Wind Power Tariffs Improved Marginally
发布时间:2026-05-06 来源:华泰证券
China Longyuan’s 1Q26 revenue fell by 4% YoY to RMB7,868mn; the attributable net profit slid by 15% YoY to RMB1,624mn; and the recurring net profit dropped by 12% YoY to RMB1,639mn. Its attributable NP was in line with our estimate of RMB1,400-1,800mn. The capacity of wind and PV power generation expanded steadily, while weaker wind resources dragged down wind power output. In 1Q26, wind power tariffs rose YoY/QoQ, while PV power tariffs remained low. The net profit per kWh edged down YoY but rose notably QoQ. Backed by mechanism-based electricity tariffs and growing environmental value, long-term returns on renewable-energy power plants are likely to stabilize, in our view. China Longyuan’s fundamentals are approaching an upward inflection point. Maintain BUY on both the A- and H-shares.
Power generation capacity expanded steadily
For 1Q26, newly added consolidated installed capacity was 279.27MW, consisting of 222.95MW of wind power capacity and 56.32MW of PV power capacity. As of end-1Q26, consolidated installed capacity was 46.27GW (+12.5% YoY), consisting of 32.37GW of wind power capacity and 13.90GW of PV power capacity. Due to YoY weaker wind resources in some regions, in 1Q26, the average utilization hours of wind turbines fell by 65 hours YoY to 520 hours, and wind power output slid by 7.3% YoY to 16,476mn kWh. By region, power output in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Gansu, and Xinjiang grew YoY, while power output in Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu (onshore), Jiangsu (offshore), Fujian, and Hainan fell YoY. The capacity of PV power continued to ramp up, and average hours rebounded YoY, with PV power output up by 33.3% YoY to 3,344mn kWh.
Raise earnings forecasts and target prices
As wind power capacity additions and tariffs beat our expectations, we raise our 2026/2027/2028 attributable net profit forecasts by 2.5/9.5/10.1% to RMB4,489/5,520/6,650mn (2026-2028 CAGR of 14%), with EPS of RMB0.54/0.66/0.80. Our A-share target price is RMB18.90 (previous: RMB17.68), based on 35x 2026E PE, a discount to its peers’ average of 39x on Wind consensus, considering that our forecast for the company’s 2026-2028 attributable net profit CAGR (14%) is lower than its peers’ average (28%). Our H-share target price is HKD8.00 (previous: HKD7.68), based on 13x 2026E PE, a premium over its peers’ average of 10x on Wind consensus, as our forecast for the company’s 2026-2028 attributable net profit CAGR (14%) is higher than its peers’ average (-0.3%).
Risks: sharper power tariff declines than we expect; weaker wind resources than we expect; a higher curtailment rate than we expect; slower power generation capacity additions than we expect; and lower subsidy receipts than we expect.