According to foreign media reports, Asustek Computer announced today reported a fourth-quarter net profit of 139 million, representing a 29% decline over the same period the previous year.
ASUS said that as the increasingly popular Internet Tablet PC by compression caused by weak demand in the U.S. and European markets, is expected this quarter shipments of its Internet less than last year’s fourth quarter. However, this Internet pioneer in the computer, said that with the Eee PC and the Tablet PC launch, the company’s second quarter sales may be out of the woods. Asus laptop battery is also working with Intel to discuss development of a new generation of Internet issues.
As with most of its competitors, Asus laptop battery has been added to its own brand of Tablet PC market competition. However, the company said last month that the Internet will continue to adhere to its core business. ASUS CEO Jerry Shen said in an investor conference: “internet significantly reduce the growth will not immediately come. Currently, the Internet performance of the poor performance in the U.S. market, but in the European market is still stable. Netbook market this year will continue to grow. ”
Jerry Shen said the company will be on sale in April this year, its first tablet PC is expected to contribute to the proportion of its second quarter sales will be 5% in the second half of this year, this proportion will reach 10%. He said Asustek revenue 10% to 20% will be maintained from the Tablet PC business, while still committed to improving the Internet and Eee PC business growth.
ASUS today announced the filing shows, as of December 31 of last year’s fourth quarter net profit of 4.02 billion Taiwan dollars (about 139 million), compared with 56.6 billion Taiwan dollars last year fell 29%, but the good Analysts expected 3.6 billion in the NT. Asus net profit of 16.49 billion last year, NT, an increase of 32%. Asustek expects its first quarter notebook PC shipments will reach 2.8 million units, down from last year’s 310 million units in the fourth quarter; the Internet from the shipments of 1.5 million in the fourth quarter fell to 140 million units audience .
Citigroup said in January this year, Taiwan’s contract manufacturers throughout the notebook PC Laptop battery shipments in December last year decreased by 10%, down 2% from a year earlier. World’s second largest PC Laptop battery vendor Acer laptop battery of Taiwan said on Thursday that its January sales were down 34.7% over the same period last year. First in the world’s second-largest laptop contract manufacturer Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, also fell last month, sales rose 4.3% and 27%. Citigroup analyst David James (Wei Chan) in a research report said: “This year in January for the first quarter shipment volume is expected to issue a warning, clearly shows a significant reduction in demand for notebook computers.”
ASUS in 2007, first in the industry to launch a netbook, but Acer laptop battery, the first major PC maker Hewlett-Packard and Dell laptop battery have entered the netbook market, Asus netbook market share has been reduced substantially. Today in Taipei Stock Exchange, ASUS fell 6.3%. 2.57% decline in the market index.
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