Core Insights - The company, Mindray Medical, has encountered a significant slowdown in revenue growth, with 2024 revenue at 36.73 billion yuan, marking a drastic decline to 5.14% growth, the lowest since its A-share listing in 2018 [1] - The net profit attributable to shareholders was 11.67 billion yuan, showing a minimal increase of 0.74% [1] - The company's employee stock ownership plan faced a "failure to unlock" due to unmet performance targets, resulting in the management committee reclaiming shares [1] Business Performance - Mindray Medical's double-digit growth, a hallmark of its performance from 2018 to 2023, has come to a halt in 2024 [2] - The in-vitro diagnostics segment has become the largest revenue source, generating approximately 13.765 billion yuan with a year-on-year growth of 10.82% [2] - The medical imaging segment reported revenue of 7.498 billion yuan, growing by 6.6%, while the previously dominant life information and support segment saw a revenue decline of 11.11% to 13.557 billion yuan [2] Market Dynamics - The international market for Mindray Medical showed strong performance with a revenue increase of 21.28%, accounting for about 45% of total revenue [3] - The Asia-Pacific region, particularly Australia, Thailand, and India, experienced nearly 40% growth, while the European market rebounded over 30% [3] - Conversely, the domestic market faced challenges, with a revenue decline of 5.1% due to sluggish hospital equipment procurement and the impact of the DRG 2.0 policy [3] Future Outlook - Mindray Medical is seeking recovery, noting signs of sustained improvement in domestic medical equipment procurement since December of the previous year [4] - Despite a year-on-year decline of over 20% in the first quarter, there was a more than 50% quarter-on-quarter growth compared to the last quarter of the previous year [4] - The company anticipates a "front low and back high" performance trend in 2025, with a significant turning point in overall revenue growth expected to emerge in the third quarter [4]