Innovation should be based on solving customer problems, says Epistar chairman

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Siu Han, Taipei; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES

Friday 21 June 2013

Latest stock

Epistar [2448] historical stock price (NT$)
Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
20-Apr	12,737	6,000	506,546,250	39.70	40.20	39.20	39.55	-0.30	-0.75%	39.50	39.55
19-Apr	15,549	6,887	620,111,150	39.70	40.35	39.55	39.85	+0.75	+1.92%	39.85	39.90
18-Apr	19,754	8,741	786,754,950	39.80	40.55	39.10	39.10	+0.10	+0.26%	39.10	39.15
17-Apr	23,529	11,151	931,751,450	38.70	40.35	38.70	39.00	+0.40	+1.04%	39.00	39.05
16-Apr	26,648	11,429	1,063,778,550	41.20	41.25	38.60	38.60	-1.80	-4.46%	38.60	38.70
13-Apr	51,046	22,265	2,002,714,950	37.95	40.70	37.80	40.40	+2.70	+7.16%	40.35	40.40
12-Apr	21,045	9,292	789,522,400	37.95	37.95	37.10	37.70	+0.45	+1.21%	37.65	37.70
11-Apr	33,129	15,500	1,249,369,361	38.00	38.80	36.90	37.25	-0.30	-0.80%	37.25	37.30

Latest sales

Epistar: Consolidated revenues, Mar 2017 - Mar 2018 (NT$m)
Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
Mar-18	1,776	18.7%	(20.4%)	5,148	(10.2%)
Feb-18	1,496	(20.2%)	(17.9%)	3,372	(3.8%)
Jan-18	1,876	(8.6%)	11.5%	1,876	11.5%
Dec-17	2,052	13%	(0.7%)	25,370	(0.7%)
Nov-17	1,815	(12.3%)	(15%)	23,318	(0.7%)
Oct-17	2,070	(16.4%)	(2.9%)	21,503	0.8%
Sep-17	2,476	6.2%	12.8%	19,433	1.2%
Aug-17	2,332	3.7%	5.3%	16,957	(0.3%)
Jul-17	2,249	0.5%	3.1%	14,625	(1.1%)
Jun-17	2,238	1.1%	6.3%	12,375	(1.9%)
May-17	2,214	1.2%	2.7%	10,137	(3.5%)
Apr-17	2,188	(1.9%)	(4.5%)	7,923	(5.1%)
Mar-17	2,231	22.5%	(0.1%)	5,735	(5.3%)

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2018

Epistar: Consolidated revenues, 4Q16 - 4Q17 (NT$m)
Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
4Q-17	5,937	(14.7%)	(6.3%)	25,271	(1.1%)
3Q-17	6,958	4.7%	5.5%	19,333	0.7%
2Q-17	6,645	16%	1.4%	12,375	(1.9%)
1Q-17	5,731	(9.5%)	(5.4%)	5,731	(5.4%)
4Q-16	6,334	(3.9%)	7.1%	25,539	0.1%

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2018

Latest balance sheet and income statement

Epistar: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q16 - 4Q17 (NT$k)
Item	4Q-2017	3Q-2017	2Q-2017	1Q-2017	4Q-2016
Current assets	26,043,651	26,058,454	23,951,694	23,801,035	24,798,264
Intangible assets	7,846,962	7,909,611	7,905,222	7,960,951	8,007,219
Non-current assets	40,942,018	41,515,703	42,076,772	43,175,008	44,299,170
Assets	66,985,669	67,574,157	66,028,466	66,976,043	69,097,434
Current liabilities	9,668,814	10,063,531	8,640,924	9,229,410	10,214,070
Non-current liabilities	4,332,943	5,214,440	6,014,177	7,199,626	7,899,368
Liabilities	14,001,757	15,277,971	14,655,101	16,429,036	18,113,438
Stockholders' equity	52,983,912	52,296,186	51,373,365	50,547,007	50,983,996

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, April 2018

Epistar: Consolidated income statement, 4Q16 - 4Q17 (NT$k)
Item	4Q-2017		3Q-2017		2Q-2017		1Q-2017		4Q-2016
Item	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
Operating revenue	5,937,346		6,957,836		6,644,871		5,730,563		6,334,099
Gross profit (loss) from operations	1,301,204	21.9%	1,659,429	23.8%	1,392,775	21%	1,130,711	19.7%	1,162,753	18.4%
Operating expenses	920,696	15.5%	864,091	12.4%	817,192	12.3%	765,657	13.4%	802,775	12.7%
Operating income (loss)	417,761	7%	851,029	12.2%	621,318	9.4%	417,042	7.3%	424,607	6.7%
Non-operating expenses and losses	-179,335	-3%	122,157	1.8%	310,828	4.7%	-637,410	-11.1%	-760,820	-12%
Income from continuing operations before income tax	238,426	4%	973,186	14%	932,146	14%	-220,368	-3.8%	-336,213	-5.3%
Net income (loss)	363,330	6.1%	811,985	11.7%	795,044	12%	-284,146	-5%	-418,541	-6.6%
Diluted earnings per share (NT$)	0.4		0.8		0.7		-0.3		-0.2