XPeng reports Q2 adjusted EPS (43c), consensus (31c)

Reports Q2 revenue $700M, consensus $694.28M. Total deliveries of vehicles were 23,205 for the second quarter of 2023, representing an increase of 27.3% from 18,230 for the first quarter of 2023. Gross margin was negative 3.9% for the second quarter of 2023, compared with 10.9% for the same period of 2022 and 1.7% for the first quarter of 2023. Vehicle margin, which is gross profit or loss of vehicle sales as a percentage of vehicle sales revenue, was negative 8.6% for the second quarter of 2023, compared with 9.1% for the same period of 2022 and negative 2.5% for the first quarter of 2023. “XPENG G6, our first strategic model built on SEPA 2.0, has quickly become one of the best-selling models following its official launch in June, turbocharging our sales growth momentum. I believe the success of the G6 is just the beginning and moving forward, a wider range of SEPA2.0-enabled models will be brought to our customers,” said Mr. He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of XPENG. “Along with our unwavering commitment to advancing technology innovation over the past 9 years since our establishment, we’ve created meaningful breakthroughs in commercializing our industry-leading full-stack EV platform and smart technologies, both developed in-house. This is clearly evidenced by the increasing ADAS adoption among our customers and our strategic partnership with Volkswagen, a world-leading carmaker.” “Benefitting from the new products and supported by more efficient sales channels, our vehicle deliveries have posted sequential growth for six consecutive months,” said Dr. Hongdi Brian Gu, Honorary Vice Chairman and Co-President of XPENG. “With the G6 and other new products accelerating sales growth, we expect gross margin to gradually recover while operating efficiency continues to improve and free cash flow to substantially improve.”