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Sunny Optical2382.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Information Technology›Electronic Components

China's largest maker of smartphone camera lenses and modules, also supplying automotive and machine-vision optics.

≈ China's Largan Precision (in optical lenses)Momentum strong 79
Mkt cap
$8.92B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
65%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$58.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+5.2 pp
WACC 9.2%
Hurdle
+3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
137 days
23 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$64.05
1D-2.5%
1W+1.2%
1M-1.5%
3M+8.7%
6M-3.3%
YTD-0.8%
1Y-19.6%
ATR %4.0%
52w lowhigh25.8% off high

What Sunny Optical does

China's largest maker of smartphone camera lenses and modules, also supplying automotive and machine-vision optics.

Sells camera modules, where lens, sensor and actuator are assembled, and standalone lens sets to phone makers, with modules bringing the most revenue while lens sets earn higher margins. Founder Ye Liaoning, who started it in 1984, remains chairman and largest shareholder.

In one line: China's Largan Precision (in optical lenses).

Products and services

  • Handset camera modules
  • Optical lenses (handset)
  • Automotive lenses/ADAS optics
  • AR/VR & machine-vision optics

Customers

  • Smartphone OEMs (Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung, others)
  • Automotive Tier-1s/OEMs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Electronic components
  • Optical lens & module manufacturing
  • Camera lenses, camera modules…

What could go right

  • Automotive optics content growth
  • Smartphone camera spec upgrades

What could go wrong

  • Smartphone unit cyclicality
  • Pricing pressure from Chinese peers

Moat: narrow (process know-how, scale, customer qualification). Leading handset camera module/lens volume share, but the segment is price-competitive and customer-concentrated.

Headquarters: Ningbo, China · Founded: 1984 · Employees: 34,393

Named competitors

Sunny Optical at a glance

Size Sunny Optical (2382.HK) is a Hong Kong Information Technology company (Electronic Components) with a market value of $8.92B, the 173rd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$64.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.3%, against -24.6% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +33.2%); the operating margin is 8.5% (peer median 12.9%).

Valuation It trades at 14.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.9× (6th cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +3 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.2 points above its cost of capital (9.2% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20262382.HK 96Peer median 74
Six months, rebased to 100: Sunny Optical against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Sunny Optical financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$50.8BHK$46.9BHK$41.5BHK$35.0BHK$38.6B
Revenue growth—+13%+19%-9%—
Gross profitHK$9.93BHK$9.24BHK$7.60BHK$5.07BHK$7.68B
EBITDAHK$7.12BHK$6.36BHK$4.84BHK$2.92BHK$5.17B
Net incomeHK$5.34BHK$5.03BHK$2.93BHK$1.21BHK$2.80B
Free cash flowHK$4.46BHK$3.29BHK$1.87BHK$949MHK$5.22B
Capital expenditureHK$3.44BHK$3.18BHK$2.45BHK$2.75BHK$3.62B
Total debtn/aHK$16.7BHK$17.5BHK$17.8BHK$12.3B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Sunny Optical competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-50%-25%0%+25%348160322862746881833189002281TTMIVICR688322603459304400243630062049582368300115247660060169762382.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Sunny Optical is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%+80%0×100×200×348160322862746881833189002281TTMI688322304400243630062049582368300115231360060169762382.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Sunny Optical is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%34813189TTMIVICR603459236823132382.HKGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Sunny Optical is the large dot.

Sunny Optical competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2382.HK vs 3008.TW vs 1478.HK vs 2018.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Sunny Optical 2382.HK$8.92B-3%+20%8%14.8×4.9%
Largan Precision 3008.TW$17.7B+76%0%35%26.0×12.6%
Q Technology (Group) 1478.HK$674M-50%+31%3%6.9×n/a
AAC Technologies 2018.HK$5.60B-4%+16%8%13.8×1.2%
Cowell e 1415.HK$2.38B-33%+15%7%9.8×-10.3%

How Sunny Optical compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Sunny Optical against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2382.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.5%-36.3%3rd highest of 21
6-month return-3.3%-24.6%5th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-25.8%-52.1%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+20.4%+33.2%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin8.5%12.9%6th lowest of 21
Forward P/E14.8×25.9×6th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)4.9%39.3%least demanding of 9
Growth delivered (Del g)+1.9%+6.6%2nd lowest of 9
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+3.0 pp+25.5 pp2nd least demanding of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.2 pp-1.2 pp8th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA8.5×13.2×2nd cheapest of 10
Net debt / EBITDA-1.4×-0.5×2nd least indebted of 10

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Sunny Optical 2382.HKHong Kong$8.92B-3%+20%8%14.8×4.9%+1.9%
Innolux 3481.TWTaiwan$8.71B+32%+11%0%62.6×37.3%-3.4%
Shenzhen Kinwong Electronic 603228.SSChina$8.38B-23%+33%12%22.6×n/an/a
Taiwan Union Technology 6274.TWOTaiwan$8.21B-26%+87%23%13.9×n/an/a
Shengyi Electronics 688183.SSChina$7.95B-44%+46%21%19.4×n/an/a
Kinsus Interconnect Technology 3189.TWTaiwan$10.7B+27%+34%14%29.4×41.2%+7.7%
Accelink Technologies 002281.SZChina$10.8B-37%+32%11%42.6×n/an/a
TTM Technologies TTMIUnited States$7.01B-58%+38%12%8.5×24.1%+6.7%
VICR VICRUnited States$6.78B-43%+41%25%25.9×46.0%+6.6%
Orbbec 688322.SSChina$6.73B+37%+1%0%202.4×n/an/a
Jiangxi Redboard Technology 603459.SSChina$6.70B-4%+36%17%n/a53.4%+36.1%
Tripod Technology 3044.TWTaiwan$6.57B-15%+21%19%10.7×n/an/a
Shenzhen Fastprint Circuit Tech 002436.SZChina$6.54B-7%+26%6%57.3×n/an/a
Advanced Fiber Resources Zhuhai 300620.SZChina$6.50B-27%+86%18%107.0×n/an/a
Zhen Ding Technology Holding Lt 4958.TWTaiwan$12.8B-12%+5%9%18.4×n/an/a
Gold Circuit Electronics 2368.TWTaiwan$12.9B-45%+68%26%14.5×14.2%+20.7%
Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology 300115.SZChina$5.95B-12%+19%2%124.0×n/an/a
Compeq Manufacturing 2313.TWTaiwan$5.93B-42%+8%11%15.9×14.6%+4.7%
Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) 2476.HKHong Kong$13.6B-67%+45%26%12.4×n/an/a
Founder Technology 600601.SSChina$5.70B-27%+73%19%47.6×n/an/a
Taiyo Yuden 6976.TJapan$5.63B+4%+6%6%28.8×47.0%+3.4%

Questions

Who are Sunny Optical's main competitors?
Named competitors: Largan Precision (3008.TW), Q Technology (Group) (1478.HK), AAC Technologies Holdings (2018.HK), Cowell e Holdings (1415.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Innolux (3481.TW), Shenzhen Kinwong Electronic (603228.SS), Taiwan Union Technology (6274.TWO), Shengyi Electronics (688183.SS), Kinsus Interconnect Technology (3189.TW), Accelink Technologies (002281.SZ).
Is Sunny Optical expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.8× against a peer median of 25.9×, 6th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +3 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Sunny Optical stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.3% against -24.6% for the median peer; over one year -19.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.