On the evening of April 18, Yiwei Lithium Energy disclosed its annual report, and in 2023, the company achieved a total operating income of 48.784 billion yuan, an increase of 34.38%; Net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 4.05 billion yuan, an increase of 15.42%; Basic earnings per share of 1.98 yuan. The Company intends to pay a cash dividend of 5 yuan (including tax) for every 10 shares to all shareholders.
According to the announcement, Yiwei Lithium Energy's research and development investment in 2023 totaled 2.871 billion yuan, an increase of 26.97%. As of the end of the reporting period, in addition to launching 46 series of large cylinder batteries, a new generation of "Mr.Big" and "Mr.Giant" energy storage products, medical batteries and other technology leading products, the company also actively laid out a number of cutting-edge technologies such as solid-state batteries, sodium-ion batteries, and hydrogen energy.
From a separate point of view, Yiwei lithium power battery contribution to the big business, 2023 shipments of 28.08GWh, an increase of 64.22%, to achieve sector revenue of 23.984 billion yuan, an increase of 31.41%, accounting for about half of the overall revenue; The energy storage battery sector has an obvious growth trend, with annual shipments of 26.29GWh and revenue of 16.34 billion yuan, with year-on-year growth rates of 121.14% and 73.24% respectively, accounting for 33.5% of the total revenue, an increase of 7.52 percentage points compared with 2022. Consumer battery segment revenue was 8.362 billion yuan, slightly down 1.78% year-on-year.