Rated Corporate Automotive

Tasco Joint Stock Company

Ticker: HUT
BBB+ Current rating
Stable Outlook
5 Rating status
0 SPOs published

About the Issuer

HUT was first established in 1971 as a construction contractor in Northern Vietnam and grew through investments in infrastructure projects, real estate, and electronic toll collection systems. The company underwent a major strategic overhaul over the last 2 years (2023 - 2024) to advance its vision to become the leading provider of automotive services and smartart transportation infrastructure in Vietnam. This strategic shift led to significant restructuring and streamlining of its core businesses, including the acquisition of new business assets and divestment of its legacy non-core
businesses, such as construction and healthcare.

Basic information
Sector level 1 Corporate
Sector level 2 Automotive
Ticker HUT
Customer code COM000628

Rating Results

Issuer rating - Long-term
BBB+
Outlook: Stable
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Credit Opinion

Factors that could lead to an upgrade

(1) The company successfully expands into upstream manufacturing and assembly, maintaining consistently higher margins with larger revenue contribution by these activities;
(2) Develops its new business segments, including real estate and financial services, commanding higher margins and maintaining steady growth in new business transactions and market position that result in better credit metrics.

Factors that could lead to a downgrade

(1) the company significantly increase leverage for business expansion, resulting in further weakening of its leverage and coverage metrics; or
(2) the company’s liquidity risks considerably increase in the group or parent company level due to significant decline in cash flow

Strengths

Very strong scale, with leading position in auto dealerships in Vietnam

Challenges

Below-average profitability and efficiency underpinned by a thin-margin automotive retail dealership business

Issuer analysis reports

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Rating Results

LATEST CORPORATE CREDIT RATING RESULTS  |  06/2026
BBB+
Outlook: Stable

Second Party Opinion

List of Second Party Opinions (SPO) published by VIS Rating for HUT.

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