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Nomura lifted its target price for AAC Technologies (02018) to HK$208 from HK$145, and maintained its "buy" rating. The research house said AAC's 3Q results were roughly in line with consensus. It raised its 2018/19F earnings by 18%/17%, given its more optimistic outlook for Optics and RF mechanics. Nomura noted that AAC plans to ramp its all-plastic lens sets to 20mn/30mn units/month by 1Q 2018/2Q 2018, from 10-15mn units currently (mostly 5P). For hybrid lens sets, AAC targets 5-10mn unit shipments/month in 2H 2018 (from 1H 2018 capacity of 3-5mn units/month) for 3D sensing collimator lens and main image camera lens. Nomura thinks the rapid growth of its all-plastic lens sets likely represents fast-growing lens demand when mid-range smartphones migrate to dual-cameras, and smaller lens suppliers may fail to catch up in terms of technology and capacity. |
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