Pumped Storage Asset Injection to Contribute Additional Earnings
发布时间:2026-05-15 来源:华泰证券
Zhongmin Energy's 2025 revenue was RMB1,607mn (-8% YoY), and recurring net profit was RMB499mn (-20% YoY). Attributable net profit fell by 20% YoY to RMB522mn, missing our estimate of RMB582mn, mainly owing to RMB68mn in asset impairment provisions booked in 4Q25 and the expiration of income tax incentives for some offshore wind power projects. For 4Q25, revenue was RMB527mn (-18% YoY), and attributable net profit was RMB194mn (-20% YoY). The company has abundant projects pending construction, and we expect the injection of Mintou Pumped Storage to contribute incremental earnings. Maintain BUY.
Earnings dented by asset impairments/power output declines
Asset impairments dragged down annual earnings. In 2025, the company booked RMB68.17mn in asset impairment provisions, mainly for fixed assets showing signs of impairment. In 2025, total power output fell by 4.4% YoY to 2,875mn kWh. Wind power output from Fujian, the core support, slid by 3.5% YoY to 2,621mn kWh due to equipment failures of some offshore wind turbine units and a lower availability rate. Wind power output from Heilongjiang/PV power output from Xinjiang fell by 27.4/33.2% YoY due to weak regional wind resources and a YoY rise in the curtailment rate.
Impacts of subsidy expiration/market-traded tariffs surfaced
1) As early onshore wind power subsidies expired, the proportion of the company's market-traded power volume climbed by 49.2pp YoY to 98.4% in 2025, intensifying the volatility of on-grid tariffs. The company partially offset the pressure of subsidy phase-outs and market-traded tariff discounts by engaging in green electricity certificate trading to obtain clean energy premiums. 2) Income tax expenses surged. Due to the expiration of the "three-year exemption and three-year 50% reduction", income tax policies for the Pinghai Bay Offshore Wind Power Phase II and Pingtan Qingfeng Phase II projects, in 2025, income tax expenses climbed by RMB68mn YoY to RMB197mn, squeezing net profit margin.
Mintou Pumped Storage consolidated
1) Projects pending construction are abundant. Currently, the company's reserves include the Changle Zone B offshore wind farm, fishery-solar complementary PV power stations (Zhao'an Sidu and Fuqing Xincuo), and the Fuqing Jiaru wind farm upgrading project. Specifically, the three fishery-solar complementary projects in Fuqing have been selected into the 2025 list of PV power station development and construction projects in Fujian, with newly added installed capacity of 250,000 kW. We expect their subsequent commissioning to bolster earnings. 2) Asset injections completed: The company completed the change registration of business license regarding the 51% equity in Mintou Pumped Storage on 27 April 2026. We expect it to be consolidated and contribute incremental earnings in 2026. The Putian Pinghai Bay Offshore Wind Farm Phase III project has not yet met the injection conditions as it has not received the final subsidy verification result
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Considering that progress in the Changle offshore wind power/Fujian PV power projects was slower than we expected, we cut our 2026/2027 attributable net profit forecasts by 3.6/5.0% to RMB604/703mn and add our 2028 forecast of RMB730mn (3Y CAGR: 12%), implying 2026/2027/2028 EPS of RMB0.32/0.37/0.38. We value the stock at 23x 2026E PE, in line with its peers' average on Wind consensus. Our target price is RMB7.36 (previous: RMB6.27, based on 19x 2026E PE).
Risks: Delays in new project construction, worse subsidy compliance results than we expect, slower acquisitions of new projects than we expect.