Robots and Digital Solution Suites to be Deployed
发布时间:2026-09-04 来源:华泰证券
Jack Technology's 1H26 revenue increased by 16.24% YoY to RMB3,921mn, attributable net profit (NP) rose by 3.01% YoY to RMB492mn, and recurring NP climbed by 1.06% YoY to RMB444mn. For 2Q26, revenue increased by 20.08% YoY but fell by 6.22% QoQ to RMB1,897mn, while attributable NP rose by 1.46% YoY but declined by 8.42% QoQ to RMB235mn. The company's overseas market share is rising, AI digital suite solutions are penetrating, and robotic products are expected to enter commercial use within the year. We expect AI to continue improving apparel manufacturing efficiency. Maintain BUY.
Overseas market share kept rising
By segment, industrial sewing machine/cutting bed/automatic sewing unit revenues were RMB3,390/400/110mn (+16/+17/+25% YoY) in 1H26. Related automation business revenue grew faster than traditional sewing machines. Digital complete- solution revenue increased by nearly 40% YoY to RMB528mn in 1H26. Domestic/ overseas revenue increased by 26/7% YoY in 1H26. Overseas revenue growth outpaced the 2.6% YoY decline in export value for industrial sewing machines reported by customs in 1H26.
FX losses weighed on profit
For 1H26, GPM/NPM fell by 1.65/1.58pp YoY. Domestic/overseas GPM declined by 0.96/2.05pp YoY, mainly due to RMB appreciation, cost increases, and changes in the product mix. The company announced price increases for domestic and overseas products in March and April. We expect the impact of these price increases to become more visible in 3Q26 and we are positive on a recovery in profitability. For 1H26, sales/administrative/R&D/financial expense ratios changed by +0.06/-1.05/-0.15/+2.0pp YoY. The administrative expense ratio fell mainly due to AI-driven efficiency improvements and structural adjustments, while RMB appreciation led to FX losses and drove up financial expenses. After adding back this impact, profit growth was about 17% in 1H26.
Robot products expected to enter commercial use by end-2026
According to the company's interim report, on 22 April, the AI shirt digital production line research institute, jointly developed by the company and its key account, Century Joint Innovation Technology, was launched. It connected digital operations across inspection, cutting, picking, and sewing processes. The company's key Aitu humanoid robot prototype has appeared at domestic and overseas exhibitions many times. Relying on a dedicated taskforce, the company is working with multiple customers on joint innovation. The company focuses on four major apparel categories: shirts, jeans, polo shirts, and women’s apparel. It uses frontier technologies such as embodied intelligence algorithms, dexterous intelligent end-effectors, and remote teleoperation, linking core process equipment such as template machines and automatic pocket setters to address full-process automated operations, including piece separation, gripping, placement, and alignment. This enables efficient coordination with production lines. Related robot products are expected to be officially launched in October 2026.
Earnings forecast and valuation
Considering the weak business climate in downstream apparel manufacturing, especially overseas, and short-term profitability dented by RMB appreciation, we cut our 2026/2027/2028 attributable NP forecasts by 12.75/10.61/10.89% to RMB956/1,199/1,486mn, implying a three-year CAGR of 20%. To reflect the company's broad growth potential in digital production lines, we value the stock at 22x 2026E PE, above its peers' average of about 14x on Wind consensus. We trim our target price to RMB44.22 (previous: RMB52.90, based on 23x 2026E PE). Maintain BUY.
Risks: slower-than-expected new product progress, weaker-than-expected application of embodied intelligence, and FX risks.