Zhenyu Technology: Revenue in the first three quarters exceeds RMB 10 billion — how do supply and demand synergies unlock growth potential?

Profit quality has likewise improved concurrently. In the first three quarters, Zhenyu Technology’s weighted average return on net assets stood at 13.91%, up 2.53 percentage points year-on-year; basic earnings per share amounted to RMB 2.78, an increase of 61.63% year-on-year; diluted earnings per share reached RMB 2.75, up 64.67% year-on-year. Alongside rapid revenue expansion, shareholder returns have risen correspondingly, reflecting a virtuous synergy between profitability and scale growth. Balance-sheet expansion further confirms the company is operating along a dual growth trajectory—expanding both production capacity and business scope. As of the end of September, the company’s total assets amounted to RMB 18.94 billion, up 45.22% from year-end; attributable equity of listed shareholders totaled RMB 5.454 billion, up 22.69% year-on-year. During the reporting period, the company successfully issued convertible corporate bonds; its monetary funds at period-end reached RMB 1.696 billion, surging 97.18% from year-end—significantly strengthening its capital base and providing ample financial reserves for subsequent capacity expansion and R&D investment. “Robust Demand and Supply” Fuels Performance Growth Regarding the high-speed revenue growth, the company clearly attributed it in its Q3 report to “strong downstream customer demand and ramped-up production capacity.” Specifically, this robust performance stems from the combined effect of demand-side and supply-side drivers. On the demand side, the company specializes in precision structural components for lithium-ion batteries and motor iron cores—key precision-manufactured parts deeply integrated into the new-energy industry chain. Since 2026, demand for lithium-ion batteries—especially energy-storage batteries—has remained highly robust, with downstream customers placing abundant orders, thereby sustaining continuous sales expansion. As a supplier of precision structural components for lithium-ion batteries, Zhenyu Technology’s products serve applications in new-energy vehicle batteries and energy storage systems. The production planning and capacity expansion pace of downstream battery manufacturers directly determines order visibility for the company’s structural component business. During the reporting period, accounts receivable totaled RMB 5.804 billion at period-end, up 36.99% year-on-year—primarily driven by revenue growth and the corresponding rise in receivables—thus corroborating sales volume expansion at the financial-statement level. On the supply side, capacity ramp-up is the critical link enabling demand fulfillment and revenue realization. First, utilization rates of existing production capacity continue rising, supporting delivery of current orders; second, newly added capacity is being rapidly commissioned, opening up room for further scale expansion. Financial data show that construction-in-progress stood at RMB 1.744 billion at period-end—up 155.46% from year-end—mainly attributable to expanded business scale and increased fixed-asset investment; inventories totaled RMB 1.836 billion, up 50.15% year-on-year; prepaid expenses amounted to RMB 102 million, up 61.31% year-on-year—both serving as direct evidence of raw-material procurement and production-line resource preparation amid business expansion.

Weike Technology: Are there any issues underlying its sustained dual growth in Q1 2025 and Q1 2026?

Next, let’s examine the financial report of another listed company—a firm recommended by a friend: Xiamen Weike Mould & Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. (stock abbreviation: Weike Technology), founded in 2005 and listed on the ChiNext of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in January 2022, with precision injection-mold tooling as its core business. Weike Technology specializes in the R&D, design, manufacturing, and sales of precision injection molds, and has extended its operations into injection-molded parts and health-product manufacturing and sales. It has evolved into a vertically integrated (“mold-and-plastic integrated”) large-scale manufacturer, supplying products and services to manufacturers across automotive, small household appliances, outdoor furniture, electronics, robotics, and other sectors. In 2025, Weike Technology’s revenue grew 21.2% year-on-year, surpassing the RMB 2-billion threshold. In Q1 2026, revenue remained positive—but growth moderated. Both injection-molded products and health products posted over 20% growth in 2025; precision mold business grew 15.8%—maintaining a relatively stable “three-pillar” business structure. Domestic-market revenue rose 8.4%, while overseas-market revenue surged 37.8%; the two markets are now approaching comparable scale. Net profit in 2025 also grew, reaching a new high—but its growth rate slightly lagged behind concurrent revenue growth. In Q1 2026, the gap widened further—we will later identify the root causes behind this divergence. Quarter-by-quarter, revenue grew year-on-year in every quarter. However, the average growth rate over the most recent four quarters declined noticeably versus the prior four quarters—hovering just above 10%. This slowdown is primarily attributable to elevated base-period figures—and may persist into subsequent quarters. For a traditional industry, sustaining such growth remains commendable. As revenue grows in a spiral pattern, gross profit margins should theoretically expand gradually under economies of scale—but reality diverges: performance over the past two quarters has been subpar. This reflects both declining gross margins and only modest reductions—amid volatility—in selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses as a share of revenue. Annually, gross margin rose 0.8 percentage points in 2025 but fell back by 0.4 percentage points in Q1 2026. Net profit margin in 2025 did not rise alongside gross margin—in fact, it edged down slightly; in Q1 2026, it held steady at the 2025 level. Since listing, return on equity (ROE) has consistently trailed net profit margin—though the gap has narrowed gradually, ROE still remains below net profit margin. This is the consequence of severe idle waste of highly liquid assets—not necessarily wrong per se, but certainly inefficient from an operational-efficiency standpoint. Gross margins across all three businesses rose in 2025: precision molds registered the highest margin; health products, the lowest; and injection-molded products ranked in between. Domestic-market gross margin remained largely stable, while overseas-market gross margin rose further. In 2025, overseas-market gross profit contribution already exceeded that of the domestic market—a clear sign of strong international competitiveness. Yet, amid the current global trade environment, this also implies heightened risk of future earnings volatility. In 2025, core-business profit margin improved by 1.7 percentage points—not only due to higher gross margin, but also thanks to reduced SG&A expense ratio. In Q1 2026, however, this gain reversed by one percentage point—squeezed jointly by falling gross margin and rebounding SG&A expense ratio.

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