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BYD Q2 Profit Falls 30% as China Price War Outweighs Export Surge

BYD points to a home-market price war as the reason profits fell despite rising sales abroad.

Overview

  • The Shenzhen-based automaker posted net income of 6.4 billion yuan for the quarter, a 29.9% year-on-year decline.
  • Quarterly revenue reached 201 billion yuan, rising about 14% from a year earlier.
  • Overseas deliveries hit 258,182 vehicles in Q2, up 144.7% year on year and 25.3% from Q1, as lower-priced models drew foreign buyers.
  • BYD said intense price competition and excessive marketing in China had a periodic adverse impact on the industry.
  • For the first half, net profit reached 15.5 billion yuan and revenue 371.3 billion yuan, both below Bloomberg survey forecasts of 23.5 billion and 408 billion.