Deswell Industries, Inc., an independent manufacturer and supplier registered in the BVI and headquartered in Hong Kong, announced its unaudited financial results for the second half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. For the six months, the company reported net sales of US$30.9mln – an increase of 29.4% as compared to net sales of US$23.9mln for the same period ended March 31, 2017. In the plastic segment, net sales increased by 13.7% and made US$14.4mln, while in the electronic segoment they increased by 47.2% to US$16.5mln.
For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the BVI company reported net income of US$2.5mln, as compared to net income of US$0.7mln for the same period of the previous year. Of this amount, operating income made US$0.2mln in the reported period, compared to operating loss of US$0.3mln in the second half of fiscal 2017.
For the second half of fiscal 2018, Deswell reported basic and diluted income of US$0.16 per share, as compared to basic and diluted income of US$0.04 per share for the six months ended March 31, 2017. As of March 31, 2018, the BVI company had US$15.2mln in cash and cash equivalents and working capital totaled US$49.8mln.
