DB HiTek’s Nine-Month Operating Profit Rises 24% as Fabs Run at Full Capacity

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On Nov. 12, DB HiTek disclosed its preliminary consolidated third-quarter results: revenue of 403.36 billion won, up 14% from a year earlier, and operating profit of 90.02 billion won, up 6.58% year-on-year. For the first nine months, cumulative revenue reached 1.1774 trillion won and operating profit 262.2 billion won, increases of 19% and 24% respectively from a year earlier. The improvement was driven by its power semiconductor foundry business, with strong performance in the 8-inch foundry business; foundry utilization remained effectively at 100% in the third quarter, and average selling prices also increased as the share of higher-value high-voltage BCD (HV BCD) power semiconductors expanded. The company is strengthening its foundry competitiveness through high-value products including HV BCD, third-generation superjunction MOSFETs (SJ MOSFETs) and specialty CMOS image sensors (Specialty CIS). It recently completed a cleanroom at its Sangwoo Campus (Fab 2) in Eumseong County, North Chungcheong Province, and plans to add monthly production capacity of 40,000 wafers through medium- to long-term investments, with Fab 2's next-generation power semiconductor capacity set to rise from the current 63,000 wafers per month to more than 100,000 (this expansion is planned). Net profit totaled 22.48 billion won, down 75.23% from a year earlier and 80.56% from the previous quarter; the decline appears to reflect losses stemming from the temporary suspension of ferroalloy operations at subsidiary DB World in May, as well as non-operating losses related to foreign exchange and investments.

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Source: The Elec · 11/12/2026 · View original source