API Revenue Resumed Growth in 2Q26
发布时间:2026-09-11 来源:华泰证券
The company announced that 1H26 revenue/attributable net profit(NP)/recurring attributable NP were RMB1,960/240/240mn(+4.8/-20.7/-9.3%YoY).For 2Q26,revenue/attributable NP/recurring attributable NP were RMB1,040/150/150mn(+20.8/-8.3/+23.8%YoY).The company strengthened expense control,with the overall expense ratio down 9.9pp YoY.The decline in recurring NP was mainly due to falling API prices and asset impairment losses.Considering the clearing of volume-based procurement(VBP)risks,accelerated volume ramp-up of specialty formulations entering an intensive approval cycle,and the NDA filing for Omecamtiv mecarbil sodium,a class-1 new drug,we maintain BUY.
API revenue continued to recover
For 1H26,revenue from APIs and intermediates was RMB740mn(+1.5%YoY),including RMB413mn(+2.4%YoY)from proprietary APIs.We expect growth in the company’s API business to pick up again as pricing pressure in the non-regulated API market eases.Newchem revenue was RMB326mn(+7%YoY),and the trading company’s revenue was RMB1.36mn.We are positive on Newchem maintaining high-single-digit growth in 2H26 as overseas economies recover.
Formulations contributed arising share of revenue
For 1H26,formulation revenue was RMB1,197mn(+6.2%YoY),including RMB1,139mn(+3%YoY)from proprietary products and RMB61mn from distribution sales of the pharmaceutical expansion department.By department,sales revenue of gynecology and family planning formulation products was RMB204mn(-1%YoY),sales revenue of anesthesia and muscle relaxant formulation products was RMB49mn(-18%YoY),sales revenue of respiratory formulation products was RMB462mn(+4%YoY),sales revenue of dermatology formulation products was RMB135mn(+12%YoY),sales revenue of general-drug formulation products was RMB243mn(+4%YoY),and sales revenue of other externally purchased agency products was RMB5mn.With volume ramp-up of new products such as norethisterone enanthate,drospirenone and ethinylestradiol,and estradiol valerate,we expect formulation revenue to maintain growth momentum in 2H26.
Innovative pipelines on track
1)Gynecology:Products including drospirenone and ethinylestradiol,approved in April 2023;estradiol valerate,approved in July 2024;desogestrel and ethinylestradiol tablets;dydrogesterone,approved in May 2025;medroxyprogesterone acetate tablets,approved in April 2026;and estradiol tablets,approved in September 2025,are likely to ramp up rapidly after approval.The combined packaging of estradiol tablets/estradiol and dydrogesterone tablets,for which the company filed an NDA in December 2025,has entered review.
2)Anesthesia:Adamgammadex Sodium,a class-1 new drug,was approved for launch in June 2026,and we expect its peak sales to exceed RMB2bn.In January 2026,the company authorized Aspen China as the exclusive commercialization service provider in China.The company and Adamerck will each receive 50%of commercialization milestone payments and commercial benefits.The company has filed an NDA for CZ1S,a class-2 new drug for postoperative analgesia,in 1H26.CZ006,a class-2 new drug for postoperative analgesia,is in phase-I clinical trial.
3)Respiratory drugs:CZ4D,a class-2 new drug for pulmonary aspergillosis,is in phase-I clinical trial,while tiotropium bromide and olodaterol inhalation spray is in BE clinical trial.
Maintain BUY
We maintain our earnings forecasts and project 2026/2027/2028 attributable NP of RMB475/543/617mn(+5.55/+14.46/+13.63%YoY).Based on SOTP valuation,we value the company at RMB11,365mn(previous:RMB11,172mn),implying atarget price of RMB11.49(previous:RMB11.29).We raise our target price as generics peers trade at ahigher valuation multiple on average.Maintain BUY.
Risks:lower-than-expected product sales,price cuts,slower-than-expected R&D progress.