NT Profit Pressure, Promising New Business Breakthroughs
发布时间:2026-04-22 来源:华泰证券
Neway CNC has reported 2025 revenue of RMB2.9bn(+17.52%YoY),and an attributable NP of RMB304mn(-6.43%YoY).For 4Q25,revenue reached RMB823mn(+31.06%YoY,+4.03%QoQ),while the attributable NP was RMB98mn(+0.40%YoY,+28.48%QoQ).For 2025,revenue was slightly above our previous estimate of RMB2.8bn,while the attributable NP was below our previous estimate of RMB364mn.The profit decline mainly reflected higher depreciation after the commissioning of Phase IV and alower gross margin amid intense market competition.Given the company’s long-term growth potential against abackdrop of industry upgrading and domestic substitution,we remain positive on its follow-up development;maintain BUY.
Profit pressure in near term,management efficiency improved
For 2025,the gross margin was 20.89%(-2.79pp YoY),while the net margin was 10.52%(-2.69pp YoY).The decline mainly reflected higher depreciation after Phase IV came on stream and lower gross margin amid intense competition.For 4Q25,the quarterly gross margin reached 21.44%,up by 2.97pp YoY and 0.09pp QoQ,indicating amoderate recovery.In terms of operating expenses,the total expense ratio was 11.09%in 2025,down by 0.49pp YoY.Specifically,the selling expense ratio was 4.50%,down by 0.65pp YoY,and the G&A expense ratio was 1.50%,down by 0.21pp YoY.The financial expense ratio rose by 0.17pp YoY to 0.33%,mainly due to changes in FX gains and losses.The R&D expense ratio edged up by 0.20pp YoY to 4.77%,mainly because the company continued to step up R&D,leading to higher spending on R&D-related materials and employee compensation.The company has always treated R&D innovation as an organic growth driver,and its talent team has clear scale advantages,in our view.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given intensifying competition in the machine tool industry,we revise down our 2026 and 2027 attributable NP estimates to RMB337mn and RMB397mn,downward revisions of 23.47%and 20.66%,respectively.We introduce our 2028 attributable NP estimate of RMB465mn.We project EPS at RMB0.74,RMB0.87,and RMB1.02.Based on 26x 2026E PE,in line with the average for comparable companies on iFind consensus,our target price is cut to RMB19.10(previously RMB21.12,on 22x 2026E PE).