Main Business Softened, Copper Cable Business Expands Rapidly
发布时间:2026-05-21 来源:华泰证券
Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Material has reported 1Q26 results, beginning with revenue of RMB2,032mn (+15.52% YoY) and attributable net profit of RMB231mn (-7.63% YoY). The profit decline stemmed from margin pressure in the power segment due to raw material price volatility. We believe rising demand for copper connectivity driven by AI super-nodes and the ramp-up of core capacity in high-speed communication cables will lift the company’s wallet share with customers and accelerate profit delivery. Maintain BUY.
R&D on higher data rates and capacity expansion on track
Revenue from communication cables reached RMB2,551mn in 2025, a 50% YoY increase, of which high-speed communication cables contributed RMB1,017mn, up 238% YoY. We estimate the high-speed cable business maintained strong growth momentum in 1Q26. Woer currently has over 20 imported core equipment units such as foamed-core wire extruders in place. It continues to innovate in the 224G high-speed cable category and has completed mass deliveries, while 448G cable samples have been developed and sent to key customers for validation. On the production front, as of 9 April 2026, capacity expansion projects at the Huizhou Shuikou Industrial Park, the Malaysia facility, and the Vietnam production base, along with equipment installation and commissioning, are all advancing steadily.
Gross margin under pressure in 1Q26; disciplined cost control
Overall gross margin came in at 30.46% in 1Q26, down 2.07pp YoY, mainly because higher raw material costs for high-margin high-voltage power products and wind power equipment were not passed through to product prices. We expect rapid growth in high-margin high-speed communication cables to lift overall gross margin. With cost control and sales ramp, the selling/administrative/R&D expense ratios stood at 5.15/4.30/5.65% in 1Q26, shifting +0.05/-0.10/+0.30pp YoY.
AI super-nodes driving copper connectivity demand
As Nvidia’s Blackwell and Rubin architectures evolve, copper connectivity retains its relative advantages in cost-effectiveness and low power consumption for short-reach interconnects within racks. We estimate the copper cable market for Nvidia super-node servers at c. RMB3.2/6.7bn in 2025/2026, implying a 106% YoY increase in 2026. As a leading domestic player in high-speed communication cables, Woer ranks among the top-tier in both production processes and equipment scale, with a downstream customer base that includes major copper connectivity names such as Amphenol, Molex, TE Connectivity, Volex, and Luxshare. As more core production lines reach full capacity in 2026, Woer should continue to deepen its penetration with key customers and effectively capture spillover demand.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We are bullish on Woer’s high-speed communication cable business as it benefits from rising AI short-reach interconnect demand both domestically and overseas. With its first-mover advantage in core equipment, Woer is well positioned to capture both share gains and new customer wins. Factoring in raw material price volatility in the core power business and exchange losses from RMB appreciation, we lower our gross margin assumptions for the power segment and raise future finance costs. Accordingly, we trim our 2026/2027/2028 attributable net profit forecasts to RMB1,831/2,364/2,777mn (-5%/-3%/-1% vs our previous estimates of RMB1,918/2,447/2,810mn). We assign a 2026E PE of 26.6x (in line with the 2026E PE for peers on Wind consensus; previous: 25x), yielding a target price of RMB34.80 (previous: RMB34.25). Maintain BUY.
Risks: Weaker demand for high-speed copper cables than we expect, weaker demand in the new energy business than we expect, intensifying industry competition, potential inaccuracies in market size estimates.