DGW - Earnings slightly trail our forecast due to higher-than-expected selling expenses - Earnings Flash
  • 2024-10-29T00:00:00
  • Company Research
  • 9M 2024: Net revenue was VND16.2tn (USD649mn; +16% YoY) and NPAT-MI was VND304bn (USD12mn; +15% YoY), completing 73% and 71% of our respective 2024F forecasts. NPAT-MI fell slightly short of our expectation due to higher-than-expected selling expenses.
  • Q3 2024: Net revenue grew 15% YoY and NPAT-MI increased by 19% YoY. Sales growth was mainly driven by smartphone sales (36% of total sales in Q3) as this segment increased 26% YoY (flat QoQ), mainly driven by DGW’s double-digit YoY growth of Xiaomi and iPhone smartphones. Office equipment sales (18% of total sales) and home appliances sales (4% of total revenue) respectively increased 27% YoY and 35% YoY. Consumer goods (3% of total revenue) grew 15% YoY. Conversely, laptop sales (39% of total sales in Q3) were muted as this segment grew 1% YoY, which we attribute to Vietnam’s weak consumption that has limited demand for laptop replacements. In 8M 2024, Vietnam’s laptop sales value from offline channels declined by a high-single-digit YoY, according to Gfk.
  • Profitability: EBIT margin dropped to 1.7% (-50bps YoY) in Q3 2024 and was lower than our expectation, compared to 2.3% in H1 2024. We mainly attribute this to a 129% YoY jump in advertising & promotion expenses in Q3 2024, which management attributed to its efforts to boost Xiaomi’s sales growth. In Q3 2024, its sales of Xiaomi phones grew by high double-digits YoY, outperforming YoY growth of its Iphone sales in Q3. As a result, DGW’s EBIT decreased by 12% YoY in Q3 2024, though this decline was fully offset by a 5.8x YoY increase in net financial income, primarily driven by foreign exchange gains. 
  • Our view: While sales broadly aligned with our expectations, NPAT-MI fell slightly short of our forecast. We see potential downside risk to our 2024F forecast, pending a fuller review.

DGW’s Q3 and 9M 2024 results

VND bn

Q3 2023

Q3 2024

YoY

9M 2023

9M 2024

YoY

2024F

9M 2024 as % of 2024F

Net revenue

5,413

6,226

15%

13,968

16,219

16%

22,222

73%

  • Laptop & tablets

2,398

2,428

1%

4,834

5,135

6%

6,497

79%

  • Mobile phones

1,774

2,230

26%

5,863

6,893

18%

9,671

71%

  • Office equipment

907

1,151

27%

2,317

3,019

30%

4,299

70%

  • Home appliances

163

220

35%

494

629

27%

910

69%

  • Consumer goods

171

197

15%

461

543

18%

845

64%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross profit

385

602

56%

1,039

1,448

39%

1,860

78%

SG&A expenses

-262

-494

89%

-707

-1,108

57%

-1,314

84%

EBIT

123

108

-12%

331

340

3%

546

62%

Net financial income/ loss

8

48

5.8x

18

40

123%

18

220%

  • Financial income

47

74

58%

128

136

6%

136

100%

  • Financial loss

-38

-26

-32%

-111

-96

-13%

-118

82%

NPAT-MI

102

122

19%

265

304

15%

430

71%

Gross margin

7.1%

9.7%

 

7.4%

8.9%

 

8.4%

 

SG&A/net sales

4.8%

7.9%

 

5.1%

6.8%

 

5.9%

 

EBIT margin

2.3%

1.7%

 

2.4%

2.1%

 

2.5%

 

NPAT-MI margin

1.9%

2.0%

 

1.9%

1.9%

 

1.9%

 

Source: DGW, Vietcap

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