TPK Holding Co., Ltd.
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Company Background
TPK Holding is a major manufacturer of touch panels for smartphones, tablets and PCs. Its client list includes Apple of the U.S. and Chinese smartphone makers. The Taiwan-based company's main production facilities are in Xiamen, in China's Fujian Province.
Chairman Michael Chiang established TPK in 2005, having recognized the potential of touch panels. Previously, he founded Taiwan Video & Monitoring to tap the VCR and monitor market.
Until the early 2000s, resistive touch panels, which respond to pressure on the display surface, were the norm. Chiang's company improved technology for transparent projected capacitive touch screens, which respond to even a light touch. He established a mass production system and supplied panels to Apple for the first iPhone, released in 2007. That made capacitive touch panels an industry standard.
TPK boosted capital spending on expectations that Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, released in 2012, would increase demand for touch panels. The market did not expand as anticipated, and the company remains saddled with overcapacity. A price war with Chinese panel producers has also intensified.
TPK in November 2014 appointed Michael Chung, a former executive of Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn Technology Group, as president and CEO in the hope that he would improve earnings.
Business Summary
Financial Highlights
Dec 2021 | TWD | USD |
Revenue | 103,088.74M | 3,690.72M |
Gross Profit | 3,324.99M | 119.03M |
Operating income | 313.92M | 11.23M |
Income before tax | 1,475.13M | 52.81M |
Net income | 1,068.60M | 38.25M |
EBITDA | 5,172.64M | 185.18M |
Diluted EPS | 2.62 | 0.09 |
Dividends Per Share | 1.50 | 0.05 |
Total Assets | 77,785.43M | 2,811.48M |
Total liabilities | 42,399.74M | 1,532.50M |
Total equity | 35,234.90M | 1,273.53M |
Operating cash flow | 1,048.97M | 37.55M |
Currency in TWD | Currency in USD |
Historical Data
Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | |
Revenue | 107,208.48M | 113,481.50M | 136,606.69M | 114,583.19M | 103,088.74M |
Gross Profit | 7,536.09M | 4,187.42M | 5,516.40M | 4,844.65M | 3,324.99M |
Operating income | 2,649.19M | -187.05M | 927.60M | 949.68M | 313.92M |
Income before tax | 3,275.91M | 696.00M | 780.10M | 1,811.26M | 1,475.13M |
Net income | 2,404.39M | 223.83M | 208.88M | 1,031.32M | 1,068.60M |
EBITDA | 11,048.07M | 7,116.13M | 8,750.57M | 7,110.02M | 5,172.64M |
Diluted EPS | 6.63 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 2.53 | 2.62 |
Dividends Per Share | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 |
Total Assets | 82,978.31M | 83,967.60M | 85,493.11M | 83,621.02M | 77,785.43M |
Total liabilities | 45,807.69M | 46,725.89M | 49,324.40M | 46,815.54M | 42,399.74M |
Total equity | 36,947.69M | 36,891.60M | 36,168.71M | 36,679.83M | 35,234.90M |
Operating cash flow | 16,914.56M | 3,669.70M | 6,765.19M | 5,897.11M | 1,048.97M |
Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | |
Revenue | 3,523.96M | 3,763.34M | 4,419.11M | 3,891.49M | 3,690.72M |
Gross Profit | 247.71M | 138.86M | 178.45M | 164.53M | 119.03M |
Operating income | 87.07M | -6.20M | 30.00M | 32.25M | 11.23M |
Income before tax | 107.67M | 23.08M | 25.23M | 61.51M | 52.81M |
Net income | 79.03M | 7.42M | 6.75M | 35.02M | 38.25M |
EBITDA | 363.15M | 235.98M | 283.07M | 241.47M | 185.18M |
Diluted EPS | 0.21 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
Dividends Per Share | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Total Assets | 2,788.39M | 2,731.80M | 2,851.95M | 2,976.04M | 2,811.48M |
Total liabilities | 1,539.31M | 1,520.18M | 1,645.40M | 1,666.15M | 1,532.50M |
Total equity | 1,241.58M | 1,200.23M | 1,206.54M | 1,305.42M | 1,273.53M |
Operating cash flow | 555.98M | 121.69M | 218.84M | 200.27M | 37.55M |
Valuation Measures
Dec 2021 | |
PER | 16.54 |
ROA | 1.32% |
ROE | 2.97% |
Operating margin | 0.30% |
Profit margin | 1.03% |
Key executives
- President, CEO, Director & Deputy Spokesman: Leo Hsieh
- Head-Finance: Jonathan Chen
- Director & Senior Deputy General Manager: Heng Yao Chang
- Director & Senior Deputy General Manager: Shih Ming Liu
- Director & Senior Deputy General Manager: Tsung Liang Tsai
Shareholders
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. (2.5%)
- Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.7%)
- Norges Bank Investment Management (1.6%)
- BlackRock Fund Advisors (0.8%)
- BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd. (0.2%)
- Schroder Investment Management North America, Inc. (0.1%)
- TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC (0.0%)
- Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. (0.0%)
- SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (0.0%)
- American Century Investment Management, Inc. (0.0%)
Contact Details
- Website:http://www.tpk.com
- Address: 13-18, Section 6, Minquan East Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan
- Phone: +886.2.77271199
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