2026: Jump in YTD New Orders
发布时间:2026-05-20 来源:华泰证券
Both Engineering’s 2025 revenue fell by 21.19% YoY to RMB4,133mn, and attributable net profit (NP) came down 3.34% YoY to RMB205mn, missing our estimates of RMB5,700mn and RMB240mn, respectively, mainly due to uncertainties in the external environment, conservative investment in the semiconductor and optoelectronics-related industries, and contracting order intakes/revenue recognition. For 2025, recurring NP was RMB196mn (-3.91% YoY). For 4Q25, revenue was RMB857mn (-39.08% YoY, +0.50% QoQ), and attributable NP was RMB72.21mn (+34.80% YoY, +45.99% QoQ). Considering robust AI demand and accelerating investments driven by import substitution, we expect orders to grow rapidly. Furthermore, the competitive landscape of the domestic semiconductor cleanroom industry could improve. Maintain BUY.
Downstream plant construction delayed in 2025
For 2025, semiconductor/new display/food & pharmaceutical/life science/other electronics revenues were RMB2,870/540/230/130/360mn (-22.5/-40.6/+30.6%/ -49.6%/+87.4% YoY). Short-term geopolitical disruptions impeded plant construction progress in the downstream pan-semiconductor industry and order settlement. For 2025, newly signed orders were RMB3,760mn (-30.6% YoY). By region, domestic/overseas revenues were RMB3,760/360mn (-25.45/+101.0% YoY). Overall GPM climbed by 1.93pp YoY to 11.93%, which we attribute partly to the initial success of the company's "quality and efficiency enhancement" strategy. In addition, competitors from Germany and China's Taiwan region temporarily shifted their strategic focus to overseas markets, and central SOE competitors returned to the SASAC's "one profit and five ratios" evaluation standards after their performance commitments concluded. These factors may bring a phased improvement to the competitive landscape in the Chinese mainland market. For 2025, Chinese mainland GPM was 11.63% (+1.67pp YoY).
YTD new orders exceeded RMB4.3bn
In 2025, the overall expense ratio rose by 1.31pp YoY to 4.49%, mainly because the absolute value of overall expenses grew by 11.2% YoY to RMB185mn, and a smaller revenue base was less capable of diluting these expenses. Asset/credit impairment losses were RMB29/-6mn (reversal), with impairments narrowing by RMB38mn and showing a minimal drag on profitability. The net book value of accounts receivable was RMB608mn (-13.4% YoY). In 2025, net operating cash flow fell by 64.15% YoY to RMB77mn, mainly due to a lower revenue and the corresponding decline in total customer collections. As of the end of 2025, orders on hand were RMB2,448mn (-15.4% YoY), of which domestic/overseas orders on hand were RMB210/2,230mn. However, YTD newly signed orders amounted to RMB4,320mn, exceeding the figure for the full year of 2025. We expect this to offer strong support to the company's 2026 operating earnings.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Driven by AI, buoyant chip and memory needs at home and abroad have prompted leading players to expand their capacity. In our view, this could support strong demand for cleanroom build-out in the medium to long term. Thus, we raise our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts by 57.44/104.58% to RMB417/577mn and add our 2028 forecast of RMB767mn, implying 2026/2027/2028 EPS of RMB0.79/1.09/1.45. To factor in competitors from Germany and China's Taiwan region temporarily shifting their strategic focus to overseas markets, which we expect to boost the company's domestic market share, we value the stock at 40x 2026E PE, a premium over its peers' average of 35x on Wind consensus. Our target price is RMB31.60 (previous: RMB17.92, based on 40x 2025E PE).
Risks: Lower capex in the domestic semiconductor industry than we expect, a sharper decline in semiconductor cleanroom GPM than we expect, order intakes and revenue conversion missing our expectations.