Stark Technology Inc. (2480.TW) Stock

About Stark Technology Inc.

Stark Technology Inc. engages in the distribution and maintenance of computers and peripherals in Taiwan, Mainland China, and internationally. The company offers information security and email lifecycle management (ELM) products; Check Point 3D Security, a protection against various types of threats; storage systems and software; and security appliances. It also provides virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services; unified data center, unified computing, unified fabric, and unified management solutions; Hitachi Data System that provides information technologies, services, and solutions; consulting, application development and management, infrastructure, hosting, and outsourcing; and documentation and paid professional service. In addition, the company manufactures and sells computer hardware and software. Further, it is involved in the research, design, development, and sale of computer software/hardware, and computer system design; and import/export trade activities. The company provides its products and services through Cellopoint, Checkpoint, Citrix, Cisco, HP ESP, Hitachi Data System, IBM, Lenovo, Liferay, OminBud, NetApp, Palo Alto Networks, Veritas, and VMware brands. Stark Technology Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

Stark Technology Inc. (2480.TW) stock trades at $158.50 with a market capitalization of $16.86B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.98, price-to-book of 5.15, price-to-sales of 1.87. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $135.50 and $182.50, and currently trades 13.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.92%.

On profitability, Stark Technology Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 29.35% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, an operating margin of 11.81%, a net profit margin of 10.32%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.34.

2480.TW has an average daily trading volume of 482,889 shares, a beta of 0.16 (less volatile than the overall market), 0.11B shares outstanding.

Official website: www.sti.com.tw