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AUO (AUOTY) Profitability Rank : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is AUO Profitability Rank?

AUO has the Profitability Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

AUO's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -8.00%. As of today, AUO's Piotroski F-Score is 6.


Competitive Comparison of AUO's Profitability Rank

For the Electronic Components subindustry, AUO's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


AUO's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, AUO's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AUO's Profitability Rank falls into.



AUO Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

AUO has the Profitability Rank of 5.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

AUO's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-162.181 / 2026.968
=-8.00 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

AUO has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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AUO (AUOTY) Business Description

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Address
No. 1, Li-Hsin Road 2, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, TWN, 300094
AUO Corp is a Taiwan-based company that manufactures & distributes thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display (TFT-LCD) panels to original equipment manufacturers. The display segment generally is engaged in the research, development, design, manufacturing, & sale of flat panel displays. The energy segment mainly is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and sale of ingots, solar wafers, and solar modules, as well as providing technical engineering services and maintenance services for solar system projects AU Optronics has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, Japan, and Malaysia. It operates in two segments - The display segment & energy segment, the majority is derived from the Display segment. Geographically, the majority is from the PRC (including Hong Kong).