Japanese OEMs lower FY2012 outlook due to sluggish sales in China
Global sales still expected to exceed previous record highs set in FY2007
2012/12/14
- Summary
- Consolidated sales volume for FY2012 estimate marks record high of 23.74 million units despite 520K-unit decrease from original plan
- Revenue planned to increase by 12.8% from last year to 51 trillion JPY, revised downward by 1.9 trillion JPY
- Profit revised downward to operating profit of 2.6 trillion JPY with the assumed exchange rate of 79.2 yen to the US dollar
- Factors of decreased operating profit plans: 235.8 billion JPY sales fluctuation and 235.2 billion JPY exchange rate fluctuation
- Planned capital expenditure marks record high for Nissan, Suzuki, Mazda
Summary
FY2012 was the year in which Japanese OEMs planned to make a comeback from the damages caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and the flood in Thailand. Their aggressive plans were backed up by the revived subsidy program in Japan and by the expansion of their overseas sales. The ten Japanese OEMs' performances were doing well, as expected, during the first half (April to September period) of FY2012 with an increase in consolidated sales volume by 29.1% y/y to 11.62 million units and revenue by 22.4% to 25 trillion JPY for that same period. The operating profit increased threefold from the previous year to 1.5 trillion JPY.
However, the companies made downward revisions to their full-year forecasts upon their announcements of their financial statements for the first half of FY2012 due to decreased sales in China originating from a territorial dispute between the two countries, as well as from a shrink in the market in Europe. Companies except for Toyota, Isuzu and Hino made downward revisions to their consolidated sales volumes. The total sales volume of the ten OEMs decreased by 520K units from the original plan to 23.74 million units (an increase of 15.3% from FY2011). However, the total sales volume of 23.74 million units exceeds the 22.62 million units from FY2007 before the economic crisis, marking a record high. This is due to the expansion of the Asian market (including China) from FY2007, as well as the recovery of the Japanese and the U.S. markets.
Suzuki, Daihatsu, Isuzu, and Hino maintained the revenue estimates for FY2012, but the rest of the companies made downward revisions resulting in an 1.9 trillion JPY decrease to the ten OEMs' consolidated revenue to approximately 51 trillion JPY (up by 12.8% y/y).
The estimated operating profits for the respective companies varied with Nissan and Honda announcing over 100 billion JPY downward revisions and Mazda announcing a downward adjustment as well. Toyota, Mitsubishi, Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), Isuzu, and Hino, on the other hand, all made upward revisions to their operating profits. Suzuki and Daihatsu maintained their original plans. The total operating profit of the ten OEMs decreased by 152 billion JPY from the original estimate, to 2,578 billion JPY (an increase of 81.8% from last year).
Japanese OEMs' FY2012 outlooks (figures in shaded cells (bold) represent record high)
| Automobile sales volume(1,000 units) | Consolidated revenue(100 million yen) | Operating profit(100 million yen) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2012 plan(original) | FY2012 outlook(Upon resultsannouncementfor the 1H) | FY2012 plan(original) | FY2012 outlook(Upon resultsannouncementfor the 1H) | FY2012 plan(original) | FY2012 outlook(Upon resultsannouncementfor the 1H) | ||||
| Toyota | 8,700 | 8,750 | Upward | 220,000 | 213,000 | Downward | 10,000 | 10,500 | Upward |
| Nissan | 4,920 | 4,672 | Downward | 103,000 | 98,150 | Downward | 7,000 | 5,750 | Downward |
| Honda | 4,300 | 4,120 | Downward | 103,000 | 98,000 | Downward | 6,200 | 5,200 | Downward |
| Suzuki | 2,811 | 2,744 | Downward | 26,000 | 26,000 | Unchanged | 1,200 | 1,200 | Unchanged |
| Mazda | 1,090 | 1,075 | Downward | 22,000 | 21,700 | Downward | 300 | 250 | Downward |
| Mitsubishi | 1,208 | 1,128 | Downward | 19,800 | 18,300 | Downward | 700 | 800 | Upward |
| Daihatsu | 1,001 | 998 | Downward | 16,700 | 16,700 | Unchanged | 1,200 | 1,200 | Unchanged |
| FHI | 721 | 714 | Downward | 18,600 | 18,400 | Downward | 670 | 820 | Upward |
| Isuzu | 506 | 532 | Upward | 16,300 | 16,300 | Unchanged | 1,230 | 1,260 | Upward |
| Hino | 153 | 154 | Upward | 14,800 | 14,800 | Unchanged | 470 | 530 | Upward |
| Total | 24,256 | 23,735 | 528,700 | 509,850 | 27,300 | 25,780 | |||
Source: OEMs' financial flash reports and earnings announcement documents (Note) "Total" does not include the consolidated data of Daihatsu and Hino to avoid overlaps with Toyota.
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