Insta360 Revenue Surges but Profit Plunges; Earnings Forecast Cut
Insta360 posted its weakest half-year profit in years, with its share price down more than 50 percent year to date.
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Items 41–60 of 90OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2929 OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score4444 DJI, Insta360 and Hohem Steal the Show in Imaging at IFA
Chinese imaging companies DJI, Insta360 and Hohem were in the spotlight at IFA 2026, while Canon and Sony had a lower profile.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryOptics and AIPicksAI score5959 Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics Proposes New Framework for Underwater Optical Docking of AUVs
A team led by Guojun Wu at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics has proposed PGF-ULB, an underwater optical beacon detection and localization framework combining physics guidance and geometric constraints, for AUV optical docking in complex underwater environments.
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Optics & Photonics NewsOptics industryAI score5454 Multispectral imaging at archaeological sites
Researchers tested a prototype multispectral camera at the Sorte Muld site in Denmark for archaeological discoveries.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score4444 GoPro's Market Value Slides From $74 Billion to $1.9 Billion in Fire Sale
GoPro announced on September 1 that it would merge with optics and photonics company Starman Optical, selling itself at a low price.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2929 How Much Longer Can Insta360's 'Strategic Loss' Last?
Insta360's revenue rose 50.29% in the first half, while net profit attributable to shareholders was RMB 30.4073 million, down 94.15% year on year.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3434 Union Optic Reports 1.049 Billion Yuan in First-Half Revenue, Returns to Profit
Union Optic posted first-half revenue of 1.049 billion yuan, up 17.24% year on year, and net profit attributable to shareholders of 7.8254 million yuan, up 138.69% year on year.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score4444 Sunny Automotive Submits Second Listing Application to HKEX
Sunny Automotive has again filed a listing application with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It ranks first globally in automotive lens shipments, but its gross margin has fallen for four consecutive reporting periods.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2424 Insta360 Capitalizes R&D Expenses for the First Time at 29.33 Million Yuan
Insta360's R&D expenses reached 1.007 billion yuan in the first half, up 79.26% year on year and accounting for 18.78% of revenue, with 29.33 million yuan capitalized for the first time.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2424 Where Did Insta360's Profits Go?
Insta360's products sold strongly in the first half, but profit fell sharply.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score1919 Insta360 Net Profit Plunges by More Than 90%
Insta360's net profit for the first half fell by more than 90% year on year.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3939 Lijing Innovation Depends on a Single Customer for 70% of Revenue
Lijing Innovation, backed by the Wang Laichun family, is pushing for a listing, with about 70% of its revenue coming from a single customer.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score1919 At the Turn from Profit to Loss, Does Capital Still Have Patience with Insta360?
Insta360 has continued to expand since its listing, but its half-year report shows a sharp drop in profit.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3434 Yutong Optical Reports H1 Revenue of RMB 1.782 Billion
Yutong Optical posted H1 revenue of RMB 1.782 billion, up 25.87% year on year, and net profit attributable to shareholders of RMB 122 million, up 13.65% year on year.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2424 Insta360 Reports H1 Revenue of RMB 5.516 Billion and Over 1,200 Patents
Insta360 posted first-half revenue of RMB 5.516 billion, with R&D accounting for about one fifth of revenue and cumulative patents exceeding 1,200.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score4444 Sunny Optical Half-Year Report: Mobile Phone Profit Falls RMB 280 Million, Robotics Doubles
Sunny Optical reported first-half revenue of about RMB 21.906 billion, up 11.5% year on year, with profit from the mobile phone business declining and the robotics business doubling.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score1919 Insta360 Luna Pro Review
We review the Insta360 Luna Pro handheld gimbal camera, whose light weight is the main highlight.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2424 Insta360 Shuns Price War, Pivots to AI Selling Points
Competition in handheld smart cameras is intensifying, and Insta360 is telling an AI story with new products launched in August.
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) · Research ProgressOptics industryOptics and AIAI score4242 AIOFM Proposes GeoAdapt and Freq-LoRA to Enhance Intelligent Sensing of Aerial Targets in Ground-Based Optical Remote Sensing
A team at the Optoelectronics Center of the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has published two results in Remote Sensing, proposing the lightweight keypoint localization framework GeoAdapt and the frequency-domain low-rank adaptation segmentation method Freq-LoRA for aerial target sensing in ground-based optical remote sensing. GeoAdapt has only 5.95M parameters and achieves PCK@0.05D of 89.3%; Freq-LoRA requires only 559K trainable parameters and reaches a mean intersection-over-union of 0.904 across five simulated weather datasets, achieving 96.1% of full fine-tuning performance.
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryPicksAI score5959 SIOM Achieves Dynamic Quantitative Phase Imaging with Coherent Detection Ghost Imaging LiDAR
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has achieved dynamic quantitative phase imaging using coherent detection ghost imaging LiDAR.
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