html November 13 news, according to foreign media reports, chip foundry TSMC released its financial report for the fourth quarter of last year this afternoon. As previously expected, their revenue for this quarter increased significantly year-on-year and exceeded their expectations. .
TSMC’s financial report shows that their revenue in the fourth quarter of last year was NT$438.19 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21.2%; net profit was NT$166.23 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%.
In US dollars, TSMC’s revenue in the fourth quarter of last year was US$15.74 billion, an increase of US$3.06 billion from US$12.68 billion in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 24.1%; an increase of US$860 million from US$14.88 billion in the previous quarter, a month-on-month increase of 5.8 %.
In the financial report, TSMC also disclosed that their gross profit margin in the fourth quarter of last year was 52.7%, operating profit margin was 41.7%, and net profit margin was 37.9%, which were not as good as the same period last year, but slightly better than the previous quarter.
In its third-quarter financial report released on October 14 last year, TSMC management estimated fourth-quarter revenue of US$15.4-15.7 billion, with gross profit margins between 51% and 53%. In the end, their revenue exceeded the upper limit of expectations, and their gross profit margin also reached expectations and was close to the upper limit of expectations.
