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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Maintain HOLD. We are of the view that NIO’s 2Q24 earnings were mixed as the QoQ rise in gross profit was offset by the increases in R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses.</li><li>We project FY25/26 sales volume to surge 54%/23% YoY to 324,000/400,000 units, respectively, contributed by the Onvo and Firefly brands.</li><li>However, we believe such top-line growth with GPM expansion is still far away from covering R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses, especially with extra expenses for the new brands, such as sales channels and battery-swap stations.</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 HOLD. We are of the view that NIO’s 2Q24 earnings were mixed as the QoQ rise in gross profit was offset by the increases in R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses.We project FY25/26 sales volume to surge 54%/23% YoY to 324,000/400,000 units, respectively, contributed by the Onvo and Firefly brands.However, we believe such top-line growth with GPM expansion is still far away from covering R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses, especially with extra expenses for the new brands, such as sales channels and battery-swap stations.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.

NIO Inc. (NIO US) - New Brands Unlikely to Help NIO Break Even