Order Growth Robust, Margins Under Short-Term Pressure
发布时间:2026-10-25 来源:华泰证券
Sinoma International has reported 9M26 revenue of RMB31,941mn (-3.20% YoY), an attributable net profit of RMB1,288mn (-37.91% YoY), and a recurring net profit of RMB1,299mn (-29.82% YoY). For 3Q26, revenue was RMB10,679mn (-5.68% YoY, -9.17% QoQ) and the attributable net profit was RMB354mn (-45.75% YoY, -26.05% QoQ), missing our expectation (RMB500mn), primarily due to geopolitical tensions abroad that drove up costs, weighed on the GPM, and caused higher asset impairments. New contract signings remained resilient in 9M26 (+7% YoY). We expect earnings to improve alongside project execution. Maintain BUY.
GPM fell YoY on rising expense ratios
For 9M26, the overall GPM tightened by 0.15pp YoY to 17.03%. For 3Q26, the GPM was 17.53% (-0.53pp YoY, +0.47pp QoQ). The overall expense ratio rose by 1.25pp YoY to 10.19% in 9M26, with the sales/administrative/R&D/financial expense ratios up by 0.01/0.26/0.34/0.64pp YoY. For 3Q26, the overall expense ratio climbed by 0.95pp YoY to 10.71%, largely reflecting higher R&D investments. Impairment losses totaled RMB487mn for 9M26 (+RMB166mn YoY), including RMB294mn for 3Q26 (+RMB98mn YoY). Consequently, the 3Q26 attributable NPM stood at 3.32% (-2.45pp YoY, -0.76pp QoQ).
Cash flows improved notably YoY
The operating cash inflow reached RMB226mn in 9M26 (+RMB855mn YoY), with the cash receipts-to-revenue ratio at 96.1% (+11.73pp YoY) and the cash payment-to-cost ratio at 94.4% (+9.49pp YoY). For 3Q26, the net operating cash inflow was RMB383mn (down RMB405mn YoY). At end-3Q26, contract liabilities rose significantly by RMB1,669mn YoY to RMB10,512mn, pointing to a growing pipeline of effective projects. The debt-to-asset ratio stood at about 62.3% (+1.62pp YoY, +0.32pp vs end-1H26), while the interest-bearing debt ratio was 11.2% (-0.64pp YoY, -0.27pp vs end-1H26).
Resilient order growth in 9M26
New contracts signed reached RMB64.3bn in 9M26 (+7% YoY), including RMB19.7bn in 3Q26 (+6% YoY), underpinned by a recovery in domestic engineering and solid progress in overseas operations. By business, new contracts for engineering services/equipment manufacturing/operation services were RMB37.5/6.6/18.3bn in 9M26 (-4/-8/+53% YoY). By region, domestic new contracts totaled RMB19.5bn (+5% YoY), with engineering services/equipment manufacturing/operation services at +45/-24/-1% YoY. Overseas new contracts reached RMB44.8bn (+8% YoY), accounting for 69.7% of total new signings, with engineering services/equipment manufacturing/operation services at -11/+6/+187% YoY.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given heightened overseas geopolitical uncertainties, which disrupted project execution and elevated construction costs, we lower our 2026/2027/2028 attributable net profit forecasts by 17.55/17.80/18.53% to RMB1,996/2,024/ 2,057mn. We value the stock at 11.0x 2026E PE, in line with its peers’ average on Wind consensus. Our updated target price is RMB8.38 (previous: RMB10.16, based on 11.0x 2026E PE vs peers' average of 10.0x). Maintain BUY.
Risks: slower-than-expected equipment manufacturing market share gains, lower-than-expected increments from cement production lines and mine O&M, a sharp decline in cement companies' investment.