Result beat on margin surprise 1H25net profitbeaton GMandstable cost control Result Takeaway Sunny’s1H25resultwas amixed bag,withrevenuelargely in-line withBloomberg consensussupported by auto+ XR business (+18.2%/+21.1%Yoy), whilenet incomefar beat consensus by 15%.Revenue and netprofitcameinatRMB19,651mn/1,646mnrespectively(+4.2%/+52.6%Yoy),Sunny’s 1H25 revenue and net profit reached46.5%50% of our FY25Eforecasts, in which the latter was ahead of FY23-24 average (i.e. 41% of full year) 25 August 2025 Hayman Chiuhayman.chiu@cinda.com.hk(852) 2235 7677 We attributedSunny’s strong net profit beat to:i)smartphone enddemandgradual recovery (esp. flagship models),and increased high-end product mix,whichdroveupASP and GM.Blended GMwasahead of our FY25Eestimate by 0.9 ppt and came in 19.8% (vs.1H24/2H24 at17.2%/19.3%),the highest since 1H22, thanks toopticalcomponents(HLS+VLS)and optoelectronics(HCM+auto CCM)marginimprovementon spec upgrade; ii)SG&A ratio edged down by0.2 pptYoy to 3.95% and iii)lowerinterest expense andeffective taxrate. Trading data 52-Week Range (HK$)3 Mth Avg Daily Vol (m)No of Shares (m)Market Cap (HK$m)Major Shareholders (%)AuditorsResultDue96.15/42.3011.511,094.886,762.9WangWenjian (38.5%)DeloitteFY25E:Mar 2026 Quality growth strategy stays intact,GMupside potentialin HLSand HCM; Companydescription Sunny continue to uphold its global leading position in HLS and HCM with30.8%/12.1%market sharein 2024.Handset related saleswas up 1.7%Yoy to RMB13.2bnthanks tospecupgradeandlessercompetitionhelpimprovebothASPand GMwhich more than offset the drop in shipmentvolume.Management shared thatboth the ASP of HLS and CCM grew20% Yoy, in which revenue from 6P and above HLS,hybrid (glass+plastic)HLS,periscopes and large image size(>1/1.5”)camera modulesgrew>9%/>100%/>20% respectively. Optical components (mainly HLS)andoptoelectronics(mostly HCM)shipment volume arrived at594mn/249mn units(-6.4%/-21.0%Yoy)respectively.Sunny’s YTD(7M25) HLS and HCMshipment reached 50%/47% of our FY25E shipmentforecasts (HLS: +5% Yoy/ HCM + ~8% Yoy). Sunny continues focusing onimproving product mix which would benefit both ASP and GM in themedium term, mainly driven by top-tier clients’ flagship model with AIfeatures. Management remains positive on long term prospects (incl.variableaperture,hybrid lens,OIS and sensor-shift stabilization),meanwhile AI technology and foldables would lead the growth of high-endsmartphones and promote a new round of replacementcycle in themedium term. Founded in1984,Sunny Optical(SO)is a leadingintegrated optical products manufacturer mainly fordigitalcameraandhandset.Thecompanydominatesin China handset market with~50%market share.It focuses heavily on domestic OEMs(Huawei,Vivo, Oppo, XIaomi), with customers inKorea (Samsung) and Japan (Sony,Panasonic andNikon). Sources:Bloomberg, CIRL Sunny’soptical components and optoelectronics’GM came in at31.0%/10.6%respectively.Optical components’ GMstayed above30%levelfor the4thconsecutiveHoH despite a 0.8ppts Yoy drop, wecontinuetobelieve Sunny benefit from the recovery in premium smartphone market,which droveupboth ASPand GMin the long run, meanwhile improvedyield rate also benefitsHCM’s GM. ManagementguidedFY25EHLS to besimilar to 1H25, while HCMGMsticked to FY25E guidance at 8-10%. XRrelated revenuegrew21.1%Yoy to ~RMB1.2bn and took up6.1%of total revenue (vs. 1.6%/3.6%6.2%/5.9%/6.7%in FY20-FY24), thanks to explosive smart glasses market.Sunnycurrently serves >30 AI glass customers andmaintainsglobal leading market share inoptical display and imaging modules.Sunnysticked to its flattish XRrevenuegrowthin FY25E,as VR growth to be offset by decent AI/AR growth. Automotive products:Strong CCM order book pavesway for futuregrowth; Vehiclerelated products (incl. both VLS+ vehicle camera modules) sales rose18.2%Yoy to RMB3,400mn andaccounted for~17.3% of total revenue(vs.7.9%/12.4%/16.7%/16.0%in FY21-FY24),on the back of VLS shipmentgrew~21.7% Yoy to64.7mnunits.Sunnyguidedautomotive revenue growth would be >20% in FY25E, we expect tobe driven by both VLS &auto CCMshipmentgrowth, together with ASP upside,maintainedFY25E VLS shipmenttogrow15-20% (vs. +10-15%VLS shipment guidance in FY24)Yoy,driven by pixel migration and higher ADAS densityper car. Sunny’s7M25shipmentwasahead of ourFY25E shipmentforecastandarrived at ~76.1mnunits(+22.6%Yoy,~64% ofFY25Eof our forecasts, vs.~60% on average in FY23-FY24), we model VLS shipment to growmid-teens in FY25E. Sunny’sautomotivebusinessoutlookremains upbeat,driven byproject wins, andincreasing no. of cam adoptionaccompanied by more compactdesign(e.g.COBpackagingtechnologyon automotive CCM)with added value (e.g.active defogging, de-ice and dirt removal), pixel migration etc.Sunnycontinued to deepen its strategic ecologicalcooperation with global mainstream intelligent driving platform providers such as Horizon Robotics(9660.HK),Qualcomm(QCOM US), Mobileye(MBLY US)and NVIDIA(NVDA US), and continued to expa