High-Compaction-Density LFP Leader Witnessing a Profit Cycle
发布时间:2026-05-29 来源:华泰证券
Fulin Precision has posted 2025 and 1Q26 results: 2025 revenue was RMB13,482mn (+59.17% YoY) and attributable NP was RMB428mn (+7.76% YoY). For 4Q25, revenue was RMB4,398mn (+69.95% YoY, +34.42% QoQ) and attributable NP was RMB103mn (+19.04% YoY, -31.93% QoQ). For 1Q26, revenue was RMB5,054mn (+87.41% YoY, +14.93% QoQ) and attributable NP was RMB203mn (+63.87% YoY, +97.83% QoQ). The company's 2025 annual results missed our expectations of RMB568mn, likely in our view mainly due to GPM being lower than we expected under the impact of raw material price increases and capacity ramp-up. The company's 1Q26 results showed high growth, mainly due to high YoY shipment growth coupled with continued iteration and upgrading of high-compaction-density products. We are positive on the company's consolidation of its competitive advantage in the high-compaction-density LFP cathode material field, with earnings upside likely to unleash sustainably. Maintain BUY.
Expenses diluted, with impressive cash flow
For 4Q25, the company's GPM/NPM were 10.67/2.67% (-0.52/-0.62pp YoY); for 1Q26, GPM/NPM were 9.35/4.62% (-0.78/-0.14pp YoY). In terms of expense ratios, the overall expense ratios for 4Q25/1Q26 were 5.86/4.12% (-0.90/-2.06pp YoY), likely due to the dilution of expenses from economies of scale, in our view. Cash flow performance was outstanding, with net operating cash flow for 2025/1Q26 at RMB897/382mn (+55.94/+353.68% YoY). In terms of dividends, the total proposed dividend for 2025 was RMB171mn, accounting for 40% of attributable NP.
LiB materials: earnings grew strongly
The company has been strengthening its product and technology advantages in the new energy vehicle fast-charging market, with leading progress in fourth-gen and fifth-gen LFP, and deep cooperation with CATL. For 2025, the company's LFP material sales volume was 273.8kt (+117.06% YoY); GPM was 5.82% (+1.93pp YoY), with profitability improving. For 2025, subsidiary Jiangxi Shenghua's attributable NP was RMB175mn (turning profitable YoY), corresponding to a net profit per tonne of over RMB600. We estimate 1Q26 sales volume at approximately 80kt (with YoY growth rate exceeding 70%), with net profit per tonne exceeding RMB2,000. The company is accelerating its capacity expansion pace to match client demand, announcing in January a new project to build 500ktpa of high-end LFP for energy storage. Going forward, with the expansion of production and sales scale and the implementation of integrated cost reduction, the company's per-tonne profitability should in our view further improve.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We raise our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts by 2.23/47.54% to RMB1,940/4,074mn, and forecast 2028 attributable NP of RMB5,362mn (26-28 CAGR: 132%), implying 2026/2027/2028 EPS of RMB1.13/2.38/3.14. The upward revision is mainly due to the company's capacity construction to match top-tier client demand and the emergence of economies of scale. We raise our 2027 LFP material sales volume assumption and lower our 2026-2027 expense ratio assumptions. We value the LFP/auto parts segments at 28.6x/34.7x 2026E PE (on our 2026E EPS forecasts of RMB0.92/0.22), at par with their peers' averages on Wind consensus. Our target price is RMB33.79 (previous: RMB29.38, based on 23.9x/40.1x 2026E PE on Wind consensus).
Risks: Weaker downstream demand than we expect, raw material price volatility, intensified industry competition.