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NetEase Releases Third Quarter 2021 Unaudited Financial Results"As an innovation-driven content creator, we will continue to deliver thoughtful premium content and products to our users across each of our carefully cultivated disciplines," said the CEO and director of NetEase, William Ding. Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights - Net revenues were CNY 22.20 billion (USD 3.4 billion), an increase of 18.9% compared with the third quarter of 2020. - Online game services net revenues were CNY 15.9 billion (USD 2.5 billion), an increase of 14.7% compared with the third quarter of 2020. - Youdao net revenues were CNY 1.4 billion (USD 215.3 million), an increase of 54.8% compared with the third quarter of 2020. - Innovative businesses and other net revenues reached CNY 4.9 billion (USD 761.1 million), an increase of 25.7% compared with the third quarter of 2020. - Gross profit was CNY 11.8 billion (USD 1.8 billion), an increase of 19.5% compared with the third quarter of 2020. Total operating expenses were CNY 8 billion (USD 1.2 billion), an increase of 14.5% compared with the third quarter of 2020. - Net income attributable to the Company's shareholders was CNY 3.2 billion (USD 493.8 million). Non-GAAP net income attributable to the Company's shareholders was CNY 3.9 billion (USD 598.7 million). Basic net income per share was USD 0.15 (USD 0.74 per ADS). Non-GAAP basic net income per share was USD 0.18 (USD 0.90 per ADS). Third Quarter 2021 and Recent Operational Highlights - Expanded games portfolio with new games in more diverse genres, including: Naraka: Bladepoint, which broke the sales record of buy-to-play games by Chinese developers and led the Steam top-sellers chart, remaining in the top 5 for weeks following its global launch in August. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, which led China's iOS top grossing chart and top download chart following its launch in September. - Exciting new titles in China such as Ace Racer, Infinite Lagrange and Nightmare Breaker. Launched The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and Southeast Asia. Extended solid popularity of franchise titles including the Fantasy Westward Journey and Westward Journey Online series. - Enriched dynamic game development pipeline with exciting advancements to upcoming games including The Showbiz: Dream Chaser, the console version of Naraka: Bladepoint, Diablo® Immortal™, as well as Ghost World Chronicle, and Harry Potter: Magic Awakened in international markets. - Progressed Youdao's capabilities as an education technology provider, with steady advancements in STEAM courses, adult learning and smart learning hardware devices. - Expanded NetEase Cloud Music's content ecosystem and product innovation capabilities to strengthen its highly-engaged music-enteric community, delivering a solid financial performance.
NASDAQ:NTES
by EqualOcean
Revenue Reaches CNY 31.9 Bn as Baidu Announces Q3 2021"Baidu Core delivered another solid quarter, powered by our AI cloud revenue growing 73% year over year," said Rong Luo, CFO of Baidu. "With a diversified AI portfolio, including cloud services, smart transportation, smart devices, self-driving, smart EV and robotaxi, we are well-positioned for long-term growth." Total revenues were CNY 31.9 billion, increasing 13% year-on-year. Revenue from Baidu Core was CNY 24.7 billion, increasing 15% year-on-year; online marketing revenue was CNY 19.5 billion up 6% year-on-year and non-online marketing revenue was CNY 5.2 billion, up 76% year-on-year, driven by cloud and other AI-powered businesses. Revenue from iQIYI was CNY 7.6 billion, increasing 6% year-on-year. Cost of revenues was CNY 16.1 billion, increasing 26% year-on-year, primarily due to an increase in traffic acquisition costs, content costs and cost of goods sold related to new AI business. Research and development expense was CNY 6.2 billion increasing 35% year-on-year, primarily related to personnel-related expenses. Operating income was CNY 2.3 billion. Baidu Core operating income was CNY 3.7 billion and Baidu Core operating margin was 15%. Non-GAAP operating income was CNY 4.7 billion. Baidu Core non-GAAP operating income was CNY 5.8 billion and Baidu Core non-GAAP operating margin was 24%. For the fourth quarter of 2021, Baidu expects revenues to be between CNY 31.0 billion and CNY 34.0 billion, representing a growth rate of 2% to 12% year-on-year, which assumes that Baidu Core revenue will grow between 5% and 16% year-on-year. The COVID-19 situation in China is evolving and business visibility is limited. The above forecast reflects Baidu's current and preliminary view, which is subject to substantial uncertainties.
NASDAQ:BIDU
by EqualOcean
iQIYI Releases Q3 2021 Financial ResultsMr.Yu Gong, founder, director, and CEO of iQIYI, commented the Q3 performance was a 'softer than expected top-line performance'. According to iQIYI's financial announcement for the third quarter of 2021: - The total revenues achieved CNY 7.6 billion (USD 1.2 billion), showing a 6% increase from the same period last year. - The operating loss was CNY 1.4 billion (USD 212.3 million) and the operating loss margin was 18%. - The net loss attributable to iQIYI was CNY 1.7 billion (USD 268.4 million), compared to CNY 1.2 billion in the same period last year. - As of September 30, 2021, the total number of paid subscribers of iQIYI was 103.6 million, or 103.0 million excluding individuals with trial memberships. - Membership service business continued to be the largest business pillar with the revenue increased by 8% and accounting for 57% of the total revenue. - Online advertising revenue decreased 10% year-over-year to CNY 1.7 billion primarily due to less premium content launched during the quarter and the challenging macroeconomic environment in China. - The content distribution revenue achieved a 68% growth on year over year basis to CNY 627.1 billion, which was primarily driven by more content distributed to other platforms during the quarter. - For the fourth quarter of 2021, iQIYI expects total net revenues to be between CNY 7.08 billion and CNY 7.53 billion, representing a 5% decrease to 1% increase year-over-year.
NASDAQ:IQ
by EqualOcean
TAL Education Says Goodbye to K9 Academic AST ServicesTAL Education will explore quality-oriented education from multiple aspects. On November 13, Zhang Bangxin, CEO of TAL (TAL:NYSE) issued an internal letter to all employees, indicating the new strategic direction for the future and the personnel adjustments made in accordance with the new direction. According to the announcement, TAL plans to cease offering academic subjects to students from kindergarten through grade nine ('K9 Academic AST Services') in the mainland of China by the end of December 2021. Any course services users have signed up for would be guaranteed. Zhang expressed that the company's business focus will be transferred from the subject training to quality-oriented training, aiming to cultivate the ability that will bring children lifelong benefit. Several trials have been made: on one hand, humanities and aesthetic education, scientific puzzles, programming and other subjects; on the other hand, it may actively explore music, sports, art and other categories. The internal letter also mentioned that TAL will further increase investment in research and development for education technology, referring to science and technology to promote educational progress. Besides, TAL will promote overseas business with great patience, continuing to build overseas business models, brand awareness and operational capabilities in the next five to ten years or even more. Finally, TAL will continue to incubate new business, regarding it as a driving force for new organizational capacity. It said that the company would do more in digital content publishing, education hardware, hosting services and other aspects to be well-prepared for the future. Zhang said that, although the main business has experienced huge changes, the unchanged initial motivation of education, the core management stability, the solid research and development accumulation and deep-rooted brand consciousness should help the company to locate its own position. It will continue to create value for customers, employees and the whole society.
NYSE:TAL
by EqualOcean
Tesla, NIO, More EV Charging Ecosystems To Fully Enmesh in ChinaBy October 2021, members of the China EV Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance have built 1.06 million public charging piles. Tesla landed its 1,000th charging station in China's mainland on November 1 in Shenzhen. In the meantime, NIO erected its 600th swap station. The two EV innovators have chosen different ways of providing charging services. Tesla rejected swap stations for high costs before NIO vindicated them. The latter's idea is to make it a part of the multi-layer charger system, which the NEV industry is hammering hard to build, based on different speeds. Moreover, this market has been designing faster solutions. The great leap of NEV facilities has caused low asset utilization that will likely stimulate charging networks to be open to each other. A structural revolution China's EV charging facilities are experiencing a structural revolution. In the early stage of mobility shifting to NEV, companies must roll out home charge suites to persuade consumers to buy EVs. But the speed can’t satisfy consumers that use cars frequently. Thus, many companies build their multi-layer charging networks, including fast direct current (DC) charges. The most typical companies that have two layers of charging networks include XPeng, Li Auto and BYD. They give consumers free seven kilowatts for home charging piles and supercharging stations that support 120 to 180 kW charging. But investing in DC infrastructure is costly, which stops some companies being able to afford hyper-charging stations. Instead, they leverage this service through third-party charging specialists such as TELD or Starcharge. Nowadays, buying cars from nascent brands like VOYAH, GAC Aion, or Weltmeister means one is free to use their networks. More subtly, Tesla gives clients an additional solution destination charging stations that offer low-speed charging (22 kW) in places like hotels. Among complicated charging network designers, NIO is an epitome. Apart from three ways of charging, it offers 20 kW home charging piles for selections and swap battery services. The inception of swapping batteries starts with the separation of vehicle and battery whereby consumers don't need to pay battery cost in front. The station can store a dozen batteries and finish the swapping process in five minutes. Except for NIO, a few brands are also building swap stations. BAIC's fourth-generation swap station can reserve 60 batteries and swap faster than NIO's. Geely's future electric truck will support battery swap as well. Not only OEMs, but the government also supports and unifies the development of the swap station industry. As part of the big scheme of shifting to EV, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China has pushed several cities to test swap stations for future deployment. A long way to go Although the swap stations have accelerated the process of replenishing energy, they also face many problems. A critical one is that the sector lacks non-standard batteries that enable cars to switch the battery in stations of other brands. Swapping stations place huge capital pressure on OEMs. For instance, building a swap station costs USD 300,000 compared with USD 100,000 for a hyper-charge station. According to Orient Securities' estimation, in China, the sector needs to invest over USD 2 billion in 2022 to build enough swap stations. The figure is projected to reach USD 11 billion by 2025. Besides, OEMs are developing ultra-fast charging solutions. Tesla is said to be preparing to upgrade the current supercharging network to 300 kW. Xpeng has disclosed (link in Chinese) an 800-volt platform. The fast-evolving industry is facing some problems. Low asset utilization is a critical one. China's EV industry started ten years before, and supported facilities emerged at the same time. According to the investigation published on d1ev.com (link in Chinese), a specialized auto portal focusing on the Chinese market, some charging facilities located in the suburb are badly maintained, charge high parking fees, which made them vacant most time. Although NEVs got popular in recent years, this problem still exists. The openness of various chargers can be improved. According to CAAM (link in Chinese), the utilization rate of charging piles is 3% to 5% and 10% is the threshold for the industry to profit. Unharmonized infrastructure is intensifying the issue. Charging stations of various brands do support other brand cars to plug in. But this isn't always the case. For example, Tesla V3 charging isn't accessible for NIO, XPeng cars, which these two are compatible with each other. As these NEV companies build more charging stations, vacant piles appear and NEV players must collaborate to increase utilization. Therefore, it's very likely for them to open charging facilities to each other fully. For the full article with the charts, please visit the original link.
NASDAQ:TSLA
by EqualOcean
Tesla Can Deal with Supply Chain Shortage Unlike Chinese PeersBYD is positioned well, too. The global automotive industry is facing a deepening supply chain crisis. For one, Toyota: it slashed 40% of its planned production in September. Another case is French carmaker Renault: it expects to cut production by 500,000 cars this year. Although many companies have been making decisive moves, they haven’t seen much relief so far. On the other hand, NEV leader Tesla (TSLA:NASDAQ) delivered another record quarter again. Why didn't the shortage bother Tesla much? When will this supply chain mess be over? What's the crisis' implication on EV stock valuations? This article will answer these three questions. As we argued in our latest research report, there are at least four major factors causing this component shortage: The capacity cycle in the semiconductor industry Lockdowns affecting key suppliers Fast-growing demand for electronics Climate hazards and natural events The first and third reasons reveal the long-term bottleneck in the chip industry. Among other implications, this means most OEMs now need to pay more to get essential components. With its great cost control and supply chain integration, Tesla is likely to remain the least affected EV brand. Among Chinese companies, BYD can resist surging costs – but to a smaller extent than Tesla. NIO, XPeng and Li Auto will have to spend more money to deliver cars on time. Li Auto, for example, is said to buy chips at 800 times the normal price. We'll start with the semiconductor chip-related reasons. An eventful year The semiconductor shortage is both accidental and inevitable. Auto chips only account for 10% of the global semiconductor capacity. But the mounting demand for auto chips occurred along with a trough in the semiconductor market cycle, which has significantly affected global chip production. Before this trough, the most commoditized types of integrated circuits, like DRAM, had seen their prices declining, which made the sector's largest players postpone capacity expansion. Meanwhile, the pandemic forced workers far away from their assembly lines. In Kuala Lumpur, for instance, testing and packaging plants had to shut down for almost three months since June this year. The pandemic also disordered the consuming patterns: demand for all electronics, especially PCs, smartphones and tablets surged during the outbreak. Lastly, the automotive semiconductor supply chain was also hit by a few climate change-caused black swans. In February, extreme weather in Texas caused widespread power outages, affecting manufacturing activities at Samsung, NXP and Infineon. Dawn in 2022 The crunch is likely to be relieved in 2022 but it will take years to fully meet the industry's needs. Predicting supply chain relief timing is hard, as most companies can only focus on a small segment within the whole sector. We found that most players believe the situation had improved by July but will remain an issue, at least until the end of 2021. Only a few CEOs have expressed longer-term worries. However, some have extended their auto industry recovery time estimations. IHS Markit's newest forecast indicates that the industry will not enter a recovery phase until 2023. The CEO of chipmaker STMicroelectronics, Jean-Marc Chery, claimed the shortage would likely last at least two years. "Things will improve in 2022 gradually," he said, "but we will return to a normal situation … not before the first half of 2023." Besides, capacity expansion is rather costly and slow. Auto IDMs don't want to invest heavily in exorbitant fabs, especially those for leading process nodes. But even if some chip designer wants to invest in such a project, it takes around two years to build a fabrication plant and start production. Recently, some Tier-1 companies are changing their asset-light strategies. Bosch, for example, plans to invest more than EUR 400 million in 2022 to expand its fabs in Dresden and Reutlingen, Germany, and its semiconductor testing center in Penang, Malaysia. Favored electric cars Albeit auto brands can't get components on time, many of them are now prioritizing EV production. This is quite unusual, given that EV model, on average, need more chips of various kinds; it's also surprising that at the moment consumers need to wait less time to get an EV: "Mercedes EQC, a recently launched EV, has a two-month delivery time, while a GLC, which features a traditional powertrain, has five months," according to IHS Markit. On the other hand, pure EV brands, like Tesla, NIO and Xpeng, keep delivering record sales. The former's fundamentals, however, differ significantly from those of its Chinese peers. Here's why: 1. Tesla's impressive growth is a key negotiation tool. Almost any supplier wants to do business with the one-trillion-dollar tech giant and doesn't want to miss Tesla's future orders. 2. Tesla is self-designing and producing more components than a typical EV brand. The company designs and produces key parts of its models such as electromotors, electronic control systems and battery management systems. What's more, Tesla now designs chips and 4680 batteries in-house. Via developing essential parts of the supply chain, the company has a better understanding of what can happen at other links. 3. Tesla's cars have fewer components. The company is known for decreasing the use of radars and other accessories. BYD is another 'partly crisis-proof' company in the sector. The Warren Buffet-backed car maker also designs, makes and sells EV batteries and chips, among other products. From January to September, BYD sold 337,579 new energy vehicles, up 204.29% year on year. But the company has reportedly suffered rising costs. According to its Q3 results, BYD achieved operating revenue of CNY 54.31 billion in the third quarter, a year-on-year increase of 21.98%; net profit excluding non-recurring gains and losses was CNY 518 million, down 67.17% year-on-year. More expensive raw materials contributed to the profit decline. NIO, XPeng and Li Auto are facing levitating cost pressure, and their stocks are likely to plateau after the Q3 results are posted.
NASDAQ:TSLA
by EqualOcean
NIO Setting Up + Upcoming Catalyst NIO DAYNIO, the electric vehicle company is setting up again after being on a serious downtrend since its surge in January. This surge was the result of lots of "hype" around the name, the rise of Tesla, and its upcoming NIO day which happened on January 9th, 2021. We saw a massive run up the month before, around 60%. This year, NIO day is happening on Dec 18th, 2021. This should cause an influx of volume and talk about the name. Keep an eye on this one. In order to confirm the Elliot waves, we still need to create the (E) section of the triangle. Once this is confirmed, I believe we can start rising. However, with NIO day approaching soon, there is the possibility of NIO ripping before the set up completes. I will be watching for any signs of a pullback and be entering calls and shares around the 38-40$ mark. Definitely keep this one on watch because we know from previous bullish runs, that this thing can RUN. The upside potential is very high here.
NYSE:NIOLong
by GringoRiley
Weibo Announces Q3 2021 Financial ReportThe leading social media in China, Weibo (NASDAQ: WB), released its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2021. According to the Q3 performance report for 2021: - The revenue totaled USD 607 million (CNY 3,882 million), increasing 30% year-on-year. As of September 30, 2021, the total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments amounted to USD 2.71 billion (CNY 17.333 billion). - The operating profit was USD 213 million (CNY 1,477 million), showing an upward trend of 32%, while the net profit was USD 182 million (CNY 1,164 million), growing 438% from the same period last year. - The advertising and marketing revenue increased by 29% to USD 538 million (CNY 3,441 million), which was mainly due to stronger demand for advertising from key industries. - Revenue from value-added services was USD 69.8 million (CNY 446 million yuan), up 42% year-on-year. - The revenue cost was USD 394 million (CNY 2.520 billion), which was mainly related to increased staff-related costs and marketing expenses. Specifically, revenue costs, marketing costs, product development and administrative expenses were USD 103 million (CNY 659 million), USD 141 million (CNY 902 million), USD 119 million (CNY 761 million) and USD 31.75 million (CNY 238 million), respectively. - As of September 2021, Weibo has 573 million monthly active users, and 94% of them are mobile users. In September 2021, the average daily active number of Weibo users reached 248 million. Affected by events such as the Olympics, its user base and traffic re-peaked in July and August after the outbreak since March 2020, reaching 302 million once.
NASDAQ:WB
by EqualOcean
Tencent's Profit Down 2% YoY for the First Time in 10 YearsThe drop was a result of regulatory crackdowns on media and restrictions on teenagers' gaming time. Despite enhancing its parental control policy and constrained gaming time for teenagers (from 6.4% in Q3 2020 to 0.7% in Q3 2021), Tencent saw its domestic gaming service revenue increase by 5% and 20% for the overseas markets. However, Tencent's top moneymaker – mobile gaming – has seen its growth slow down for three consecutive quarters. A series of media crackdowns in China has been influential on Tencent's advertising income. The YoY revenue grew only 5% due to the political impact on industries, such as education and insurance. In addition to the latest regulatory change, media advertising revenue primarily from the Tencent news app has dropped 4%. Meanwhile, Tencent's free cash flow decreased by 14%.
OTC:TCEHY
by EqualOcean
US CPI number so hot, it made gold jump resistanceGold had the largest reaction to a US CPI release in a long time. The price reached a temporary high of $1860s before calming down. It's important to note that GOLD has had several head fakes in the past two years and this move could reverse. Technically, it's the smart thing to wait for a retest of the $1835 level before buying... Fundamentally, inflation is going to remain persistent as a result of supply bottlenecks. China PPI is at the highest level since the 1990s. High energy prices & Covid19 cases flaring up in the country have contributed to this. Since China is the global manufacturing hub, I expect the price rises to be transferred to importers & consumers around the world. To summarize, Gold is going to have an amazing 2022.
FOREXCOM:XAUUSDLong
by GrizzlyBearBee
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NIO's Q3 Earnings Call: Here's Everything You Need to KnowThe company is considering IPO in Hong Kong. NIO reported its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday morning Beijing Time and held an analyst conference call afterward to address the most important concerns of investors. Here's a summary from CnEVPost, and there's also a live text of our transcript of the call at the end of the article. Vehicle Deliveries Current NIO deliveries are primarily affected by supply chain volatility and are expected to reach 23,500 to 25,500 units in the fourth quarter, said William Li, founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO. NIO's new orders continue to grow, with a record high of new orders in October, he said. Chip supply is now better than the worst of the third quarter, but still faces challenges. The good thing is that NIO has adapted to the situation and always finds some solutions when possible, Li said. Compared to the automotive industry as a whole, NIO has a relatively small share of sales, so it faces fewer difficulties compared to established car companies, he said. Many of NIO's domain controllers are developed by itself, so it has some advantages in finding alternative chips. Power battery giant CATL is trying to ensure the supply of batteries to NIO, but this is still the ceiling of NIO's delivery volume. The JAC NIO plant will have a few more upgrades to follow, but they won't have as big an impact as they did in October. New NIO models will be built in the new plant, and there will be a capacity creep, but it won't have an impact on the production of existing models, Li said. ET7 and New Models NIO plans to have the ET7 available in showrooms around the Chinese New Year, which comes on February 1, according to Li. The release of the ET7's assisted driving capabilities will be a long-term process, and NIO will consider a number of factors, including regulations, safety and reliability, and will not deliberately make demonstrations of autonomous driving. NIO's 150 kWh battery is moving forward on schedule, with availability scheduled for the fourth quarter of next year, and is still on track. Development of NIO's NAD hardware and software systems is well underway, and in addition to the ET7, development of two other new models based on the NT2.0 platform is on schedule, with deliveries to customers expected to begin in the second half of next year, Li said. With the growth in scale, NIO's long-term target for the margin of vehicles based on NT2 models is 25 percent. NIO will reach that goal if it reaches 300,000 units of annual production capacity. NIO's current models will be upgraded to the NT2 platform, but it will manage the pace carefully. The development work for the upgrade is already underway. Many of NIO's new models are being developed in parallel, and the costs will be reflected in the financial statements over time. NIO will offer some hardware upgrades to existing models next year when they become available. The company has considered the possibility of upgrades in the design of its products. New Plant and Capacity Growth In addition to the upgrade of the JAC NIO plant, the construction of NIO's second plant in NeoPark is proceeding on schedule. Construction of the plant started on April 29 and the main structure was topped out on August 26. Equipment installation will start at the end of November and the plant will be officially put into operation in the third quarter of next year. With the completion of NIO's second plant, the two plants can reach a maximum annual capacity of 600,000 units with double shifts, which can meet the needs in the short term. About Norway and European Expansion NIO's work in Norway has met expectations, with a quarter of the test drive customers placing orders, much more efficiently than in China. NIO ES8 orders in Norway exceeded expectations, with 92 percent of consumers choosing the battery rental service BaaS, Li said. NIO hopes to establish an after-sales service system in Norway before aggressively pushing sales. The company's low deliveries in Norway in September and October were not due to a lack of orders, but rather a controlled pace, and NIO's deliveries in Norway will increase significantly in November. NIO will enter at least five additional European countries next year, all offering NT2-based products. The ES8, based on the first-generation platform, will only be available in Norway. Regulatory Credits and Subsidy Withdrawal Most of NIO's sales of regulatory credits materialized in the third quarter, earlier than last year. Li said NEV penetration has risen quickly this year, as has the price of regulatory credits, and expects that next year the price of regulatory credits may be lower than it is now. In response to a question about China's subsidy rollback for NEVs, Li said the average selling price of NIO vehicles is high and the expected subsidy rollback won't have much of an impact on it. The following is the text of CnEVPost's live report of the conference call: NIO's new orders continue to grow, with a record high of new orders in October, said William Li, founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO. Current NIO deliveries are mainly affected by supply fluctuations, and total deliveries are expected to reach 23,500 to 25,500 units in the fourth quarter of 2021. Development of NIO's NAD hardware and software systems is well underway, and in addition to the ET7, development of two other new models based on the NT2.0 platform is on schedule for delivery to customers starting in the second half of next year, Li said. In addition to the upgrade of the JAC NIO plant, NIO's second plant in NeoPark will start installing equipment at the end of November and will be officially put into operation in the third quarter of next year, said Li. NIO ES8 orders in Norway exceeded expectations, with 92 percent of consumers opting for the company's battery rental service BaaS, Li said. The JAC NIO plant will have small amount of renovations to follow, but they won't have as big an impact as they did in October. New NIO models will be built in the new plant and there will be a capacity creep, but it won't have an impact on the production of existing models, Li said. Most of the sales of regulatory credits occurred in the third quarter, earlier than last year. With the growth in scale, NIO's long-term target for vehicle margin based on the NT2 platform is 25 percent. NIO plans to have the ET7 available in showrooms around Chinese New Year, which arrives on February 1, Li said. The current chip supply is better than the worst third quarter, but still faces challenges. The good thing is that NIO has adapted to the situation and always finds some solutions as much as possible. Compared to the whole automotive industry, NIO's sales account for a relatively small percentage, so the difficulties it faces are also relatively smaller than those of established car companies. Many domain controllers are developed by NIO itself, so it has some advantages in finding alternative chips. CATL is trying its best to ensure the supply of batteries to NIO, but it is still the ceiling of NIO's delivery volume. The average selling price of NIO vehicles is high, and the expected subsidy withdrawal will not have much impact on it. The release of ET7's assisted driving capability will be a long-term process, and NIO will consider a number of factors including regulations, safety, and reliability, and will not deliberately go for autonomous driving demonstrations. NIO's 150 kWh battery is advancing on schedule, with plans to deliver in the fourth quarter of next year, and is still on track. If NIO reaches an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles, it will be able to achieve a 25% vehicle gross margin. NIO's current models will be upgraded to the NT2 platform, but NIO will manage the pace carefully. R&D work for the upgrade is already underway. NEV penetration has risen rapidly this year, as has the price of regulatory credits, and next year the price of regulatory credits may be lower than it is now. NIO's work in Norway has met expectations, with a quarter of the test drive users placing orders, much more efficiently than in China. NIO hopes to establish an after-sales service system in Norway before aggressively pushing sales. The company did not deliver much in Norway in September and October, not because there were not enough orders, but because it was controlling the pace. NIO's deliveries in Norway will increase significantly in November. NIO will enter at least five additional European countries next year, all offering NT2-based products. The ES8, based on the first-generation platform, will only be offered in Norway. Many of NIO's new models are being developed in parallel, and the costs will be reflected in the financial statements over time. With the completion of NIO's second plant, the two plants can reach a maximum annual capacity of 600,000 units with double shifts. NIO will offer some hardware upgrades to existing models next year when the time comes. The company has considered the possibility of upgrades in the design of its products. This article was first published by Phate Zhang on CnEVPost, a website focusing on new energy vehicle news from China.
NYSE:NIO
by EqualOcean
TSMC To Produce Chips In Japan By 2024 In Deal With SonyThe deal worth USD 7 bn establishes joint venture company Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing. TSMC's board of directors officially approved plans to build a chip factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, its first-ever Japanese plant. Sony is set to invest USD 500 million and will hold no more than a 20% stake in the joint company, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The project will be Japan’s largest financially supported endeavor for a foreign-controlled company with billions of Japanese Yen in subsidies. It will create 1,500 high-tech professional jobs in Japan with the construction of the chip plant scheduled to begin in 2022 and production slated to begin in 2024. TSMC already has a plant in Nanjing and is currently constructing a plant in Arizona in the U.S. with considerations to build a new chip facility in Germany. The semiconductor industry has been a top priority for many nations grappling with recent supply chain shortages. Japan’s response to the crunch is a framework for subsidies that allows companies to build chip factories in the nation. The conditionality is that firms must respond to requests for increased production and prioritize supply to domestic companies should supplies of semiconductors become tight. Sony specifically is TSMC’s biggest client in Japan making the deal quite worthwhile for both ends. The plant will produce state-of-the-art 7-nanometer chips as well as less advanced but versatile 22- to 28-nanometer chips. TSMC was founded in February 1987 by Zhang Zhongmou and is headquartered in Taiwan. It is a professional integrated circuit manufacturing server with the world's most advanced semiconductor technology.
NYSE:TSM
by EqualOcean
Tencent Music Sees Rise in Revenue - Q3 2021 Financials ReleasedOnline music paying users jumped 37.7% to 71.2 million from a year earlier, while the figure increased by 5 million from the prior quarter. The total revenue of Tencent music in the third quarter was CNY 7.81 billion, an increase of 3.0% over the same period. The net profit was CNY 1.06 billion, a decrease of about 35% over the same period. The financial report also pointed out that in the first three quarters of 2021, the total revenue of the firm was CNY 23.63 billion, an increase of about 13.5% over the same period last year. The revenue from online music services was CNY 2.89 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24.3%. The revenue from music subscription services was CNY 1.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 30.2%. This growth was due to the record number of online music paying users, reaching 71.2 million, a year-on-year increase of 37.7%. The revenue from social entertainment services and other businesses was CNY 4.92 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 6.4%. Tencent music said that this was due to the temporary loss of some mild users to other pan entertainment platforms, resulting in a year-on-year decrease in the company's online music and social entertainment Mau. The results come amid a regulatory crackdown in China on sectors from tech to education and property. The company's parent, Tencent Holdings, said in August it had ended all exclusive music copyright agreements after regulators barred it from such deals.
OTC:TCEHY
by EqualOcean