Quanta laptop shipments reach record 59.8m unitsBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterQuanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦) yesterday said it shipped 59.8 million laptops last year, a 70.37 percent increase year-on-year and the highest in the company’s history, thanks to work-from-home and distance learning demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Net profit in the fourth quarter of last year surged 91.11 percent year-on-year to NT$8.63 billion (US$302.6 million), or earnings per share of NT$2.24. The Quanta Computer Inc logo is pictured outside the company’ headquarters in New Taipei City’s Linkou District on March 30 last year. Quanta said its board of directors has proposed paying a cash dividend of NT$5.2 per share. That translates into a dividend yield of 5.25 percent, based on Quanta’s closing price of NT$99 yesterday.

Source: Taipei Times March 30, 2021 15:56 UTC