Dahua Posts Slowing But Strong Revenue Growth 2018

By Charles Rollet, Published on Mar 04, 2019

Despite significant job cuts in China, Dahua's revenues grew more than 25% last year hitting a total of ~$3.5 billion USD, according to its latest annual report. In this post, we analyze Dahua’s financials, including:

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