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Eva Precision Industrial Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>EVA’s 1H23 earnings beat our prior forecast despite lower revenue and GPM, due to higher other income and one-off gains.</li><li>We expect its Mexico plant to turn profitable in 2H23E, after meeting with management.</li><li>We expect EVA’s FY24E net profit to rise 20% YoY, mainly contributed by its Mexico plant and lower interest expense. </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.

EVA’s 1H23 earnings beat our prior forecast despite lower revenue and GPM, due to higher other income and one-off gains.We expect its Mexico plant to turn profitable in 2H23E, after meeting with management.We expect EVA’s FY24E net profit to rise 20% YoY, mainly contributed by its Mexico plant and lower interest expense. 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.

EVA Holdings (838 HK) – Better 2H23 and FY24 as Mexico to Turn Profitable

<ul><li>Despite lingering industry headwinds, we believe EVA Holdings’ profitability is on track to recover from weak 1Q23, especially with strong office automation (OA) equipment profit growth, based on our channel checks and meetings with various management in both auto parts and OA businesses, including chairman, CEO and CFO, during the past two months</li><li>We lower auto parts revenue projection amid industry headwinds.</li><li>We project EVA’s auto parts revenue to rise 20% YoY, or HK$ 350mn YoY, to HK$ 2.1bn in FY23E, lower than management’s guidance of HK$ 2.3bn to account for industrywide sales uncertainties, especially from internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. </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.

Despite lingering industry headwinds, we believe EVA Holdings’ profitability is on track to recover from weak 1Q23, especially with strong office automation (OA) equipment profit growth, based on our channel checks and meetings with various management in both auto parts and OA businesses, including chairman, CEO and CFO, during the past two monthsWe lower auto parts revenue projection amid industry headwinds.We project EVA’s auto parts revenue to rise 20% YoY, or HK$ 350mn YoY, to HK$ 2.1bn in FY23E, lower than management’s guidance of HK$ 2.3bn to account for industrywide sales uncertainties, especially from internal combustion engine (ICE) cars. 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.

EVA Holdings (838 HK) – Recovering Gradually

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>China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume rose 72% YoY and fell 12% MoM to 2.22mn units in Jan 2024, based on insurance data, 2% higher than our prior forecast.</li><li>China’s PV wholesale volume rose 44% YoY and fell 24% MoM to 2.11mn units in Jan 2024, according to CAAM, 10% lower than our forecast, as automakers cut more than 0.4mn units of inventories.</li><li>PV exports rose 48% YoY and fell 12% MoM to 0.37mn units in Jan, also 10% lower than our projection</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 rose 72% YoY and fell 12% MoM to 2.22mn units in Jan 2024, based on insurance data, 2% higher than our prior forecast.China’s PV wholesale volume rose 44% YoY and fell 24% MoM to 2.11mn units in Jan 2024, according to CAAM, 10% lower than our forecast, as automakers cut more than 0.4mn units of inventories.PV exports rose 48% YoY and fell 12% MoM to 0.37mn units in Jan, also 10% lower than our projectionContent 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.

Auto - Post CNY Sales Recovery Could Be Mild

<ul><li>11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales volumes on 1 Mar 2024.</li><li>Sales volume of the 11 automakers combined fell 19% YoY (ranging from -45% to +503%) and 39% MoM (ranging from -51% to -19%) in Feb 2024 due to the Chinese New Year holiday.</li><li>Li Auto rose YoY, Xpeng fell the most MoM. Li Auto’s deliveries rose 22% YoY and fell 35% MoM to about 20,000 units in Feb 2024, in line with our prior expectation.</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.

11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales volumes on 1 Mar 2024.Sales volume of the 11 automakers combined fell 19% YoY (ranging from -45% to +503%) and 39% MoM (ranging from -51% to -19%) in Feb 2024 due to the Chinese New Year holiday.Li Auto rose YoY, Xpeng fell the most MoM. Li Auto’s deliveries rose 22% YoY and fell 35% MoM to about 20,000 units in Feb 2024, in line with our prior expectation.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.

Auto - Feb NEV Sales Fell; More New Models from Mar

Hong Kong

EVA Precision Industrial Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, designs and fabricates metal stamping moulds, manufactures metal stamping components, and provides assembly services in the Peoples Republic of China.

Eva Precision Industrial Holdings (838 HK)

Eva Precision Industrial Holdings (838 HK)

EVA Holdings (838 HK) – Better 2H23 and FY24 as Mexico to Turn Profitable

EVA’s 1H23 earnings beat our prior forecast despite lower revenue and GPM, due to higher other income and one-off gains.

CMB International

EVA Holdings (838 HK) – Recovering Gradually

We project EVA’s auto parts revenue to rise 20% YoY, or HK$ 350mn YoY, to HK$ 2.1bn in FY23E, lower than management’s guidance of HK$ 2.3bn

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

Auto - Post CNY Sales Recovery Could Be Mild

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume rose 72% YoY and fell 12% MoM to 2.22mn units in Jan 2024, based on insurance data, 2% higher...

CMB International

Auto - Feb NEV Sales Fell; More New Models from Mar

11 Chinese automakers including BYD, Great Wall, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Deepal, Neta, Leap and Aito reported their Feb 2024 NEV sales...

CMB International