AUO (OTCMKTS:AUOTY) Shares Gap Up – Should You Buy?

AUO Corporation – Sponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:AUOTY) gapped up before the market opened on Wednesday . The stock had previously closed at $7.34, but opened at $8.27. AUO shares last traded at $8.15, with a volume of 11,582 shares changing hands.

AUO Stock Performance

The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $6.58 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5.23. The company has a market capitalization of $6.81 billion, a PE ratio of 36.88 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 0.83.

AUO (OTCMKTS:AUOTY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.11 billion. AUO had a net margin of 2.06% and a return on equity of 3.58%. On average, research analysts predict that AUO Corporation – Sponsored ADR will post 0.11 EPS for the current year.

AUO Company Profile

AU Optronics Corp. (OTCMKTS:AUOTY) is a Taiwanese manufacturer specializing in thin‐film‐transistor liquid crystal display (TFT‐LCD) panels. Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the company designs, develops and produces high‐resolution display solutions for a variety of end markets, including televisions, desktop monitors, notebook computers, mobile devices and tablets. In addition to consumer electronics, AU Optronics supplies specialty and industrial displays for applications such as automotive instrument clusters, medical imaging and retail signage.

Founded in 1996, AU Optronics has grown into one of the world’s leading TFT‐LCD producers by expanding its fabrication facilities across Taiwan and mainland China.