[Brokerage Focus] Bocom Intl Raises BYD Company Limited (01211) Target Price by 23.7% as Q3 Performance Exceeds Expectations

Golden Horse Financial News | Bocom Intl released research reports, stating that BYD Company Limited (01211) achieved a third-quarter 2024 net income attributable to shareholders +11.5%/+28.1% to 11.6 billion yuan. The gross margin in the third quarter of 2024 was 21.9%, exceeding the bank's and the market's expectations, with a sequential increase of +3.2 percentage points, mainly due to a significant sequential improvement in the gross margin of the autos business. In the third quarter of 2024, all three expense items increased significantly on a sequential basis, with sales/management/research and development expenses increasing by +27.8%/+20.1%/52.0% sequentially. Due to the rise in expenses, the net income per vehicle in the third quarter was approximately 0.0093 million yuan, slightly lower than expected. The bank raised its forecast for 2024-2.

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Credit Suisse: BYD Company Limited is expected to continue to improve its net income per vehicle in the fourth quarter, reiterating an "outperform" rating.

Lyon released a research report stating that in the third quarter, BYD's net income increased by 11.5% year-on-year, and the gross margin improved by 3.2 percentage points quarterly, slightly better than market expectations. Excluding income from BYD Electronic, the bank expects the net income per vehicle in the third quarter to be 9300 yuan, an increase of 8.7% quarterly, and anticipates that BYD's net income per vehicle in the fourth quarter will continue to improve. Lyon stated that in the long run, BYD has great potential for export and profit growth due to new models, channel expansion, and the push for more factories. They reiterated their "outperform" rating with a target price of 380 Hong Kong dollars.

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[Brokerage Focus] CICC maintains a "buy" rating on BYD Company (01211), indicating that the gross margin in the third quarter exceeded expectations.

King's Finance | CICC issued a research report, stating that BYD Company (01211) achieved a 3.2 percentage point increase in gross margin to 21.9% in 3Q24, exceeding the bank's expectation by 0.9 percentage points. The combined selling, general and administrative expense ratio exceeded the bank's expectation by 2.2 percentage points, offsetting the overperformance in gross margin. The overperformance in government subsidies and VAT input tax credits was partially offset by exchange losses, resulting in BYD Company's 11.6 billion RMB net income in 3Q24 falling below the bank's expectation by 15%. The gross margin performance has boosted the bank's confidence in the sales volume for 4Q24 and next year, as the bank believes BYD Company is still" more confident.

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