China Automotive Systems Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 09, 2010
China Automotive Systems Inc. (CAAS, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-06-30.

China Automotive Systems Inc. has a market cap of $560.7 million; its shares were traded at around $20.7 with a P/E ratio of 19.35 and P/S ratio of 2.19. China Automotive Systems Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 24% over the past 5 years.CAAS is in the portfolios of Ron Baron of Baron Funds, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC.

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Net sales for Henglong was $47,954,292 for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with $37,906,141 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, representing an increase of $10,048,151, or 26.5%. Net sales increase was mainly due to increased production volumes with a sales increase of $10,651,180, decreased sales price with a sales decrease of $831,885, and the effect of foreign currency translation with a sales increase of $228,856.

Net sales for Jiulong was $25,968,507 for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with $15,477,885 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, representing an increase of $10,490,622, or 67.8%. Net sales increase was mainly due to increased production volumes with a sales increase of $9,135,754, increased sales price with a sales increase of $1,261,420, and the effect of foreign currency translation with a sales increase of $93,448.

Net sales for Shenyang was $9,237,450 for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with $7,756,689 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, representing an increase of $1,480,761, or 19.1%. Net sales increase was mainly due to increased production volumes with a sales increase of $2,192,207, decreased sales price with a sales decrease of $758,277, and the effect of foreign currency translation with a sales increase of $46,831.

Net sales for Zhejiang was $6,098,147 for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with $6,182,748 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, representing a decrease of $84,637, or 1.4%. Net sales decrease was mainly due to increased production volumes with a sales increase of $452,226 and decreased sales price with a sales decrease of $574,192 and the effect of foreign currency translation with a sales increase of $37,329.

Net sales for Wuhu was $5,470,844 for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with $6,328,539 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, representing a decrease of $857,695, or 13.6%. Net sales decrease was mainly due to decreased production volumes with a sales decrease of $563,799 and decreased sales price with a sales decrease of $332,105 and the effect of foreign currency translation with a sales increase of $38,209.

Cost of sales for Henglong was $36,908,428 for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared with $27,292,298 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, representing an increase of $9,616,130, or 35.2%. Cost of sales increase was mainly due to increased sale volumes with a cost of sales increase of $9,849,431, decreased unit price with a cost of sales decrease of $398,078, and the effect of foreign currency translation with a cost increase of $164,777.

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