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wrote a column · Apr 15 09:31

[Reading Financial Reports] Key Risk Warnings Missing: Zhejiang Securities and GF Securities’ Research Report Prudence Questioned

Securities research reports are an important reference for capital market investors' decision-making. Independence, objectivity, fairness, and prudence are key principles for brokerages issuing research reports, directly related to market information fairness and the protection of investors' rights.
From 2025 to early 2026, the stock prices of some popular sector stocks surged significantly. Controlling shareholders and major shareholders of related listed companies took the opportunity to reduce their holdings at high prices, leading to stock price fluctuations. At this critical juncture, some brokerages issued bullish research reports near the peak of these individual stock prices, assigning high valuation ratings without providing necessary warnings about the significant risk of shareholder reductions.
Maiwei Shares Controlling Shareholder Cashes Out 1.7 Billion: Zhejiang Securities Promotes Stock at High Levels
Maxvision Capital's main business products are applied in three major downstream industries: photovoltaic, display, and integrated circuits for the production of photovoltaic cells, display panels, and semiconductor wafer manufacturing and packaging.
Since 2025, the share price of Maiwei Co., Ltd. has continued to perform strongly. In 2025, the company's stock price increased by 98.64%. In January 2026, the company’s stock maintained its strong performance, with a monthly increase of 50.75%, reaching a record high of 373 yuan per share (adjusted for rights) on January 26. Since then, the stock price of Maiwei Co., Ltd. has quickly retreated, and as of the close on April 14, the stock price has fallen more than 40% from its January peak to 215.8 yuan per share.
As the share price rose strongly, Maiwei Co., Ltd. released a pre-disclosure announcement regarding the reduction of shares by controlling shareholders on January 7, 2026. The announcement stated that Zhou Jian and Wang Zhenggen, the company's controlling shareholders who collectively hold 109,537,827 shares of Maiwei Co., Ltd., plan to reduce their holdings through centralized bidding or block trading. The number of shares to be reduced will not exceed 5,400,000 shares, which is no more than 1.94% of the company's total share capital after excluding shares in the repurchase dedicated account at that time.
On February 12, Maiwei Co., Ltd. disclosed the implementation results of the controlling shareholders’ share reduction. The company's controlling shareholders Zhou Jian and Wang Zhenggen collectively reduced their holdings by 5,399,900 shares at an average price of 319.73 yuan per share, cashing out over 1.7 billion yuan in total.
Securities research reports are an important reference for capital market investors' decision-making. Independence, objectivity, fairness, and prudence are key principles for brokerages issuing research reports, directly related to market information fairness and the protection of investors' rights. From 2025 to early 2026, the stock prices of some popular sector stocks surged significantly. Controlling shareholders and major shareholders of related listed companies took the opportunity to reduce their holdings at high prices, leading to stock price fluctuations. At this critical juncture, some brokerages issued bullish research reports near the peak of these individual stock prices, assigning high valuation ratings without providing necessary warnings about the significant risk of shareholder reductions. Maiwei Shares Controlling Shareholder Cashes Out 1.7 Billion: Zhejiang Securities Promotes Stock at High Levels Maxvision Capital's main business products are applied in three major downstream industries: photovoltaic, display, and integrated circuits for the production of photovoltaic cells, display panels, and semiconductor wafer manufacturing and packaging. Since 2025, Maiwei Shares has shown a strong stock performance. In 2025, the company's stock price increased by 98.64%. In January 2026, the stock continued its robust performance with a monthly increase of 50.75%, reaching a historical high of 373 yuan per share (adjusted) on January 26. Afterward, Maiwei Shares' stock price dropped sharply, falling more than 40% from its January peak to close at 215.8 yuan per share as of April 14. As the stock price rose strongly, Maiwei Shares announced on January 7, 2026, a pre-disclosure notice of the controlling shareholder’s plan to reduce holdings. The announcement showed that shareholders collectively holding Maiwei Shares...
Figure 1: Share Reduction by the Controlling Shareholder of Maywa Co., Ltd.
Notably, near the historical high of Maiwei Co., Ltd.'s stock price, several brokerages including Zheshang Securities released research reports expressing optimism about Maiwei Co., Ltd.
Securities research reports are an important reference for capital market investors' decision-making. Independence, objectivity, fairness, and prudence are key principles for brokerages issuing research reports, directly related to market information fairness and the protection of investors' rights. From 2025 to early 2026, the stock prices of some popular sector stocks surged significantly. Controlling shareholders and major shareholders of related listed companies took the opportunity to reduce their holdings at high prices, leading to stock price fluctuations. At this critical juncture, some brokerages issued bullish research reports near the peak of these individual stock prices, assigning high valuation ratings without providing necessary warnings about the significant risk of shareholder reductions. Maiwei Shares Controlling Shareholder Cashes Out 1.7 Billion: Zhejiang Securities Promotes Stock at High Levels Maxvision Capital's main business products are applied in three major downstream industries: photovoltaic, display, and integrated circuits for the production of photovoltaic cells, display panels, and semiconductor wafer manufacturing and packaging. Since 2025, Maiwei Shares has shown a strong stock performance. In 2025, the company's stock price increased by 98.64%. In January 2026, the stock continued its robust performance with a monthly increase of 50.75%, reaching a historical high of 373 yuan per share (adjusted) on January 26. Afterward, Maiwei Shares' stock price dropped sharply, falling more than 40% from its January peak to close at 215.8 yuan per share as of April 14. As the stock price rose strongly, Maiwei Shares announced on January 7, 2026, a pre-disclosure notice of the controlling shareholder’s plan to reduce holdings. The announcement showed that shareholders collectively holding Maiwei Shares...
Figure 2: Screenshot of Zhejiang Securities' research report on Maywa Co., Ltd.
On January 28, Zheshang Securities issued a research report titled 'Space HJT Photovoltaic Stars and Seas, Semiconductor Equipment Growth Curve Accelerates' about Maiwei Co., Ltd. The report projected that the company's net profit attributable to shareholders for 2025-2027 would be 780 million/1.01 billion/1.13 billion yuan, with year-over-year changes of -16%/+30%/+12%, corresponding to PE ratios of 123/95/85 times. The report maintained a 'Buy' rating.
Zheshang Securities' research report did not provide necessary warnings regarding the risk of share reduction by controlling shareholders of Maiwei Co., Ltd.
Guangfa Securities: Stock priced at a high level, assigns StarRing Technology a PS valuation of 50 times for 2026
StarRing Technology is an enterprise-grade AI and big data infrastructure software developer. It covers the entire data lifecycle, including integration, storage, governance, modeling, analysis, mining, and circulation, as well as the end-to-end process from data to knowledge and models to applications, providing full-stack foundational software and services.
In 2025, the share price of StarRing Technology surged by 134.53%, and from January to February 2026, the stock price continued to rise by more than one-fold.
Guangfa Securities published multiple research reports on StarRing Technology between February and March 2026. On February 11, Guangfa Securities issued the research report titled 'StarRing Technology (688031): Acceleration of Q4 revenue growth in 2025, positive outlook for AI foundational software development', providing earnings forecasts and investment recommendations: revenues for 2025-2027 are projected to be 440 million yuan, 500 million yuan, and 580 million yuan respectively; net profits attributable to parent company are expected to be -240 million yuan, -100 million yuan, and -70 million yuan respectively. Considering factors such as business areas and operational models, we selected MongoDB, Snowflake, and Elastic as comparable companies. Taking into account the scarcity of big data companies listed in the A-share market and the promising development prospects of AI software tools, we assign a certain premium for scarcity and give the company a PS valuation of 50 times for 2026, corresponding to a fair value per share of 208.73 yuan, maintaining an 'Outperform' rating.
Securities research reports are an important reference for capital market investors' decision-making. Independence, objectivity, fairness, and prudence are key principles for brokerages issuing research reports, directly related to market information fairness and the protection of investors' rights. From 2025 to early 2026, the stock prices of some popular sector stocks surged significantly. Controlling shareholders and major shareholders of related listed companies took the opportunity to reduce their holdings at high prices, leading to stock price fluctuations. At this critical juncture, some brokerages issued bullish research reports near the peak of these individual stock prices, assigning high valuation ratings without providing necessary warnings about the significant risk of shareholder reductions. Maiwei Shares Controlling Shareholder Cashes Out 1.7 Billion: Zhejiang Securities Promotes Stock at High Levels Maxvision Capital's main business products are applied in three major downstream industries: photovoltaic, display, and integrated circuits for the production of photovoltaic cells, display panels, and semiconductor wafer manufacturing and packaging. Since 2025, Maiwei Shares has shown a strong stock performance. In 2025, the company's stock price increased by 98.64%. In January 2026, the stock continued its robust performance with a monthly increase of 50.75%, reaching a historical high of 373 yuan per share (adjusted) on January 26. Afterward, Maiwei Shares' stock price dropped sharply, falling more than 40% from its January peak to close at 215.8 yuan per share as of April 14. As the stock price rose strongly, Maiwei Shares announced on January 7, 2026, a pre-disclosure notice of the controlling shareholder’s plan to reduce holdings. The announcement showed that shareholders collectively holding Maiwei Shares...
Figure 3: Screenshot of GF Securities' research report on Xinghuan Technology
On February 27, GF Securities released a research report titled 'Revenue Rebounds to High Growth in 2025, Cognitive Database Demonstrates Potential,' maintaining a 50x PS valuation for Transwarp Technologies for 2026.
After the market closed on March 16, Transwarp Technologies issued an announcement titled 'Shareholding Reduction Plan by Shareholders Holding More Than 5%.' The announcement revealed that due to the shareholder's own arrangements, the company's shareholder Linzhi Licreation plans to reduce its holdings of the company’s shares by no more than 1,211,359 shares (not exceeding 1.00% of the company’s total share capital) based on market conditions.
On the first trading day after the announcement was disclosed, Transwarp Technologies’ stock price plummeted by 20%, and subsequently continued to decline. As of the close on April 14, Transwarp Technologies' stock price had fallen cumulatively by more than 40% from its high point in March.
Following the release of the share reduction announcement, GF Securities issued another research report on March 25 titled 'Gross Margin Steadily Rises in 2025, Cognitive Database Unlocks Future Growth Potential,' assigning Transwarp Technologies a 40x PS valuation for 2026, corresponding to a fair value per share of 170.94 yuan per share, while maintaining a 'Buy' rating. Notably, this research report did not mention the risk of shareholder reductions in its risk warning section.
Regulators Crack Down Hard on Violations in Securities Research Reports
The CSRC's Provisional Regulations on the Publication of Securities Research Reports explicitly states that securities companies and securities investment advisory institutions must abide by laws, administrative regulations, and these provisions when issuing securities research reports. They should adhere to principles of independence, objectivity, fairness, and prudence, effectively prevent conflicts of interest, treat all recipients of the publication equally, prohibit the dissemination of false, inaccurate, or misleading information, and ban participation in insider trading or manipulation of the securities market.
In recent years, regulators have taken stringent actions against violations in securities research reports.
In February 2025, the Shanghai Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued a warning letter decision to Xu Haoliang. Upon investigation, Xu Haoliang, as a securities analyst at Minsheng Securities Co., Ltd., exhibited imprudent behavior when preparing a certain securities research report, failing to meet the requirements of Article 9 of the 'Interim Provisions on the Issuance of Securities Research Reports' (CSRC Announcement [2020] No. 20), thereby violating Article 4 of the 'Supervision and Management Measures for Directors, Supervisors, Senior Managers, and Employees of Securities and Fund Operating Institutions' (CSRC Order No. 195).
Securities research reports are an important reference for capital market investors' decision-making. Independence, objectivity, fairness, and prudence are key principles for brokerages issuing research reports, directly related to market information fairness and the protection of investors' rights. From 2025 to early 2026, the stock prices of some popular sector stocks surged significantly. Controlling shareholders and major shareholders of related listed companies took the opportunity to reduce their holdings at high prices, leading to stock price fluctuations. At this critical juncture, some brokerages issued bullish research reports near the peak of these individual stock prices, assigning high valuation ratings without providing necessary warnings about the significant risk of shareholder reductions. Maiwei Shares Controlling Shareholder Cashes Out 1.7 Billion: Zhejiang Securities Promotes Stock at High Levels Maxvision Capital's main business products are applied in three major downstream industries: photovoltaic, display, and integrated circuits for the production of photovoltaic cells, display panels, and semiconductor wafer manufacturing and packaging. Since 2025, Maiwei Shares has shown a strong stock performance. In 2025, the company's stock price increased by 98.64%. In January 2026, the stock continued its robust performance with a monthly increase of 50.75%, reaching a historical high of 373 yuan per share (adjusted) on January 26. Afterward, Maiwei Shares' stock price dropped sharply, falling more than 40% from its January peak to close at 215.8 yuan per share as of April 14. As the stock price rose strongly, Maiwei Shares announced on January 7, 2026, a pre-disclosure notice of the controlling shareholder’s plan to reduce holdings. The announcement showed that shareholders collectively holding Maiwei Shares...
Figure 4: Penalty Letter from the Shanghai Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission
In May 2025, the Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a warning letter decision to Wang Zhijie. Upon investigation, during his tenure as a securities analyst at a securities firm, Wang Zhijie leaked unpublished views of a securities research report to investors, privately recommended stocks in violation of regulations, and referred clients to another securities firm where his close relatives worked, seeking improper benefits.
[Reading Financial Reports] is a column co-produced by Xinhua Finance and Bread财经 that focuses on interpreting listed company financial reports. Xinhua Finance is the national financial information platform constructed by Xinhua News Agency, providing authoritative, professional, and comprehensive financial information services covering global stock, foreign exchange, and bond markets.
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