Earthmoving & Mining Machinery Business Show Promising Prospects
发布时间:2026-05-21 来源:华泰证券
Liugong Machinery released 2025 and 1Q26 results, with 2025 full-year revenue of RMB33.1bn, up 10% YoY, and attributable NP of RMB1.61bn, up 21% YoY; 1Q26 revenue reached RMB10.06bn, up 10% YoY, and attributable NP was RMB600mn, down 8% YoY. Rising oil prices led to higher freight costs and RMB appreciation caused forex losses, resulting in revenue growth but profit decline in 1Q26. We will monitor how subsequent exchange rate and cost control measures proceed. We are optimistic about the company's sharpening edge in mining machinery and electric construction machinery, and maintain BUY.
Forex loss dented 1Q26 profit, awaiting GPM recovery
Despite revenue growth in 1Q26, profit declined, partly due to a YoY decline in GPM of 0.7pp YoY, which we attribute to higher freight rates from rising oil prices and a higher revenue share of electric loaders with relatively lower GPM. As competition in the electric product market eases, prices stabilize and recover, and cost control measures yield results, GPM will gradually recover, in our view. Separately, the 1Q26 financial expense ratio was up 2.15pp YoY, mainly due to forex losses of approximately RMB160mn from RMB appreciation, vs a gain of nearly RMB50mn in 1Q25. Adjusting for this, the pro forma profit growth rate is approximately 20%.
Earthmoving machinery exports boosted 2025 revenue
By segment, in 2025, earthmoving machinery/prestressed machinery/other construction machinery and parts/rental business generated revenue of RMB20.4bn/ 2.5bn/9.6bn/600mn, up 14/0/6/7% YoY, with domestic/overseas revenue up 6/15% YoY. During the year, the company's earthmoving machinery revenue grew rapidly, with the market share of earthmoving machinery products increasing by nearly 2pp in 2025, of which loader revenue grew over 20%, while excavator profit grew over 70% YoY, and the mining machinery segment rose robustly. In addition, the company's electric construction machinery revenue doubled, while mining machinery products have been shipped to over 50 mining markets worldwide, with sales in multiple emerging market regions growing significantly by over 50%. Liugong targets revenue exceeding RMB60bn by 2030, with overseas revenue share exceeding 60% – an emphatic transformation into a world-class enterprise with global competitiveness.
2025 GPM largely stable; higher investor returns
For full-year 2025, the company's GPM/NPM were down 0.09/0.36pp YoY, with domestic GPM declining while overseas GPM improved. The NPM decline came about mainly because of an increase in credit impairment losses. In 2025, the sales/administrative/R&D/financial expense ratios changed by -0.44/-0.18/+0.29/+0.02pp YoY, with the overall expense ratio remaining broadly stable. The company concurrently announced a dividend payment plan, proposing a cash dividend of RMB0.325/share, implying a dividend yield of nearly 3.4% based on a closing price of RMB9.64/share. In 2025, the company invested approximately RMB400mn in share buybacks, all planned for a new round of equity incentives, while the controlling shareholder Liugong Group increased its holdings by approximately RMB250mn, demonstrating confidence in the long-term development prospects.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
In view of continued appreciation of the RMB in 2026 and potential disruptions to global demand from the Middle East conflict, we lower our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts by 12/17% to RMB1.95/2.15bn, and introduce our 2028E attributable NP estimate of RMB2.44bn, implying PE of 10/9/8x at the current share price. Comparable companies trade at an average of 14x 2026E PE on Wind consensus, and we value the stock at 14x 2026E PE, lowering our target price to RMB13.30 (previous: RMB15.12, on 18x 2025E PE).
Risks: Forex rate volatility, industry competition intensifies beyond our expectations, overseas expansion underperforms our expectations.