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Hon Precision Inc7769.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Information Technology›Electronic Equipment/Instruments

Taiwanese maker of IC test handlers and thermal control systems used in semiconductor final test.

≈ A small Taiwan Cohu (test handlers)Momentum laggard 6
Mkt cap
$20.0B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$143M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+16.8 pp
WACC 13.8%
Hurdle
-3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
136 days
22 Mar 2027
Close · TWDNT$3,675
1D-7.7%
1W-25.8%
1M-36.8%
3M-40.6%
6M-34.4%
YTD+7.3%
1Y+81.9%
ATR %10.1%
52w lowhigh56.6% off high

What Hon Precision does

Taiwanese maker of IC test handlers and thermal control systems used in semiconductor final test.

Sells machines that load chips into test sockets and hold their temperature during final testing, paid per machine, so orders follow the capacity plans of packaging and test houses and swing with chip-test equipment spending. Active temperature control, which keeps hot AI processors within range during test, is the newer part of the business.

In one line: A small Taiwan Cohu (test handlers).

Products and services

  • IC test handlers (FT/SLT/Flash/DRAM)
  • Active thermal control systems
  • AOI/AI-vision test automation

Customers

  • OSAT/packaging & test houses
  • IDMs and fabless chipmakers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information technology
  • Semiconductor back-end test
  • IC test handlers, burn-in ovens…

What could go right

  • Semiconductor test capex, AI chip test demand

What could go wrong

  • Test capex cyclicality
  • Customer concentration

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, process know-how). 600+ patents in thermal control and high-speed parallel testing; equipment must be qualified per test program.

Headquarters: Taichung, Taiwan · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 746

Named competitors

Hon Precision at a glance

Size Hon Precision (7769.TW) is a Taiwan Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $20.0B, the 29th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$3,675 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 34.4%, against -22.5% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 257.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.5%); the operating margin is 48.4% (peer median 20.7%).

Valuation It trades at 21.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.0× (6th cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +31%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 16.8 points above its cost of capital (13.8% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 22 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 767769.TW 64
Six months, rebased to 100: Hon Precision against the median of its 19 peers (local-currency closes).

Hon Precision financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$50.0BNT$30.3BNT$14.0BNT$9.49BNT$13.5B
Revenue growth—+116%+47%-30%—
Gross profitNT$27.9BNT$17.1BNT$7.68BNT$4.65BNT$6.22B
EBITDAn/aNT$15.1BNT$6.33BNT$3.80BNT$5.04B
Net incomeNT$20.5BNT$12.4BNT$5.29BNT$3.07BNT$4.36B
Free cash flown/aNT$15.9BNT$2.30BNT$5.04BNT$3.11B
Capital expendituren/aNT$650MNT$144MNT$232MNT$427M
Total debtn/aNT$57.4MNT$168MNT$7.06MNT$12.7M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hon Precision competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-40%-20%0%+20%6920300604HLMAQ0007252360302132688361HEXA-B002028LRNVMIKEYSONTOCGNX688009002414NOVT7769.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hon Precision is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×200×400×600×6920300604HLMAQ2360688361HEXA-B0024147769.TWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Hon Precision is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%6920300604HLMAQ0007252360HEXA-B002028LRNVMIONTOCGNX688009NOVT7769.TWGrowth 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. Hon Precision is the large dot.

Hon Precision competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (7769.TW vs COHU vs 6857.T vs 2360.TW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Hon Precision 7769.TW$20.0B-34%+257%48%21.3×28.2%
Cohu COHU$1.82B-22%+34%-2%19.3×21.5%
Advantest 6857.T$124B-1%+48%50%27.5×36.4%
Chroma Ate 2360.TW$15.4B-46%+101%39%18.5×19.3%
MPI 6223.TWO$10.2B-31%+38%30%37.2×n/a

How Hon Precision 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.

Hon Precision against its 19 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure7769.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-36.8%-9.9%3rd lowest of 20
6-month return-34.4%-22.5%5th lowest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-56.6%-34.4%lowest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)+257.3%+15.5%highest of 19
Operating margin48.4%20.7%highest of 19
Forward P/E21.3×25.0×6th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)28.2%21.7%6th most demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+31.0%+10.7%2nd highest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-2.8 pp+6.4 pp4th least demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+16.8 pp+2.5 pp3rd highest of 19

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
Hon Precision 7769.TWTaiwan$20.0B-34%+257%48%21.3×28.2%+31.0%
Lasertec 6920.TJapan$18.2B-25%-19%44%28.7×28.9%+26.8%
Hangzhou Changchuan Technology 300604.SZChina$17.3B+4%+53%27%46.1×43.8%+45.8%
Semight Instruments 688808.SSChina$17.0Bn/an/an/a51.5×n/an/a
Halma HLMA.LUnited Kingdom$17.0B-25%+15%20%25.0×21.7%+14.4%
Qnity Electronics QUnited States$24.5B-21%+18%23%20.2×22.1%0.0%
BOE Technology 000725.SZChina$25.3B+9%-4%2%21.4×-3.9%+8.6%
Chroma Ate 2360.TWTaiwan$15.4B-46%+101%39%18.5×19.3%+12.8%
AVIC Chengdu Aircraft 302132.SZChina$28.0B+4%+3%5%49.6×n/an/a
Skyverse Technology 688361.SSChina$13.8B+33%+39%-12%563.2×n/an/a
Hexagon HEXA-B.STSweden$29.4B+14%-20%-14%30.0×9.1%+8.7%
Sieyuan Electric 002028.SZChina$13.4B-42%+35%16%23.1×11.1%+23.9%
Legrand LR.PAFrance$38.0B-16%+10%21%22.0×15.6%+9.2%
NVMI NVMIUnited States$9.96B-40%+16%29%25.0×32.8%+26.7%
Keysight Technologies KEYSUnited States$46.3B-24%+26%24%20.3×20.9%+5.0%
ONTO ONTOUnited States$8.50B-39%+8%20%16.9×29.4%+12.6%
Cognex CGNXUnited States$8.04B-27%+17%22%24.8×25.6%+4.2%
China Railway Signal & Communication 688009.SSChina$7.39B0%+1%12%14.9×-6.3%-2.9%
Wuhan Guide Infrared 002414.SZChina$6.46B-32%+89%29%37.4×n/an/a
Novanta NOVTUnited States$5.11B-2%+8%12%33.9×33.5%+10.7%

Questions

Who are Hon Precision's main competitors?
Named competitors: Cohu (COHU), Advantest (6857.T), Chroma ATE (2360.TW), MPI Corporation (6223.TWO). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Lasertec (6920.T), Hangzhou Changchuan Technology (300604.SZ), Semight Instruments (688808.SS), Halma (HLMA.L), Qnity Electronics (Q), BOE Technology (000725.SZ).
Is Hon Precision expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.3× against a peer median of 25.0×, 6th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +31%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Hon Precision stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -34.4% against -22.5% for the median peer; over one year +81.9%.

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.