Deswell Announces Second Half 2023 Results

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n- Company Announces Second Half Cash Dividend of 0.10 Per Share -\n\n\n MACAO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nDeswell Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSWL) today announced its unaudited financial results for the second half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.\n\n\nNet sales for the six months ended March 31, 2023 were $33.1 million, a decrease of 27.6% compared to net sales of $45.7 million for the six months ended March 31, 2022. Net sales decreased by 42.2% to $7.5 million in the plastic segment and by 21.8% to $25.6 million in the Company’s electronic segment.\n\n\nTotal gross margin increased to 17.3% during the six months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to 16.5% in the same period last year. For the plastic segment, gross profit margin decreased to 17.8% of net sales for the second half of fiscal 2023, as compared to 19.2% of net sales for the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. The decrease in gross profit margin in the plastic segment is mainly attributable to relative increases in labor costs and a decrease in sales revenue, partially offset by lower raw material costs. Gross profit margin in the electronics segment increased from 15.4% in the second half of fiscal 2022 to 17.2% in the second half of fiscal 2023. The increase in gross profit margin in the electronics segment is the result of the depreciation of the renminbi, and decreased raw material and labor costs due to continuous cost control measures taken.\n\n\nOperating income for the second half of fiscal 2023 decreased from $1.7 million in the second half of fiscal 2022 to $0.8 million in the second half of fiscal 2023.\n\n\nThe Company reported net income of $2.6 million for the six months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to net income of $4.1 million for the six months ended March 31, 2022. Non-operating income for the six months ended March 31, 2023 was $1.7 million, as compared to non-operating income of $2.0 million in the six months ended March 31, 2022. Non-operating income during the six months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily comprised of $381,000 from unrealized gain in marketable securities, $330,000 from rental income, $445,000 on dividend income from securities investments, and $461,000 from realized gain on the sale of marketable securities, as compared to an unrealized gain of $27,000 on marketable securities, rental income of $1,028,000, div...

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