- Company Announces First Half Cash Dividend of $0.10 Per Share -

MACAO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2024-- Deswell Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSWL) today announced its unaudited financial results for the first six months of fiscal 2025, ended September 30, 2024.

Net sales for the six months ended September 30, 2024 were $35.2 million, a decrease of 6.8% compared to net sales of $37.7 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. Net sales decreased by 8.1% to $5.8 million in the plastic segment and by 6.5% to $29.4 million in the Company’s electronic segment.

Total gross margin was 19.5% of net sales during the six months ended September 30, 2024, consistent with the corresponding period of last year. Gross margin in the plastic segment decreased slightly to 19.5% of net sales in the segment for the first half of fiscal 2025, compared to 19.6% of net sales in the segment for the corresponding period of last fiscal year. Gross margin in the plastic segment remained almost at the same level as the corresponding period last year due to the continued control in labor headcount and cost, consumption of raw materials, as well as the result of depreciation of the Renminbi in the first six months of fiscal 2025. Gross profit margin in the electronic segment remained at 19.5% of net sales in the segment for the first half of fiscal 2025, which was the same for the first six months of last fiscal year. This was mainly the result of the depreciation of the Renminbi, and continuous cost control measures in raw materials and labor cost for the first six months of fiscal 2025. Operating income in the first half of fiscal 2025 was $1.8 million, compared to operating income of $2.3 million for the same period of fiscal 2024.

The Company reported net income of $6.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, compared to net income of $3.6 million for the six months ended September 30, 2023. This was primarily due to non-operating income of $4.6 million for the six months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to a non-operating income of $1.4 million for the same period of fiscal 2024. Deswell reported basic and diluted income per share of $0.39 for the first half of fiscal 2025 (based on 15,935,000 and 15,935,000 weighted average shares outstanding), as compared to basic and diluted income per share of $0.22 for the first half of fiscal 2024 (based on 15,935,000 and 15,973,000 weighted average shares outstanding).

The Company's financial position remained strong, with $13.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and working capital totaling $74.8 million as of September 30, 2024. Furthermore, the Company has no long-term or short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024.

Mr. Edward So, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Revenue decreased during the period primarily due to the inflationary environment and less consumer spending on non-essential items such as home audio equipment and audio products. In spite of the slight sales decrease, measures taken to moderate raw material and labor costs enabled us to report solid gross margins consistent with the previous year. We reported healthy operating income of $1.8 million for the period with significantly higher net income of $6.2 million due to non-operating income from investments. We’re optimistic about progress we’ve made during this year developing new products for the commercial audio installed sound market and with our visibility today we expect to begin customer deliveries of installed sound systems to airport customers during the first half of calendar 2025. Our strong balance sheet with its solid cash position and no debt enables us to implement our long-term growth strategy to grow our customer base and end markets while also returning capital to our shareholders with a consistent dividend.”

First Half Dividend

The Company also announced that its board of directors today declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per share for the first half of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024. The dividend will be payable on December 23, 2024 to shareholders of record as of December 2, 2024.

About Deswell

Deswell manufactures injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products and subassemblies, and metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and contract manufacturers at its factories in the People’s Republic of China. The Company produces a wide variety of plastic parts and components used in the manufacture of consumer and industrial products; printed circuit board assemblies using surface mount (“SMT”) and finished products such as telephones, telephone answering machines, sophisticated studio-quality audio equipment and computer peripherals.

To learn more about Deswell Industries, Inc., please visit the Company’s website at www.deswell.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are "forward-looking statements" are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. For example, our statements regarding our expected growth in sales from the electronic division in the coming year and our efforts to reduce overhead costs in our plastic division are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially because of the following factors, among others, which may cause revenues and income to fall short of anticipated levels or our overhead expenses to increase: our dependence on a few major customers; vigorous competition forcing product price reductions or discounts; the timing and amount of significant orders from our relatively few significant customers; continuing increases in resin prices that cannot be passed on to customers; unexpected production delays; obsolete inventory or product returns; losses resulting from fraudulent activity of our customers or employees; labor shortages that increase labor and costs; changes in the mix of product products we manufacture and sell; adverse currency fluctuations in the Renminbi and Hong Kong dollar when translated to US dollars; potential new accounting pronouncements; and the effects of travel restrictions and quarantines associated with major health problems, such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, on general economic activity.

For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F, copies of which may be obtained from the Website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.

All information in this release is made as of the date of this press release. Deswell undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in Deswell’s expectations.

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