- Epistar
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PerformanceThe company's stock price closed at NT$73 on the TSE on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1,982 million for February 2014, representing a 5% increase on month and 57.5% 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$9.33 billion
Listed on TSE: 25 May 2001
Website: www.epistar.com.tw
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Latest stock
Epistar [2448] historical stock price (NT$) Date Volume (k) Transactions Value Open High Low Close Change Ask Bid 6-Mar 12,526 5,485 923,345,150 73.00 74.60 72.60 73.70 +0.70 +0.96% 73.80 73.70 5-Mar 15,353 6,682 1,111,516,995 71.50 73.30 71.20 73.00 +2.50 +3.55% 73.00 72.90 4-Mar 10,542 5,512 752,159,686 70.10 72.30 70.10 70.50 +0.00 +0.00% 70.60 70.50 3-Mar 9,525 4,727 671,137,156 70.50 71.20 69.90 70.50 -0.70 -0.98% 70.50 70.40 27-Feb 11,241 4,894 803,568,276 71.80 72.60 70.20 71.20 +0.70 +0.99% 71.20 71.00 26-Feb 7,115 2,953 499,898,067 70.60 70.90 69.80 70.50 -0.10 -0.14% 70.50 70.40 - Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes
Latest salesEpistar: Consolidated revenues, Feb 2013 - Feb 2014 (NT$m)
Month
Sales
M/M
Y/Y
YTD
Y/Y
Feb-14
1,982
5%
57.5%
3,871
48.3%
Jan-14
1,889
(7.7%)
39.7%
1,889
39.7%
Dec-13
2,047
(1.4%)
61.5%
22,250
11.6%
Nov-13
2,075
4.7%
39.8%
20,203
8.3%
Oct-13
1,982
6.3%
17%
18,128
5.5%
Sep-13
1,866
(5.4%)
3.2%
16,146
4.3%
Aug-13
1,971
2.9%
0.4%
14,280
4.4%
Jul-13
1,917
(0.5%)
0.8%
12,309
5.1%
Jun-13
1,926
(13.4%)
2.8%
10,392
5.9%
May-13
2,223
15.9%
19.4%
8,466
6.6%
Apr-13
1,919
12%
4.9%
6,243
2.7%
Mar-13
1,714
36.1%
(1.3%)
4,324
1.8%
Feb-13
1,259
(6.9%)
(12.5%)
2,610
3.9%
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, March 2014Epistar: Consolidated revenues, 3Q12 - 3Q13 (NT$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, March 2014Latest balance sheet and income statementEpistar: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)
Item
4Q-2012
3Q-2012
2Q-2012
1Q-2012
4Q-2011
Current assets
27,410,209
29,810,064
32,037,992
31,150,181
30,898,254
Long-term investments
3,213,534
3,318,692
2,916,514
2,849,834
2,794,736
Intangible assets
4,624,867
4,132,722
4,157,624
4,169,116
4,213,989
Other assets
1,774,182
1,585,799
1,290,420
910,477
868,156
Assets
67,017,119
70,601,084
72,720,692
71,963,244
72,457,584
Current liabilities
8,817,382
11,183,985
12,580,532
9,613,380
9,239,482
Other liabilities
36,684
15,158
30,413
30,957
33,388
Liabilities
19,868,203
21,334,045
23,289,693
21,796,843
21,431,982
Stockholders' equity
47,148,916
49,267,039
49,430,999
50,166,401
51,025,602
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, March 2014Epistar: Consolidated income statement, 3Q12 - 3Q13 (NT$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, March 2014 - Epistar full profile
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