WPG (TWSE:3702) Attend Investor Conference Held by KGI SECURITIES on November 16th, 2023

2023/11/16

WPG, the distributor of semiconductor components, announces 2023 Third Quarter consolidated sales, operating income, net income and EPS exceeding forecast. Consolidated sales and operating income achieved NT$187.355 billion and NT$2.964 billion, +19.6% QoQ and +20.2% QoQ, respectively. Net income and EPS was NT$1.592 billion and NT$0.95.

2023 Thrid Quarter key financial indicators Return on Equity (ROE) was 7.7%, Return on Working Capital (ROWC) was 8.3%.

The reasons for the above revenue growth is the downstream customers continuously invest in networking and peripheral equipment and server, growing demand for automation drives industrial electronics, and automotive electronics related non-3C applications remains strong. In addition, North America and Southeast Asia customers have put into production, driving demand for semiconductor and related electronic components.

For 2023 Fourth quarter, based on an exchange rate assumption of NT$32.2 to the U.S. dollar, WPG forecasts consolidated revenue of NT$170 billion to NT$180 billion, gross margin of 3.7% to 3.9%, operating margin of 1.6 % to 1.8%, net income of NT$3.512 billion to NT$4.154 billion, EPS of NT$2.09 to NT$2.47.

While striving to increase profit and market share, WPG actively adopts ESG practices for sustainable development. Recently, WPG wins two TCSA awards, namely the Top 100 Sustainable Model Enterprises and Corporate Sustainability Report Gold Awards.

Driven by 5G commercialization and IoT trends, application solutions in power, Automotive and IoT related field continue to increase, laying solid foundation for future growth in sales. To provide better value-added service and increase market share, 54 application solutions were provided to our customers, including fields in Power (20), Automotive (12), AIoT (6), Consumer (4), Industrial (4), Smart Home (3), Wearable Devices (2), Smart City (1), Medical (1), Computer(1), focusing on 7KW car charger(OBC), 48V EEA, 12v new energy vehicle on-board DC-DC, high density 3KW Using SiC MOSFETs, 6KW high voltage DC-DC converter for electric vehicle charging, short range radar, automobile ISD intelligent interactive light, steering wheel hand off detection, touch motion sensor desk lamp, 4K 60 frames HD image, induction cooker touch panel, heart rate and blood oxygen detection, FOC ESC for drones…etc.

Table: WPG Holdings Ltd. Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended September 30, 2023 (In brief)

Units:NT$million

Income Statement

(year ended September 30, 2023)

Balance Sheet

(September 30, 2023)

Item

Amount

Item

Amount

Operating revenues

488,798

Current Assets

278,483

Cost of Goods Sold

(470,254)

Accounts receivables

133,719

Gross Profit

18,544

Inventories

108,042

Operating Expenses

(11,172)

Other assets

45,584

Operating income

7,372

Total Assets

324,068

Non-op Expenses

(1,006)

Current Liabilities

200,657

Profit Before Tax

6,365

Current Borrowing

86,427

Tax

(1,716)

Accounts payables

98,071

Minority & Others

(56)

LT Liabilities

33,446

Profit After tax

4,594

Total Liabilities

238,502

EPS - Common Stock (Note1)

2.50

Common Stock

16,791

Note1:Based on weighted average outstanding shares.

Total Equity

85,566

Cash Flow Statement

(year ended September 30, 2023)

Item

Amount

Income before Income Tax

6,365

Change in NWC

7,894

Operating cash inflow /(outflow)

13,877

Investment cash inflow /(outflow)

(509)

Change in Financial Debt

(11,116)

Financing cash inflow /(outflow)

(18,236)

Cumulative translation adjustments

4,311

Net Cash

(557)

Beginning cash balance

16,597

Ending cash balance

16,041

IR contacts:Cliff Yuan/ Zoe Peng

Tel:886-2-2191-0068 ext.85268/ext.85262

Email address: ir@WPGholdings.com

Corporate website: www.WPGholdings.com

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