SEEYA: Better quarterly profit needs a sustained cash test

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SCREENING - RESEARCH INCOMPLETE. SEEYA’s unaudited third-quarter report shows a substantial operating improvement. Higher shipments translated into profit excluding nonrecurring items and positive quarterly cash generated by business operations. The unanswered question is whether collections and inventory support that improvement over more than one quarter. A stronger business quarter alone does not establish that the shares are attractively priced.

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The Q3 filing, dated 22 October 2026 for the period ending 30 September, reports revenue of CNY724.10 million, up 409.00% from a year earlier; attributable net profit of CNY84.79 million; and profit excluding nonrecurring items of CNY80.06 million. These figures are unaudited.

Q3 cash generated by business operations was positive CNY58.66 million, while the nine-month total remained negative CNY200.81 million. Management links the year-to-date cash-flow pressure to prior-year customer deposits and increased materials stocking.

September cash balances were CNY2,384.96 million. Inventory rose to CNY672.52 million from CNY383.05 million in December.

IPO proceeds help explain balance-sheet expansion; the larger cash balance is not solely operating cash generation. Q3 research and development spending was CNY79.44 million, up 36.10%; nine-month spending was CNY249.97 million, up 39.57%.

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Inventory has grown and nine-month cash generated by business operations remains negative. Demand, shipments and quarterly profitability may not repeat at the same pace.

The research has not established a valuation case or a timestamped post-announcement market response.

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The headline growth rate describes reported sales, not a measured investor consensus. No representative sentiment sample, customer-level shipment audit or seller identity was established.