NIM Recovery Supports Earnings Improvement
发布时间:2026-05-01 来源:华泰证券
For 1Q26,CRCB reported YoY growth of 5.1%,8.4%,and 12.9%in attributable NP,revenue,and PPOP,respectively.The growth rates changed by-0.28pp,+7.03pp,and+11.00pp versus full-year 2025,with earnings remaining solid.Annualized ROA and ROE were 0.95%and 11.95%,down by 0.04pp and 0.05pp YoY,respectively.The bank expanded at arelatively fast pace in 1Q26.The NIM stabilized and rose by 9bp,which helped net interest income growth improve further.Effective cost control was the main driver of revenue improvement.Non-interest income faced some pressure because of ahigh base in investment-related gains.Asset quality remained broadly stable,with the NPL ratio edging down QoQ and the provision coverage ratio still staying at arelatively high level.We think that the bank’s new community ecosystem strategy should support efficient,high-quality customer acquisition.Maintain OVERWEIGHT/BUY for the A-/H-shares.
Accelerated NII growth and astable NIM rebound
At the end of March,total assets,loans,and deposits grew by 9.7%,11.5%,and 7.0%YoY,respectively.The growth rates changed by-0.3pp,-0.1pp,and-2.2pp versus 2025.For 1Q26,retail,corporate,and bill financing accounted for-26%,143%,and-17%of incremental lending,respectively.New loans were mainly driven by corporate lending.Bill financing continued to shrink,and the credit mix kept improving.For 1Q26,net interest income(NII)rose by 15.1%YoY,up by 7.2pp from the end of 2025.The NIM increased by 9bp QoQ to 1.69%in 1Q26.On the liability side,repricing of maturing time deposits helped the NIM stabilize and recover.For 1Q26,the bank sought to transform its retail business around acommunity commerce ecosystem,with initiatives such as Yu Kuai Hui.It encouraged individual customers and merchant customers to build acommunity ecosystem together.In 1Q26,Yu Kuai Hui helped add 2.97mn retail customers,taking the total to 29.69mn,or more than 90%of Chongqing's population.New Yu Kuai Hui customers contributed 114%of net AUM growth in 1Q26,which validates the community ecosystem strategy as an effective path for retail business transformation.
Target 2026E PBs at 0.70x/0.68x for CRCB-A/H
We forecast attributable NP at RMB13.1bn,RMB14.2bn,and RMB15.6bn for 2026,2027,and 2028,broadly unchanged from our previous estimates.Our 2026E BVPS forecast is RMB12.38,implying A/H 2026E PBs of 0.60x and 0.50x.Comparable companies trade at average A/H 2026E PBs of 0.53x and 0.46x on Wind consensus.Given the bank’s solid advantage in county-level market coverage,we think that it deserves avaluation premium.We therefore maintain our 2026E target PBs of 0.70x for CRCB-A and 0.68x for CRCB-H.We maintain our target prices of RMB8.67 and HKD9.57.Maintain OVERWEIGHT for CRCB-A and BUY for CRCB-H.