Brokerage and Investment Banking Drove Robust Growth
发布时间:2026-05-26 来源:华泰证券
For 2025, revenue was RMB8,457mn (+26.90% YoY), and attributable net profit (NP) was RMB2,277mn (+36.32% YoY), with all business lines recording YoY growth. For 1Q26, revenue was RMB2,429mn (+28.83% YoY), and attributable NP was RMB692mn (+18.83% YoY). Net income from brokerage, investment banking (IB), and asset management (AM) grew rapidly, while investments fluctuated temporarily. The company's overall earnings were robust. Given active market trading currently, we are optimistic about the solid growth potential for the full year. Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Brokerage: the core driver of earnings growth
The company has been improving its classified and tiered wealth management service (WMS) system, dynamically adapting differentiated products and strategies, and leveraging digital marketing platforms and customer strategy platforms to empower frontline operations. At the end of 2025, the total number of WMS customers rose by 22.84% YoY. In terms of customer mix, the proportion of young customers rose. Total customer assets expanded by 38.22% YoY. For 2025, the trading turnover of stocks and funds rose by 75.10%. For 2025, the sales value of financial products was RMB640.8bn (+34% YoY). For 2025/1Q26, net brokerage income was RMB2,918/903mn (+53/+49% YoY), continuing strong growth. The company adopted a prudent stance towards its credit business. At the end of 2025, the balance of margin trading and short selling was RMB30,311mn (+24.31% YoY), and the market share rose from 1.48% YoY to 1.63%. For 2025/1Q26, net interest income climbed by 12/18% YoY to RMB1,446/409mn, driven by growing interest income and falling interest expenses.
1Q26: net IB income jumped YoY
For 2025/1Q26, net IB income was RMB1,046/344mn (+15/+176% YoY). For 2025, the total lead underwriting amount of the company's equity financing business line was RMB3,178mn. The number of lead underwriting deals for IPOs and Beijing Stock Exchange listings ranked 10th (tied) in the market, and the number of lead underwriting deals for refinancing (including convertible bonds) ranked 8th in the market. For 2025, the company issued a total of 491 bonds (including convertible bonds), with a total lead underwriting amount of RMB135.23bn, both recording significant increases from the previous year. According to Wind, for 1Q26, the company's total equity underwriting scale was RMB5,024mn, ranking 7th in the sector.
AM revenue grew steadily, investment income fell in 1Q26
For 2025/1Q26, net AM income was RMB165/58mn (+53/+98% YoY). For 2025/1Q26, investment income was RMB2,062/489mn (+7/-20% YoY). At the end of 2025, the value of stocks booked under FVTPL was RMB1,252mn (-9% YoY), and the value of stocks booked under FVOCI was RMB318mn (zero in 2024). Total financial investments expanded to RMB45.9bn at the end of 1Q26 (+4% YTD), of which trading financial assets were RMB40.2bn (+3% YTD), other equity instrument investments were RMB530mn (-17% YoY), and other debt investments were RMB5,200mn (+17% YoY).
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Considering that equity market trading remains active even as external geopolitical uncertainties persist, we appropriately raise our assumption for market-wide stock & fund turnover and lower our assumption for investment income. We lift our 2026/2027 EPS forecasts by 1/4% to RMB0.71/0.83 and add our 2028 EPS forecast of RMB0.94. We estimate 2026 BVPS at RMB10.19, and value the stock at 1.1x 2026E PB, a premium over its peers' average of 0.9x on Wind consensus to factor in the company's considerable IB earnings upside potential and its relatively high equity underwriting ranking. To align with peers' lower valuation multiples, we cut our target price to RMB11.21 (previous: RMB13.31, based on 1.4x 2025E PB). Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Risks: Business development falling short of our expectations, market fluctuations.