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AUO

TAI:2409 · TW0002409000
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & ComponentsLarge

360

14
EV / EBIT5
Price / Owner Earnings83
Owner Earnings Yield92
Dividend Yield65
Price/Sales92
EV / Gross Profit81
Price/Book91
Return on Capital8
Cash Return on Capital52
Return on Equity18
EBIT Margin7
Gross Profitability15
Cash Conversion96
Accruals87
Owner Earnings Margin44
Sales growth11
Profit Growth43
Owner Earnings Growth70
Reinvestment44
Price momentum51
Debt load15
Refinancing9
Debt Payback24
Liquidity16
Analyst ratings10
Opinion Changes63
Price Target Upside19
Market mood39
Value Creation6/20not creating value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

AUO doesn't consistently earn more than its cost of capital, so it isn't yet creating shareholder value.

Profile

CountryTaiwan
IndustryElectronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeTWSE
Employees1,823
Websiteauo.com
ISINTW0002409000
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
FTSE Taiwan Index (Taiwan)
Themes
CleanTechProcess AutomationUtility Scale SolarClean EnergyOptical InfrastructureDetectors, Sensors and Mems

Description

AUO Corporation researches, develops, produces, and sells thin film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs) and other flat panel displays for various applications. The company designs, manufactures, and sells ingots, solar wafers, and solar mo…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

AUO Corporation sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 11.5×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 6/20 on our value-creation score: not creating value. Analyst sentiment is cautious.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
14
2023202420252026

All-time high

49

Jan 2023

All-time low

10

Mar 2026

Average rank

22

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
92
95
95
93
Price/Earnings
19
23
97
95
Price/Book
91
94
97
100
Dividend Yield
65
38
66
89
Value (overall)
73
69
91
100

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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