1H26 Profit Edged Down on Constrained Expressway Segment
发布时间:2026-08-25 来源:华泰证券
CEVIA has released its interim report, with 1H26 revenue of RMB3,270mn (+1.67% YoY), an attributable NP of RMB571mn (-3.12% YoY), and a recurring NP of RMB535mn (-3.68% YoY). For 2Q26, revenue was RMB1,644mn (-2.15% YoY, +1.10% QoQ), and the attributable NP was RMB256mn (-18.85% YoY, -18.36% QoQ), below our previous estimate (RMB331-366mn), due to pressure on the expressway business and credit-impairment losses exceeding our expectations. In 1H26, the company saw steady growth in solid-waste treatment (SWT) operating metrics such as waste intake, on-grid power generation, and heat supply, with free cash flow surging by 95% YoY. We think that the company’s coordinated efforts in external expansion and internal efficiency improvement may support a valuation re-rating, and maintain BUY.
1H26 SWT business revenue grew robustly
By segment: 1) SWT revenue was RMB1,592mn (+9.16% YoY), with newly added domestic projects in Lianjiang and Shou County driving waste intake up by 6.43% YoY to 6,055,700 tonnes, and the implementation of five heat supply retrofit projects including Luohe driving external steam supply up by 19.05% YoY to 718,500 tonnes. Overseas expansion progressed steadily, whereas the company received a conditional letter of award for the Bogor II waste-to-energy project in Indonesia. 2) Expressway revenue was RMB611mn (-6.41% YoY), with rising oil prices increasing vehicle travel costs and leading to slight YoY declines in traffic volume and toll income. 3) Environmental sanitation services revenue was RMB553mn (+34.94% YoY), and as of 1H26 the company had 49 environmental sanitation service projects in operation with an annualized contract value of approximately RMB1,290mn.
1H26 accounts receivable up 11% vs end-2025
As of 1H26, the company’s accounts receivable stood at RMB5,719mn, up by 11% from end-2025, and the company recognized credit-impairment losses of RMB74.88mn in 1H26 (+101% YoY). The company’s 1H26 net operating cash flow fell by 8.53% YoY to RMB893mn, capex (cash paid for the acquisition/ construction of fixed assets, intangible assets, and other long-term assets) dropped by 45.73% YoY to RMB390mn, and free cash flow surged by 94.77% YoY to RMB503mn. We think that the company’s environmental protection operations continue to improve in efficiency, its peak capex period has passed, and its free cash flow is likely to keep growing, providing potential for higher dividends.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We forecast attributable NP of RMB1,307/1,385/1,488mn for 2026/2027/2028 (down by 5/6/6% vs our previous estimates), with EPS of RMB2.04/2.16/2.32, reflecting strain on the expressway business and asset impairments exceeding our expectations in 1H26, leading us to lower our expressway revenue and gross margin forecasts and raise our credit-impairment forecast. For 2026, we forecast EPS from environmental protection/expressway operations at RMB1.29/0.74. Based on the average 2026E PEs of 10.0x for environmental-protection peers and 13.7x for expressway peers on iFinD consensus (previous: 10.4x/13.0x), and factoring in uncertainties in environmental-project expansion outside Henan/overseas and in expressway-traffic recovery, we apply 8.0x/10.4x 2026E PE, with our target price at RMB18.46 (previously: RMB19.49, based on 8.3x/10.4x 2026E PE for the environmental protection/expressway segments).
Risks: Collection of account receivables and efficiency improvement missing our expectations.