Skyworth Group (00751.HK) released its 2019 interim results after-hours on 
August 27. The group booked turnover of 17.23 billion yuan (approx. US$2.4 
billion) for the period, with gross profit margin increasing to 19.7% from 
17.3% a year earlier. Profit before tax and net profit stood at 562 million 
yuan (approx. US$78.6 million) and 348 million yuan (approx. US$48.6 million) 
for the six months, up 46% and 20.4% year on year, respectively.

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During the period, the company invested 908 million yuan (approx. US$127 
million) in the R&D of several high-quality smart products in a move to enhance 
competitiveness, up significantly by 20.6%. The company's financial position 
was further optimized, with book value of capital rising to 4.265 billion yuan 
(approx. US$596 million) as of June 30, 2019, a significant improvement of 
28.7% from December 31, 2018.

In the first half, Skyworth Group continued to implement its transformation 
strategy: in the multimedia side of the business, Internet content revenue 
surged 39.3% from the same period last year, with activated smart TV users 
exceeding 38 million and the daily average number of active users reaching 
13.85 million. The company aggressively leveraged its first-mover advantages by 
adjusting the color TV product portfolio and the customer database structure, 
accelerating the market penetration of OLED TV, and enhancing market share by 
rolling out high-end products to consolidate its position across the industry. 

Driven by smart system technologies, the digital set-top boxes business grew, 
while smart home, IoT and security engineering segments were launched, opening 
up new growth paths.

Following the adoption of a strategy focused on the high end of the consumer 
electronics sector, the firm's smart electronics business received a general 
upgrade in terms of market positioning, brand, scale and price. The sales 
channels portfolio was further optimized, providing coverage across all sales 
channels from large chain home appliance stores to e-commerce sites and 
traditional shops in China's smaller towns and cities, giving a boost to the 
rise in both turnover and sales volume.

With technical, market and brand advantages, Skyworth is expected to fully 
benefit from actions undertaken by Chinese government at the beginning of the 
year to speed up the development of a nationwide 4K/8K UHD video industry.

Source: Skyworth

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