Earnings Grew Strongly on Price Hikes
发布时间:2026-08-30 来源:华泰证券
Chihong Zn&Ge has reported its 1H26 results: 1H26 revenue was RMB13,837mn, up 30.8% YoY; attributable NP was RMB1,590mn, up 70.6% YoY, in line with the company's previous forecast (attributable NP of RMB1,550-1,750mn). For 2Q26, revenue was RMB7,476mn, up 37.5% YoY and up 17.5% QoQ; attributable NP was RMB928mn, up 112.0% YoY and up 40.3% QoQ. The earnings growth was driven by rising prices of major metals such as zinc and germanium. Looking ahead, with smelting capacity fully released and the precious metals comprehensive recovery business continuing to grow, we maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Reserve increase and entrusted assets offer increment
As of end-1H26, the company held proven lead-zinc resources exceeding 32mn tonnes, of which 6.715mn tonnes of lead-zinc metal were filed at operating mines, along with 614 tonnes of germanium resources. The company plans to implement 21 exploration projects in 2026, of which the controlled Wumeng Mining has identified 2.32mn tonnes of lead-zinc metal, with subsequent exploration and mining-dressing project construction likely to contribute incremental resource. On entrusted assets, the Yunnan Copper Zinc 150ktpa zinc smelting project commenced production in January 2026; the Jinding Zinc & Germanium 2.6mtpa open-pit mining technical renovation and expansion project has completed construction and obtained the safety production license, with the 10kt/day sulfide ore dressing plant under construction. If these assets meet injection conditions in the future, they could further enhance the company's resources and capacity.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given the significant rise in zinc and other metal prices in 1H26, we raise our 2026 earnings forecast. We project 2026/2027/2028 attributable NP of RMB2,811/2,851/3,010mn (+14.69/-0.73/-1.75% for 2026/2027/2028 from prior estimates), representing a three-year CAGR of 42.72%, with EPS of RMB0.56/0.57/0.60. Based on the average 2026E PE of 19.4x for its peers on iFinD consensus, and considering the company's clear resource advantages in indium, germanium, and other precious metals, we assign a premium and maintain our 2026E PE of 20x, yielding our target price of RMB11.20. Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Risks: Lead-zinc prices falling more than we expect; project progress slower than we anticipate.