Nanjing ESTUN Automation Co Ltd

After market close on September 23, Estun announced that it plans to acquire a combined 44.86% stake in its controlling subsidiary Estun Intelligent Technology Jiangsu Co., Ltd., raising its shareholding from 50.15% to 95.01% after the transaction. According to the announcement, Estun held the fifth meeting of its sixth board of directors that day, approved the relevant proposal, and agreed to use its own funds to acquire, through public listing, the 19.4574% and 3.7834% stakes in Estun Jiangsu Intelligent held respectively by the National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund Co., Ltd. and the China State-owned Enterprise Mixed Ownership Reform Fund Co., Ltd., with listed transfer floor prices of 210.6 million yuan and 40.25 million yuan respectively. At the same time, it plans to acquire a 21.6193% stake held by Genertec High-end Equipment Industry Equity Investment Tongxiang Partnership through a negotiated transfer. The transaction is based on an appraisal value. As of the appraisal base date of December 31, 2025, the book value of equity attributable to the parent company's owners of Estun Jiangsu Intelligent was 541 million yuan, with an appraised value of 1.018 billion yuan, an appraisal gain of 477 million yuan, and an appreciation rate of 88.15%. Estun Jiangsu Intelligent is mainly engaged in the automation, digitalization, and intelligent transformation of production lines, providing intelligent manufacturing solutions for markets such as lithium batteries, energy storage, new energy vehicles, and sheet metal, and has delivered more than one hundred intelligent production lines to date. The company said the transaction will help deepen business synergy, management synergy, and resource allocation, strengthen group control and strategy implementation, and that the funds come from its own resources and will not change the scope of the company's consolidated financial statements.

Estun released its 2026 interim report on August 22, 2026. Total operating revenue was 2.578 billion yuan, net profit attributable to the parent company was 161 million yuan, and net cash inflow from operating activities was 44.5272 million yuan. The company's latest asset-liability ratio was 68.22%, gross margin was 31.81%, ROE was 4.92%, and diluted earnings per share was 0.18 yuan. The company's latest total asset turnover was 0.26 times, and inventory turnover was 1.28 times. The number of shareholders was 171,500, and the top ten shareholders held 533 million shares, accounting for 55.09% of total share capital.

On July 29, the humanoid robot concept strengthened, with Mingxin Xuteng hitting three consecutive daily upper limits, Yuhuan CNC surging by the daily limit, and Estun and Guangyang Shares following higher. On the news front, Zhiyuan Innovation has officially launched its Hong Kong listing process, marking another major capital move in the humanoid robot sector. Research reports from institutions point out that in 2025, the humanoid robot industry is moving from the zero-to-one stage toward the one-to-ten stage, with technology convergence at its core; in 2026, it must break through the critical inflection point from one to ten and advance toward mass production at the ten-to-one-hundred scale, with the core shifting to volume manufacturing and commercialization. In addition, the MLCC concept fluctuated higher, with Fenghua Advanced Technology hitting upper limits twice in three days. Samsung Electro-Mechanics recently announced it has signed a supply contract for AI server MLCCs with a major global enterprise, with the contract size equivalent to approximately 295.12 billion Korean won, or 204 million US dollars, and the supply period fully covering the entire year of 2027.

On the evening of July 14, numerous listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges released their half-year performance forecasts and major event announcements. Tianqi Lithium expects its net profit attributable to the parent company for the first half of the year to be between 2.85 billion and 4.25 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 3,276.35% to 4,934.91%, one of the highest growth rates. Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable, Litong Electronics, and Estun Automation all expect net profit growth exceeding tenfold, with Litong Electronics seeing significant growth in its computing power distribution business. The photovoltaic industry remains under pressure, with LONGi Green Energy forecasting a loss of 3.4 billion to 3.8 billion yuan, and Tongwei Co. forecasting a loss of 4.8 billion to 5.4 billion yuan. In terms of major events, Changxin Technology has set its issue price at 8.66 yuan per share, with a total offering size of 57.919 billion yuan, and subscriptions will open on July 16. CICC's application to absorb and merge Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities has been accepted by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Saiyi Information plans to purchase high-performance computing power servers for no more than 5.079 billion yuan. Additionally, several companies disclosed share increase or decrease plans, with Seres directors and senior management planning to increase their holdings by 119 million to 154 million yuan, and Jingwei Hirain and Runjian Co. planning share buybacks.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Estun plans to acquire equity in Nanjing Estun Coolzhuo Technology in a cash deal. After the transaction, Estun will indirectly hold a 100% stake in Estun Coolzhuo and consolidate it into its financial statements. On the news, Estun's shares surged to hit the daily limit up on the morning of July 3, with its latest market value reaching 40.8 billion yuan. Estun Coolzhuo focuses on collaborative robots and embodied intelligent robots. In 2025, its revenue was 50.1679 million yuan, with a net loss of 52.9985 million yuan. Estun said the acquisition will help improve its full industry chain layout and reduce related-party transactions. Its share price had already hit the daily limit up for two consecutive trading days prior.

In early trading on July 3, humanoid robot concept stocks surged collectively. Estun Automation shot up after the open, hitting the daily limit in 4 minutes and notching 3 boards in 4 days. On the news front, the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved Unitree Technology's registration application for a STAR Market IPO, planning to raise 4.202 billion yuan for intelligent robot R&D and manufacturing projects. A research note from Wanlian Securities pointed out that the humanoid robot industry is moving from technological breakthroughs to large-scale commercialization, with 2026 being a critical window for mass production validation and scenario deployment. Computing power hardware stocks also rebounded, with Beijing Ingenic Semiconductor rising nearly 12% intraday. The company said DRAM prices have risen significantly, with domestic and international customer prices continuing to increase in the second quarter, and prices are expected to rise further in the third quarter.

On July 3, the A-share market rebounded in volatile trading, with more than 3,800 stocks rising across the board. The humanoid robot concept led the gains throughout the day, with Estun Automation hitting the daily limit up for the fourth time in three sessions, while Wolong Electric Drive, Riying Electronics, and Zhongda Leader also surged by the daily limit. Commercial aerospace stocks also soared, with M&S Electronics hitting the daily limit up and Aerospace Huanyu jumping over 16 percent. In terms of news, the July launch window is seeing a concentrated burst of activity, with Wenchang planning three high-density launches, and the Long March 10B reusable rocket set for its maiden flight in mid-July. On the robotics front, UBTECH released its ultra-realistic humanoid robot U1 series, with orders for the U1 increasing more than tenfold compared to previous sales of full-sized embodied intelligent humanoid robots. Institutions widely believe that the A-share market is currently in a deepening phase of structural trends, with tech growth remaining the core mainstay.

The humanoid robot supply chain strengthened across the board this week. Estun Automation hit three upper limits in four days, with its share price reaching a record high. Jintuo Shares and Crystal Optoelectronics also hit the upper limit multiple times. Margin trading saw net buying of over 10.9 billion yuan for the full week, with cumulative net buying in the first half of the year exceeding 472.9 billion yuan, a record high for the same period. The electronics sector attracted net buying of over 7.9 billion yuan. The machinery and equipment sector saw net inflows of over 54.1 billion yuan from main funds for the full week, while the humanoid robot sector attracted net inflows of over 55.5 billion yuan. Orders for UBTECH's ultra-bionic humanoid robot U1 series surpassed 13,361 units, representing more than a tenfold increase in sales compared to last year. Tesla plans to begin production of Optimus in July or August 2026, with an initial annualized capacity target of around 70,000 units. Morgan Stanley has raised its forecast for China's humanoid robot shipments in 2026 from 28,000 units to 50,000 units, and expects the figure to reach 446,000 units by 2030.