China's biggest carmaker posts 39% drop in first-half profit amid Covid-19

SAIC Motor Corp., the Chinese partner of Volkswagen AG and General Motors Co., reported a 39% decline in first-half net profit as the Covid-19 outbreak kept people away from showrooms.

SAIC Motor Corp's logos
SAIC Motor Corp's logos

Net income fell to 8.4 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) in the six months through June, the Shanghai-based company said in a statement Thursday. Revenue dropped 25% to 274.5 billion yuan. The performance improved in the second quarter, however, with net profit rising 32% from a year earlier to 7.3 billion yuan as the car market started to recover.

China’s biggest automaker was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, which subdued demand and forced car companies to suspend production. The giant also faces intensifying competition from newcomers like Tesla Inc. and NIO Inc., which have weathered the outbreak better and lured buyers away from SAIC’s electric-car offerings.

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SAIC, which claimed one quarter of the Chinese car market in 2018, saw its share narrow to about 20% in the first half. Sales declined across all of its major ventures, with SAIC-VW, SAIC-GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling recording the biggest on-year declines in the first half among the top 10 manufacturers, according to China Passenger Car Association data.

SAIC’s shares rose 4.9%, trimming their decline this year to around 20%.

First Published Date: 27 Aug 2020, 17:45 PM IST
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