Acer said the tablet PCs will help them to achieve breakeven in the first quarter of

March 20, according to foreign media reports, the world's fourth largest PC manufacturers, Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has just released the fourth quarter of last year and full year earnings losses than expected in the fourth quarter, Acer last year from profit to loss . Acer also said that due to the surge in tablet shipments, the company's first quarter is expected to achieve breakeven.

Acer is expected in the first quarter of this year, Tablet PC shipments increased by 1.9 times than the previous quarter, but shipments of desktop computers and notebook computers than the previous quarter, a decrease of 10% to 15%.

But analysts expressed doubt they expected Acer at least until the third quarter to end deficits, because Acer does not intend to introduce new products in the first half of this year.

Yuanta Securities analyst Vincent Chen (Vincent Chen) expects Acer shows a small net loss in the first quarter and the second quarter, mainly due to operating expenses will increase, laptop shipments will continue to decrease as well as low-cost tablet The computer will increasingly thin profit margins.

He said: "I expect less than the Acer, Gateway (Gateway) brand, will the value of goodwill in mind the 35 billion New Taiwan dollars." In 2007, Acer acquired Gateway computer company.

Earlier this month, Acer president JT Wang told reporters that the company's target for this year is the Tablet PC shipments increased by 2.5-fold, reaching nearly 10 million units; doubling the marketing budget, so this part of the expenditure in the total expenditure The proportion rose to 1.5%.

He also said the company will focus on a number of new products released in the second half of the year.

Acer said on Tuesday that the company's fourth quarter net loss of 33.7 billion New Taiwan dollars (U.S. $ 1.1328 one hundred million U.S. dollars), compared to the previous quarter, net profit of NT $ 68 million yuan, a year-on-year net profit of 100 million NT.

According to a Reuters survey, 10 industry analysts predicted the Acer fourth quarter net loss of 29.9 billion New Taiwan dollars.

Acer said in January, the company will include Gateway, Packard Bell, eMachines and Heavenly Sword (E-Ten), including four trademark note of goodwill, loss of a total of 35 billion New Taiwan dollars.

By the fourth quarter of the first drag, Acer annual net loss in 2012 reached a record 29.1 billion New Taiwan dollars, compared with a net loss of 66 billion New Taiwan dollars in 2011 has narrowed.
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