Results In Line With Guidance, Integration Accelerating
发布时间:2026-04-07 来源:华泰证券
TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy (TZE) has announced 2025 results: revenue was RMB29.05bn (+2.2% YoY); attributable net profit (NP) was a loss of RMB9.26bn (narrowing by 5.6% YoY), broadly in line with prior guidance (loss of RMB8.2-9.6bn). Revenue grew steadily but the company still recorded losses, which we believe was mainly due to profitability pressure caused by supply-demand imbalance in the PV industry and asset impairment provisions of RMB3.91bn. Looking ahead to 2026, constrained by industry demand pressure and supply-side optimization, prices across the main PV industry chain may remain at low levels, posing short-term operating pressure. However, we expect the company to continue advancing its integrated and global strategic layout, potentially benefiting from industry consolidation and competitive landscape restructuring. The semiconductor business is likely to serve as a new growth driver. Maintain BUY.
Silicon wafers: solid No.1 position; short-term pressure
TZE's PV wafer business consolidated its global leadership. For 2025, revenue reached RMB12.24bn, with shipments of 13.35bn wafers and market share maintaining No.1 in the industry. Through optimizing material composition, enhancing production efficiency, and reducing unit energy consumption, wafer processing costs declined by more than 40% YoY, EBITDA improved by RMB1.92bn YoY, and gross margin increased by 1.1pp YoY. Driven by technological innovation, the company continues product iteration to meet customers' demand for larger-size, thinner, and higher-efficiency wafers. Shipments of G12 series products rose by 40.8% YoY. Looking ahead to 2026, wafer prices may remain low due to weakening industry demand; however, we expect the company to reduce losses through cost reduction and efficiency improvements.
Battery modules: advancing integration and globalization
TZE has established a portfolio of high-efficiency module products including BC, half-cell, and multi-split-cell technologies. Leveraging the dual-brand matrix of TCL Solar and SUNPOWER, both revenue and shipments increased significantly. For 2025, PV module revenue reached RMB9.32bn (+60.5% YoY), with shipments of 15.1GW (+82% YoY), among which overseas markets achieved GW-level breakthroughs. TZE continues deepening its integrated layout. In January 2026, it plans to acquire DAS Solar to consolidate high-quality battery module production capacity. The company and its subsidiaries possess globally leading patent portfolios in BC cell modules and shingled modules. In February 2026, a subsidiary signed a Patent License Agreement with Aiko Solar, authorizing the use of BC patents globally (excluding the US) and collecting licensing fees. Looking ahead, we expect the company's continued push for integration and globalization to strengthen its competitive advantage in BC cell modules and drive steady shipment growth.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Considering that price recovery in the PV industry chain remains uncertain, we lower our revenue and gross margin assumptions for the wafer business and revise our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts to RMB-2,332/+2,503mn (previous: RMB1,140/2,556mn). We forecast attributable NP of RMB4,749mn in 2028, corresponding to EPS of RMB-0.58/+0.62/+1.17 for 2026/2027/2028. We expect the global energy transition to support mid-to-long-term PV demand, while the exit of inefficient capacity could improve industry competition. Profitability across the industry chain is likely to return to a reasonable level by 2027. We value the stock at 17.59x 2027E PE, at par with its peers' average on Wind consensus, with our target price lowered to RMB10.91 (previous: RMB11.01, based on 39.3x 2026E PE). Maintain BUY.
Risks: PV installations and price recovery across the PV industry chain falling short of our expectations.