BYD stock dips as new Indonesia plant and 2026 half-year figures reshuffle margins

Published on 09/04/2026 at 18:08 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

BYD stock is slightly lower while investors weigh the start of production at a new Indonesia plant and the latest 2026 half-year results, which show weaker margins but a strong rebound in second-quarter profit.

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BYD stock (ISIN CNE100000296) traded at 10.97 USD in NASDAQ OTC trading on September 4, 2026, down 0.3% compared with the previous close, as investors digested fresh production news from Indonesia and the company’s latest 2026 half-year financial figures.

Half-year profit falls while second quarter rebounds

According to an analysis of BYD’s semi-annual financial report for the first half of 2026, the company generated revenue of 344.815 billion CNY in this period, a decline of 7.13% compared with the first half of 2025, underlining how pricing pressure and competition have begun to weigh on top-line growth.

The same report shows that net profit attributable to shareholders reached 123.25 billion CNY in the first half of 2026, down 20.54% year on year, highlighting that profitability fell faster than revenue and that the group’s net profit margin narrowed to 3.58%, the lowest level in almost four years.

However, the quarterly breakdown paints a more nuanced picture: in the second quarter of 2026, BYD reported revenue of 194.590 billion CNY, down only 3.15% versus the second quarter of 2025, while net profit attributable to shareholders climbed to 82.41 billion CNY, an increase of 29.66% year on year and almost double the first-quarter level, indicating that efficiency measures and a richer product mix are beginning to stabilize earnings.

Analyses of the semi-annual report note that BYD’s net profit had declined year on year for four consecutive quarters before this rebound; the return to 29.66% growth in second-quarter net profit therefore marks a turning point that many investors will watch closely when they assess whether the current margin recovery can be sustained.

August sales and new Indonesia plant add growth momentum

On September 1, 2026, BYD released its sales results for August 2026, reporting that it sold 440,293 vehicles in that single month, 17.8% more than in August 2025, and once again secured the top position among Chinese carmakers in new energy vehicle sales with a lead of almost 250,000 units over the second-largest rival.

Segment data show that BYD’s high-end brands Denza, Fang Cheng Bao and Yangwang sold a combined 228,000 vehicles in the first half of 2026, up 61% year on year and representing around 12.8% of group sales compared with only 6.6% one year earlier, which supports higher average selling prices and helps explain why automotive and related products achieved a gross margin of 22.33% in this period.

At the same time, BYD’s overall gross margin in the first half of 2026 improved by 0.84 percentage points compared with the prior-year period to 18.85%, reflecting both export growth and the success of its premium strategy, even though the net margin remained under pressure from higher raw-material costs and earlier price cuts.

A separate market update on September 4, 2026, reported that BYD has started production at its new electric-vehicle plant in Subang, West Java, Indonesia, following an investment of around 16 trillion IDR, equivalent to roughly 7.12 billion HKD, giving the facility an annual capacity of 150,000 vehicles and an initial workforce of about 5,000 employees with plans to expand to 20,000 as operations are ramped up.

The company stated that the localization rate at the Subang plant already exceeds 40% and that it intends to lift the localization rate for each production line to 60% by January 2027, a target that would further lower production costs and deepen BYD’s integration into the Southeast Asian supply chain.

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Electric models such as Atto 3 drive export strategy

BYD’s international portfolio is increasingly anchored by electric crossover models such as the Atto 3, which has become one of the company’s core export products in markets from Europe to Southeast Asia, often positioned as a competitively priced battery-electric alternative in the compact SUV segment.

Reports from Indonesian automotive media on September 4, 2026, highlight that the new Subang plant will assemble several of BYD’s key models, including the M6 DM hybrid and Atto 1, with plans to add the M6 EV, the Atto 3 and the Denza D9 as local production scales up, underscoring how BYD aims to shift from imported completely built units to fully localized manufacturing.

Stock price and investor perspective

In NASDAQ OTC trading, BYD stock stood at 10.97 USD as of 16:28 on September 4, 2026, 0.3% below the previous closing price, while broader Swiss market benchmarks such as the SMI were little changed around 14,403.76 points at that time, suggesting that the move in BYD shares reflected company-specific factors rather than a broad market swing.