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Sunny Optical Technology Group / Equity Bottom-Up

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 <li>Sunny Optical is a global leader in optical components, holding substantial market shares in key segments like vehicle and handset lens sets, positioning it to capitalize on long-term growth in automotive autonomy and smartphone premiumization.</li>
 <li>The company exhibits a strong financial profile, characterized by a healthy net cash position, which provides resilience and flexibility. However, it has faced significant headwinds recently, with key financial metrics showing negative growth over the last three years.</li>
 <li>Key risks include high customer concentration with major tech companies, intense industry competition, and the rapid pace of technological change, which creates uncertainty and could impact future profitability.</li>
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  Sunny Optical is a global leader in optical components, holding substantial market shares in key segments like vehicle and handset lens sets, positioning it to capitalize on long-term growth in automotive autonomy and smartphone premiumization.
  The company exhibits a strong financial profile, characterized by a healthy net cash position, which provides resilience and flexibility. However, it has faced significant headwinds recently, with key financial metrics showing negative growth over the last three years.
  Key risks include high customer concentration with major tech companies, intense industry competition, and the rapid pace of technological change, which creates uncertainty and could impact future profitability.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: Sunny Optical Technology Group (2382 HK) - Oct 2025

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Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

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Founded in 1984, Sunny Optical Technology is a leading global integrated optical-component manufacturer. It was the largest global vehicle lens-set producer in 2024 with a market share of 32.3%, the largest global handset lens-set producer (30.8% market share) and the largest global handset camera-module producer (12.1%). The company has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2007. The largest shareholder is Sun Xu Limited with a 35% stake, while 65% is publicly held. Founder Wang Wenjian and the Sunny Group Employee Offshore Trust own and control Sun Xu Limited.

Founded in 1984, Sunny Optical Technology is a leading global integrated optical-component manufacturer. It was the largest global vehicle lens-set producer in 2024 with a market share of 32.3%, the largest global handset lens-set producer (30.8% market share) and the largest global handset camera-module producer (12.1%). The company has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2007. The largest shareholder is Sun Xu Limited with a 35% stake, while 65% is publicly held. Founder Wang Wenjian and the Sunny Group Employee Offshore Trust own and control Sun Xu Limited.

Sunny Optical - ESG Report - Lucror Analytics

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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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

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<li>Sunny Optical has released solid Q4/24 numbers, with revenue and profitability rebounding on the back of strong demand in the company's core markets.</li>
<li>The good performance was in line with expectations, given that Sunny had released a positive profit alert and announced a recovery in shipment volumes in February 2025.</li>
<li>Cash flows were strong, with material FCF.</li>
</ul>


Sunny Optical has released solid Q4/24 numbers, with revenue and profitability rebounding on the back of strong demand in the company's core markets.
The good performance was in line with expectations, given that Sunny had released a positive profit alert and announced a recovery in shipment volumes in February 2025.
Cash flows were strong, with material FCF.


Sunny Optical - Revenue and Profitability Rebound

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>Sunny’s FY24 revenue/NP growth of 21%/146% YoY was largely in-line with its prior profit alert, driven by solid growth across all segments and improving GPM on a better product mix.</li><li>Although the stock corrected by 10% yesterday due to softerthan-expected HCM/HLS/VLS shipment guidance (+5-10%/+5%/+15-20% YoY) in our view, we believe Sunny’s strategic focus on HCM/HLS profitability over market share and accelerated expansion into automotive/XR/robotics segments will continue to drive earnings growth into 2025/26.</li><li>In the longer term, we believe Sunny is well-positioned to capture multiple growth opportunities in AI phone upgrade, ADAS penetration, AI glass product cycle and embodied intelligent 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.

Sunny’s FY24 revenue/NP growth of 21%/146% YoY was largely in-line with its prior profit alert, driven by solid growth across all segments and improving GPM on a better product mix.Although the stock corrected by 10% yesterday due to softerthan-expected HCM/HLS/VLS shipment guidance (+5-10%/+5%/+15-20% YoY) in our view, we believe Sunny’s strategic focus on HCM/HLS profitability over market share and accelerated expansion into automotive/XR/robotics segments will continue to drive earnings growth into 2025/26.In the longer term, we believe Sunny is well-positioned to capture multiple growth opportunities in AI phone upgrade, ADAS penetration, AI glass product cycle and embodied intelligent 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) - 2H24 Earnings Recovery on Track

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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 Technology Group (2382 HK)

Primer: Sunny Optical Technology Group (2382 HK) - Oct 2025

Sunny Optical is a global leader in optical components, holding substantial market shares in key segments like vehicle and handset lens sets,...

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Sunny Optical - ESG Report - Lucror Analytics

Founded in 1984, Sunny Optical Technology is a leading global integrated optical-component manufacturer. It was the largest global vehicle lens-set...

Lucror Analytics

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 - Revenue and Profitability Rebound

Sunny Optical has released solid Q4/24 numbers, with revenue and profitability rebounding on the back of strong demand in the company's core markets.

Lucror Analytics

Sunny Optical (2382 HK) - 2H24 Earnings Recovery on Track

Sunny’s FY24 revenue/NP growth of 21%/146% YoY was largely in-line with its prior profit alert, driven by solid growth across all segments and...

CMB International

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