Profit Beat, Net Operating Cash Flow Up 12% yoy
发布时间:2024-11-05 来源:华泰金融(HK)
For 3Q24, CEVIA’s revenue grew 16.24% yoy or 19.15% qoq to RMB1,828mn; attributable net profit (NP) jumped 31.68% yoy or 39.99% qoq to RMB374mn (ahead of our forecast of RMB256-284mn), which we attribute to the increase in revenue from environmental protection engineering and the improvement in environmental protection operation business. CEVIA logged revenue/attributable NP/recurring NP of RMB4,719/864/854mn for 9M24 (-1.87/-1.54/-1.66% yoy). Positioned as a provincial state-owned environmental protection platform backed by Henan Investment Group (its controlling shareholder), CEVIA boasts high-quality assets in the fields of solid waste, water and expressways, boding well for consistently robust development, in our view. BUY.
Net operating cash flow/capex changed by +12/-28% yoy in 9M24
For 3Q24, gross profit climbed 13.04% yoy to RMB775mn, with GPM down 1.20pp yoy to 42.41%; overall expenses contracted 8.35% yoy to RMB267mn, and NPM expanded 2.97pp yoy to 22.13%. As of 30 September, net operating cash flow swelled 12.32% yoy to RMB1.12bn, while capex fell 28.36% yoy to RMB1,376mn; receivables went up 39.93% yoy to RMB3,567mn, and debt-to-asset ratio dropped 1.58pp yoy to 69.00%. For 2024-2026, as environmental protection operation projects under construction come on stream, we expect operating cash flow to increase, capex to narrow, and profit quality to continue improving; and we see room for dividend payout ratio expansion.
Backed by Henan Investment Group, expanding engineering biz.
In September, CWKM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CEVIA, won a bid for the Henan Yicheng Holdings Investment Building 21-Floor Renovation Project valued at RMB2,709.1k; in 2024 ytd (as of 29 October 2024), transactions between CEVIA and related parties like Henan Investment Group have amounted to RMB1,202mn.
Raise our target price to RMB17.29
We maintain our 2024/2025/2026 attributable NP forecasts of RMB1,079/1,173/1,278mn, with environmental protection/expressway operation attributable NP for 2025 at RMB616/557mn. We value the solid waste treatment/expressway operation segments at 7.8/11.3x 2025E PE, a discount to/at par with their peers’ averages of 9.7/11.3x on Wind consensus; the former’s discount is based on uncertain solid waste treatment service expansion outside Henan province/overseas. Our target price is RMB17.29 (previous: RMB16.48), corresponding to 9.5x 2025E PE.
Risks: waste-to-energy (WTE) project operating risks; slower efficiency improvement; disappointing construction-segment expansion.