)

    (3.7%)

    4,503

    5.5%

    Nov-12

    419

    (15.6%)

    (12.8%)

    4,163

    6.3%

    Oct-12

    497

    (29.2%)

    7.9%

    3,744

    9%

    Sep-12

    702

    10.3%

    (6.3%)

    3,246

    9.2%

    Aug-12

    636

    36.1%

    8.7%

    2,545

    14.4%

    Jul-12

    467

    80.4%

    12.8%

    1,909

    16.5%

    Jun-12

    259

    2.1%

    22%

    1,441

    17.7%

    May-12

    254

    13.1%

    10%

    1,182

    16.8%

    Apr-12

    224

    (8.8%)

    26.7%

    928

    18.8%

    Mar-12

    246

    12.3%

    15.8%

    704

    16.5%

    Feb-12

    219

    (8.3%)

    15.7%

    458

    16.9%

    Jan-12

    239

    (32.5%)

    18%

    239

    18%

    Dec-11

    354

    (26.5%)

    (21.2%)

    4,268

    (12.5%)

    *Figures are not consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Consolidated revenues, 1Q12 - 1Q13 (NT$m)

    Quarter

    Sales

    Q/Q

    Y/Y

    YTD

    Y/Y

    1Q-13

    925

    (34.7%)

    (2.7%)

    925

    (2.7%)

    4Q-12

    1,417

    (31.1%)

    (5.4%)

    5,368

    3.6%

    3Q-12

    2,055

    117.5%

    (0.1%)

    3,951

    7.3%

    2Q-12

    945

    (0.6%)

    13.9%

    1,896

    16.6%

    1Q-12

    951

    (36.5%)

    19.4%

    951

    19.4%

    *Figures are consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Non-consolidated revenues, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$m)

    Quarter

    Sales

    Q/Q

    Y/Y

    YTD

    Y/Y

    4Q-12

    1,257

    (30.1%)

    (3%)

    4,503

    5.5%

    3Q-12

    1,798

    141.6%

    2.9%

    3,246

    9.2%

    2Q-12

    744

    5.7%

    20%

    1,448

    18.3%

    1Q-12

    704

    (45.7%)

    16.5%

    704

    16.5%

    4Q-11

    1,295

    (25.9%)

    2.7%

    4,268

    (12.5%)

    *Figures are not consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)

    Item

    4Q-2012

    3Q-2012

    2Q-2012

    1Q-2012

    4Q-2011

    Current assets

    4,026,072

    4,551,796

    4,034,051

    3,770,317

    3,861,836

    Long-term investments

    2,439

    2,704

    2,481

    2,122

    2,563

    Intangible assets

    40,049

    42,099

    43,419

    43,582

    45,473

    Other assets

    118,346

    98,661

    102,402

    97,093

    99,635

    Assets

    4,521,452

    5,046,278

    4,534,115

    4,271,737

    4,379,825

    Current liabilities

    1,632,590

    2,175,081

    1,886,910

    1,352,386

    1,548,372

    Other liabilities

    88,336

    105,353

    68,862

    81,253

    61,677

    Liabilities

    1,720,926

    2,280,434

    1,955,772

    1,433,639

    1,610,049

    Stockholders' equity

    2,800,526

    2,765,844

    2,578,343

    2,838,098

    2,769,776

    *Figures are consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Non-consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)

    Item

    4Q-2012

    3Q-2012

    2Q-2012

    1Q-2012

    4Q-2011

    Current assets

    2,058,504

    2,572,405

    2,070,242

    2,086,723

    1,983,896

    Long-term investments

    1,223,431

    1,203,071

    1,120,957

    1,019,221

    994,810

    Other assets

    28,720

    28,700

    24,985

    25,197

    25,471

    Assets

    3,452,646

    3,944,232

    3,356,802

    3,278,359

    3,145,558

    Current liabilities

    590,688

    1,121,208

    735,980

    387,015

    340,346

    Other liabilities

    61,825

    57,542

    43,066

    40,625

    36,169

    Liabilities

    652,513

    1,178,750

    779,046

    427,640

    376,515

    Stockholders' equity

    2,800,133

    2,765,482

    2,577,756

    2,850,719

    2,769,043

    *Figures are not consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Consolidated income statement, 1Q12 - 1Q13 (NT$k)

    Item

    1Q-2013

    4Q-2012

    3Q-2012

    2Q-2012

    1Q-2012

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    Gross sales

     

     

    1,660,073

     

    2,139,084

     

    964,106

     

    963,226

     

    Operating revenue

    925,219

    55.7%

    1,416,648

    85.3%

    2,055,498

    96.1%

    945,006

    98%

    950,600

    98.7%

    Gross profit (loss) from operations

    355,536

    21.4%

    421,352

    25.4%

    761,938

    35.6%

    435,431

    45.2%

    387,221

    40.2%

    Operating expenses

    262,468

    15.8%

    358,337

    21.6%

    405,650

    19%

    300,091

    31.1%

    265,908

    27.6%

    Operating income (loss)

    93,068

    5.6%

    63,015

    3.8%

    356,288

    16.7%

    135,340

    14%

    121,313

    12.6%

    Non-operating revenues and gains

    67,212

    4%

    27,886

    1.7%

    8,300

    0.4%

    2,517

    0.3%

    13,861

    1.4%

    Income from continuing operations before income tax

    160,280

    9.7%

    72,815

    4.4%

    375,748

    17.6%

    144,790

    15%

    107,345

    11.1%

    Net income (loss)

    131,957

    7.9%

    50,877

    3.1%

    310,772

    14.5%

    109,783

    11.4%

    85,355

    8.9%

    Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$)

    1.2

     

    0.5

     

    2.6

     

    0.9

     

    0.7

     

    *Figures are consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

    MLC: Non-consolidated income statement, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)

    Item

    4Q-2012

    3Q-2012

    2Q-2012

    1Q-2012

    4Q-2011

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    NT$k

    % of sales

    Gross sales

    1,267,611

     

    1,802,877

     

    747,698

     

    704,053

     

    1,303,093

     

    Operating revenue

    1,256,910

    99.2%

    1,798,074

    99.7%

    744,367

    99.6%

    704,053

    100%

    1,295,428

    99.4%

    Gross profit (loss) from operations

    182,863

    14.4%

    387,325

    21.5%

    222,543

    29.8%

    171,767

    24.4%

    307,072

    23.6%

    Operating expenses

    165,121

    13%

    107,185

    5.9%

    107,311

    14.4%

    89,131

    12.7%

    115,463

    8.9%

    Operating income (loss)

    32,033

    2.5%

    283,047

    15.7%

    105,546

    14.1%

    89,867

    12.8%

    181,933

    14%

    Non-operating revenues and gains

    43,085

    3.4%

    86,716

    4.8%

    35,313

    4.7%

    30,167

    4.3%

    -46,606

    -3.6%

    Income from continuing operations before income tax

    65,238

    5.1%

    373,429

    20.7%

    141,153

    18.9%

    101,581

    14.4%

    87,097

    6.7%

    Net income (loss)

    50,971

    4%

    310,877

    17.2%

    109,951

    14.7%

    85,355

    12.1%

    73,515

    5.6%

    Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$)

    0.5

     

    2.6

     

    0.9

     

    0.7

     

    0.6

     

    *Figures are not consolidated
    Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, June 2013

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