7月工业企业利润降幅收窄，高技术制造业利润大幅回升

Group 1: Investment Rating - Not provided Group 2: Core Viewpoints - In July, the decline in profits of large-scale industrial enterprises narrowed, and the profits of the manufacturing industry, especially high-tech manufacturing, rebounded significantly year-on-year. Whether this trend can continue is worthy of attention. The implementation of anti-involution policies and the narrowing of the year-on-year decline in PPI are beneficial to the year-on-year recovery of industrial enterprise profits [3][14] Group 3: Summary by Relevant Content Operating Income and Profit - From January to July, large-scale industrial enterprises achieved operating income of 78.07 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%. In July, the operating income of large-scale industrial enterprises increased by 0.9% year-on-year. The total profit was 402.035 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.7%. In July, the profit of large-scale industrial enterprises decreased by 1.5% year-on-year [1][4] - From January to July, private industrial enterprises' total profit increased by 1.8% year-on-year, and in July, their profit increased by 2.6% year-on-year [4] - From January to July, large-scale manufacturing enterprises achieved a total profit of 3.02 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. In July, manufacturing profits increased by 6.8% year-on-year, 5.4 percentage points faster than in June [2][7] - In July, the profit of raw material manufacturing turned from a 5.0% decline in June to a 36.9% increase. The consumer goods manufacturing industry decreased by 4.7%, with the decline narrowing by 3.0 percentage points compared to June. The profit of high-tech manufacturing turned from a 0.9% decline in June to an 18.9% increase [2][7] - Industries with relatively fast year-on-year profit growth from January to July include the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry (5175.9%), non-ferrous metal mining and dressing industry (39.1%), etc. Industries with relatively large year-on-year profit declines include the coal mining and washing industry (-55.2%), ferrous metal mining and dressing industry (-33.7%), etc. [8] Operating Income Profit Margin - From January to July, the operating income profit margin of large-scale industrial enterprises was 5.15%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.25 percentage points. The manufacturing industry was 4.46%, slightly higher than the same period last year but about one percentage point lower than the same period in 2019. The mining industry was 16.75%, still higher than the same period in 2019. The production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water was 6.92%, better than the same period last year and higher than the same period in 2019 [2][9] Asset - Liability Ratio - At the end of July, the asset - liability ratio of large-scale industrial enterprises was 57.9%, a year-on-year increase of 0.3 percentage points. The asset - liability ratio of large-scale manufacturing enterprises was 57.2%, a year-on-year increase of 0.1 percentage point. Both are at the highest levels for the same period in the past decade [3][10] Accounts Receivable and Inventory - At the end of July, the average collection period of accounts receivable of large-scale industrial enterprises was 69.8 days, a year-on-year increase of 3.4 days, and that of large-scale manufacturing enterprises was 70.8 days, a year-on-year increase of 2.9 days, both at the highest levels for the same period since 2015, putting pressure on corporate cash flow [3][13] - From January to July, the cumulative year-on-year growth of finished product inventory of large-scale industrial enterprises was 2.4%. Industrial enterprises controlled a small year-on-year increase in finished product inventory under the circumstances of falling ex-factory prices, negative year-on-year net profit growth, longer accounts receivable periods, and rising debt ratios [3][13]