Following the Board of Directors meeting today (August 7), Wiwynn Corporation announced consolidated revenue of NT$56.308 billion, decreased by 25.0% year-over-year, operating profit of NT$3.492 billion, profit before tax (PBT) of NT$3.558 billion, profit after tax (PAT) NT$2.616 billion, and basic earnings per share (EPS) of NT$14.96 for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023. Year-over-year, gross margin increased by 0.5ppt to 8.8%, operating margin increased by 0.1ppt to 6.2%, PAT margin decreased by 0.1ppt to 4.6%. Due to global recession continuously effecting market demand, revenue and profits declined year-over-year. However, with solid cost control, the margins remain stable.
In the first half of 2023, consolidated revenue achieved record high of NT$130.534billion, increased by 3.8% year-over-year. Year-over-year, gross margin increased by 0.4ppt to 8.5%, operating margin increased by 0.1ppt to 6.1%. PAT was NT$5.914 billion, PAT margin decreased by 0.2ppt to 4.5% year-over-year. EPS was NT$33.82, higher than NT$33.79 in the same period of 2022.
Looking forward, long term demand for cloud computing industry is still growing, the Company will continue investing the data center technology. However, considering the short-term economy and market demand continuously going downturn, the Company cautiously follow, and timely adjust our response to the economic impacts and uncertainties.
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