AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its preliminary consolidated April 2011 revenue of NT$33,174 million, down by 7.7% month-over-month and 19.4% year-over-year.
For April 2011, large-sized panel (a) shipments, with applications on desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications, were around 9.98 million units, a decrease of 6.8% from the previous month. As for small-and-medium-sized panels, the shipments were nearly 14.11 million units, down by 15.9% month-over-month.
(a) Large size refers to panels that are 10 inches and above in diagonal measurement while small and medium size refers to those below 10 inches.
Sales Report :(Unit: NT$ million)
| Net Sales(1) (2) | Consolidated(3) | Unconsolidated |
| April 2011 | 33,174 | 31,080 |
| March 2011 | 35,947 | 34,236 |
| M-o-M Growth | (7.7%) | (9.2%) |
| April 2010 | 41,154 | 39,012 |
| Y-o-Y Growth | (19.4%) | (20.3%) |
| Jan to April 2011 | 126,404 | 119,370 |
| Jan to April 2010 | 152,718 | 145,254 |
| Y-o-Y Growth | (17.2%) | (17.8%) |
(1) All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan.
(2) Monthly figures are unaudited, prepared by AU Optronics Corp.
(3) Consolidated numbers include AU Optronics Corp., AU Optronics (L) Corp. and its affiliates, Darwin Precision Corp. and its affiliates, BriView Electronics Corp., Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd., Darshin Microelectronics Inc., and AUO Crystal Corp. and its affiliates.