Diodes reports Q3 adjusted EPS $1.13, consensus $1.22

Reports Q3 revenue $404.6M, consensus $425.75M. Commenting on the results, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Third quarter revenue reflected weaker than expected end customer demand in the consumer, computing and communications markets as well as the overall Asia market. Our original assumption of a market recovery did not materialize during the quarter. Our automotive product revenue in the third quarter remained at a record 19% of revenue, contributing to our combined automotive and industrial revenue being 45% of revenue and above our target model of 40%. However, in the fourth quarter we expect a broad-based slowdown globally in the industrial market as well as softness in the automotive market due to customer inventory adjustments coupled with year-end distributor inventory management, which is in addition to the ongoing delayed recovery in the 3C markets. As a result, our outlook for the fourth quarter is much lower than our typical seasonality.”