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BofA cut its 2026 and 2027 earnings forecasts for Hesai by 44% and 22%, respectively, and lowered its price targets, but maintained its Buy rating. Automotive demand is weighing on current profits, while spatial cameras and actuator modules underpin its long-term view. The key is progress on orders and deliveries for the new businesses.
Glodon’s third-quarter revenue fell 2% year on year, coming in 4% below BofA’s forecast; lower administrative expenses supported broadly flat profit. AI products are entering commercialization, but weak demand along the property value chain continues to weigh on the core business. BofA cut its earnings forecasts and maintained its Underperform rating.
Revenue from 3C equipment in the first three quarters already exceeded the market’s previous full-year expectation, and the company also secured its first orders for 3D printing equipment. But third-quarter profit fell sequentially. While maintaining its Buy rating, BofA cut its target price from 185 yuan to 152 yuan because of lower valuation multiples and free cash flow forecasts.
The material identifies high-quality training data as an industrial bottleneck for physical AI, with opportunities concentrated in collection hardware, real-world data and simulation services. Estimates point to steep growth in market size, but companies are at markedly different stages of realization, from having made sales or accumulated data to having disclosed no revenue yet.
Accelink Technologies has deployed high-speed optical modules at scale, while ICZOOM is benefiting from an upswing in the electronics industry. Dioo Microcircuits’ return to profit in the first three quarters mainly came from investment-related gains, and humanoid robots still account for a small share of Zhaowei Machinery & Electronics’ revenue. Product portfolios, customer adoption and profit contributions need to be understood in stages.
Soochow Securities expects Fastprint’s net profit attributable to shareholders to rise from 519 million yuan to 2.092 billion yuan over 2026–2028, driven by expanding demand for high-end PCBs and higher IC substrate volumes. Customer qualification and capacity ramp-up for high-end substrates are key conditions for translating growth into profit.
Industrial Securities believes there is still a gap between the mass production of humanoid robots and the maturity of embodied intelligence, and that real-world data could become a scarce resource for breakthroughs in physical AI. An industry-chain estimate of a data-collection market exceeding 60 billion yuan depends on two assumptions: the scale of the robot hardware market in 2030 and the share of costs attributable to data collection.
Demand for Tianfu Communication’s passive optical devices continues to grow, but products supporting NPO remain at the sample stage. Sinomach Precision Industry’s decline in bearing revenue has narrowed, while CTI has improved its operations through order mix adjustments, capacity ramp-up and acquisition integration.
OPT is extending its industrial vision technology to robot perception and working with Dobot to develop flexible production lines. The material is optimistic about the synergy of “vision + AI + robotics,” with the combination of core components, software platforms and industrial applications serving as the key link.
The year-over-year increase in price per TB widened to 28%, while visibility into major customers’ demand extends to 2031. Bank of America believes the new investment is primarily intended to increase capacity per drive rather than the number of hard drives; the product transition also limits the scope for near-term cost reductions.
The policy connects supply and demand through technological-upgrade funding, computing-power vouchers and procurement for application scenarios. Guotai Haitong believes software vendors with industry experience, reliable agent capabilities and delivery capabilities have a better chance of turning technology investment into revenue growth and improved profitability.
Citing IDC research, the material says the proportion of Chinese industrial enterprises using large models and AI agents rose from 9.6% in 2024 to 47.5% in 2025. China Post Securities sees promise in industrial internet platforms’ accumulated data and industry knowledge, but expanding applications into factory deployments also requires connecting business processes and resolving compatibility across platforms and equipment.
A compilation by Cailian Press shows that enterprise AI has entered finance, auditing and manufacturing, while tight AWS capacity supports a positive assessment of the computing-power supply chain. The extent to which domestic suppliers benefit depends on specific products and deliveries, and the market’s rebound on higher volume coincided with a decline in the number of companies hitting new highs.
Citi expects fourth-quarter AI-related revenue of approximately 350 million yuan, double its third-quarter estimate, but profit to be broadly in line with its original forecast. Management has given higher sales volume and average selling price figures for 2027; capacity, customer qualification and price competition will determine whether the additional growth materializes.
IT and PCB revenue doubled in the first three quarters, prompting Citi to raise its 2026 earnings forecast. But changes in the mix of demand for Apple models have increased uncertainty around 3D printing orders in 2027. Citi cut its target price from 190 yuan to 147 yuan and maintained its Buy rating.
M3.1 Flash processed more than 100 trillion tokens in its first 72 hours. Citi attributes its pace of adoption to lower inference cost per unit and improved utility for enterprise agents. Completion of the procedures related to overseas open-sourcing also eased concerns about service disruption, but valuation remains constrained by the risk of customers switching models and risks surrounding new product launches.
China released 13 times as many short dramas in the first eight months of 2026 as in all of 2025, but advertising budgets and viewing time have not kept pace with the expansion in supply, putting pressure on producers’ profits. Citi believes returns are more likely to accrue to businesses controlling traffic, quality rights and generation tools; opportunities to cut costs in long-form series and films are constrained by content quality and the costs of existing projects.
Management expects power battery shipments to double and energy storage shipments to grow by more than 50% in 2027. Citi is positive on large cylindrical battery and overseas energy storage orders, but capacity ramp-up, tax cost sharing and earnings quality will determine how much growth translates into profit.
Citi expects Meituan’s third-quarter results to be broadly in line with consensus, but margins in both food delivery and in-store services are under sequential pressure. Improved food delivery efficiency in the fourth quarter may be partly offset by spending on expansion in Brazil, and the bank’s net profit forecast is below consensus.
Third-quarter revenue in 2026 doubled year on year, but still fell short of the ramp-up pace expected by Bernstein and the market. Gross margin rose to 58.7%, supporting the pricing assessment, while inventories and accounts receivable continued to rise and operating cash flow was negative for the quarter. Supply and the pace of revenue recognition have become key constraints.
