Significant Performance Recovery in 4Q25
发布时间:2026-04-08 来源:华泰证券
CTJ has reported 2025 revenue of RMB827mn (+0.32% YoY), an attributable net profit of RMB101mn (-3.41% YoY), and a recurring net profit of RMB93.50mn (-7.23% YoY). The YoY decline in the attributable net profit was mainly due to higher credit impairment losses and increased R&D spending. The full-year operating cash flow rose by 45.21% YoY, indicating a marked improvement in earnings quality. The annual results were above our expectations (our forecasts: RMB706mn in revenue, -14.38% YoY; and RMB42.58mn in attributable net profit, -59.23% YoY). We remain positive on AI empowering the company’s traditional businesses and on the growth prospects of new businesses such as smart healthcare insurance and electronic vouchers. Maintain BUY.
4Q25 revenue and profit turned upward
For 4Q25, revenue reached RMB464mn (+39.9% YoY), while the attributable net profit reached RMB165mn (+69.1% YoY). The strong rebound in the 4Q25 results reflected the company’s active push in AI enablement and new businesses, reversing the decline seen in the first three quarters of the year. In 2025, the operating expense ratio, selling expense ratio, administrative expense ratio, and R&D expense ratio were 41.27%, 12.87%, 7.22%, and 24.12%, respectively, with YoY changes of -2.79, -0.79, +0.88, and -4.11 percentage points. Overall expense control was effective. At the same time, the company maintained relatively high R&D intensity in AI and new businesses / products. The increase in the administrative expense ratio was mainly owing to higher severance compensation. The gross margin was 58.92% for 2025 (-0.82 pp YoY), remaining stable at a relatively high level.
Steady payment digitalization revenue growth
1) Payment digitalization: revenue reached RMB511mn in 2025 (+5.83% YoY), with the gross margin at 66.18%, (+2.42pp YoY). The company continued to deepen the core value of its e-voucher repository as a key piece of fiscal digital infrastructure, while expanding into new applications such as non-tax remittance, reconciliation, and social security fund digitalization, which supported steady revenue growth. 2) Smart fiscal: revenue was RMB200mn (-9.00% YoY), with the gross margin at 43.89% (-9pp YoY). 3) Government-enterprise digital transformation service: revenue was RMB109mn (-4.03% YoY), with the gross margin at 54.68%, (-4.46pp YoY). The temporary fluctuations in revenues and gross margins for smart fiscal and government-enterprise digital transformation service mainly reflected continued optimization of spending structures by government-side clients and the company’s stronger expansion efforts into new regions and new customers.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given that the company’s 2025 revenue and earnings growth exceeded our expectations, we raise our attributable net profit forecasts for 2026E and 2027E to RMB154mn and RMB242mn from RMB142mn and RMB230mn previously, upward revisions of 8.75% and 5.23%, respectively. We also introduce our 2028E attributable net profit forecast of RMB348mn. Comparable companies are trading at 36x 2026E PE on Wind consensus. We think that the company may deliver greater earnings elasticity in 2026 as it turns around from its difficult period. Hence, we assign a target 2026E PE of 65x. Our target price is RMB28.35 (previous: RMB26.07, on 65x 2026E PE). The target price change mainly reflects the revisions to our earnings forecasts. We remain positive on the future growth prospects of the company’s new businesses and maintain BUY.
Risks: fiscal policy implementation falling short of our expectations, market competition intensifies, and other related risks.