KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 29): Hard-disk drive manufacturer JCY International Bhd posted net profit of RM26.44 million in the fourth quarter ended Sept 30, 2011, boosted by higher shipments and a favourable US dollar exchange.
It said on Tuesday that the fourth quarter financial performance was a turnaround from the net loss of RM25.18 million a year ago. Revenue dipped 1.5% to RM439.92 million from RM474.71 million while earnings per share were 1.29 sen compared with loss per share of 1.23 sen.
JCY said when compared with the third quarter, its revenue rose 11.3% while profit before tax of RM26.4 million was also a turnaround from the pre-tax loss of RM31.8 million in the third quarter.
For the 12-month period, its earnings plunged 92% to RM14.55 million from RM173.76 million in the previous financial year. Its revenue fell 17.8% to RM1.671 billion from RM2.033 billion.
Elaborating on the fourth quarter performance, it said the increase in turnover was due to the overall increase in revenues arising mainly from increases in the shipment quantity and favourable US dollar exchange rates.
“The cost of sales decreased despite the increase in the overall sales due to efficient cost management and improvement in output through the better yield and improvements in operational efficiency,” it said.
JCY group chairman Dr Rozali Mohamed Ali said the results were satisfactory given the challenging business environment.
“We are very comfortable with our improvement in the operational efficiency, and we will continue to focus our efforts in improving our yields to maintain our sustainable profit improvement for the next financial year,” he added.
JCY is fortunate as its facilities in Thailand were not affected by the recent flooding. JCY continues to operate at full capacity in Thailand.
Rozali said JCY was taking a number of steps to increase its output from its factories in Malaysia and elsewhere, including restructuring its production output and product mix, and accelerating its expansion for its plants in China.
“We will continue to work closely with our key customers to meet their requirements for our HDD components over the next few quarters.
“However, the biggest challenge facing JCY in Malaysia continues to be shortages of its work force which constraints its output. JCY has increasingly implemented automation for its production and this has resulted in the improvement of its output yield recently,” he said.
It said on Tuesday that the fourth quarter financial performance was a turnaround from the net loss of RM25.18 million a year ago. Revenue dipped 1.5% to RM439.92 million from RM474.71 million while earnings per share were 1.29 sen compared with loss per share of 1.23 sen.
JCY said when compared with the third quarter, its revenue rose 11.3% while profit before tax of RM26.4 million was also a turnaround from the pre-tax loss of RM31.8 million in the third quarter.
For the 12-month period, its earnings plunged 92% to RM14.55 million from RM173.76 million in the previous financial year. Its revenue fell 17.8% to RM1.671 billion from RM2.033 billion.
Elaborating on the fourth quarter performance, it said the increase in turnover was due to the overall increase in revenues arising mainly from increases in the shipment quantity and favourable US dollar exchange rates.
“The cost of sales decreased despite the increase in the overall sales due to efficient cost management and improvement in output through the better yield and improvements in operational efficiency,” it said.
JCY group chairman Dr Rozali Mohamed Ali said the results were satisfactory given the challenging business environment.
“We are very comfortable with our improvement in the operational efficiency, and we will continue to focus our efforts in improving our yields to maintain our sustainable profit improvement for the next financial year,” he added.
JCY is fortunate as its facilities in Thailand were not affected by the recent flooding. JCY continues to operate at full capacity in Thailand.
Rozali said JCY was taking a number of steps to increase its output from its factories in Malaysia and elsewhere, including restructuring its production output and product mix, and accelerating its expansion for its plants in China.
“We will continue to work closely with our key customers to meet their requirements for our HDD components over the next few quarters.
“However, the biggest challenge facing JCY in Malaysia continues to be shortages of its work force which constraints its output. JCY has increasingly implemented automation for its production and this has resulted in the improvement of its output yield recently,” he said.
