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                                                                                                                                                                             BYD Company Limited
                     Date:31-Aug-2016                                                                                   Closing Price: HKD54.00                       Recommendation: BUY (20.17% upside)
                     Ticker: BYDHK: Wind Database                                                                       CNY1.00: HKD1.18                                  Target Price: HKD64.89 (CNY54.86)

                                                                                                              Executive Summary
                                      Table 1: Market Profile                                                 BYD Company (Hong Kong) Limited (BYDHK or the Company) is a Chinese manufacturing
                                             Market Profile                                                   company, which covers three main areas: Automobile Business (AB), Handset Components and
                                                                                                              Assembly Services (HC&AS), and Rechargeable Battery and Photovoltaic Business (RB&PB).
                                Closing Price                        HKD54.00
                                                                                                              Investment Recommendation
                              52-Week High/Low                 HKD54.00/HKD30.50
                                                                                                              We issue a Buy recommendation on BYDHK with a four-month target price of HKD64.89, that is
                       Average Volume(1Y)                            6,122,016                                20.17% over its August 31, 2016 closing price of HKD54.00. Our target price is primarily based on:
                          Diluted Shares Out                      2,728,142,855                               Investment Thesis and Outline
                          Market Cap(HKD in                                                                   Backed by a promising industry outlook, BYDHK continues its leading position in new energy
                              Millions)                                  16,436
                                                                                                              industry. The combination of the Sum-of-The-Parts valuation and current market view of BYDHK’s
                                    Beta                                   1.19
                                                                                                              every sector suggest that the stock price of BYDHK is undervalued. This represents an opportunity
                                 EV/EBITDA                               24.52                                to invest in China’s new energy industry. After determining BYDHK’s exposure and mitigants to
                                    P/B                                    3.88                               investment risks and evaluate the corresponding impacts on valuation, we arrived a Buy
                                                                                                              recommendation.
                                    P/E                                  44.37
                                                                                                              • Promising Industry Outlook, with the rising concern over environmental and energy problems,
                               Source: Wind Database
                                                                                                                and strong policy support for new energy industry, the demand of new energy market is on the
                                                                                                                rise.
                                           Table 2: Valuation
                                                                                                              • Leading Position in New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Market, BYDHK occupied the market share
                                                   Valuation                                                    of around 27% of Chinese NEV market, and with its advanced battery technology and vertical
                                                                                                                integration ability, and independent research and development (R&D) technologies which will
                               Valuation                   DCF                 Multiples                        soon be used in every BYDHK’s NEV, it is believed that this will enhance BYDHK’s competitive
                      Estimated Price                 HKD74.60                 HKD55.18                         position and will at least secure BYDHK’s market share.
                                                                                                                  - BYDHK is expected to reach RMB122.8 billion in NEV market by 2020.
                               Weights                     50%                    50%
                                                                                                                  - In HC&AS field, BYDHK will get more orders from manufactures in its filed through its new
                          Target Price                           HKD64.89
                                                                                                                    material and advanced technologies.
                               Source: Team Calculations                                                      • Highly Integrated Business Mode, BYDHK believes through integrating solar power, energy
                                                                                                                storage and electrified transportation together can achieve company’s main strategy, this will
                                                                                                                drive BYDHK:
                               Figure 1: Monte Carlo Simulation                                                  - More competitive in energy field by reducing manufacturing costs.
               30000
                                           Sell       Hold         Buy
                                                                                                                 - Fully integrating new energy market from electric power generation to electric storage, and
               25000                       4.19%      35.21%       60.6%                                            finally to electric applying in NEVs and other fields.
Frequency

               20000
                                                                                                              • Sum-of-the Parts Valuation, using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), and three ways of
               15000                                                                                            Relative Multiples Valuation to value AB, HC&AS and RB&PB separately.
               10000
                                                                                                              • Investment Risks, including regulatory, market, and operational risks that were assessed 1) for
                     5000                                                                                       impact and likelihood and subsequently ranked in a risk matrix, and 2) modeled through a Monte
                                                                                                                Carlo simulation.
                          0
                                                                                                                 - The results of the Monte Carlo simulation show: 60.6% of the simulations support a buy
                                                                                                                    recommendation, 35.21% support a hold recommendation, and 4.19% support a sell
                                           Sell        Hold              Buy
                                                                                                                    recommendation.
                               Source: Team Calculations

                                                                                                                                                Table 3: Key Financials and Ratios

                                 Figure 2: Share Price Movement                                                                                        Key Financials and Ratios
                     70                                                              4500                                                       2014       2015     2016F     2017F   2018F    2019F     2020F
                                                                                     4000
                     60
                                                                                                                RevenueҁCNY in Billions҂        55.4        77.6     101.5    120.9   145.6    177.0     217.1
                                                                                     3500
                     50
                                                                                                               Net ProfitҁCNY in Billions҂       0.7        3.1       5.2      7.3     10.0     13.4     17.8
                                                                                            Hang Seng Index

                                                                                     3000
   Price Per Share

                     40                                                              2500                           Net Profit Maigin           1.34%      4.04%    5.15%    6.03%    6.86%    7.57%    8.21%
                     30                                                              2000
                                                                                                                   Fixed Asset Turnover         1.49        1.99     2.15     2.31     2.46     2.60     2.74
                                                                                     1500
                     20
                                                                                     1000
                                                                                                              Long-term Liabilities to Assets   0.12        0.10     0.06     0.05     0.03     0.02     0.02
                     10
                                                                                     500                            Interest Coverage           1.53        3.07     3.80     4.71     5.72     6.43     7.05
                      0                                                              0
                                                                                                                 Earnings Per Share (EPS)       0.18        1.12     1.75     2.48     3.42     4.61     6.16

                                                   BYDHK       HSCI.HI                                           Return on Equity (ROE)         2.56%      8.71%    9.33%    11.47%   13.52%   15.29%   16.86%

                               Source: Wind Database                                                                        Source: Company Data,Team Calculations

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Figure 3: Milestones of BYDHK                                       Business Description
                                                                               Founded in February 1995, BYDHK was listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock
1995: BYD Company founded, with capital                                        Exchange in July 2002 and June 2011, respectively (Figure 3). BYDHK principally engaged in AB
   of RMB2.5 million and 20 members                                            including traditional fuel-powered vehicles and NEV, as well as handset, computer components and
                                                                               assembly services, and BYDHK is also developing other new energy products such as
                                                                               rechargeable battery (RB), solar power station, energy storage station, LED business, etc.
    2002: Listed on the Hong Kong Stock
      Exchange Main Board (1211.HK)                                            Currently, BYDHK has nearly 200,000 employees and 22 industrial parks in the globe. BYDHK has
                                                                               reached revenue of RMB43,745 million in the first half of 2016 (1H16) (Figure 4), representing a
                                                                               year on year (YoY) increase of 43.74%, having made a profit of RMB2,260 million with YoY growth
           2003: Purchased Xi’an Tsinchuan                                     of 384.23%. The earnings per share was RMB0.87, implying a YoY increase of 359.90%.
             Automobile Company Limited                                        Automobile Business
                                                                               In 2003, BYDHK purchased Xi’an Tsinchuan Auto Co.,Ltd and formed the present BYD Auto Co.,Ltd,
2007:BYD-E listed on the Hong Kong Stock                                       which formally symbolized its entry into the vehicle manufacturing and selling. Nowadays, BYDHK
     Exchange Main Board(0285.HK)                                              has established six industrial parks of auto industry. The automobile products include high, medium
                                                                               and low end of fuel cars, and also include auto mold, auto parts, dual model electric vehicles and
   2008: Warren Buffett invested $232                                          pure-electric vehicles. The total sales volume of car increased to 180,000 with the YoY growth of
 million to take a 9.89% stake in BYDHK                                        -14.28% in 1H16 (Figure 5). Comparing with the decline in sales volume of fuel cars, NEV has
                                                                               realized a rapid growth, whose sales volume has increased to 49,000 with YoY growth of 130.74%
                                                                               and ranks the first in the world reaching out to 190 cities in 43 countries of six continents. In public
 2011 BYD (002594.SZ) was listed on the
       Shenzhen Stock Exchange                                                 transportation, BYDHK will continue to expand the application of pure-electronic buses and taxis in
                                                                               global markets. BYDHK has successively won the UN-DESA Energy Grant and Zayed Future Energy
                                                                               Prize since its popularization and application of the green energy.
    2014: BYDHK announced the “5-4-2
            Initiative” for NEV                                                Handset Components and Assembly Services
                                                                               As one of the most comprehensively competitive HC&AS suppliers around the world, BYDHK
                                                                               provides vertically integrated one-stop services from whole product design, component
      2015: BYDHK launched “7+4” Vehicle                                       manufacturing to assembly services for both domestic and overseas markets, and also provides
             Electrification Strategy                                          other electronic products’ design, component production and assembly services. According to the
                                                                               interim report in 2016, this business realized a revenue of approximately RMB16,293 million, of
           Source:Company Data                                                 which 95.03% came from its holding company-BYD Electronic (International) Company Limited
                                                                               (BYD-E) (Figure 7). Handset assembly mainly including EMS and ODM and metal casing are the
                                                                               products that contribute most to the revenue of this business.
                                                                               Rechargeable Battery and Photovoltaic Business
      Figure 4: 1H16 Revenue Breakdown                                         BYDHK’s RB business mainly includes the lithium-ion battery and nickel battery, which are widely
                                                                               used on handsets, digital cameras, power tools, electric toys and all areas of portable electronic
                                                                               devices. And, BYDHK also actively researches on and develops power batteries, energy storage
                                                                               batteries and solar battery products to be applied in the NEV, storage power station and
                                                                               photovoltaic power station. The company focuses on the new energy chains to provide clients with
                                                                               the integrative solutions in power generation, storage, transmission and utilization. Several solar
                                                                               programs of BYDHK have already successively operated in the international markets, including the
                                                                               United States, German, Japan, United Kingdom, Indian and South Africa, having recorded the
                                                                               revenue of RMB4.06 billion in 1H16 and turned around with a profit (Figure 8). Meanwhile, BYDHK
                                                                               has its advanced Double-glazed Solar Photovoltaic module technology, which has a longer product
                                                                               life cycle and more durable than other products.
                                                                               Strategy
                                                                               • Three Green Energy Dreams. This is the final vision of BYDHK to realize the zero emission,
                                                                                 zero pollution, green energy solutions of the whole industry chain from power generation, storage,
                                                                                 transmission to usage (Figure 9).

               Source: 2016 Interim Report                                     • The Strategy of Vigorously Developing the NEVs
                                                                                  - BYDHK put forward the “7+4” Vehicle Electrification Strategy (“7+4”) (Figure 6), sparing no
                                                                                     efforts to realize the market diversification. “7+4” refers to popularizing the NEV and realizing
                                                                                     its overall coverage in seven conventional fields (private cars, buses, taxis, sanitation
                                                                                     vehicles, urban commodity logistics, passengers transportation and urban construction
                                                                                     logistics) and four specialized fields (warehousing, mines, ports and airports).
                  Figure 5: Sales Volume and
                      YoY Growth of AB
                                                                                                                                                 Figure 6: “7+4”
       0.6                                                              2

       0.5
                                                                        1.5

       0.4
                                                                        1
 Million

       0.3
                                                                        0.5
       0.2

                                                                        0
       0.1

           0                                                            -0.5
               2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 1H16
                sales volume of BYDHK' A&B    yoy BYDHK'volume growth

Source: Company Data,Team Calculations                                                                                                          Source: Official Website

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Figure 7: HC&AS’s Revenue                                       - In April 2014, BYDHK published the “5-4-2 Initiative” target for the NEV in the future and
                         and YoY Growth                                                 redefining the standards of the NEV from three aspects: performance, security and fuel
           35                                                    50%
                                                                                        consumption. As for the “5-4-2 Initiative”, “5” represents the 0 - 100 km/h acceleration time of
           30                                                    40%                    less than 5 seconds, “4” refers to electric four-wheel drive, “2” means within 2 liters of fuel
           25                                                    30%                    consumption per 100 km. In the future, most of BYDHK’s NEV will implement the standard of
           20                                                                           “5-4-2 Initiative”.

                                                                        Growth
                                                                 20%
 billion

           15                                                    10%
                                                                                  • Low-cost Strategy
           10                                                    0%                 - BYDHK makes the vertically integrated industry chain in all three businesses, adheres to self-
            5                                                    -10%                 owned brand, independent R&D, forges one-stop service with the core of R&D design and
            0                                                    -20%
                                                                                      independently assembly manufacturing.
                 20092010201120122013201420151H16
                                                                                    - BYDHK enters into the market by selling and also actively plans, optimizes technological
                   BYDHK      BYD-E     Growth of BYDHK                               process in the field of new energy҅lowering the per unit production cost through economies
                  Source: Annual Report                                               of scale.
                                                                                    - In June 2016, BYDHK signed the “Cooperative Framework Agreement on the Exploitation of
                         Figure 8: The Revenue of                                     Lithium Resources in Salt Lake” with Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd(QHSL) and
                         RB&PB Sector Breakdown                                       Shenzhen Hongdatong Industry Co.,Ltd, in developing the lithium resource of the Salt Lake
                                                                                      together and lower the production cost from the upstream.
           700

           600

           500                                                                   Corporate Governance
Thousand

           400
                                                                                 Shareholder Structure
           300
                                                                                 As of July, 2016, Wang Chuanfu is the first major shareholder, also the ultimate controlling owner,
           200
                                                                                 owning 18.79% of the common shares directly. On the whole, three top managers (Wang Chuanfu,
           100                                                                   Lv Xiangyang and Xia Zuoquan) of BYDHK own 38.08% of the outstanding shares directly or
            0                                                                    indirectly (Table 4), and 16.15% of all common shares are held by corporations and institutional
                  2010     2011   2012      2013   2014   2015   1H16
                                         Revenue                                 investors. The public owns the remaining 45.77% (Figure 10) (Appendix 22).

                 Source: Annual Report,Team Calculations                         Corporate Governance
                                                                                 The appraisal system of corporate governance mainly consists of equity structure, dividend policy
                                                                                 and organization structure.
                   Figure 9: Three Green Dreams                                  • Equity Structure: the gap of shareholding ratio among the major shareholders of BYDHK is
                                                                                   quite small and the inside directors account for the largest proportion of shares among the top 10
                                                                                   major shareholders while the Board of Directors owns the high control power, which is beneficial
                                                                                   for the company’s sustainable development but goes against the protection of minority interests
                                                                                   (Appendix 26).

                                                                                 • Dividend Policy: dividend instability will be detrimental to equity financing since BYDHK’s
                                                                                   higher research and development cost and it needs to unload the last year’s profits as the next
                                                                                   year’s capital (Appendix 27).

                                                                                 • Organization Structure: BYDHK owns the Board of Directors, Board of Supervisors, CEO and
                         Source: SINA                                              all kinds of committees.
                                                                                    - Board of Directors,       which has complete structure, meets the relevant regulation of the
                    Table 4: Shareholding of Top                                        corporate law and rich experienced members can provide constructive feedbacks and
                            Management                                                  development direction for our company’s development. As the founder of the company as
                                                                                        well as the major stockholder, the inside board has strong control power of the company,
                   Shareholding of Top Management                                       which is conducive to the company’s continuous and stable development but against the
                                            Directly       Indirectly
                                                                                        internal supervision (Appendix 23).
                                                                                    -   Board of Supervisors, which has complete structure, conforms with the relevant regulation
                 Wang Chuanfu                18.79%         0.18%                       and the rich experienced members, whose average educational background are
                                                                                        undergraduate course, can provide effective and scientific supervision for the company. The
                  Lv Xiangyang               8.77%          5.96%
                                                                                        supervision of the board of supervisors will be more powerful if the outside and inside boards
                  Xia Zuoquan                4.36%          0.02%                       of supervisors could be supplemented with each other. Besides that, the average age of the
                                                                                        supervisors except for the chairman of the board of supervisor is 42.5, so the board of
                         Source:Company Data                                            supervisor performs well.
                                                                                    -   CEO has the strong control power and performs well but it will be detrimental to realizing the
                                                                                        scientific decision and well supervision since it plays multiple roles and has the absolute
                  Figure 10: Shareholder Structure                                      control power in the company (Appendix 24).
                                                                                    -   Committee with complete inside control system meets the standard and manages well.
                                                                                 Overall, the corporate governance is in accordance with its articles of association, without any
                                                                                 obvious conflict. It is reasonable to conclude that nowadays BYDHK manages and operates well,
                                                                                 but still exists risks.

                                                                                 Social Responsibility
                                                                                 BYDHK has established the CSR supreme decision-making body—CSR Management Council,
                                                                                 defining the management method of CSR, organizing and formulating the unified CSR working plan
                                                                                 to make CSR management identification and standardization and realize the unified organization
                                                                                 and effective management of CSR work. BYDHK did well in social responsibility, environmental
                         Source:Company Data                                     protection, employee policies and it has received a number of awards and honors (Appendix 25).

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Figure 11: Real GDP                                Industry Overview and Competitive Positioning
10.0
                                                                           Macro Economic Analysis
 8.0

 6.0
                                                                           • The growth of macro economy has slowed down, but progressed steadily, In 2016,
                                                                            global economy has made deep changes. Developed economies are recovering slowly while
 4.0
                                                                            economic growth rate of emerging countries is decreasing. With the growth rate of 6.7% 1H16,
 2.0                                                                        China has seen a drop in its growth. But the government moderately expanded its gross demand,
 0.0                                                                        actively promoted the structural reform on supply, which makes the national economy increases
          2013
                 World
                       2014       2015       2016F    2017F      2018F
                                                Advanced Economies
                                                                            while maintaining steady (Figure 11).
                 United States                  EMDE*
                 China                          India
                                                                           • The income of urban and rural residents remains fast growth, and potential
                 Source: IMF                                                 consuming capacity is improving, in recent years, fast growth of China’s economy has made
                                                                            the income of urban and rural residents remain faster growth, and per capita consumption
               Figure 12: Contribution Rate                                 expenditure is increasing. In 2015, China’s ultimate consuming contributed 66.4% of economic
                  of Combustion to GDP                                      growth, which is 14.8 percentage point higher than in 2014 (Figure 12).
100                                                                        • Supportive Policies
 90
 80                                                                           - Stimulus of the Demand in NEVs
 70
 60                                                                               • Measures to Manage Quota on New Energy Vehicles’ Carbon Dioxide Emission
 50                                                                                 (Consultation Document).
                                                                                  • Development Plan for Energy Conservation and New Energy Vehicles
 40
 30
 20                                                                               • Assessment Measures for New Energy Public Transportation Promoted Application (Trial)
 10
  0
                                                                                  • Notice on the 13th Five-year Plan in relation to the Incentive Policies on New Energy
       1979      1985      1991       1997       2003       2009    2015            Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and the Promotion of Application of New Energy Vehicles.
                                                                              - Government Subsidies for Photovoltaic Electric Price
          Source: Wind Database,
                                                                                  • Subsidies compensated by National Development and Reform Commission has given great
                  iFinD Database                                                    impetus to the development of photovoltaic business.
                                                                              - Policies Overseas
                     Table 5: Electric Price of                                   • Energy Independence and Security Act
                           Photovoltaic                                           • National Policy Energy Act
                      2015         2016                                    Industry Analysis
  Resource         Photovoltaic Photovoltaic             Cities in Each
   Region            Electric     Electric                  Region
                      Price        Price                                   • Automobile Industry
                                                         Ning Xia,Hai
                                                                              - Automobile industry is growing slightly in whole. The growth of fuel cars is
                     RMB0.90          RMB0.80           Xi(Qing Hai),Jia        weakening, but the growth of NEV is strong. Traditional fuel cars still dominate market
  Ⅰ Region           per kwh          per kwh            Yuguan(Gan               share, but the growth of traditional vehicles field has been slowing down in recent two years.
                                                        Su),Ha Mi(Xin
                                                           Jiang),etc             By virtue of favorable policies and technological progress, new energy market is developing
                                                        Beijing,Tianjin,          aggressively. NEV’ substitution for fuel cars already has the realistic base (Figure 13).
  Ⅱ Region
                     RMB0.95
                     per kwh
                                      RMB0.88
                                      per kwh           Hei Longjiang,        - Carmakers will increase input on industry segments and competition in these
                                                         Sichuan,etc
                                                                                  fields will be fiercer. Sport utility vehicle (SUV) has remained strong growth since 2013
                                                         Other cities
 Ⅲ Region            RMB1.00          RMB0.98           except in Ⅰ, Ⅱ            and HAVAL H6 tops the SUV sales; BYDHK has become the technological innovator in NEV
                     per kwh          per kwh                region               industry (Figure 14).
        Source: National Development and                                      - Subsidy policy of new energy has been adjusted. NEV industry will become more
                Reform Commission                                                 standardized. China is gradually making adjustments in NEV subsidy policies. They have
                                                                                  the intention of turning NEV industry from driving by policy to driving by market and
                                                                                  upgrading the technology by combating subsidy frauds and regulating the development.
          Figure 13: YoY Industry Growth                                      - The popularized application of Internet of vehicles has become a developing
400.00%
                                                                                  trend. The industry will focus more on the application and progress of technology, and smart
350.00%                                                                           driving will become the new growth point of this industry.
300.00%
250.00%                                                                    • Handset Components and Assembly Services Industry
200.00%                                                                       - The handset market is gradually saturated and will remain slight growth. Global
150.00%
100.00%                                                                           shipment of smartphones raises only 0.2% to 0.678 billion handsets in 1H16, which is the
 50.00%                                                                           slowest YoY growth over the years. According to IDC, its growth speed will decline little by
  0.00%
              2010       2011      2012         2013       2014    2015           little, at an expected CAGR of 4.1% from 2016-2020.
                           YOY Growth of Fuel Car Industry
                           YOY Growth of NEV Industry                         -   China will still be the largest smartphone market in the world. Smartphones
                           YOY Growth of SUV Industry
                                                                                  promoted by China’s brand manufacturer account for 42% of global market share. China’s
          Source: CAAM,Team Calculations                                          shipment of smartphones is 235 million in 1H16, with YoY growth of 13.0%.(Figure 14)
                                                                              -   Penetration of metallic parts is promoting rapidly. Sound mechanic performance and
                                                                                  outstanding appearance have contributed to improving the recognition of metal casings.
          Figure 14: Smartphone Shipments                                         Metallic parts are used commonly. Their market volume is expanded (Figure 15). Competition
                                                                                  in terms of seizing the market share among FIH Mobile Limited (FIH), Catcher Technology
                                                                                  Co.,Ltd, TongDa Group Holdings Limited (TongDa) and BYD-E is becoming fiercer and
                                                                                  fiercer. Each supplier enlarges the production capacity of CNC, improves product yield and
                                                                                  production efficiency, and stays competitive.
                                                                              - Consumer electronics undergo frequent upgrading and fast market changes.
                                                                                  Updated needs of the consumers make this industry upgrade quickly. Although metal shell is
                                                                                  very popular now, 3D glass casing has made first appearance.
                                                                           • Rechargeable Battery and Photovoltaic Industry
                                                                              - Needs of traditional battery are weakening. The growth of global consumer electronics
                                                                                  is pacing down, but they still remain greater consumption; their competition is fierce, and
          Source: Wind Database,
                  iFinD Database                                                  needs for lithium-ion battery and nickel battery are expected to remain in weak state in future
                                                                                  market (Figure 16).
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Figure 15: Utilization of Metallic Parts                               - Power battery and energy storage battery have increased rapidly and are
40%                                                                                      extremely competitive. With the aid of the rapid growth of NEV, many battery suppliers
35%                                                                                      are increasing their R&D investment in this field, expanding the production capacity so that
30%
                                                                                         they can catch the opportunity of the fast growth in market (Figure 17). The future
25%
                                                                                         competition will be expected to be very fierce.
20%                                                                                  -   Opportunities and challenges coexist in photovoltaic. After terrible shuffle in the
15%
                                                                                         previous years, the whole industry reentered into growing path in 2015. Installed capacity
10%
                                                                                         has been growing rapidly, and it is expected to remain stable and orderly in its growth during
5%
                                                                                         the period of 13th Five-Year Plan. However, market competition is still severe and downward
0%
                    2012             2013             2014              2015             pressure on price is larger.
                    Source: News                                                  Competitive Positioning
                                                                                  • Technological threshold diminishes the threat from new entrants. Fast development of
                   Figure 16: Volume of 3C in Main                                  NEV benefits BYDHK as a leading company in this industry. BYDHK has mastered core
                           Manufacturing                                            technology of cell, engine and electric control. In addition, BYDHK has established Central
         250
                                                                                    Research Institute, Electric Power Research Institute and Auto Engineering Research Institute
         200
                                                                                    concentrating on the R&D and application of technology (Figure 18).
                                                                                  • Fierce competition among existing rivalries. NEV is the main developing trend of future
100 Million

         150
                                                                                    vehicles. All auto manufacturers make layouts in industrial segments. What the BYDHK faces not
         100                                                                        only is the pressure of other domestic brands, but also seizes the global market share. Its new
              50
                                                                                    energy passenger vehicle(NEPV) sales volume outside of China is nearly zero.

              0                                                                   • Suppliers’ ability to bargain is limited. Industries such as auto parts, steel, glass and rubber
                   2009    2010      2011      2012       2013   2014      2015     are very mature. Together with QHSL, BYDHK develops the lithium mineral in Salt Lake and
                                                                                    integrates the upstream of industrial chain vertically.
                   Source: Wind Database
                                                                                  • Moderate bargaining power of customers. For HC&AS, revenue mostly depends on the
                                                                                    large orders of brand handset manufacturers. Therefore, the customers remain some ability to
                    Figure 17: 2015 Market Scale in                                 bargain.
                        Li-coin Manufacturing
    90%                                                                           • BYDHK has long competitiveness. BYDHK insists on self-owned brand and self-research
                                                                 81%
    80%                                                                             and development. It has set up Intellectual Property Department and has initiated Talents Training
    70%                                                                 60.30%
                                                                                    Program. By self-researching and developing to promote automobile performance and reduce the
    60%                                                                             cost, adverse impacts on adjusting subsidy policies and decreasing local subsidy can be
    50%                                                                             counteracted. Then, cost performance can be promoted in whole; brand planning and media
    40%                                           32.30%                            communication and planning department have been built to improve brand image; its business
    30%
                                            17%                                     layout is comprehensive (Figure 19) (Appendix 21).
    20%
                           7.40%
    10%               2%                                                          Investment Summary
        0%
                    energy storage          power parts             3C            We issue a BUY recommendation on BYDHK with a 4-month target price of HKD64.89 by
                                     2014          2015                           combining a DCF Analysis and a Relative Multiples Valuation. This offers a 20.17% upside from its
                   Source: CNII                                                   closing price of HKD54.00 on August 31, 2016.This valuation is supported by numerous merits, as
                                                                                  outlined below, as well as concerns taken into consideration.

               Figure 18: Porter's Five Forces                                    MERITS
                                                                                  • High Growth in Sales Revenue of NEV
                                                                                     - As the environmental and energy problems have become increasingly prominent, and
                                                                                       the government has paid more attention to the NEV industry, NEV industry will enter into
                                                                                       a period of rapid growth. (Figure 20).
                                                                                     - BYDHK is the leader in the field of NEV industry. In the aspects of strategy, the company has
                                                                                         implemented the "7+4" and "5-4-2 Initiative” with a clear management idea; in the aspects of
                                                                                         production, BYDHK is currently the only company mastered the core technology of electric
                                                                                         cars including cell, engine and electric control in the world, owning an obvious technical
                                                                                         advantage.
                                                                                  • Expectations on the Outbreak of Sales Revenue of RB&PB
                   Source: Team Calculations                                         Rechargeable Battery Business
                                                                                     - With the widespread use of lithium battery in NEV and power storage station market, BYDHK
                                                                                         RB will enter into a new period of growth.
                                                                                     - BYDHK has the technological superiority on the RB. Owning the key technology, BYDHK’s
                     Figure 19: SWOT Analysis                                          lithium iron phosphate battery takes the domestic market share of more than 25%, ranking
                                                                                       first. In the aspect of ternary batteries, company has a long-term accumulation of R&D as well
                                                                                       as full technical reserves. The ternary batteries have been put into use in the plug-in hybrid
                                                                                       electric vehicle (PHEV).
                                                                                     - BYDHK has the advantages on battery production capacity. BYDHK had built the world's
                                                                                       largest lithium iron phosphate battery production base in 2015. The company expands the
                                                                                       capacity of lithium battery, and is expected to reach more than 13GWH in lithium battery
                                                                                       production capacity by the end of 2016 (Figure 21).
                                                                                     Photovoltaic Business
                                                                                     - There are opportunities exist in the field of photovoltaic industry. In 2015, the global
                                                                                         photovoltaic installed capacity has a rapid growth, and the newly increased installed capacity
                   Source:Team Calculations
                                                                                         in China hit a record high. Although the product price in photovoltaic industry still maintained
                                                                                         long-term low (Figure 22), it may bring the explosive growth of sales revenue to BYDHK with
                                                                                         the development of the photovoltaic industry.                                               5
Figure 20: Sales Volume of NEV Industry                                                                                                        - BYDHK has the advantages of industrial chain in the photovoltaic business. In the terms of
      1.8                                                                                                                                                        the photovoltaic business, BYDHK is planning a complete new energy industry chain, which
      1.6                                                                                                                                                        provides customers an integration scheme with the power generation, transmission and
      1.4
                                                                                                                                                                 storage of electricity. It is unique in the global market.
      1.2                                                                                                                                            •Sustainable Development of HC&AS
                                                                                                                                                         - The shipment of the global smartphone market slowed down, but the replacement rate of
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      0.8                                                                                                                                                  intelligent mobile phone will maintain steady growth. And, metal casing expands the scope of
      0.6                                                                                                                                                  application from the high-end models to low-end models with its superior quality and
      0.4                                                                                                                                                  performance, and is expected to have more shares in the future.
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                                                                                                                                                         - BYDHK has the advantage of technology. In the application of key raw materials, BYDHK has
          0                                                                                                                                                developed PMH technology, realizing the Nano-level fusion of metal and plastic and solving
                   2011      2012 2013 2014 2015 2016F 2017F 2018F 2019F 2020F
                           sales volume of NEV industry sales volume of BYDHK's NEV
                                                                                                                                                           signal problem. In the aspect of design, the company has SBID technology and can meet the
                                                                                                                                                           needs of high-end mobile phone manufacturers.
                        Source: CAAM,Team Estimates                                                                                                      - Keeping cooperation with major manufacturers. Its assembly business gained EMS orders
                                                                                                                                                           from the domestic leading brands of smartphones in 2015, and is expected to continue the
                                                                                                                                                           cooperation in the future.
                                                                                                                                              • Cost Advantage of the Vertical Integration Mode
                          Figure 21: Battery Capacity                                                                                                    AB: most of BYDHK auto parts can achieve self-sufficiency. For the NEV, BYDHK can supply
                                                                                                                                                         three key parts of cell, engine and electric control.
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                                                                                                                                                         Rechargeable Battery Business: BYDHK can product electrolyte diaphragm and cathode
                                                                                                                                                         materials by itself. And in 2015, the company joined efforts in developing lithium mineral with
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                                                                                                                                                         QHSL , controlling the raw materials.
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                                                                                                                                                         Photovoltaic Business: BYDHK has a whole production chain from silicon, PV module to the
                                                                                                                                                         solar power station. By controlling the costs of raw materials, the company can minimize the
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          2                                                                                                                                              layout of power storage station conducted by the company, it forms a strong synergistic effect.
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                                2014                                 2015                                 2016F                                          HC&AS: Thanks to the vertical integration platform, BYDHK has cut the product costs and
                                                                                                                                                         significantly reduce the development cycle.
                       Source: Wind Database
                                                                                                                                              Valuation Method
                                                                                                                                              We used a DCF, a Relative Multiples Valuation. The weight of each method is equal to 50%.
                                                                                                                                              Concerns(Possible Investment Risks)

                       Figure 22: Polycrystalline’s Price
                                                                                                                                              • Policy Risks: The demands of NEV may be in an insufficient situation, which will be incapable
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                                                                                                                                                      of completing the target sale volume. Decelerated growth of China’s GDP, declining policy
                                                                                                                                                      subsidies, and insufficient support of the government may affect the sales of NEV.
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                                                                                                                                              • Industrial Risks: 1)The prospect of NEV industry attracts more manufacturers to research the
                                                                                                                                                      NEV, increasing competition. 2)The demands for nickel battery decreased year by year, and it will
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                                                                                                                                                      affect BYDHK's revenue in a way. The prior-period investment of BYDHK was mainly in the R&D
              20                                                                                                                                      of the iron battery, so it does not have an absolute advantage in the production of the ternary
              10                                                                                                                                      battery. If the ternary batteries become the main trend in the future, the company will not have the
                                                                                                                                                      absolute competitiveness. 3) The product prices of photovoltaic industry may slump in the future,
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                                                                                                                                                      and competition will be more intense in such an environment. 4) The saturation of global
                                                                                                                                                      smartphone and computer markets will aggravate competitions among existing competitors.
                                                                                                                                              • Operational Risks: The company's brand image needs to be improved. The appearance
                       Source: Wind Database                                                                                                          design has been criticized for a long time; the amount of the quality complaints of fuel vehicles
                                                                                                                                                      has ranked near the top in the last year; staffs in some sales region appears serious violations.
                                                                                                                                                      The company's sales revenue will be negatively affected if it does not resolve the problems
                                                                                                                                                      existing in brand image and sales management.

                                                                                                                                                              Figure 23: BYDHK Share Prices and News Flow
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Table 6: Valuation                             Valuation
Valuation
                             Estimated
                                                 Weights       In order to estimate the share price of the BYDHK, we mainly used the following two valuation
                               Price
                                                               methods: a 5 years DCF and a Relative Multiples Valuation (Table 6).
DCF(CNY)                       63.06             50.00%        DCF Model
                                                               The DCF method is the discounted value of the free cash flow based on the predicted financial
P/E(CNY)                       35.12             16.67%
                                                               statements, discounting to estimate the intrinsic value of BYDHK stocks. With the diversity of
P/B(CNY)                       79.05             16.66%
                                                               BYDHK business and its stock ownership, we predicted the financial situation of BYD-E (HC&AS)
                                                               and remaining parts except for the mobile phone business (AB, RB&PB) five years after. We
EV/EBITDA(CNY)                 25.77             16.67%        calculated the free cash flow and equity value of two sections respectively, then added the stock
                                                               value of Holitech held by BYDHK, finally got the stock price by dividing the fully diluted shares
Target Price(CNY)                        54.86                 outstanding. According to the detailed analysis above, the target price is expected to be HKD74.60
                                                               (Table 7).
Target Price(HKD)                        64.89
                                                               The base case for this model was formulated considering about BYDHK’s historical performance,
       Source: Team Calculations                               our evaluations of industry outlook and its competitive positioning, and revenue growth among
                                                               businesses. The DCF is most sensitive to the following inputs, the derivations of which are
                                                               explained below:
            Table 7: The DCF Model                             • Weighted Average Cost of Capital(WACC)
                                                               To better estimate the value, we calculated the WACC and cost of equity of HC&AS, and other
                  The DCF Model                                businesses (AB and RB&PB) respectively to reflect the cost and risk of each business. The revenue
                       BYD-E
                                   Remaining
                                  Buisinesses
                                                    Holitech   of HC&AS (95.03% in 2016 interim report) mostly comes from its holding company: BYD-E. We
                                                               utilized two methods (CAPM and APT) to estimate the cost of equity (Appendix 9). For the CAPM,
 PV of FCF/EV          1,981       247,368          17,561
                                                               we ran the linear regression of BYDHK’s stock yield against the HSCI for two time intervals(5-year
 Less Net Debt      10,566             67,897            /     monthly and 3-year weekly) and then averaged to calculate Beta (Appendix 8). And the Beta for the
 Less Minority                                                 remaining businesses was calculated through comparable companies methodology, and then
   Interest              /             3,989             /
                                                               weighted it according to the operating revenue in 2015 (Appendix 10). The risk-free rate was based
 Proportion of
    Shares          65.76%             100%         12.59%     on 1-year government bonds benchmark yield. The expected market return was the average return
  PV of FCF                                                    of HSCI over the past ten years. We calculated the cost of debt by weighting and averaging the
 Belonging to       (5,646)        175,482          2,211      short and long term debt data adopted from 2015 annual report (Table 8) (Appendix 11).
   BYDHK
  Total EV of                      172,047                     • Revenue Growth
   BYDHK                                                       For sales growth rate, we mainly forecast by using the sales of BYDHK's core business, that is the
          Financial Data(in Millions)                          AB, RB&PB, HC&AS. HC&AS’s revenue is represented by BYD-E’s (Figure 27) (Appendix 13).
  Fully Diluted
    Shares                                                       AB: we added the revenue of the four parts together (fuel car excluding fuel SUV, fuel SUV, NEV
                                       2,728
  Outstanding                                                    excluding pure-electric bus, pure-electric bus) to get the AB’ revenue (Appendix 14).
     (CNY)                                                        - Sales Volume Forecast: The sales volume of fuel vehicles shows a slow downward trend
  Target Price                                                      under the condition that SUV sales rise. The NEV sales volume is expected to maintain a
     (CNY)                             63.06
                                                                    rapid but stable growth, keeping an estimated annual growth rate of 35.86% of the industry;
  Target Price                         74.60                        sales volume of pure-electric bus is expected to reach 23,747 in 2020 (Figure 24).
     (HKD)
                                                                  - Price Forecast: We used data from the BYDHK’s official website to calculate the average
       Source: Team Calculations                                    price of fuel car excluding fuel SUV, fuel SUV, NEV excluding pure-electric bus. Pure-electric
                                                                    bus price was gotten from team calculations (Appendix 15). Then according to BYDHK’s
                                                                    annual data of 2015 to adjust to the average price of four classifications, and we finally got
                                                                    each price (Table 10).
                               Table 8: WACC Analysis                                                                      Table 9: Relative Valuation

                                        WACC Analysis                                                                          Relative Valuation

                                                 HC&AS            Remaining Businesses         EBITDA(CNY in Millions)                                   11,036

                                                                                               EV from EBITDA(CNY in Millions)                           130,330
Risk-free Rate                                   2.67%                   2.67%
                                                                                               Less:Debt(CNY in Millions)                                78,895
Beta                                              1.62                   1.16
                                                                                               Plus:Cash and Cash Equivalents(CNY in Millions)           19,323
Market Risk Premium                              5.58%                   5.58%
                                                                                               Less:Minority Interst(CNY in Millions)                      445
Cost of Equity from CAPM                         11.73%                  9.14%
                                                                                               Market Value(CNY in Millions)                             70,312

Cost of Equity from APT                          9.27%                     /                   Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding (in Millions)             2,728

Pre-tax Cost of Debt                                0                    4.86%                 Price from EV/EBITDA(CNY)                                  25.77

                                                                                               Earnings(CNY in Millions)                                  5,380
Average Tax Rate                                 11.91%                 16.39%
                                                                                               Price from P/E(CNY)                                        35.12
Cost of Debt after Tax                              0                    4.06%
                                                                                               Book Value(CNY in Millions)                               60,005
Weight of Equity                                 100.00%                81.73%
                                                                                               Price from P/B(CNY)                                        79.05
Weight of Debt                                      0                   18.27%
                                                                                               Average Price(CNY)                                         46.65

WACC                                             10.50%                  8.21%                 Average Price(HKD)                                         55.18

        Source: Team Calculations                                                                   Source: Team Calculations

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Figure 24: Sales Volume of                                    RB&PB: RB welcomes a new round of outbreak because of the development of new energy
                                 BYDHK’s A&B                                             industry, and we have expectations to photovoltaic industry. Based on that, we calculated the
              800
                                                                                         cubic equation of sales of RB&PB in line with the future time trend (Figure 25).
              600                                                                        HC&AS: BYDHK plans to give the whole HC&AS to BYD-E, so we replaced the revenue of
                                                                                         HC&AS with BYD-E future sales forecast. After the regression on many variables, we have found
   Thousand

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                                                                                         that the semi-annual revenue of BYD-E highly fits semi-annual copper production reported by
                                                                                         National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), and the R-squared of the quadratic and exponential
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                                                                                         equations of copper production in six months are very high (Appendix 16). Finally, we got the
                  0
                                                                                         forecast sales of BYD-E (Figure 26).
                          2016F       2017F      2018F       2019F          2020F
              Pure-electric Bus                     NEV exculding Pure-electric Bus   • Capital Expenditure
              Fuel SUV                              Fuel Car(excluding Fuel SUV)            - Due to changes in the business structure, capital expenditures will change significantly in the
                       Source: Team Calculations                                              next five years: capital expenditures for NEV will increase substantially in order to implement
                                                                                              ‘5-4-2 initiative’, to develop NEV and energy storage battery, and to upgrade technology to
                               Table 10: Price Estimate                                       maintain its leading role; implement “7+4”, launch a variety of new models, realize
                                                                                              industrialization and cover the market.
                                       Price Estimate                                       - HC&AS expanded its production capacity (increased CNC equipment) in 2015; the growth of
                                     (CNY in Thousands)
                                                                                               smartphones is becoming slow, which is not expected to have a greater capital expenditure in
                      Fuel Car Excluding Fuel SUV                      54.58                   the future.

                                   Fuel SUV                            74.30          • Terminal Growth
                                                                                      Terminal growth is based on the predicted inflation and the growth rate of new energy business.
               NEV Excluding Pure-electric Bus                         217.31         Considering handset and fuel automobile business have entered a mature business stage, and the
                                                                                      new energy business still has much development space, we predicted the terminal growth is 2.88%,
                               Pure-electric Bus                      1335.07         the sum of the expected inflation rate and the growth rate of new energy.
                                                                                      Relative Valuation
                        Source: Team Calculations                                     Because of the diversity of BYDHK, it was not easy to find a direct comparison of the company, so
                                                                                      we looked for comparable companies for each business. For the three major businesses of BYDHK,
                               Figure 25: RB&PB's Sales                               we looked for companies with a high degree of similarity in business or having a competitive
                                       Revenue                                        relationship in the business, covering Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Chinese Mainland and overseas
           18
                                                                                      markets. First we calculated the average relative multiples of each business, then according to each
           16
                                                                                      business share of predicted total revenue in 2016 to get the final P/E, P/B and EV/EBITDA, and
           14
                         y = 18023x3 - 130526x2 + 367891x + 4E+06                     then calculated them with 2016 forecasted EPS, EBITDA and BVPS to get three different share
           12                           R² = 0.93658                                  prices; finally we averaged the three to obtain the price of HKD55.18 (Table 9) (Appendix 12).
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                                                                                            Financial Condition     2013     2014      2015     2016F    2017F     2018F    2019F     2020F
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                      2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016F 2017F 2018F 2019F 2020F

                         Source: Team Estimates                                       Net Profit Maigin             1.56%    1.34%    4.04%     5.15%    6.03%     6.86%    7.57%     8.21%

                                                                                      Gross Margin                  13.09%   13.77%   15.28%   17.79%    19.21%   20.69%    22.23%    23.83%

                                                                                      ROE                           3.12%    2.56%    8.71%     9.33%    11.47%   13.52%    15.29%    16.86%
                            Figure 26: HC&AS’s Sales
                                    Revenue                                           ROA                           0.99%    0.79%    2.72%     3.40%    4.26%     5.00%    5.64%     6.21%
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      60                                                                              Liquidity
      50                                                                              Current Ratio                  0.69     0.77     0.82     0.88      0.85     0.84      0.83      0.83
      40
                                                                                      Quick Ratio                    0.49     0.58     0.59     0.69      0.65     0.64      0.64      0.64
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                                                                                      Cash Ratio                     0.10     0.07     0.09     0.22      0.20     0.18      0.18      0.17
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                                                                                      Activity
           0                                                                          Inventory Turnover             5.37     5.07     5.09     5.16      5.43     5.44      5.44      5.42
                                                                                      Accounts Receivable
                                                                                      Turnover                       4.31     3.11     3.16     3.43      3.57     3.74      3.74      3.74
                         Source: Team Estimates                                       Fixed Asset Turnover           1.42     1.49     1.99     2.15      2.31     2.46      2.60      2.74

                                                                                      Total Asset Turnover           0.64     0.59     0.67     0.66      0.71     0.73      0.75      0.76

                          Figure 27: Revenue Structure                                Financial Leverage
 100%                                                                                 Total Liabilities to Assets    0.68     0.69     0.69     0.64      0.63     0.63      0.63      0.63
    90%
                                      33.5%    32.8%     31.7%       30.3% 28.6%
    80%                    42.4%                                                      Interest Coverage              1.76     1.53     3.07     3.80      4.71     5.72      6.43      7.05
    70%                                                                       7.5%
                                      6.3%     6.5%      6.8%        7.1%             Total Liabilities to Equity    2.14     2.25     2.21     1.75      1.69     1.70      1.71      1.71
    60%                                                              9.4%     7.3%
                           7.4%                15.2%     11.9%
    50%                               19.2%                                           Equity Multiplier              3.14     3.25     3.21     2.75      2.69     2.70      2.71      2.71
    40%                    25.7%
    30%
                                                                                      Long-term Debt to Equity       0.35     0.38     0.31     0.17      0.13     0.09      0.06      0.05
    20%                                                  49.6%       53.2% 56.6%
                                      41.1%    45.6%                                  Long-term Debt to Assets       0.11     0.12     0.10     0.06      0.05     0.03      0.02      0.02
    10%
                           24.4%
          0%                                                                          Shareholder Ratio
                        2015       2016F    2017F    2018F   2019F          2020F
                                     NEV Fuel Car RB&PB HC&AS                         EPS (CNY)                      0.23     0.18     1.12     1.75      2.48     3.42      4.61      6.16

                  Source: Company Data,Team Estimates                                                                                          Source: Company Data,Team Calculations

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Figure 28: Gross Margin                                       Optimization of Business Structure Contributed by NEV's Sales Growth
                                                                              Combined with the revenue structure in 1H16 (Figure 4) and BYDHK’s prospects, we estimate that
                                                                              NEV will be the main force of the company’s revenue in the future. Due to the turnaround of
                                                                              photovoltaic industry, RB&PB in BYDHK is expected to recover sluggishly. At the same time, the
                                                                              market growth of smartphones and computers tends to saturation, and the HC&AS’s contribution to
                                                                              total revenue is decelerating (Figure 27). The company will gradually form a new revenue model
                                                                              dominated by NEV to create greater margins, which will increasingly bring more benefits to
                                                                              shareholders than before.

                                                                              Upgrading of Industrial Structure Conducive to Cost Savings
                                                                              In the future, the revenue of BYDHK will increasingly rely on NEV. We expected that the gross profit
        Source: Company Data,                                                 of BYDHK will be efficiently promoted (Figure 28), due to: 1) continuously increasing NEV sales
                Team Calculations                                             revenue, as the main source of revenue, will enlarge the company’s economies of scale and reduce
                                                                              the unit cost (Figure 20). 2) BYDHK’s layout in NEV industry chain will decrease intermediate costs
         Figure 29: Liabilities Structure                                     substantially under the new revenue model.
100%
90%                                                                           Capital Structure Optimized with Solvency Promoted
80%
70%
                                                                              BYDHK’s long-term debts have an obvious drop with discharging a great deal of maturing debts in
60%                                                                           2015 and 2016. The company has financed RMB14.4 billion by private placement in July, 2016, and
50%                                                                           to some extent, improved the structure of debt-equity. It is believed that the company will have less
40%                                                                           debt burden in the long run implying long-term debts to assets decreasing with the continuous
30%
20%
                                                                              increase in margin. And, the drop of debt burden significantly leads to the decline of financial cost,
10%                                                                           which creates a favorable impact on net profit margin (Appendix 5). In addition, current liabilities will
 0%                                                                           account for more portion of total liabilities due to repayment of a large number of long-term debts
        2014        2015     2016F     2017F     2018F    2019F       2020F
                Current Liabilities     Non-current Liabilites                (Figure 29).

        Source: Company Data,                                                 The Influence of NEV Market and Operating Capacity Keeping Rising
                Team Calculations                                             We estimate that BYDHK will keep the leading position in the future NEV market based on its
                                                                              advanced industrial layout and leading-edge technology (Figure 20). Relying on the rapid
                                                                              development of NEV market, the sales of BYDHK seems very optimistic. The rapid growth in sales
            Figure 30: Total Asset&Fixed                                      volume will effectively promote the inventory turnover and accounts receivable turnover speed,
                   Asset Turnover                                             which can shorten the operating cycle (Appendix 6). It will also improve the liquidity of assets
 3.00                                                                         (Figure 30)and make the utilization of assets more efficient, increasing the ROA level obviously
 2.50                                                                         (Appendix 6).
 2.00
                                                                              Strong Operating Cash Flow Facilitating Reinvestment
 1.50                                                                         The newly equity financing increased the capital strength of BYDHK and provided security
 1.00                                                                         guarantee for capital expenditure and investment. We estimate BYDHK will increase investment in
 0.50
                                                                              the future, focusing on NEV and energy battery program (Figure 31). The growth of net profit mainly
                                                                              benefited from NEV program will generate more and more operating cash inflow which will be used
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         2014       2015     2016F     2017F     2018F    2019F       2020F   into reinvestment. Under the support of strong operating cash inflow and stable financial pattern, we
                Total Asset Turnover           Fixed Asses Turnover           estimate the cash flow obtained by financial activities is stable (Appendix 3).
        Source: Company Data,
                Team Calculations                                             DuPont Analysis
                                                                              For the reason of rapid growth of the NEV sales volume, BYDHK’s net profit will obviously ascend
                                                                              driven by uprating business structure. We forecast the ROE will increase, that of 2020 doubling
           Figure 31: Reinvestment Ratio
                                                                              more than that of 2015. Simultaneously, the rapid growth of revenue will promote asset turnover
                                                                              efficiently better than 2015 and have a slow rise. Besides, thanks to the recent debt repayment,
                                                                              equity financing and promising revenue growth, the company will maintain a stable financial pattern,
                                                                              which means the total debt to equity will make a minor effect on ROE (Appendix 31).

                                                                              Dividend Payment and EPS Analysis
                                                                              We predict that BYDHK will not distribute dividend to shareholders and remain the present shares
                                                                              outstanding in the next five years since its rare dividend payment in the past and the large
                                                                              requirement of capital for investment in NEV industry. Shareholders will benefit from the continuous
                                                                              rise in EPS whose rapid growth relies on the net profit mainly generated by increasing revenue and
                                                                              gross profit (especially by NEV) (Figure 32).
        Source: Company Data,
                Team Calculations                                                                                        ROE Decomposition

                                                                                                       2013      2014       2015     2016F       2017F     2018F     2019F     2020F
                   Figure 32: EPS (in CNY)

                                                                              ROE                     3.12%      2.56%      8.71%     9.33%      11.47%    13.52%    15.29%    16.86%

                                                                               Net Profit Magin       1.56%      1.34%      4.04%     5.15%       6.03%    6.86%     7.57%     8.21%

                                                                               Total Asset Turnover    0.64      0.59        0.67     0.66        0.71      0.73      0.75      0.76

                                                                               Equity Multiplier       3.14      3.25        3.21     2.75        2.69      2.70      2.71      2.71

        Source: Company Data,                                                                                                                 Source: Company Data,Team Calculations
                Team Calculations

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Figure 33: Risk Matrix                          Investment Risk
                                                           Regulatory Risk
                                                           • Reduction of Government Subsidies and Shrink of Profit Margins (R1) / (High
                                                             Likelihood, High Impact)
                                                              - NEV: As the government subsidies for PHEV with a range of 100 to 150 kilometers reduced
                                                                  from RMB31,500 to RMB25,000 per vehicle to 2020, the profitability of new energy business
                                                                  would be shrinking (Appendix 17).
                                                              -   Photovoltaic: Decline in subsidies for electricity prices due to the electricity market reform,
                                                                  which weakens BYDHK’s profitability and financing ability and make it more difficult for the
                                                                  construction and operation of photovoltaic power plants. In 2016, the electricity price of Class
                                                                  I, Class II resource were reduced by RMB0.1 and RMB0.07 per kwh respectively and Class
                                                                  III resource was decreased by RMB0.02 per kwh (Appendix 18).
    Source: Team Analysis
                                                           Market Risk
               Table 11: Mitigation
                                                           • Slowdown of China's Economic Growth (M1) / (High Likelihood, Moderate Impact)
      Risks                 Mitigating Factors                The slowdown of china’s economic growth leads to a serious overcapacity problem. The GDP
                     Regulatory risk                          growth rate of China has continued to decline (Figure 11). Since 2011, the GDP growth rate of
                                                              China has continued to decline. In 2012, the GDP growth rate has dropped below 8% while that
   Government           Rising sales of NEV, subsidies
                           barrier and technological          in 2015 went down to 6.9% for the first time in nearly 30 years. The profitability and growth
  Subsidies(R1)
                                   innovation.                capability of enterprises have been greatly restricted.
                      Market risks
                          The new energy market is         • Foreign Exchange Risk (M2) / (High Likelihood, High Impact)
Slowdown of China's                                           BYDHK's foreign exchange risk mainly exists in foreign business income, international
    Economic                 during a period of
    Growth(M1)           development; the growth of           procurement and assembly service business. We expect a rising trend of the exchange rate of
                        consumption maintains robust
                                                              HKD against RMB as a result of a continuous rise of exchange rate (HKD against RMB) since
Foreign Exchange         Using financial tools to hedge       December 2015. According to sensitivity analysis, the increase in exchange rate (HKD against
    Risk(M2)                foreign exchange risks            RMB) by 2% will result in a target price drop from HKD64.89 to HKD63.73 (Table 12).
                        Absolute cost advantage; long-
   Decline in Oil
    Prices(M3)
                          term trends in new energy        • Decline in Oil Prices (M3) / (Moderate Likelihood, Low Impact)
                                   industry.
                                                              The decline in oil prices and its long-term maintenance will dampen consumers’ enthusiasm of
                        1.Huge demand;2.Competition           buying NEV. It will benefit traditional fuel cars and restrain the demand for new energy cars in
                            impels improvement and            the short term.
 Unstable Market         innovation; subsidies barrier;
  Demand(M5)               industry chain integration;
                        3.Structural optimum of mobile     • Unstable Market Demand (M4) / (Moderate Likelihood, High Impact)
                                    business
                                                              - Lack of charging pile: As of the end of 2015, China's NEV to its charging pile ratio is more
                     Operate risks
                                                                  than 10:1, which severely inhibited its market demand.
                             Higher decision making
    Corporate            efficiency; Solidified cohesion      - Consumers buy electric cars for policy incentives rather than their car needs.According to
   Governance           and enhanced competitiveness              statistic, only 5% of the people purchase NEV out of their car requirements (Appendix 19).
    Risk(O1)             owing to the 2015 employee’s
                              stock ownership plan.           - According to statistics, there are 64% of quality complaints of pure-electric vehicle with regard
                        RMB4 billion repaid the loans,            to battery, and 36% of quality complaints of PHEV concerning engine.
Financial Risk(O2)
                        optimized the capital structure.
                                                              - Market competition intensifies. 1) AB: an increasing number of potential entrants in new
 Low Consumer            The cooperation with Center              energy market. 2) HC&AS: oversupplied mobile phone casing and intensifying competition
 Satisfaction(O3)       Art will improve vehicle design
                        and enhance the brand image.              among metal casing suppliers lead to a price fall of phone casing. The profit margin shrinks.

                         The industry chain integration      According to sensitivity analysis, if the total sales sales volume of NEV changes from 131,300
 Cost Control(O4)
                               reduced the cost.             below to 122421, our recommendation will change from buy to hold while further drop to 78,559
                                                             for a sell recommendation (Table 12).
    Source: Team Analysis
                                                           Operational Risks
      Table 12: Sensitivity Analysis
                                                           • Corporate Governance Risk (O1) / (Moderate Likelihood, Moderate Impact)
          ̴            Base Case        Buy       Sell
                                                              Both the position of chairman and the general manager are the real controllers of the company
The Exchange Rate
                         0.8454        0.8889    1.2673       —Wang Chuanfu. The structure of centralized management will cause an opaque information
  of HKD to RMB
                                                              problem and may endanger the company into a latent operational risk.
 Ratio of Cost to
                         81.61%        83.44%    94.06%
     Income                                                • Financial Risk (O2) / (Moderate Likelihood, Moderate Impact)
 Sales Volume of                                              In Debt Maturity Structure҅short-term debt is mainly considered in the debt financing. With high
  NEV Excluding          118000        128001    56345
 Pure-electric Bus                                            ratio of short-term debt is destabilizing the use of capital. In general, financial leverage is
 Sales Volume of
                          12000        9106        /
                                                              decreasing, while still in the relatively high level.
 Pure-electric Bus

Total Sales Volume                                         • Low Consumer Satisfaction (O3) / (High Likelihood, High Impact)
                         131300        122421    78559
      of NEV                                                  BYDHK's sloppy design and excessive imitation of the appearance fail to meet consumers’
     Source: Team Analysis                                    demands and preference for original design. Besides, a bunch of after-service complaints
                                                              revealed due to technical constraints and deficiency in ideology of after-service.

           Table13: Rating Guide                           • Cost Control (O4) / (Low Likelihood, High Impact)
    buy                  hold                   sold          The adjustment of subsidies makes BYDHK face the risks of cost increasing and profit margins
 bigger than     range from -15% to       smaller than
                                                              declining. According to the sensitivity analysis, if the proportion of sales cost against revenue
    15%                  15%                 15%              rises 2%, our target price will drop from HKD64.89 to HKD62.40 (Table 12).

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Appendices
Appendix 1: Statement of Comprehensive Financial Position (BYDHK)
CNY in Million                                   2013     2014     2015       2016F      2017F      2018F      2019F      2020F

Assets
  Cash & Cash Equivalents                       4,511    3,950     6,011      19,323     19,032     21,197     24,994     30,505

  Derivative Financial Instruments                -        -        18          25         31         37         46         58

  Short-term Deposits                            200      139       269        274        279        285        291        297

  Accounts & Bills Receivables                  13,135   22,435    26,679     32,478     35,291     42,639     52,063     64,179

  Other Receivables                             2,676    3,900     5,419      7,290      8,750      10,666     13,170     16,443

  Inventories                                   8,776    10,046    15,807     16,556     19,412     23,033     27,613     33,412

  Other Current Assets                           668      364       317        323        329        336        343        350

  Current Assets                                29,966   40,834    54,519     76,270     83,124     98,193     118,520   145,245

  PP&E-net                                      34,935   37,213    39,039     47,120     52,373     59,170     67,956     79,333

  Equity Capital Investment                     1,084    1,414     1,889      1,795      2,079      2,456      2,952       3,605

  Available-for-sale Financial Assets             9       35       3,071      3,071      3,070      3,070      3,070       3,069

  Goodwill and Intangible Assets                4,995    6,373     7,169      11,006     13,232     16,179     20,064     25,178

  Prepaid Land Lease Payments                   4,628    4,448     4,656      7,907      9,305      11,126     13,482     16,524

  Other Non-current Assets                      2,398    3,692     5,143      6,571      7,806      9,396      11,442     14,081

  Non-current Assets                            48,049   53,175    60,967     77,470     87,865    101,397     118,967   141,790

 Total Assets                                   78,015   94,009   115,486    153,740    170,989    199,590    237,487    287,035
Liabilities
  Trade and Bills Payables                      22,293   25,851    30,656     41,904     49,169     58,408     70,120     84,976

  Tax Payable                                    166      143       289        399        475        570        692        846

  Interest-bearing Bank and Other Borrowings    16,172   19,173    26,413     32,223     33,892     41,346     51,171     63,804

  Other Current Liabilities                     4,713    7,856     8,752      11,676     13,809     16,571     20,135     24,736

  Current Liabilities                           43,344   53,022    66,110     86,201     97,345    116,895     142,118   174,363

  Interest-bearing Bank and Other Borrowings    8,652    10,979    11,230     9,469      7,985      6,733      5,677       4,787

  Other Non-current Liabilities                 1,162    1,113     2,116      2,116      2,116      2,116      2,116       2,116

  Non-current Liabilities                       9,814    12,092    13,346     11,586     10,101     8,849      7,794       6,903

Total Liabilities                               53,158   65,114    79,457     97,787    107,446    125,745    149,912    181,266

Equity
  Equity Attributable to Owners of the Parent   21,710   25,366    32,294     51,964     59,281     69,293     82,713    100,575

    Share Capital                               2,354    2,476     2,476      2,728      2,728      2,728      2,728       2,728

    Reserves                                    19,238   22,890    26,618     46,036     53,353     63,365     76,784     94,647

    Proposed Final Dividend                      118       -         -          -          -          -          -           -

    Perpetual Loans                               -        -       3,200      3,200      3,200      3,200      3,200       3,200

  Non-controlling Interests                     3,147    3,529     3,735      3,989      4,261      4,552      4,862       5,194

Total Equity                                    24,856   28,894    36,029     55,953     63,543     73,845     87,575    105,769

  Total Liabilities and Equity                  78,015   94,009   115,486    153,740    170,989    199,590    237,487    287,035

Predicted Statement of Comprehensive Financial Position is summarized by Statement of Financial Position of HC&AS (Equals to BYD-E
(0285.HK)) and Remaining Businesses (AB, RB&PB).

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HC&AS (Equals to BYD-E)                         Remaining Businesses

CNY in Million                                 2016F    2017F    2018F    2019F    2020F    2016F     2017F     2018F     2019F     2020F

Assets
  Cash & Cash Equivalents                      1,296    2,210    2,759    3,652    4,990    18,027    16,822    18,438    21,342    25,515

  Derivative Financial Instruments               -        -        -        -        -        25        31        37        46        58

  Short-term Deposits                           274      279      285      291      297        -         -         -         -         -

  Accounts & Bills Receivables                 8,542    9,226    10,735   12,463   14,446   23,936    26,065    31,904    39,600    49,734

  Other Receivables                             628      732      851      987     1,143    6,662      8,019     9,815    12,183    15,300

  Inventories                                  4,246    4,925    5,695    6,570    7,567    12,310    14,487    17,338    21,043    25,845

  Other Current Assets                           1        1        1        1        1       322       328       335       342       349

  Current Assets                               14,987   17,374   20,326   23,964   28,443   61,283    65,750    77,867    94,556    116,801

  PP&E-net                                     7,043    7,916    8,912    10,052   11,361   40,077    44,457    50,258    57,904    67,972

  Equity Capital Investment                     400      400      400      400      400     1,395      1,679     2,056    2,552     3,205

  Available-for-sale Financial Assets            -        -        -        -        -      3,071      3,070     3,070    3,070     3,069

  Goodwill and Intangible Assets                23       27        31      36       42      10,983    13,205    16,148    20,028    25,136

  Prepaid Land Lease Payments                   359      416      481      555      639     7,548      8,889    10,645    12,928    15,885

  Other Non-current Assets                      722      842      979     1,137    1,320    5,849      6,964     8,417    10,305    12,761

  Non-current Assets                           8,547    9,600    10,803   12,181   13,762   68,923    78,265    90,594    106,786   128,028

Total Assets                                   23,534   26,974   31,129   36,145   42,205   130,206   144,015   168,461   201,342   244,830

Liabilities
  Trade and Bills Payables                     9,953    11,545   13,350   15,401   17,738   31,950    37,624    45,058    54,720    67,239

  Tax Payable                                   149      174      202      235      272      250       301       368       457       574

  Interest-bearing Bank and Other Borrowings     -        -        -        -        -      32,223    33,892    41,346    51,171    63,804

  Other Current Liabilities                    1,760    2,037    2,351    2,708    3,114    9,915     11,772    14,220    17,427    21,622

  Current Liabilities                          11,862   13,756   15,903   18,344   21,124   74,339    83,589    100,992   123,775   153,238

  Interest-bearing Bank and Other Borrowings     -        -        -        -        -      9,469      7,985     6,733    5,677     4,787

  Other Non-current Liabilities                  -        -        -        -        -      2,116      2,116     2,116    2,116     2,116

  Non-current Liabilities                        -        -        -        -        -      11,586    10,101     8,849    7,794     6,903

Total Liabilities                              11,862   13,756   15,903   18,344   21,124   85,924    93,690    109,841   131,568   160,142

Equity
  Equity Attributable to Owners of the         11,672   13,217   15,225   17,801   21,081   44,345    50,116    58,120    68,964    83,547
Parent
    Share Capital                              4,052    4,052    4,052    4,052    4,052    2,728      2,728     2,728    2,728     2,728

    Reserves                                   7,619    9,165    11,173   13,749   17,029   38,417    44,188    52,192    63,036    77,619

    Proposed Final Dividend                      -        -        -        -        -         -         -         -         -         -

    Perpetual Loans                              -        -        -        -        -      3,200      3,200     3,200    3,200     3,200

  Non-controlling Interests                      -        -        -        -        -      44,345    50,116    58,120    68,964    83,547

Total Equity                                   11,672   13,217   15,225   17,801   21,081   48,334    54,378    62,672    73,826    88,740

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