[ET Net News Agency, 16 November 2020] Macquarie lowered its target price for AAC
Technologies (02018) to HK$38 from HK$42.7 and maintained its "underperform" rating.
The research house said AAC's 3Q revenue and gross margin declined 10%/6ppts, below
consensus, due to the delayed iPhone 12 launch, an ASP decline for legacy products, and
declining Huawei metal casing orders.
With iPhone 12 ramping up in 4Q, Macquarie expects the acoustics and haptic segments to
see sequential revenue and gross margin improvement. Metal casings are still a drag on
earnings. Huawei's volume significantly shrunk; Macquarie expects capacity to be
underutilised in the next two quarters.
Macquarie lowered its 2020/21/22 net income 14%/11%/9% due to lower metal casing revenue
and margin for 2020/21 and slower Android acoustic gross margin improvement. (KL)