Effective Cost Control; Upbeat on Profit Growth
发布时间:2026-04-02 来源:华泰证券
Hundsun Technologies has reported 2025 revenue at RMB5,783mn(-12.13%YoY),with the attributable net profit at RMB1,231mn(+18.01%YoY)and the recurring net profit at RMB1,013mn(+21.46%YoY).Revenue/attributable net profit came in slightly above our estimates of RMB5,592/1,106mn.For 4Q25,revenue was RMB2,293mn(-4.19%YoY)with an attributable net profit of RMB776mn(+29.83%YoY).The revenue decline narrowed meaningfully versus the first three quarters of the year.While near-term performance remains constrained by soft financial IT sector demand,Hundsun’s strategic measures,including non-core business rationalization,enhanced cost discipline and receivables management,have driven steady profit quality improvement.We see medium-term earnings growth catalysts including:1)accelerated core system replacement under financial IT localization mandates;2)newly launched virtual asset operations in the Hong Kong SAR;and 3)AI-driven innovations.Maintain BUY.
Both attributable net profit and operating cash flow improved
The company prioritized revenue quality over absolute growth in 2025,reallocating resources to core product lines while scaling back non-core and loss-making segments.Regarding cost management,sales/administrative/R&D expenses declined by 21.72/18.99/11.33%YoY,with the operating expense ratio dropping by 1.63pp YoY—continuing the trend of expense growth lagging revenue growth.The gross margin for core operations remained industry-leading at 71.06%.The attributable net profit rose by 18.01%YoY to RMB1,231mn for 2025,primarily benefiting from effective expense reduction,increased fair-value gains,and increased investment income from associates.The operating cash flow rose by 22.91%YoY to RMB1,067mn,reflecting improvements in receivables management and cash flow quality.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given the company’s better revenue performance and cost control effectiveness than we expected,we raise our 2026/2027 attributable net profit forecasts to RMB1,411/1,691mn(previous:RMB1,262/1,457mn,representing increases of 11.81/16.06%),and introduce our new 2028 forecast of RMB2,065mn.Comparable companies trade at an average 2026E PE of 60x(iFind consensus).Applying a60x 2026E target PE,we raise our target price to RMB44.69(previous:RMB41.46,based on 71x 2025E PE),considering the higher profitability than we expected,coupled with our positive outlook on the company’s