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CMB International

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Maintain BUY. Meidong’s 2H24 result was a mixed bag with many moving parts including impairment, deferred tax changes, and forex loss. After-sales revenue growth, SG&amp;A expense control and free cash flow growth are the bright spots amid a largely in-line core profit.</li><li>We revise up our FY25E net profit forecast by 21% to RMB494mn despite a new-car GPM miss in 2H24.</li><li>We are of the view that high inventory turnover could still play an important role when car prices keep going down, which could be overlooked by some investors.</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Maintain BUY. Meidong’s 2H24 result was a mixed bag with many moving parts including impairment, deferred tax changes, and forex loss. After-sales revenue growth, SG&amp;A expense control and free cash flow growth are the bright spots amid a largely in-line core profit.We revise up our FY25E net profit forecast by 21% to RMB494mn despite a new-car GPM miss in 2H24.We are of the view that high inventory turnover could still play an important role when car prices keep going down, which could be overlooked by some investors.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.

Meidong Auto (1268 HK) - High Inventory Turnover Strategy Still Working Now

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Meidong Auto (1268 HK) - High Inventory Turnover Strategy Still Working Now