AT&S: Mixed Results Expected

Companies ♦ Published: July 20, 2012; 18:58 ♦ (Vindobona)

Next week, the Austrian producer of semiconductors will publish its first quarter results. Analysts of Erste Group and RCB (Raiffeisen Centrobank) expect a rise in net income and revenues.

AT&S: Mixed Results Expected / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Erste Group and RCB anticipate improved results for AT&S. However, both analysts underline that a comparison is significant to only a limited extent. In the first quarter of 2011, the earthquake in Japan caused substantial difficulties for AT&S. Moreover, the capacity utilization oft he the factory in Shanghai was remarkably low.

However, the first quarter of 2012/13…