Rising Raw Material Prices May Drive Product Price Recovery
发布时间:2026-05-15 来源:华泰证券
Skshu Paint’s 2025 annual results: Revenue reached RMB12,527mn (+3.49% YoY), attributable net profit came in at RMB775mn (+133.45% YoY), and recurring net profit was RMB557mn (+278.22% YoY). Attributable net profit missed our estimate of RMB910mn, mainly due to larger-than-we-expected one-off goodwill impairment and debt settlement properties. For 4Q25, revenue was RMB3,136mn (+5.96% YoY, -12.29% QoQ), with attributable net profit of RMB31.30mn (+139.93% YoY, -89.83% QoQ). As the 2026 spring peak season in the property market fared well, we believe building materials retail will remain relatively buoyant. With Skshu’s new retail business model now in place, we remain constructive on its retail brand recognition in a maturing market. Maintain BUY.
Three new business formats advance steadily; margin improves
In 2025, revenue from decorative paints/project paints/base & auxiliary materials/waterproofing reached RMB3.4/3.89/3.66/1.00bn, changing +14.67/ -4.76/+12.04/-24.52% YoY. The three new business formats have entered rapid replication, driving solid growth in decorative wall paints and base & auxiliary materials. The project business remains constrained in the near term by weak property construction completions and extended collection cycles on urban renewal projects. Additionally, amid intense industry competition, Skshu proactively scaled back non-core operations such as waterproofing membranes. Overall gross margin rose 4.19pp YoY to 33.79% in 2025, with decorative paints/project paints/base & auxiliary materials/waterproofing margins at 50.8/37.6/22.2/14.6%, up 3.85/4.6/3.3/0.4pp YoY. Broad-based profitability improvement likely reflects easing industry competition, lower raw material costs, and a favorable product mix shift, in our view.
Expense control largely effective; receivables shrunk further
The total expense ratio for 2025 was 25.08%, down 0.63pp YoY. The selling, administrative, R&D and financial expense ratios were 16.06/5.82/2.26/0.93%, changing -0.17/+0.04/-0.09/-0.4pp YoY. Overall cost discipline tightened, though administrative expenses rose 4.17% YoY, due to rigid costs such as management compensation, depreciation and amortization. Full-year asset and credit impairment losses totaled RMB130mn each, down by a combined RMB88mn YoY, suggesting a narrowing impairment trend. Net accounts receivable on the balance sheet stood at RMB2,797mn at end-2025, down 13.5% YoY. We expect the risk exposure to further receivables impairment to continue shrinking. Net operating cash flow increased 85.19% YoY to RMB1,868mn in 2025, driven by higher cash collections and lower cash payments for goods.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given that impairment charges are non-operational and retail business momentum remains positive, we slightly raise our 2026/2027 earnings forecasts and introduce our 2028 forecast. We look for 2026/2027/2028 attributable net profit of RMB1,214/1,398/1,621mn (up 8.08%/1.93% from our previous 2026/2027 forecast), implying a three-year CAGR of 27.91% and EPS of RMB1.65/1.90/2.20. The peers’ average 2026E PE stands at 31x on Wind/Bloomberg consensus. Reflecting the strong retail characteristics of the coatings sector and the rapid replication phase of the company’s three new business formats, we assign a 2026 target PE of 35x, yielding a target price of RMB57.75 (from RMB53.19, previously based on 35x 2026E PE).
Risks: Weaker effect of property policy support than we expect, intensifying industry price competition, significant impairment on debt settlement properties.