Taiwan major LED packagers revealed financial reports in the first half of 2010. Among the peers, Everlight ranked the first with after-tax net earnings of NT$3.7 per share. It scored NT$1.4 billion (US$43 million at US$1:NT$32) in after-tax profit over the first half of 2010, more than double the amount it made a year earlier.
Unity Opto came secondly, netting NT$2.15 per share, gaining 1.4 folds from the same half of 2009. It raked in NT$661 million (US$20 million) in after-tax earnings on revenue of NT$3.2 billion (US$101 million) in the first half of 2010. The revenue result represented a 118% increase year on year and constituted 81% of the total NT$4 billion (US$125 million). The company projects orders to grow 40-50% in the second half this year from the first half.
Harvatek and Bright Led Electronics Corp. came after, earning NT$1.13 and NT$1.02 respectively.
Harvatek reported after-tax net earnings of NT$120 million (US$3.7 million), or NT$0.61 per share, in Q2 alone, sending its net earnings for the first half of this year rising to NT$1.13 per share.
In the second quarter, Bright had after-tax net earnings of NT$166 million (US$5.1 million), spiking 3.75 folds quarter on quarter. The quarter earnings helped swell the company's profits for the first half of this year to NT$201 million (US$6.2 million).