Global Wind Main Shaft Leader Builds Diverse Growth Drivers
发布时间:2026-08-04 来源:华泰证券
We initiate Jinlei Technology at BUY with a 12-month A-share target price of RMB27, implying 18x 2026E PE. As a global leader in wind turbine main shafts, the company is executing a dual-engine strategy spanning forging and casting, while accelerating overseas expansion and maintaining an industry-leading market share. It is broadening its wind product portfolio into bearing housings, hub bases, and sliding bearings. Leveraging its integrated casting and forging production capabilities, Jinlei is also diversifying into precision shafts and spent nuclear fuel canisters, building multiple growth drivers.
Promising cast main shafts amid global wind power upcycle
Energy security and the clean energy transition are driving the global wind industry into a strong upcycle. In China, the Beijing Declaration on Wind Energy 2.0 sets out installation targets for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). In Europe, the Joint Offshore Wind Investment Pact for the North Sea targets 300GW of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea by 2050. GWEC forecasts 969.5GW of global new wind installations over 2026-2030, up 70% from 2021-2025, with onshore/offshore at 840/129.5GW. To meet the demand for larger, lower-cost, and lighter turbines, cast main shaft penetration is rising. We estimate penetration at 46/57/62% in 2025/2026/2027, implying market demand of 353/467/524kt.
Focus on forging & casting; leading peers in overseas expansion
Jinlei is reinforcing its wind power foundation by deepening its dual-engine strategy and expanding overseas. 1) Forging: Jinlei’s profitability outpaces peers, supported by advanced production processes, self-supplied raw materials, and a high-quality customer base. 2) Casting: Its products include main shafts, bearing housings, hubs, and bases. Casting capacity reached 100ktpa in 2025. As cast main shaft penetration rises, capacity utilization climbed to 102%. The company plans to add 80ktpa capacity in 2026 to meet customer demand. 3) New businesses: Jinlei is developing sliding bearings. It has delivered gearbox bearing samples and signed a prototype contract for main shaft bearings. 4) Overseas expansion: The company has built out its global customer base. It is a core forging main shaft supplier to Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, and Nordex, with overseas revenue contributing over 25% in recent years — among the highest in the industry. It is also pushing its casting business into global markets, having begun scaling offshore cast main shaft orders from Siemens Gamesa and completed casting product supplier certification with Vestas.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We forecast net profit attributable to shareholders at RMB479/562/693mn in 2026/27/28E, implying EPS of RMB1.50/1.75/2.16. Peer comps trade at an average 2026E PE of 13.8x on Wind consensus. Given Jinlei's category expansion and market development, which provide strong support for medium-to-long-term earnings growth, we assign an 18x 2026E PE, yielding a target price of RMB27. We initiate Jinlei at BUY.
Risks: lower-than-we-expected wind power installations, intensifying competition, slower-than-we-expected new business expansion, raw material price volatility, geopolitical uncertainty, and slower-than-we-expected capacity ramp-up.