BYD's Annual Profit Drops for First Time in Four Years Amid Intense EV Price War
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD announced a 19 percent decrease in its annual net profit for 2025, attributing the steeper-than-expected decline to weak consumer spending and intense domestic competition amid an EV price war. The company also cut staff for the first time, with its chairman describing the industry as being in a 'brutal knockout stage.'
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BYD Delivers Steeper-Than-Expected Profit Drop Amid EV Price War - Bloomberg.com
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China’s electric vehicle (EV) king BYD posted its first annual profit drop in four years as it faced intensifying competition from domestic rivals in a cutthroat market. The Shenzhen-based company reported a net profit of 32.6 billion yuan (US$4.72 billion) for 2025, down 18.97 per cent from a year earlier, according to a filing to the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges. That missed a consensus forecast of 35.4 billion yuan in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. Revenue grew 3.46 per cent to...
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BYD saw its profit fall 19 per cent and cut staff for the first time, with chairman Wang Chuanfu saying, “competition in the [new energy vehicle] industry has reached a fever pitch, and is undergoing a brutal 'knockout stage.'”
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Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD said on Friday its annual net profit in 2025 fell 19 percent from a year earlier as it battled weak spending and fierce competition at home while looking to expand overseas. The post Chinese EV giant BYD says annual net profit down 19 percent appeared first on Vanguard News.
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