VinFast: One Of The Largest Disconnects Between Fundamentals & Price I’ve Ever Seen

The Smart Investor2023-09-05

VinFast Auto has a mammoth market capitalisation but the same may not be said for its business fundamentals.VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) became a public-listed entity in the US stock market on 15 August...

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Ace18
2023-09-05
Ace18
Share your opinion about this news…
CIK
2023-09-05
CIK
Thank you for your sharing [Heart]
patricklowck
2023-09-05
patricklowck
Its a pump and damp stock...beware
Sunshinekim
2023-09-05
Sunshinekim
Agree. I share your opinion. All the recent price rises were based on sentiments and hype. I would not touch the stock!
D1234
2023-09-05
D1234
Most of us aware too. Appreciate your article though thanks. 👍👍

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I think it is also a company with one of the largest disconnects between fundamentals and price that I’ve ever seen. I’ll lay out what I know, and you can judge my thought.Founded in 2017, VinFast manufactures EVs (electric vehicles), e-scooters, and e-buses. The company started producing e-scooters in 2018, ICE cars in 2019 (the production of internal combustion engine vehicles was phased out in late-2022), and e-buses in 2020. Its first EV product line consists of a range of SUVs (sport utility vehicles) which it began manufacturing in December 2021. VinFast’s manufacturing facility – which has 1,400 robots and is highly automated – is located in Hai Phong, Vietnam and has an annual production capacity of 300,000 EVs. Through June 2023, VinFast has delivered 105,000 vehicles – most of which are ICE vehicles – and 182,000 e-scooters. Vietnam is VinFast’s headquarters and the company’s primary market at the moment. 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Vingroup has a major economic presence in Vietnam – the company and all of its listed subsidiaries collectively accounted for 1.1% of Vietnam’s GDP in 2022 and they have a combined market capitalisation of US$21.0 billion (note that this does not include the value of VinFast) as of 30 June 2023.   In the two weeks since VinFast’s listing, the company’s stock price closed at a high of US$82, on 28 August 2023. This gave VinFast a staggering US$190 billion market capitalisation based on an outstanding share count of 2.307 billion (as of 14 August 2023). At the market-close on 29 August 2023, VinFast’s share price was US$46. Though a painful 44% fall from the previous day’s closing, the US$46 stock price still gives VinFast a massive market capitalisation of US$107 billion, which easily makes it one of the top five largest auto manufacturers in the world by market capitalisation. But behind VinFast’s market size are the following fundamentals:2022 numbers (I would have used trailing numbers, but they’re not readily available): Revenue of US$633.8 million, an operating loss of US$1.8 billion, and an operating cash outflow of US$1.5 billionAs I already mentioned, VinFast has (1) 26,000 reservations for its EVs globally as of 30 June 2023, and (2) delivered 105,000 vehicles – most of which are ICE vehicles – and 182,000 e-scooters from its founding through June 2023.For perspective, here are the equivalent numbers for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), the largest auto manufacturer in the world by market capitalisation (US$816 billion on 29 August 2023), and a company whose valuation ratios are often said by stock market participants to be rich:Trailing numbers: Revenue of US$94.0 billion, operating income of US$12.7 billion, and operating cash inflow of US$14.0 billionTrailing deliveries of 1.638 million vehicles worldwide.So given all the above, what do you think about my statement above, that VinFast is “a company with one of the largest disconnects between fundamentals and price that I’ve ever seen”?","kind":null,"is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":216502047113320,"gmtCreate":1693887650032,"gmtModify":1693891665359,"author":{"id":"4097982109296620","authorId":"4097982109296620","name":"Ace18","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/40cf6b0f4baf2773238c276509a1d957","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0a8758340a08196056f8bc1e54805193","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4097982109296620","authorIdStr":"4097982109296620"},"htmlText":"Share your opinion about this news…","listText":"Share your opinion about this news…","text":"Share your opinion about this news…","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/216502047113320","repostId":2364276867,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":216599597764624,"gmtCreate":1693882708573,"gmtModify":1693882713074,"author":{"id":"4115967022531642","authorId":"4115967022531642","name":"CIK","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/d76f0ce24b9378b87d777188e4b990b9","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4115967022531642","authorIdStr":"4115967022531642"},"htmlText":"Thank you for your sharing&nbsp;[Heart]&nbsp;","listText":"Thank you for your sharing&nbsp;[Heart]&nbsp;","text":"Thank you for your sharing [Heart]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/216599597764624","repostId":2364276867,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":216593804185768,"gmtCreate":1693879346497,"gmtModify":1693879351272,"author":{"id":"3565580415318008","authorId":"3565580415318008","name":"patricklowck","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/fc04396a7aff08c74904d7b520596366","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ae1f49570794979e009a5efdeb6f4789","crmLevel":8,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3565580415318008","authorIdStr":"3565580415318008"},"htmlText":"Its a pump and damp stock...beware","listText":"Its a pump and damp stock...beware","text":"Its a pump and damp stock...beware","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/216593804185768","repostId":2364276867,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":216589910065288,"gmtCreate":1693878989806,"gmtModify":1693878994569,"author":{"id":"4108879863251380","authorId":"4108879863251380","name":"Sunshinekim","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/4aa06f704f2b302b4af731a1567add49","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a3dee1aa3a3a3c1814833a4d3f8a5669","crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4108879863251380","authorIdStr":"4108879863251380"},"htmlText":"Agree. I share your opinion. All the recent price rises were based on sentiments and hype. I would not touch the stock!&nbsp;","listText":"Agree. I share your opinion. All the recent price rises were based on sentiments and hype. I would not touch the stock!&nbsp;","text":"Agree. I share your opinion. All the recent price rises were based on sentiments and hype. I would not touch the stock!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/216589910065288","repostId":2364276867,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":216580836368400,"gmtCreate":1693878128154,"gmtModify":1693878134375,"author":{"id":"3573810296615865","authorId":"3573810296615865","name":"D1234","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3573810296615865","authorIdStr":"3573810296615865"},"htmlText":"Most of us aware too. Appreciate your article though thanks. 👍👍","listText":"Most of us aware too. Appreciate your article though thanks. 👍👍","text":"Most of us aware too. Appreciate your article though thanks. 👍👍","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/216580836368400","repostId":2364276867,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":17,"commentSize":5,"repostSize":4,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.2","shortVersion":"4.29.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2364276867"}