Senior(SZ:300568) Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-07-14 10:21Core Viewpoint - Shenzhen Xingyuan Material Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Xingyuan Material") has submitted its IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, facing challenges of declining profit margins and net profits despite revenue growth due to intensified industry competition and price wars [1][2]. Group 1: Company Performance - Xingyuan Material's revenue has shown growth over the past three years, with figures of 2.867 billion, 2.982 billion, and 3.506 billion from 2022 to 2024, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.59% [2]. - However, the company's gross margin has decreased significantly, from 44.82% in 2022 to 28.07% in 2024, a decline of 15.21 percentage points [2]. - In Q1 2025, the company reported a revenue of 0.881 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24.79%, but the gross margin fell from 36.1% to 23.6%, a decrease of 12.5 percentage points, and net profit dropped by 52% [2]. Group 2: Industry Context - The lithium-ion battery separator industry is experiencing severe price competition, with average selling prices for dry, wet, and coated separators declining by 38.6%, 23.6%, and 39.2% respectively in 2024 [4]. - The industry is characterized by a "prisoner's dilemma" where companies engage in bottom-tier competition, sacrificing profits to maintain market share, exacerbated by subsidies and low financing conditions [4]. - The recent meeting of the Central Financial Committee has called for the regulation of low-price disorderly competition, particularly in emerging industries like photovoltaics and lithium batteries, which may help stabilize pricing signals [5]. Group 3: Future Plans - Xingyuan Material plans to raise 6.3 billion HKD through its IPO, with investments allocated for overseas expansion, including approximately 5.462 billion HKD for a production base in Malaysia and 0.632 billion HKD for a base in the United States [3]. - The Singapore operations and R&D center is set to receive an investment of about 0.21 billion HKD, expected to commence in early 2026 and complete by mid-2028 [3].