FIH Mobile Limited provided earnings guidance for the full year ending December 31,2025. For the period, the Company currently expects the Group to record a mid-teen percentage increase in revenue and a significant improvement in its financial results for FY2025, due to the factors outlined below. Positive factors that are expected to offset the negative factors (as set out hereinafter): Increase in sales from the automotive electronics business.
Increase in sales from the manufacturing equipment and robotics business. Improvement in gross margin, from 2.12% in the first nine months of last year to 3.06% in the current period, mainly due to the proactive exit from unprofitable or low-margin businesses, and a shift in the customer and product portfolio. A decrease in operating expenses to USD 99.7 million in the current period, compared to USD 113.3 million in the same period last year.
This is primarily driven by automation implantation, staff optimization, site consolidation and strict expense control. Research and development investment will continue to be strategically allocated in alignment with the Group's medium- to long-term development priorities. A reduction in interest expense mainly due to the loan repayment, and the downward adjustment of the FED rate.
