ESMT's April Profit Surges 1429% Year-on-Year, with EPS of NT$6.32

(CNA, Reporter Chang Chien-chung, Hsinchu, 18th) Memory IC company ESMT announced its unaudited net profit attributable to the parent company for April was NT$1.848 billion, an increase of 1429% compared to the same period last year, with earnings per share (EPS) of NT$6.32. Benefiting from the booming memory market and high prices, ESMT's April revenue climbed to NT$4.634 billion, a record high, representing a year-on-year increase of 349%. For the first four months of the year, cumulative revenue was NT$11.901 billion, a year-on-year increase of 202.48%. As its securities met the criteria for disclosure of trading information on the centralized exchange, ESMT announced its unaudited net profit attributable to the parent company for April was NT$1.848 billion, up 1429% year-on-year, with an EPS of NT$6.32. ESMT's cumulative net profit attributable to the parent company for the first four months was NT$3.912 billion, with an EPS of NT$13.54. Since the beginning of May, ESMT's stock price has risen from NT$169.5, closing at NT$252 today, a cumulative increase of NT$82.5, or 48.67%. (Editor: Chang Chun-mao) 1150518