ESS TECHNOLOGY INC

Ticker: ESST
, Exchange: NASD
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

Complete Financials: Q1Y08 Currency: USD Current Annual Period: Y07
Business Summary
ESST ESS Technology, Inc. engages in the design, development, and marketing of DVD chip products. It offers DVD decoder chips and video CD chips, as well as certain legacy products, such as image sensor chips, consumer digital audio chips, communication


RATIOS AND STATISTICS AT A GLANCE
( As of 10/02/2008 )
Price

52 Week High

52 Week Low

3 Month Avg Daily Vol (Mil)

10 Day Avg Daily Vol (Mil)

Beta

Indicated Annual Dividend

Dividend Yield % 		NA

NC

NC

NC

NC

1.344

NA

NA 		Price/Sales (TTM)

P/E Ratio (TTM)

Price/Book (MRQ)

Price/Cash Flow (TTM)

Return on Assets (TTM) %

Return on Equity (TTM) %

Current Ratio (MRQ)

Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 		0.000

NA

1.320

0.000

-4.556

-9.147

6.104

0.000

Note:
Mil = Millions
MRQ = Most Recent Quarter
TTM = Trailing Twelve Months


SHARE RELATED INFORMATION SHORT INTEREST INFORMATION
Market Cap (Mil)

Shares Outstanding (Mil)

Float (Mil) 		58.147

35.564

NA 		Current Month (Mil)

Previous Month (Mil)

Short Interest Ratio (Days) 		NA

NA

NA


INSTITUTIONAL &
INSIDER OWNERSHIP 		PURCHASES
(Mil) 		SALES
(Mil) 		NET PURCHASES
(Mil) 		PERCENT
OWNED (%) 		PREVIOUS PERCENT
OWNED (%)
Institutions (3 Months)

Insiders (6 Months) 		NA

0.000 		NA

0.000 		NA

0.000 		NA

NA 		NA

NA


GROWTH RATES 1 YEAR 3 YEAR 5 YEAR
Sales %

EPS %

Dividend % 		-31.985

NC

NC 		-35.721

NC

NC 		-24.221

-36.179

NC


HISTORICAL QUARTERLY RESULTS

REVENUE
( Thousands of USD )
QUARTERS 2005 2006 2007 2008
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		42.763

46.491

48.588

44.079 		26.886

29.066

23.194

21.319 		17.772

17.184

17.679

15.696 		14.371





TOTAL 181.921 100.465 68.331
EARNINGS PER SHARE
( USD )
QUARTERS 2005 2006 2007 2008
Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4 		-0.600

-0.290

-0.280

-1.330 		-0.360

-0.390

-0.110

-0.280 		0.130

-0.020

0.000

-0.020 		-0.080





TOTAL -2.500 -1.140 0.090

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