Multiple actively managed equity funds advance bet on "Humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation" to significantly outperform, secrets revealed.
23/01/2025
GMT Eight
In the first 15 trading days of 2025, the market fluctuated weakly, with actively managed equity funds outperforming index funds.
As of January 21st, Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme, managed by Yan Siqian, led the market with a year-to-date net value return of over 35%. Zhang Lu's Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing also achieved a year-to-date net value return of over 30%; Wang Sen's AVIC Trend Leading, Shi Yan and Yang Delong's Qianhai Kaiyuan Shengxin also performed well.
Behind the short-term outperformance of the market, the fourth quarter reports of these funds in 2024 also revealed the latest repositioning actions of fund managers, with a focus on consumer electronics sector led by humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation. Not only that, compared to the 9.87% year-to-date increase of the humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation index, the net value return of the above-mentioned actively managed equity funds far exceeded it.
Heavy positions in the humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation sector
As of the end of last year, the top ten holdings of Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme were Shanghai Beite Technology, Zhejiang HeChuan Technology, Zhejiang XCC Group, Kinco Automation (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd, Ningbo Shuanglin Auto Parts, Shanghai Hajime Advanced Material Technology, Zhejiang Sling Automobile Bearing, Shenzhen Zhaowei Machinery & Electronics, Zhejiang Zhongjian Technology, and Wuxi Best Precision Machinery.
Among them, Zhejiang HeChuan Technology, Kinco Automation (Shanghai) Co., Ltd are all individual stocks in the humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation sector. The top holding of this fund, Shanghai Beite Technology, is currently positioning towards the humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation sector, with a cumulative increase of 71% in the last quarter of last year, and a cumulative increase of over 30% year-to-date. Shenzhen Ampron Technology, Shanghai Hajime Advanced Material Technology, and other top holdings have also seen rapid increases in stock prices recently, helping boost the net value of the Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme.
Five of the top ten holdings of Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing Intelligent Option also overlap with Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme. Among them, Shanghai Beite Technology is also the top holding of Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing Intelligent Option, and other top holdings like Shenzhen Zhaowei Machinery & Electronics, Wuxi Best Precision Machinery, Kinco Automation (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd, and Shanghai Hajime Advanced Material Technology are also in the fund's top holdings.
The top holdings of AVIC Trend Leading and Qianhai Kaiyuan Shengxin also have a lot of overlap with the previous two products. For example, the top holding of AVIC Trend Leading, Suzhou Veichi Electric, is also a top holding of Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing Intelligent Option.
Qianhai Kaiyuan Shengxin holds top holdings in Shanghai Beite Technology, Shanghai Hajime Advanced Material Technology, Shenzhen Zhaowei Machinery & Electronics, among others, which overlap with the previous funds.
Entering early
In fact, not only have these funds performed well at the beginning of 2025, but they have also achieved impressive results since the fourth quarter of last year.
For example, the net value return of Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme in the fourth quarter of last year was 19.30%, and Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing and AVIC Trend Leading also achieved net value returns of 31.71% and 19.29% respectively in the fourth quarter of last year.
Funds also entered the market early and positioned themselves. By the end of last year, the scale of Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme reached a new high of 1.035 billion yuan, an increase of 786 million yuan compared to the previous period. During this period, the fund received net purchases of 750 million shares, reaching a peak of 1.051 billion shares.
In terms of changes in fund size, the scale of Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing increased to 1.762 billion yuan at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, with net purchases of 953 million shares in that quarter alone. AVIC Trend Leading also departed from the mini fund and had a scale of 107 million yuan by the end of last year.
However, it is worth noting that although short-term performance is impressive, focusing on a single track often brings not only good performance but also significant net asset value volatility. Wind data shows that both Penghua Carbon Neutrality Theme and Yongyuan Advanced Manufacturing experienced maximum drawdowns of over 30% throughout last year.
What are the future opportunities for humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation?
In addition to heavy stock holdings, the fund managers managing the above products also mentioned their views on the future prospects of the humanoid Siasun Robot & Automation sector in their quarterly reports. In the view of Yan Siqian, stocks with the following advantages will have more significant investment opportunities in the future.
First, there is a prosperous opportunity for demand to continuously surpass industry growth; second, there is an opportunity for capacity clearance through supply-side reforms; third, there is an opportunity in the export chain; and fourth, there is an opportunity for technological upgrades, or.Emerging industry opportunities.She believes that domestic car companies have just begun to layout, humanoid Siasun Robot&Automation and unmanned driving bring new growth space for car and car parts companies.
It is worth noting that, as a carbon neutral themed fund, the quarterly report mentioned that the fund supports the research, investment, promotion of clean energy, and the development and application of energy-saving and emission reduction technologies by investing in renewable energy, energy efficiency improvement, carbon capture and storage projects. The fund invests in green environmental protection industries, the electric vehicle industry chain, and intelligent manufacturing.
"We expect carbon neutrality to still be a global trend in 2025. Energy efficiency improvement and smart upgrades are our main focus." Overall, she expects the overall market opportunities to be good, with economic policy support in place and the economy expected to bottom out and rebound. The growth style is expected to be dominant, with a focus on investing in more growth industries and individual stocks.
Zhang Lu straightforwardly stated that starting in 2025, a large number of domestic and foreign manufacturers will enter the humanoid Siasun Robot&Automation industry, with some companies possibly launching sensational Siasun Robot&Automation products and starting small-scale production, bringing the "iPhone moment" to the Siasun Robot&Automation industry.
"The humanoid Siasun Robot&Automation sector is a major beta opportunity for the next 10 years." She pointed out that compared to other industries, the requirements for funding, technology, and resource integration for entry are relatively high due to the interdisciplinary integration, hardware and software collaboration involved. Moreover, the industry chain is long and complex, from upstream to core components and system components, to the assembly and system integration of Siasun Robot&Automation in the middle, to downstream terminal applications.
Therefore, she believes that Siasun Robot&Automation may be a rare opportunity in the future, such as the phenomenon level competition of the Apple industry chain in consumer electronics and the Tesla electric vehicle industry chain.
As humanoid Siasun Robot&Automation mass production approaches, she emphasized focusing on high-quality humanoid Siasun Robot&Automation industry chain companies with supply chain advantages, technology moats, and significant value, including Siasun Robot&Automation assembler, screws and equipment, reducers, sensors, motors, dexterous hands, etc.
This article is reprinted from "Chain Finance Network", edited by GMTEight: Liu Jiayin