Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Pyari has over twenty years of experience in the industry, having worked on both the buy and sell-side including at Goldman Sachs, Credit-Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Intellectual Ventures, Tano Capital, and Franklin Templeton. His coverage has been in technology and midcaps across various geographies including Taiwan, ASEAN, India, the US, and Europe.

Sunny Optic (2382): Expensive and Future Still to Be Decided

Lock in Sunny Optical Gains and Reverse to Short

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

United states Electronic equipment, instruments and components / 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

Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components

Sunny Optical & Largan - Innovation Quantity Versus Quality