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Wus Printed Circuit (Kunshan) Co,Ltd. (002463 CH)

<ul><li>Seven out of the 16 leading PCB manufacturers in China have announced profit alerts by mid-July, with an avg. 75% to 105% YoY and 21% to 43% QoQ increase in net profit for 2Q24.</li><li>We think the strong performance is supported by inventory restocking and upgrade cycle driven by the AI boom.</li><li>These positive announcements added momentum for the PCB sector, with an avg. 9% month-to-date increase in share price (for the seven companies with profit alerts announcements).</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Seven out of the 16 leading PCB manufacturers in China have announced profit alerts by mid-July, with an avg. 75% to 105% YoY and 21% to 43% QoQ increase in net profit for 2Q24.We think the strong performance is supported by inventory restocking and upgrade cycle driven by the AI boom.These positive announcements added momentum for the PCB sector, with an avg. 9% month-to-date increase in share price (for the seven companies with profit alerts announcements).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.

Semiconductors - PCB sector: 1H24 earnings preview