Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Asia mirrors the U.S. “boring tech” rally: storage, memory, and components once seen as cyclical are being re-rated as AI infrastructure enablers.</li>
<li>Valuation gaps present opportunities: Kioxia and SK Hynix trade at meaningful discounts vs Seagate/WDC/Micron, while Murata and TSMC command premiums; Chinese names appear expensive.</li>
<li>Key risks remain: cyclicality in DRAM/NAND, potential subsidy overbuild, and currency volatility could pressure valuations if AI demand slows.</li>
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Asia mirrors the U.S. “boring tech” rally: storage, memory, and components once seen as cyclical are being re-rated as AI infrastructure enablers.
Valuation gaps present opportunities: Kioxia and SK Hynix trade at meaningful discounts vs Seagate/WDC/Micron, while Murata and TSMC command premiums; Chinese names appear expensive.
Key risks remain: cyclicality in DRAM/NAND, potential subsidy overbuild, and currency volatility could pressure valuations if AI demand slows.


Asia’s “Boring Tech” Rerating: Memory, Components & AI Infrastructure

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of CSI 100 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, CHINA VANKE, ZIJIN MINING, TONGWEI, CSCE, CHONGQING ZHIFEI BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, TCL TECHNOLOGY, Zijin Mining, Tcl Technology, China Vanke.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of CSI 100 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, CHINA VANKE, ZIJIN MINING, TONGWEI, CSCE, CHONGQING ZHIFEI BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, TCL TECHNOLOGY, Zijin Mining, Tcl Technology, China Vanke.


CSI 100 Index Earning Revision (Aug): CAMBRICON, CHINA VANKE, ZIJIN MINING, TONGWEI

<ul>
<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of STAR50 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on JINKO SOLAR, Xinjiang Daqo, CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, Ninebot, TRINA SOLAR, Cambricon Technologies, Ninebot, Trina Solar, Jinko Solar, Xinjiang Daqo.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of STAR50 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on JINKO SOLAR, Xinjiang Daqo, CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, Ninebot, TRINA SOLAR, Cambricon Technologies, Ninebot, Trina Solar, Jinko Solar, Xinjiang Daqo.


STAR50 Index Earning Revision (Aug): JINKO SOLAR, Xinjiang Daqo, CAMBRICON, Ninebot

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Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited develops and distributes software products. The Company produces terminal intelligent processors, cloud intelligent chips, accelerator cards, intelligent computing cluster systems, and other products. Cambricon Technologies also produces computer peripheral products.

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CSI 100 Index Earning Revision (Aug): CAMBRICON, CHINA VANKE, ZIJIN MINING, TONGWEI

We analyzed CSI 100's consensus for Aug 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES (688256 CH), CHINA VANKE (000002 CH), ZIJIN...

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STAR50 Index Earning Revision (Aug): JINKO SOLAR, Xinjiang Daqo, CAMBRICON, Ninebot

We analyzed STAR50's consensus for Aug 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in JINKO SOLAR (688223 CH), Xinjiang Daqo (688303 CH), CAMBRICON...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Asia’s “Boring Tech” Rerating: Memory, Components & AI Infrastructure

​Asia's tech rally focuses on storage, memory, and components as AI infrastructure enablers, with valuation gaps offering opportunities but risks...

Rahul Jain

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TOP STORIES Chips / In Depth: Cambricon’s Meteoric Rise Collides With Harsh Reality Check Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker...

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CSI 100 Index Earning Revision (Aug): CAMBRICON, CHINA VANKE, ZIJIN MINING, TONGWEI

We analyzed CSI 100's consensus for Aug 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES (688256 CH), CHINA VANKE (000002 CH), ZIJIN...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

STAR50 Index Earning Revision (Aug): JINKO SOLAR, Xinjiang Daqo, CAMBRICON, Ninebot

We analyzed STAR50's consensus for Aug 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in JINKO SOLAR (688223 CH), Xinjiang Daqo (688303 CH), CAMBRICON...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia's tech rally focuses on storage, memory, and components as AI infrastructure enablers, with valuation gaps offering opportunities but risks...