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Xiaomi’s Q2 Profit Slides 42.6% on Component Cost Pressure

  • On Tuesday, Xiaomi Corp reported a 42.6% decline in second-quarter net profit, missing analyst estimates as higher costs for memory and other components squeezed margins across smartphones and electric vehicles.
  • Smartphone revenue fell 7.5% to 42.1 billion yuan, with margins shrinking to 8.5% from 11.5% a year earlier, clipped by higher prices for key components. Research firm Omdia noted Xiaomi was highly exposed to memory cost inflation.
  • Total second-quarter revenue reached 108.9 billion yuan, missing the average analyst estimate of 112.2 billion yuan, while Xiaomi shipped 31.2 million smartphone units, a 26% decline from a year ago.
  • Xiaomi's electric vehicle business reported 23.9 billion yuan in revenue, up 15.9% annually, with 104,199 vehicles delivered, though operations related to new EV and artificial intelligence initiatives posted a 2.6 billion yuan loss.
  • To diversify revenue streams beyond its saturated smartphone business, Xiaomi launched the SkyNomad SUV series in July and plans to enter European markets by 2027, seeking new growth drivers.
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Xiaomi, the world's third-largest smartphone maker, saw its net profit in the second quarter of this year halve compared to the previous year as it faced the double whammy of rising component prices and sluggish demand. While the average selling price (ASP) in the second quarter rose 26% year-on-year, shipments decreased by 26% during the same period. Xiaomi adopted a strategy to defend profitability by cutting back on low-margin products at the…

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Xiaomi justifies a fall of 37.8% in profit with geopolitical instability, "significant increases in key component costs" and also more intense competition.

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Business Times broke the news in Singapore, Singapore on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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