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AUO Corporation

AUOTY
21
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$9.24
-0.41 (-4.25%)
extended-hours:$8.71-5.74%
Market Cap
$6.97B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
21
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Weak
Dividends
Weak
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Share count falling — buybacks

−1.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 784.1M (2021) → 773.1M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

AUO Corporation is a major display panel maker based in Taiwan. It manufactures LCD and other flat panels used in TVs, computer monitors, laptops, smartphones, and car dashboards. The company is one of the largest display manufacturers in the world, serving big electronics brands and automakers globally.

AUO makes money by selling display panels and related components to device makers, mostly in Asia but also in Europe and the Americas. With a market cap around $7.3 billion, it competes against other large Asian panel producers like BOE and Innolux in a highly cyclical industry where pricing depends heavily on supply and demand swings. The company has been expanding into higher-margin specialty displays for automotive and industrial uses, which could help stabilize earnings, but ongoing pressure from oversupply and thin margins remains a key risk.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
13.0%
Thin — 13.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
0.3%
Thin — 0.3% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-1.6%
Weak — -1.6% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-2.2%
Shrinking sales (-2.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-67.9%
Earnings shrinking (-67.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
704%
Turns 704% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.66
Moderate — manageable debt (0.66)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
119.6x
Expensive — P/E 119.6

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-21.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.31%
Small dividend — 1.31% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-42.1%
Dividend cut (-42.1% YoY) — warning sign

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