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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Maintain BUY. Great Wall’s 3Q23 net profit significantly beat market expectations on strong gross margin resulting from cost reduction from suppliers, exports and better-than-expected PHEV margins.</li><li>Such profitability has underscored our previous argument that Great Wall’s resilient margins could provide more room for EV transition.</li><li>We revise up our FY23-24E earnings forecasts accordingly. </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. Great Wall’s 3Q23 net profit significantly beat market expectations on strong gross margin resulting from cost reduction from suppliers, exports and better-than-expected PHEV margins.Such profitability has underscored our previous argument that Great Wall’s resilient margins could provide more room for EV transition.We revise up our FY23-24E earnings forecasts accordingly. 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.

Great Wall Motor (2333 HK) – 3Q23 Earnings a Strong Beat

<ul><li>Maintain BUY. Great Wall’s 2Q23 net profit beat our prior forecast mainly due to its GPM of 17.4% (3.7 ppts higher than our estimates).</li><li>Although Great Wall focuses on differentiation in its NEV products to maintain margins, we think it should be more aggressive in NEV sales growth, and such profitability provides room for it.</li><li>We raise our FY23E net profit to RMB 3.2bn amid resilient GPM in 1H23. </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. Great Wall’s 2Q23 net profit beat our prior forecast mainly due to its GPM of 17.4% (3.7 ppts higher than our estimates).Although Great Wall focuses on differentiation in its NEV products to maintain margins, we think it should be more aggressive in NEV sales growth, and such profitability provides room for it.We raise our FY23E net profit to RMB 3.2bn amid resilient GPM in 1H23. 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.

Great Wall Motor (2333 HK) – Resilient Margins Pave Way for EV Transition

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<ul><li>Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (<a href="https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-06-30/601633.SH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">601633.SH</a> +2.50%) said on Wednesday that it will enter the Vietnamese market in August with its Haval H6 hybrid model, while a broader plan to build an assembly plant for new-energy vehicles in the country is set for 2025.</li><li>The Haval H6s will initially be exported to Vietnam from its manufacturing facility in Rayong, Thailand, the Hebei-based carmaker said earlier.</li><li>Vietnam is the fourth-largest auto market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region after Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, according to 2022 passenger car sales figures released by the ASEAN Automotive Federation.</li></ul>

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (601633.SH +2.50%) said on Wednesday that it will enter the Vietnamese market in August with its Haval H6 hybrid model, while a broader plan to build an assembly plant for new-energy vehicles in the country is set for 2025.The Haval H6s will initially be exported to Vietnam from its manufacturing facility in Rayong, Thailand, the Hebei-based carmaker said earlier.Vietnam is the fourth-largest auto market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region after Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, according to 2022 passenger car sales figures released by the ASEAN Automotive Federation.

Great Wall Motor Eyes Expansion in Vietnam Amid Southeast Asia Push

<ul><li>We expect Great Wall’s FY23E net profit to be significantly lower than current consensus, dragged by rising PHEV sales starting from 2Q23.</li><li>More importantly, we raise our FY23E NEV sales volume forecast for Great Wall to 0.32mn units despite the ORA miss, and expect its NEV market share to surpass the industry average in 4Q23E, which could be a positive catalyst for its share price.</li><li>We project Great Wall’s revenue to rise 45% YoY in 2Q23E, driven by 29% YoY sales-volume growth and 12% YoY ASP increase.</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 expect Great Wall’s FY23E net profit to be significantly lower than current consensus, dragged by rising PHEV sales starting from 2Q23.More importantly, we raise our FY23E NEV sales volume forecast for Great Wall to 0.32mn units despite the ORA miss, and expect its NEV market share to surpass the industry average in 4Q23E, which could be a positive catalyst for its share price.We project Great Wall’s revenue to rise 45% YoY in 2Q23E, driven by 29% YoY sales-volume growth and 12% YoY ASP increase.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.

Great Wall Motor (2333 HK) – Surging PHEV Sales at Cost of FY23E Net Profit

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

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Great Wall Motor Company Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) in China under branded names. The Company also researches and develops, and manufactures principal automotive parts and components for use in the assembly of pick-up trucks and SUVs.

Great Wall Motor (2333 HK)