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Daqo New Energy (DQ US)

Deep Value Oligopolist at the cusp of Industry Inflection...

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Taro Sakamoto
Aug 26, 2025
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Introduction

Daqo New Energy (US$1.4b mkt cap, US$2b net cash) is a deep-value/special situation inflection play. It is one of the top polysilicon producers in China (~20% market share). Polysilicon is the high-purity form of silicon used in solar panels to create photovoltaic cells, which convert sunlight into electricity. No matter how you slice and di…

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