• Epistar
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  The company's stock price closed at NT$50.4 on the TSE on Thursday, December 5, 2013.

  The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1,982 million for October 2013, representing a 6.3% increase on month and 17% increase on year.

  For the third quarter of 2013, the company totaled NT$5,754 million in consolidated revenues, down 5.2% sequentially and up 1.4% on year.
  Brief

  Full name: Epistar

  Chinese name: 晶元光電股份有限公司

  Short name: Epistar

  Stock code: 2448

  Tax ID: 84149786

  Market: TSE

  Established: 19 Sep 1996

  Paid in capital: NT$9.33 billion

  Listed on TSE: 25 May 2001

  Website: www.epistar.com.tw
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    2013 Taiwan Internationbal Lighting Show: Epistar applications for agricultural lighting

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    2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show: Epistar candle lamps

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    Epistar at 2013 Taiwan International Lighting Show

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• Latest stock

  Epistar [2448] historical stock price (NT$)
  Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
  6-Dec	3,087	1,805	155,728,239	50.40	50.80	50.10	50.50	+0.10	+0.20%	50.60	50.50
  5-Dec	3,469	1,667	175,957,076	51.00	51.30	50.40	50.40	-0.20	-0.40%	50.50	50.40
  4-Dec	3,699	1,823	188,265,437	51.00	51.40	50.60	50.60	-0.60	-1.17%	50.80	50.60
  3-Dec	5,874	2,763	302,204,770	50.80	52.00	50.80	51.20	+0.30	+0.59%	51.30	51.20
  2-Dec	4,322	1,949	220,878,813	51.20	51.50	50.60	50.90	-0.30	-0.59%	51.00	50.90
  29-Nov	6,598	2,811	338,389,404	51.00	51.70	50.80	51.20	+0.20	+0.39%	51.30	51.20
  28-Nov	7,407	3,731	376,625,415	51.30	51.40	50.00	51.00	+0.40	+0.79%	51.00	50.90

  • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

  Latest sales

  Epistar: Consolidated revenues, Oct 2012 - Oct 2013 (NT$m)
  Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  Oct-13	1,982	6.3%	17%	18,128	5.5%
  Sep-13	1,866	(5.4%)	3.2%	16,146	4.3%
  Aug-13	1,971	2.9%	0.4%	14,280	4.4%
  Jul-13	1,917	(0.5%)	0.8%	12,309	5.1%
  Jun-13	1,926	(13.4%)	2.8%	10,392	5.9%
  May-13	2,223	15.9%	19.4%	8,466	6.6%
  Apr-13	1,919	12%	4.9%	6,243	2.7%
  Mar-13	1,714	36.1%	(1.3%)	4,324	1.8%
  Feb-13	1,259	(6.9%)	(12.5%)	2,610	3.9%
  Jan-13	1,352		25.9%	1,352	25.9%
  Oct-12	1,695	(6.2%)		17,180
  Sep-12	1,807	(8%)		15,485
  Aug-12	1,964	3.3%		13,677

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

  Epistar: Consolidated revenues, 3Q12 - 3Q13 (NT$m)
  Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  3Q-13	5,754	(5.2%)	1.4%	16,147	4.3%
  2Q-13	6,068	40.3%	9.1%	10,393	5.9%
  1Q-13	4,325	(2.7%)	1.8%	4,325	1.8%
  4Q-12	4,447	(21.6%)	(5%)	19,931	(9.3%)
  3Q-12	5,673	2%	16.7%	15,485	(10.4%)

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

  Latest balance sheet and income statement

  Epistar: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)
  Item	4Q-2012	3Q-2012	2Q-2012	1Q-2012	4Q-2011
  Current assets	27,410,209	29,810,064	32,037,992	31,150,181	30,898,254
  Long-term investments	3,213,534	3,318,692	2,916,514	2,849,834	2,794,736
  Intangible assets	4,624,867	4,132,722	4,157,624	4,169,116	4,213,989
  Other assets	1,774,182	1,585,799	1,290,420	910,477	868,156
  Assets	67,017,119	70,601,084	72,720,692	71,963,244	72,457,584
  Current liabilities	8,817,382	11,183,985	12,580,532	9,613,380	9,239,482
  Other liabilities	36,684	15,158	30,413	30,957	33,388
  Liabilities	19,868,203	21,334,045	23,289,693	21,796,843	21,431,982
  Stockholders' equity	47,148,916	49,267,039	49,430,999	50,166,401	51,025,602

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

  Epistar: Consolidated income statement, 3Q12 - 3Q13 (NT$k)
  Item	3Q-2013		2Q-2013		1Q-2013		4Q-2012		3Q-2012
  	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
  Gross sales							4,535,984		5,818,682
  Operating revenue	5,753,930	126.9%	6,067,860	133.8%	4,324,811	95.3%	4,446,727	98%	5,672,592	97.5%
  Gross profit (loss) from operations	925,591	20.4%	963,945	21.3%	270,695	6%	16,553	0.4%	758,686	13%
  Operating expenses	788,396	17.4%	691,364	15.2%	653,760	14.4%	719,910	15.9%	649,440	11.2%
  Operating income (loss)	204,410	4.5%	386,980	8.5%	-305,719	-6.7%	-703,357	-15.5%	109,246	1.9%
  Non-operating revenues and gains					40,947	0.9%	95,319	2.1%	75,675	1.3%
  Non-operating expenses and losses	-281,484	-6.2%	0	0%					-219,488	-3.8%
  Income from continuing operations before income tax	-77,074	-1.7%	408,046	9%	-264,772	-5.8%	-1,420,875	-31.3%	-10,365	-0.2%
  Net income (loss)	-65,302	-1.4%	361,675	8%	-248,181	-5.5%	-1,586,826	-35%	-69,286	-1.2%
  Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$)	-0.1		0.4		-0.3		-1.3		0.2
  Simple earnings per share (NT$)									0.1

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

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