Dutch group Philips Electronics (PHG.AS) beat analysts' forecasts on Monday with fourth-quarter net profit that was powered by one-off gains, and raised its 2006 dividend by 36 percent to 0.60 euros per share.
　　Philips's net profit came in at 680 million euros ($881.3 million), compared with an average forecast of 396 million euros by 20 analysts polled by Reuters. Net profit in the year-earlier period was 332 million euros. Net profit was pushed higher by a lower corporate tax rate and an unexpected additional 129 million euro gain from the sale of its chip unit.
　　Revenues at the TVs-to-hospital-equipment maker slipped more than expected to 8.13 billion euros from 9.52 billion a year earlier, and compared with an average analyst forecast of 8.32 billion euros.
　　Sales have declined after Philips sold its semiconductor division to private-equity investors in September.

　　荷兰飞利浦电子集团周一公布了2006年第四季度财政报告，得益于一笔大单，去年第四季度的收入达到了分析师的预期。该公司2006年全年红利涨了36％，为0.6欧元。
　　飞利浦公司去年第四季度的净利是6.8亿欧元（约合8.813亿美元），高于此前20位路透分析师3.96亿欧元的预期，也高于2005年同期的3.32亿欧元。盈利的增长主要缘于社会税收的低税率，以及卖掉芯片部门额外得到的1.29亿欧元的收入。
　　该公司医疗器械部门第四季的销售收入是81.3亿欧元，相较于2005年同期的95.2亿欧元，以及大多数分析师预计的83.2亿欧元还是有所下滑。
　　该部门销售收入下滑的主要原因是飞利浦9月份将半导体业务出售给了一些私募股权投资人。