China's largest maker of smartphone camera lenses and modules, also supplying automotive and machine-vision optics.
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).
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
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).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | HK$50.8B | HK$46.9B | HK$41.5B | HK$35.0B | HK$38.6B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +19% | -9% | — |
| Gross profit | HK$9.93B | HK$9.24B | HK$7.60B | HK$5.07B | HK$7.68B |
| EBITDA | HK$7.12B | HK$6.36B | HK$4.84B | HK$2.92B | HK$5.17B |
| Net income | HK$5.34B | HK$5.03B | HK$2.93B | HK$1.21B | HK$2.80B |
| Free cash flow | HK$4.46B | HK$3.29B | HK$1.87B | HK$949M | HK$5.22B |
| Capital expenditure | HK$3.44B | HK$3.18B | HK$2.45B | HK$2.75B | HK$3.62B |
| Total debt | n/a | HK$16.7B | HK$17.5B | HK$17.8B | HK$12.3B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req 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% |
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.
| Measure | 2382.HK | Peer median | Rank 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 margin | 8.5% | 12.9% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.8× | 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 pp | 2nd least demanding of 9 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.2 pp | -1.2 pp | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.5× | 13.2× | 2nd cheapest of 10 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -1.4× | -0.5× | 2nd least indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Optical 2382.HK | Hong Kong | $8.92B | -3% | +20% | 8% | 14.8× | 4.9% | +1.9% |
| Innolux 3481.TW | Taiwan | $8.71B | +32% | +11% | 0% | 62.6× | 37.3% | -3.4% |
| Shenzhen Kinwong Electronic 603228.SS | China | $8.38B | -23% | +33% | 12% | 22.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Taiwan Union Technology 6274.TWO | Taiwan | $8.21B | -26% | +87% | 23% | 13.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Shengyi Electronics 688183.SS | China | $7.95B | -44% | +46% | 21% | 19.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Kinsus Interconnect Technology 3189.TW | Taiwan | $10.7B | +27% | +34% | 14% | 29.4× | 41.2% | +7.7% |
| Accelink Technologies 002281.SZ | China | $10.8B | -37% | +32% | 11% | 42.6× | n/a | n/a |
| TTM Technologies TTMI | United States | $7.01B | -58% | +38% | 12% | 8.5× | 24.1% | +6.7% |
| VICR VICR | United States | $6.78B | -43% | +41% | 25% | 25.9× | 46.0% | +6.6% |
| Orbbec 688322.SS | China | $6.73B | +37% | +1% | 0% | 202.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Redboard Technology 603459.SS | China | $6.70B | -4% | +36% | 17% | n/a | 53.4% | +36.1% |
| Tripod Technology 3044.TW | Taiwan | $6.57B | -15% | +21% | 19% | 10.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Fastprint Circuit Tech 002436.SZ | China | $6.54B | -7% | +26% | 6% | 57.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Advanced Fiber Resources Zhuhai 300620.SZ | China | $6.50B | -27% | +86% | 18% | 107.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhen Ding Technology Holding Lt 4958.TW | Taiwan | $12.8B | -12% | +5% | 9% | 18.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Gold Circuit Electronics 2368.TW | Taiwan | $12.9B | -45% | +68% | 26% | 14.5× | 14.2% | +20.7% |
| Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology 300115.SZ | China | $5.95B | -12% | +19% | 2% | 124.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Compeq Manufacturing 2313.TW | Taiwan | $5.93B | -42% | +8% | 11% | 15.9× | 14.6% | +4.7% |
| Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) 2476.HK | Hong Kong | $13.6B | -67% | +45% | 26% | 12.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Founder Technology 600601.SS | China | $5.70B | -27% | +73% | 19% | 47.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Taiyo Yuden 6976.T | Japan | $5.63B | +4% | +6% | 6% | 28.8× | 47.0% | +3.4% |