Coal-fired Power Profit Improved, Interim Dividend Proposed
发布时间:2024-08-05 来源:华泰金融(HK)
Attributable NP +22/21% yoy for 1H24/2Q24, target price unchanged
Jilin Electric Power’s (JEP) revenue/attributable net profit (NP)/recurring attributable NP were RMB6,887/1,095/1,032mn for 1H24 (-10/+22/+19% yoy), with 2Q24 revenue/attributable NP at RMB3,073/476mn (-15/+21% yoy, -19/-23% qoq). In view of its progress in new energy capacity installation, we cut our wind/PV power revenue forecasts. Given the rising proportion of market-based power trading, we trim our GPM estimates for PV power. We project 2024/2025/2026 attributable NP at RMB1.20/1.45/1.73bn (previous: RMB1.21/1.66/1.79bn), with BVPS of RMB4.66/5.05/5.51 (previous: RMB4.66/5.26/5.90). As its profitability outperforms the industry average (on Wind data), we value the stock at 1.3x 2024E PB, above its peers’ average of 1.2x on Wind consensus estimates, for our unchanged target price of RMB6.06. JEP plans to distribute an interim dividend of RMB326mn, representing 29.8% of its attributable NP. Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Green power revenue up yoy, wind power outperformed PV in GPM
For 1H24, revenue from wind/PV power rose 3.3/1.1% yoy, with GPMs of 54.7/ 45.1% (+0.3/-2.4pp yoy). The yoy increase in green power revenue was largely due to rising power output driven by increased installed capacity, and the yoy drop in PV power GPM due to a lowered on-grid tariff on a rising proportion of grid-parity projects and market-based power trading. By end-June, installed green power capacity made up 75.86% of JEP’s total, contributing RMB818mn (57%) to 1H24 NP.
Per-kWh profit of coal-fired power improved in 1H24
In 1H24, combined revenue from coal-fired power and heat fell 0.6% yoy (coal- fired power revenue -7.2% yoy; heat revenue +28% yoy), with corresponding GPM of 15.7% (+2.5pp yoy). At end-June 2024, JEP’s installed coal-fired power capacity remained flat yoy/hoh, while the GPM climbed 3.4pp yoy, primarily due to a yoy drop in coal prices and increased profit from ancillary services. In 1H24, the profit per kWh from coal-fired power improved, and losses in heat segment reduced.
Hydrogen and energy storage business well on track
For the hydrogen energy segment, JEP is developing the Da’an Base, and is to put the Da’an integrated wind & PV green hydrogen and ammonia synthesis project into operation in 4Q24. JEP has obtained approval for capacity construction of 2.36GW for five projects, including Da’an and Lishu wind & PV green hydrogen biomass coupled green methanol projects. For energy storage, according to JEP’s official WeChat account, by end-2023, it had developed lead-carbon battery energy storage stations with capacity of 3GWh, and had reserved projects exceeding 10 GWh. This makes it the first central energy enterprise in China achieving large-scale and commercial lead-carbon battery energy storage.
Risks: greater coal price hikes than we expect; falling utilization hours; slower progress in projects under construction than scheduled.