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2015-05-08

Holy Stone Reports First-Quarter EPS of NT$0.86 

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. – May 8, 2015 Holy Stone Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Holy Stone) (TWSE: 3026), a passive component manufacturer and an IC distributor, today announced its 2015 first-quarter financial results reporting a net income after income tax of Parent Company of NT$193 million, an increase of 116.19% QoQ, and an increase of 9.32% YOY. Earnings per share totaled NT$0.86. 

As a result of optimizing product portfolio, the operation performed is better than expectation, although Holy Stone’s first quarter revenue totaled NT$3,237 million, a decrease of 11.35% QoQ and a decrease of 15.88% YoY, but the Consolidated Gross Profit rate was increased to 14.93%, up 2.4 percentage points from previous quarter. The Company kept cost down while optimizing product portfolio. The first quarter operating expense decreased a bit from previous quarter, the Consolidated Operation Income rate was increased from 3.71% to 5.51% compared to last quarter. 

Holy Stone’s 2015 first quarter compared to 2014 fourth quarter and 2014 first quarter results are as follows: 

Unit: Thousands of NTD 

Item

2015

2014

QoQ

2014

YoY

First-Quarter

Fourth-Quarter

First-Quarter

Consolidated Net Sales

$3,237,371 

$3,651,778 

-11.35%

$3,848,430 

-15.88%

ConsolidatedGross Profit

483,252 

457,507 

5.63%

489,670 

-1.31%

ConsolidatedOperating Income

178,376 

135,433 

31.71%

196,153 

-9.06%

Net Income (Parent)

192,927 

89,241 

116.19%

176,485 

9.32%