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Sunny Optical Technology Group / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We attended Sunny Optical’s Investor Day at its Yuyao headquarters.</li><li>Overall, while shipment guidance remained unchanged, we are encouraged by Sunny’s positive view on smartphone recovery and accelerated upgrade in high-end models in 2H24E.</li><li>Key highlights include 1) global No.1 position across smartphone HCM/HLS and auto lens sets, 2) breakthroughs in high-end ADAS/LiDAR/HUD markets (esp hybrid auto lens), 3) opportunities in visual inputs and edge AI (AI phone, robotics).</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We attended Sunny Optical’s Investor Day at its Yuyao headquarters.Overall, while shipment guidance remained unchanged, we are encouraged by Sunny’s positive view on smartphone recovery and accelerated upgrade in high-end models in 2H24E.Key highlights include 1) global No.1 position across smartphone HCM/HLS and auto lens sets, 2) breakthroughs in high-end ADAS/LiDAR/HUD markets (esp hybrid auto lens), 3) opportunities in visual inputs and edge AI (AI phone, robotics).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - High-End Upgrade to Accelerate in 2H24E

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunny-optical-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13363:1" rel="noopener">Sunny Optical (2382 HK)</a>  and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/largan-precision-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9126:1" rel="noopener">Largan Precision (3008 TT)</a> dominate the compact lens module market, but analysis of data from technical publications suggests very different strategies.</li>
<li>After lagging Largan significantly till 2016, Sunny Optical now leads in number of innovations, though the impact and quality of the innovations still materially lags Largan</li>
<li>Besides overcapacity the primary risk for the industry is whether at some some stage the benefits of "next-gen" lens modules fall below the "Noticeable Difference" threshold.</li>
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Sunny Optical (2382 HK)  and Largan Precision (3008 TT) dominate the compact lens module market, but analysis of data from technical publications suggests very different strategies.
After lagging Largan significantly till 2016, Sunny Optical now leads in number of innovations, though the impact and quality of the innovations still materially lags Largan
Besides overcapacity the primary risk for the industry is whether at some some stage the benefits of "next-gen" lens modules fall below the "Noticeable Difference" threshold.


Sunny Optical & Largan - Innovation Quantity Versus Quality

<ul><li>Sunny Optical (Sunny)’s FY23 net profit was largely in-line with profit warning, but 2H23 GPM of 14.1% (vs 19% in 2H22) was below expectations due to more intense competition despite spec upgrade and more high-end models in 2H23.</li><li>For 2024 guidance, while mgmt. is conservative on HCM/HLS/VLS shipment, Sunny is positive on smartphone ASP, high-end HLS ramp-up, stable VLS/XR growth, and better GPM recovery in 2H24E.</li><li>We trimmed FY24/25E EPS by 35%/27% to factor in weak 2023 GPM and conservative guidance. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Sunny Optical (Sunny)’s FY23 net profit was largely in-line with profit warning, but 2H23 GPM of 14.1% (vs 19% in 2H22) was below expectations due to more intense competition despite spec upgrade and more high-end models in 2H23.For 2024 guidance, while mgmt. is conservative on HCM/HLS/VLS shipment, Sunny is positive on smartphone ASP, high-end HLS ramp-up, stable VLS/XR growth, and better GPM recovery in 2H24E.We trimmed FY24/25E EPS by 35%/27% to factor in weak 2023 GPM and conservative guidance. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - Expectations Reset on Conservative Guidance; Maintain HOLD

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Trung Nguyen

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Sunny Optical has released its FY 2023 numbers, which were weak but in line with expectations. Revenue declined 4.6% y-o-y to CNY 31.7 bn, due to lower shipments of handset-related products. Gross profit tumbled c. 30% to CNY 4.6 bn, with the margin shrinking to 14.5%. OCF plunged 64% to CNY 2.7 bn, while capex decreased slightly. FCF was therefore positive, albeit significantly lower. That said, the financial risk profile and liquidity remain healthy, supported by a large net cash position. We believe the industry operating environment will stabilise. The company marked seven consecutive months of double-digit shipment volume growth in February 2024, indicating that the recovery in the smartphone market is continuing. We expect shipments to stabilise at this level, which will represent a robust increase from the FY 2023 numbers. We project positive revenue and earnings growth in FY 2024.

  Sunny Optical has released its FY 2023 numbers, which were weak but in line with expectations. Revenue declined 4.6% y-o-y to CNY 31.7 bn, due to lower shipments of handset-related products. Gross profit tumbled c. 30% to CNY 4.6 bn, with the margin shrinking to 14.5%. OCF plunged 64% to CNY 2.7 bn, while capex decreased slightly. FCF was therefore positive, albeit significantly lower. That said, the financial risk profile and liquidity remain healthy, supported by a large net cash position.   We believe the industry operating environment will stabilise. The company marked seven consecutive months of double-digit shipment volume growth in February 2024, indicating that the recovery in the smartphone market is continuing. We expect shipments to stabilise at this level, which will represent a robust increase from the FY 2023 numbers. We project positive revenue and earnings growth in FY 2024. 

Sunny Optical - Earnings Flash - FY 2023 Results - Lucror Analytics

<ul><li>Sunny reported a FY23E profit warning with earnings decline of 50-55% YoY, 23%/18% below our/consensus estimates on weak smartphone demand, intense competition, and the de-spec trend.</li><li>While we remain positive on Android recovery, gains of share of supply to Apple, and spec upgrade in FY24E, we believe consensus estimates are too bullish on margins and ASP recovery.</li><li>We cut FY24/25E EPS by 20%/19% to factor in the results miss and slower ASP/margin recovery in FY24-25E.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Sunny reported a FY23E profit warning with earnings decline of 50-55% YoY, 23%/18% below our/consensus estimates on weak smartphone demand, intense competition, and the de-spec trend.While we remain positive on Android recovery, gains of share of supply to Apple, and spec upgrade in FY24E, we believe consensus estimates are too bullish on margins and ASP recovery.We cut FY24/25E EPS by 20%/19% to factor in the results miss and slower ASP/margin recovery in FY24-25E.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - 2023 Profit Warning Worse than Feared

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Sunny Optical Technology Group Co., Limited designs and manufactures optical and optical related products. The Company's products include glass/plastic lenses, prisms, mobile phone camera modules, microscopes, surveying instruments, and other analytical instruments.

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Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - High-End Upgrade to Accelerate in 2H24E

Overall, while shipment guidance remained unchanged, we are encouraged by Sunny’s positive view on smartphone recovery and accelerated upgrade in...

CMB International

Sunny Optical & Largan - Innovation Quantity Versus Quality

Since 2016 Sunny Optical has ramped up innovations in compact lens modules at an exhilarating pace, but in terms of impact the innovations lag that...

Pyari Menon

Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - Expectations Reset on Conservative Guidance; Maintain HOLD

Sunny Optical (Sunny)’s FY23 net profit was largely in-line with profit warning, but 2H23 GPM of 14.1% (vs 19% in 2H22) was below expectations due...

CMB International

Sunny Optical - Earnings Flash - FY 2023 Results - Lucror Analytics

Sunny Optical has released its FY 2023 numbers, which were weak but in line with expectations. Revenue declined 4.6% y-o-y to CNY 31.7 bn, due to...

Lucror Analytics

Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - 2023 Profit Warning Worse than Feared

Sunny reported a FY23E profit warning with earnings decline of 50-55% YoY, 23%/18% below our/consensus estimates on weak smartphone demand, intense...

CMB International

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