MediaTek’s Gross Margin Erosion Lead to a Soft 1Q17 Result; FVE Cut to TWD 200 from TWD 226
No-moat-rated MediaTek’s first-quarter 2017 result largely missed our expectations. Operating profit plunged 72.5% from the year-ago period to TWD 1.21 billion, mainly attributable to gross margin erosion and rising operating expense ratio caused by intensifying chipsets competition with Qualcomm and Spreadtrum amid saturated global smartphone demand. The firm lost some shares to its major rival Qualcomm during the quarter, as its Chinese customers, such as Oppo, Vivo, Meizu, and Xiaomi, shifted...Mediatek is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and sales of multi-media integrated circuit ("IC"), IC for computer peripherals, IC for advanced consumer electronics, IC for other special applications and decoders of optical storage; software application design, testing, maintenance and technical consultation services for IC; the import and export of products related to IC. Co.'s product items include optical storage chipset; CD-ROM chipset and single chip, DVD-ROM chipset and single chip, CD-R/RW chipset, combi chipset; and advanced digital consumer chipset DVD-Player chipset (RF chip, servo controller chip and highly integrated chip).
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