[ET Net News Agency, 25 October 2018] Credit Suisse citing CV World reported that
Weichai will start to supply heavy truck engines to Sinotruk (Hong Kong) (03808) from
2019, in regions that plan to upgrade to China 6 emission standard (for heavy diesel
vehicles) in 2019.
It further mentioned that Sinotruk will use Weichai's engines for all of its non-MAN
trucks in China 6 era.
The research house said this indicates that Weichai will take away some profits from
Sinotruk's engine segment, which contributed 54%/47% of Sinotruk's operating profit in
2017/1H 2018.
But Credit Suisse thinks there may not be much impact on 2019 earnings, because so far
only Beijing has decided to implement China 6 from July 2019 on heavy diesel vehicles.
Credit Suisse reiterated its "underperform" rating on Sinotruk, with an unchanged target
price of HK$8.4. (KL)