Accelerating Smart Computing Pipelines in an Upcycle
发布时间:2026-04-21 来源:华泰证券
AtHub has reported 2025 revenue/attributable net profit(NP)of RMB1,721/139mn(+0.02/+4.95%YoY),with the latter slightly missing our estimate of RMB155mn owing to asset-impairment provisions.We attribute the steady earnings growth mainly to stable earnings contribution from cabinets that were already in operation and rising cabinet utilization driven by robust industry demand.In September 2025,AtHub officially established asmart computing business unit.Leveraging its proprietary technological expertise,resources,and market influence in the data center sector,the company is building an end-to-end smart computing ecosystem spanning foundational computing power support,mid-level technological enablement,and upper-layer industry-specific applications.In the long run,we think that the domestic AI industry’s development could continue to provide incremental demand for the IDC market,signaling higher rack utilization rates and improved S/D dynamics.As aleading IDC operator,the company stands to benefit,in our opinion.
Operating power capacity was 401MW
As aprofessional third-party data center operation service provider,AtHub has 35 data centers across Ulanqab,Zhangbei,Shenzhen(Guangdong),Heyuan,etc.As of end-2025,its total operating power capacity was 401MW,ranking at the forefront of the domestic market.By segment,for 2025,revenue from IDC services edged down by 0.85%YoY to RMB1,696mn,mainly due to the expiration of asmall number of data center contracts;revenue from IDC solutions rose by 169%YoY to RMB22mn;revenue from the newly-added smart computing segment was RMB3.53mn.In our view,AI is bringing opportunities for S/D improvements to the domestic data center industry.AtHub,as adomestic leader,stands to benefit from afresh AIGC-driven upcycle.
GPM gradually improved
For 2025,the GPM climbed by 6.56pp YoY to 37.56%,with profitability rallying on improving cabinet utilization amid an AI-driven demand recovery.For 2025,the sales/administrative/R&D/financial expense ratios changed by+0.05/-0.42/+0.45/-0.59pp YoY to 0.30/3.92/5.54/5.16%.R&D investment edged up,mainly as AtHub took smart computing capabilities as its core earnings growth driver,with key pipelines including 3D video processing technology and smart computing power monitoring applications.In addition,to be prudent,the company charged provisions for various asset impairments(totaling RMB196mn)in 2025,including asset-impairment provisions for old equipment in data centers such as Hangzhou AtHub and Shanghai Changjiangkou AtHub,and goodwill impairment provisions for Jingyun Company.These one-off items dented short-term profit.
Optimistic about long-term growth potential,maintain BUY
We think that this round of AIGC demand could drive the data center industry into anew upcycle.Increasing demand for new applications such as Digital China and AIGC could help AtHub maintain its EBITDA and profit growth momentum.Considering that its existing projects have basically completed racking,and the preparation and preliminary construction for new smart computing centers should still take time,we lower our 2026/2027 EBITDA forecasts by 9/17%to RMB1,067/1,118mn(previous:RMB1,173/1,345mn)and introduce our 2028 forecast of RMB1,268mn.As AtHub is accelerating its smart computing pipelines,we think that it is poised to benefit from this AI cycle,supported by its previous resource and expertise reserves.We thus value the stock at 32.0x 2026E EV/EBITDA,a premium over its peers’average of 22.28x on Wind consensus.Our target price is RMB48.10(previous:RMB40.56 based on 28.0x 2025E EV/EBITDA).Maintain BUY.
Risks:lower customer utilization rate and slower project construction/delivery than we expect.