1H Bottom Line Improved on Business Climate Recovery
发布时间:2026-08-07 来源:华泰证券
Huafon Chemical has released its 1H26 results:revenue of RMB14,167mn(+16.73%YoY),an attributable net profit of RMB1,983mn(+101.64%YoY),and arecurring net profit of RMB1,973mn(+118.11%YoY).For 2Q26,revenue was RMB7,400mn(+27.09%YoY,+9.36%QoQ),with an attributable net profit of RMB1,314mn(+174.36%YoY,+96.55%QoQ).The 2Q26 net profit beat our estimate of RMB1,210mn,mainly due to lower expense ratios driven by higher revenue.We think that the company’s major capacity expansion cycle has peaked.As supply-side conditions recover and demand continues to grow,industry fundamentals should keep improving.We raise our profit forecasts.Maintain BUY.
Basic chemical/chemical fiber recover
In 1H26,the company’s chemical fiber/advanced chemical materials/basic chemical products segments generated revenues of RMB5,387/2,760/5,417mn,changing by 27.82%/-0.29%/+21.14%YoY,with gross margins of 22.02%/24.43%/21.22%,up by 3.37/3.63/16.85pp YoY.We attribute the adipic acid recovery to low industry inventory at the start of the year,rising raw-material costs,and intermittent supply tightness,which drove asignificant YoY improvement in prices and spreads.Spandex benefited from acyclical bottoming in the industry and the ramp-up of new capacity,delivering rapid revenue growth.The polyurethane resin business remained broadly stable,with rising raw-material costs passed through to downstream,leading to aYoY margin improvement.The company’s blended gross margin rose by 8pp YoY to 21.82%in 1H26.The overall expense ratio fell by 0.44pp YoY to 5.29%,helped by higher revenue scale.
Spandex recovery to sustain;adipic acid S/D to improve
According to baiinfo.com and oilchem.net,as of 30 July,the average prices for spandex/adipic acid/polyurethane shoe sole resin stood at RMB28,200/8,266/18,000 per tonne,up by 1%/down by 7%/up by 0.1%vs the 2Q26 averages,with the spreads shifting RMB+1,581/-248/+1,063 per tonne YoY.Spandex and shoe sole resin prices were broadly stable,while spreads widened further as cost pressures eased.With the spandex capacity expansion cycle largely over and downstream demand likely to keep growing,we expect spandex price and spread midpoints to trend higher.As the industry leader,Huafon should see its profit midpoint rise on the back of scale advantages and differentiated products.Adipic acid prices and spreads have pulled back sharply on weak demand,but with limited new capacity additions ahead,we expect profitability to improve as supply-side conditions self-correct.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We expect the company's industry cycle to bottom out in 2026,with S/D dynamics set to improve further.We raise our 2026/2027/2028 attributable net profit forecasts to RMB3.64/3.88/4.15bn(+24/15/12%from RMB2.93/3.37/3.72bn),with 96/7/7%YoY growth and EPS of RMB0.73/0.78/0.84.We apply 17x 2026E PE,in line with its peers’average on Wind consensus,to derive our target price of RMB12.41(prior:RMB13.57,on 23x 2026E PE).Maintain BUY.
Risks:downstream demand weakness,raw-material price volatility,and project execution below our expectations.