Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, posted a 91 per cent leap in first-quarter profit and beat the market forecast on strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers, but gave a more conservative full-year outlook.
Net profit for January-March for Apple’s top iPhone assembler and Nvidia’s server maker came in at T$42.12 billion (US$1.39 billion), versus the T$37.8 billion average of 13 analyst estimates compiled by LSEG.
Foxconn, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry, last month said January-March revenue jumped 24.2 per cent to a record for that quarter on strong sales of AI servers.
In an earnings report, Foxconn said it should see significant on-year growth in the second quarter, with high double-digit growth year on year for AI servers and an accelerating volume production ramp-up.
But for full-year revenue, it forecast significant on-year growth, downgrading the outlook from a previous prediction of strong growth. It did not elaborate and the company does not provide numerical guidance.
A Sino-US trade spat could dim prospects for Foxconn’s outlook this year, as it has a major manufacturing presence in China, though Washington and Beijing on Monday agreed to slash tariffs for at least 90 days.
