As Net Profit Jumps to CNY 5.6 Bn, CATL's Share Price Rises 7%

Author: 苑晶铭 Editor: 张宇喆 Apr 28, 2021 02:38 PM (GMT+8)

On the evening of April 27, CATL released its annual performance report for 2020, which shows that the operating revenue of CATL was CNY 50.32 billion, up 9.9% year-on-year, while the net profit attributable to the parent company boosted by 22.43%, reaching CNY 5.58 billion.

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  • Sales of power battery systems were the main source of income at CNY 39.43 billion, an increase of 2.18% over the previous year. 

  • Sales volume of power battery system upped 10.43% to 44.45GWh, and that of ion batteries climbed by 14.36% to 46.84GMh. 

  • The proportion of power battery systems declined from 84.27% to 78.35%. 

  • Revenue of energy storage systems surged 218.56% to 1.94 CNY billion, driving the proportion of energy storage businesses to 3.86% from 1.33%.

  • Income from lithium battery materials business decreased by 20.35% year-on-year to CNY 3.43 billion.

  • R&D investment increased by 19.29% to CNY 3.57 billion, accounting for 7.09% of the operating revenue.

  • 21C innovation laboratory is under construction, aiming to include the research and development of next-generation batteries such as lithium batteries, solid-state batteries and sodium-ion batteries.

  • Announced to invest in high-quality listed companies in domestic and foreign industrial chains by means of securities investment, with a total investment of no more than CNY 19 billion.

CATL was listed on the GEM on June 11, 2018, with an opening price of CNY 30.17 on the first day and a closing price of CNY 348.6 on April 27, 2021, with a total market value of over CNY 800 billion. Within three years, the share price of CATL has risen nearly 106 times.