Shenzhou International (02313) is now up more than 4%, as of the release, up 4.08%, at HKD 65.1, with a turnover of HKD 0.168 billion.
According to the Futu Securities app, Shenzhou International (02313) is now up more than 4%, as of the release, up 4.08%, at HKD 65.1, with a turnover of HKD 0.168 billion.
On the news front, Shenzhou International will release its performance on the 28th of this month. Bank of China International released a research report, predicting that Shenzhou International's revenue for the first half of this year will increase by 15% year-on-year, with operating profit margin and gross profit margin expected to improve to 18.1% and 26.6% respectively, driving net profit to increase by 21% year-on-year to RMB 2.578 billion.
The bank pointed out that although orders from Nike only grew in the mid single digits, which is disappointing, orders from other customers recorded strong double-digit growth, coupled with the sales recovery of Adidas and Uniqlo, it is predicted that Shenzhou's revenue in the second half of the year will increase by 11%. The bank also pointed out that Shenzhou's China's production capacity utilization rate has reached 100% in the first quarter of this year. In order to support the increase in orders, the company has hired a total of 6,000 workers since the beginning of the year and is expected to hire about 1,000 more employees this year. During that time, the gross margin is expected to continue to improve. It is predicted that the company's gross profit margin and operating profit margin in the second half of the year will increase to 27.2% and 19.3% respectively.