TLG - Exports continue to drive revenue growth; increased SG&A expenses - Earnings Flash
  • 2024-10-29T00:00:00
  • Company Research
  • TLG reported its 9M 2024 results, with revenue and NPAT-MI up by 5% and 29% YoY, respectively, achieving 75% and 98% of our 2024F full-year forecasts. We foresee upside potential to our forecasts, pending a fuller review.
  • In Q3 2024, exports continued to drive revenue with 34% YoY growth, mainly fueled by OEM exports amid customers’ restocking, the company’s productivity improvements, and market expansion. In 9M 2024, exports contributed 28% to total revenue, higher than the 23% in 2023. Additionally, domestic sales continued recovering slowly with 8% YoY growth.
  • GPM narrowed from 48.5% in Q2 2024 to 42.9% in Q3 2024, aligning with TLG’s track record of selling higher-margin products in Q2. In addition, we attribute the Q3 2024 results to high-cost plastic inventory accumulated during Q2 2024. Normally, TLG stocks inventory in advance for four to six months of production. This factor is partly offset by higher selling prices. In Q3 2024, TLG’s ASP increased by 5% QoQ, per our estimates.
  • SG&A expenses/revenue was 30.0% in Q3 2024, in line with our expectations of high SG&A costs in H2 2024 as TLG has been scaling up its advertising and marketing activities.
  • We expect a continued earnings recovery in Q4 2024–2025, supported by improvements in sales volume and the product mix.

TLG’s 9M 2024 results

VND bn

Q3 2023

Q2 2024

Q3 2024

QoQ

YoY

9M 2023

9M 2024

YoY

9M 2024 as % of 2024F

2024F

Net revenue

785

1,207

896

-26%

14%

2,773

2,912

5%

75%

3,863

Domestic

608

947

659

-30%

8%

2,121

2,105

-1%

74%

2,862

Exports

177

260

237

-9%

34%

652

807

24%

81%

1,000

Gross profit

354

586

385

-34%

9%

1,217

1,314

8%

77%

1,701

SG&A expense

-280

-297

-269

-10%

-4%

-824

-804

-2%

68%

-1,188

Operating profit

74

289

116

-60%

56%

393

510

30%

99%

513

Interest expense

-5

-3

-4

14%

-30%

-15

-10

-35%

73%

-13

Net other gain/loss

-9

-43

-21

-53%

130%

-50

-77

56%

110%

-70

NPAT-MI

60

242

92

-62%

53%

328

423

29%

98%

430

GPM

45.1%

48.5%

42.9%

 

 

43.9%

45.1%

 

 

44.0%

SG&A/revenue

35.7%

24.6%

30.0%

 

 

29.7%

27.6%

 

 

30.8%

OPM

9.4%

23.9%

12.9%

 

 

14.2%

17.5%

 

 

13.3%

NPM

7.7%

20.1%

10.3%

 

 

11.8%

14.5%

 

 

11.1%

Source: TLG, Vietcap forecast

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