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Allen Cheng
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Soft 2Q Result Was Dampened by Weak Smartphone Demand; Shares Overvalued Relative to Our TWD 202 FVE

With demand for smartphone and tablet chips remaining weak, and following market share losses to major rival Qualcomm, MediaTek’s second-quarter results were lower than our expectations, despite its gross margin improving from last quarter. We saw severe competition persist as the firm’s average selling price declined nearly 5% in the quarter. We reiterate our TWD 202 fair value estimate for the shares, along with our no-moat and negative trend ratings, following adjustments to our forecasts, in...
Underlying
MEDIATEK CORPORATION

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).

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Allen Cheng

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