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China Yongda Automobile Services Hldg / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Maintain BUY. Yongda’s 1H23 net profit fell 40% YoY to RMB 407mn, slightly lower than our prior forecast but higher than some investors’ pessimistic expectation.</li><li>Yongda’s 1H23 earnings YoY decline was between Zhongsheng (881 HK, NR) and Meidong (1268 HK, HOLD).</li><li>We expect Yongda’s new-car GPM to improve slightly HoH. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Maintain BUY. Yongda’s 1H23 net profit fell 40% YoY to RMB 407mn, slightly lower than our prior forecast but higher than some investors’ pessimistic expectation.Yongda’s 1H23 earnings YoY decline was between Zhongsheng (881 HK, NR) and Meidong (1268 HK, HOLD).We expect Yongda’s new-car GPM to improve slightly HoH. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Yongda Automobiles (3669 HK) – New-Car GPM May Bottom Out in 2H23E

<ul><li>Maintain BUY. We project Yongda’s 1H23E net profit to fall 34% YoY to RMB 445mn amid price war and we cut our FY23E net profit to RMB 1.2bn.</li><li>Given that major luxury automakers in China provided significant additional rebates to dealers in 1H23, we are of the view that new-car GPM of about 1% could be a bottom for Yongda.</li><li>We project 1H23E net profit to be RMB 445mn. We project Yongda’s newcar sales volume to rise 16% YoY to about 89,000 units in 1H23E due to low base, with average selling price falling about 11% YoY amid price war.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Maintain BUY. We project Yongda’s 1H23E net profit to fall 34% YoY to RMB 445mn amid price war and we cut our FY23E net profit to RMB 1.2bn.Given that major luxury automakers in China provided significant additional rebates to dealers in 1H23, we are of the view that new-car GPM of about 1% could be a bottom for Yongda.We project 1H23E net profit to be RMB 445mn. We project Yongda’s newcar sales volume to rise 16% YoY to about 89,000 units in 1H23E due to low base, with average selling price falling about 11% YoY amid price war.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Yongda Automobiles (3669 HK) – 1H23E Preview: New-Car GPM Could Be a Bottom

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume fell 1% YoY in first four months of 2023, 2% higher than our forecast made in Dec 2022.</li><li>Wholesale volume also rose 7% YoY YTD, 3% higher than our prior forecast, largely due to doubled PV exports in the first four months of 2023.</li><li>Automakers in China started to cut inventories in Apr 2023, as we had expected.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume fell 1% YoY in first four months of 2023, 2% higher than our forecast made in Dec 2022.Wholesale volume also rose 7% YoY YTD, 3% higher than our prior forecast, largely due to doubled PV exports in the first four months of 2023.Automakers in China started to cut inventories in Apr 2023, as we had expected.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Mixed picture ahead as inventory risk lingers

<ul><li>Eleven Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Nov 2023 sales volumes on 1 Dec 2023.</li><li>Sales volume of the 11 automakers combined rose 49% YoY (ranging from -17% to +245%) and 2% MoM (ranging from -1% to +48%) in Nov.</li><li>Seven out of the 11 automakers posted their all-time high sales volume in Nov.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Eleven Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Nov 2023 sales volumes on 1 Dec 2023.Sales volume of the 11 automakers combined rose 49% YoY (ranging from -17% to +245%) and 2% MoM (ranging from -1% to +48%) in Nov.Seven out of the 11 automakers posted their all-time high sales volume in Nov.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – NEV Sales Volume MoM Growth Narrowed in Nov

<ul><li>We summarize the Oct 2023 leading indicators as below, including number of leads, customer flows, and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.</li><li>Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15- 18 stores for each brand) in 15 major cities in China.</li><li>In general, new orders per store for most brands have been rising MoM since Apr 2023, which have been consistent with our prior projection that NEV market share in China could rise sequentially for the remainder of the year. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We summarize the Oct 2023 leading indicators as below, including number of leads, customer flows, and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li Auto, Xpeng, BYD and Aion.Note that such data are based on a sample size of 96 stores (15- 18 stores for each brand) in 15 major cities in China.In general, new orders per store for most brands have been rising MoM since Apr 2023, which have been consistent with our prior projection that NEV market share in China could rise sequentially for the remainder of the year. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Improving Leading Indicators Imply Strong 4Q23

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China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Ltd. retails passenger vehicles. The Company sells new and used vehicles and offers automobile rentals. China Yongda Automobiles also provides service.

China Yongda Automobile Services Hldg (3669 HK)

China Yongda Automobile Services Hldg (3669 HK)

Yongda Automobiles (3669 HK) – New-Car GPM May Bottom Out in 2H23E

Maintain BUY. Yongda’s 1H23 net profit fell 40% YoY to RMB 407mn, slightly lower than our prior forecast but higher than some investors’...

CMB International

Yongda Automobiles (3669 HK) – 1H23E Preview: New-Car GPM Could Be a Bottom

Maintain BUY. We project Yongda’s 1H23E net profit to fall 34% YoY to RMB 445mn amid price war and we cut our FY23E net profit to RMB 1.2bn.

CMB International

China Auto Sector – Mixed picture ahead as inventory risk lingers

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume fell 1% YoY in first four months of 2023, 2% higher than our forecast made in Dec 2022.

CMB International

China Auto Sector – NEV Sales Volume MoM Growth Narrowed in Nov

Eleven Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Nov 2023 sales...

CMB International

China Auto Sector – Improving Leading Indicators Imply Strong 4Q23

We summarize the Oct 2023 leading indicators as below, including number of leads, customer flows, and new orders generated, for Tesla, NIO, Li...

CMB International