New Gonow Recreational Vehicles (SEHK:805) Margin Compression Challenges Bullish Narratives

New Gonow Recreational Vehicles (SEHK:805) has released its FY 2025 numbers with first half revenue of C¥411.7 million and basic EPS of C¥0.0326, set against trailing twelve month revenue of C¥871.4 million and EPS of C¥0.03 that sit within a period of weaker earnings and a 3.5% net margin. Over recent reporting halves the company has seen revenue move between C¥421.97 million and C¥442.19 million, with basic EPS ranging from C¥0.0549 to C¥0.0028. Trailing earnings have been described as high quality even as margins softened from 5% in the prior year. For you as an investor, the picture is one of solid top line scale but tighter profitability, so the key question is how sustainable these current margins look.

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With the headline results on the table, the next step is to see how these margins and earnings trends line up against the most widely held narratives around New Gonow Recreational Vehicles and where those stories might need updating.

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Margins Under Pressure At 3.5%

• Over the last 12 months, New Gonow Recreational Vehicles converted C¥871.4 million of revenue into C¥30.82 million of net income, which works out to a 3.5% net margin compared with 5% in the prior year.
• Bears focus on this margin squeeze, and the data gives them material points to work with:
  • Net income over the trailing period was C¥30.82 million, lower than the C¥39.53 million earned in 1H 2024 alone, which shows how much profitability has tightened across recent halves.
  • The 1.3% per year earnings decline over five years sits alongside that margin move from 5% to 3.5%, so critics can point to a pattern of weaker earnings rather than a single soft patch.

High P/E Of 36.1x Versus Industry

• The shares trade on a 36.1x trailing P/E, which is roughly double the Asian Auto industry average of 18.2x yet below the peer group average of 54.7x, while the current price of HK$1.33 stands above the DCF fair value of HK$0.95.
• What challenges a bullish stance is how these valuation markers line up with the earnings track record:
  • With earnings declining 1.3% per year over five years and the last 12 months described as a period of lower profitability, a 36.1x P/E and a price above the C$0.95 DCF fair value require investors to be comfortable paying up for those trailing results.
  • At the same time, the P/E sitting below the 54.7x peer average and the trailing earnings quality being described as high give supporters room to argue that the stock is not the most expensive option within its direct peer set.

Earnings Quality Versus Multi Year Decline

• Trailing earnings are described as high quality even though reported earnings have declined by an average of 1.3% per year over the past five years and the most recent trailing net margin is 3.5% compared with 5% in the prior year.
• What stands out for a balanced view is how this quality label sits alongside softer trends:
  • Across the last three reported halves, net income moved from C¥39.53 million in 1H 2024 to C¥3.80 million in 2H 2024 and then to C¥30.7 million in 1H 2025, so the path has been uneven even as the company is described as having high quality earnings.
  • Trailing revenue has stayed around the mid C¥800 million level, yet net income of C¥30.82 million over that same period implies that investors need to weigh steady scale against the long running earnings decline captured in the 1.3% annual drop.

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Next Steps

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