Adjustments Continue, Await Demand Recovery
发布时间:2026-04-26 来源:华泰证券
Kouzi Distillery has reported its 2025 and 1Q26 results.For 2025,revenue was RMB3.99bn(-33.7%YoY),and attributable net profit(NP)was RMB673mn(-59.3%YoY).For 4Q25,revenue was RMB820mn(-50.6%YoY),and attributable NP was-RMB70mn(-119.9%YoY).For 1Q26,revenue was RMB1.38bn(-24.0%YoY),and attributable NP was RMB330mn(-46.2%YoY).In 2025,shrinking demand and intensifying intra-provincial competition weighed on the company's earnings,with revenue/attributable NP falling short of our estimates of RMB4.8/1.1bn,and operating pressure fully reflected in financial statements.The company maintains its strategic focus,prioritizes long-term healthy development,regularly adjusts its tactical approaches,continues to advance market cultivation of the"Jian"series products,and focuses on streamlining its marketing system.We expect consumer demand to improve and distributor confidence to gradually recover,thus bringing the company into both internal and external tailwinds.Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Mass-market products:revenue robust
By product,in 2025,revenue from high-end/mid-end/mass-market baijiu was RMB3.69/0.05/0.16bn(-35.08/-21.10/+27.43%YoY)a change of-53.7/-35.3/+33.5%YoY in 4Q25.In 1Q26,revenue from high-/mid-/low-end baijiu was RMB1.29/0.02/0.05bn(-25.4/-10.8/+17.6%YoY).Mass-market products priced around RMB100 outperformed,while products priced at sub-premium and above levels reported sharper revenue declines amid the external environment impact.By region,revenue from Anhui/markets outside Anhui was RMB3.25/0.66bn(-34.5/-28.6%YoY)in 2025 and declined by 25.7/12.8%YoY in 1Q26.Anhui remains the company's key market.It continues to step up intra-provincial marketing reforms and streamline distribution channels.As of end-2025,the number of intra-/extra-provincial distributors was 564/570,implying anet increase of 62/53 vs end-2024.By channel,in 2025,revenue from direct sales(including group buying)/wholesale agencies was RMB0.29/3.61bn(+44.4/-36.4%YoY),with the company's e-commerce business maintaining rapid growth.On the market front,Jian 10/20/30 sits in the RMB300/500/1,000 price band.The company is intensifying its coverage of the mass-market price band to supplement its product portfolio.
GPM decline and rigid expenses weigh on profitability
In 2025,GPM declined by 5.5pp YoY to 69.1%,which we attribute mainly to the downward shift in the product mix.In 1Q26,GPM declined by 8.6pp YoY to 67.6%.In 2025,the sales/administrative expense ratio rose by 5.8/2.9pp YoY to 21.1/9.7%.In 1Q26,the sales/administrative expense ratio rose by 2.4/0.9pp YoY to 14.8/6.5%,as the company continued scaling up investment in the current environment to stabilize market performance.In 2025,the tax and surcharge ratio rose by 1.3pp YoY to 16.5%(1Q26:+0.6pp YoY to 15.4%).For 2025,attributable NPM declined by 10.6pp YoY to 16.9%(1Q26:-9.8pp YoY to 23.9%).Regarding cash flow,in 2025,sales receipts were RMB4.03bn(-37.5%YoY),and net operating cash flow was-RMB220mn(-114.8%YoY).In 1Q26,sales receipts were RMB860mn(-27.7%YoY),and net operating cash flow was-RMB140mn(+45.0%YoY).As of end-1Q26,contract liabilities stood at RMB200mn(-RMB70mn YoY,-RMB130mn QoQ).
Expect operations to improve
Considering that the overall external consumption environment is lackluster and the company's reform results will need more time to materialize,we lower our 2026/2027 revenue forecast by 32/33%,bringing it to RMB3,523/3,744mn(-11.7/+6.3%YoY).We also trim our 2026/2027 EPS forecast by 55%/56%to RMB0.96/1.05 and add our 2028 estimate of RMB1.16.We value the stock at 27x 2026E PE,at par with its peers'average on Wind consensus.Our target price is RMB25.92(previous:RMB36.38,based on 17x 2026E PE,at par with its peers'average).Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Risks:Intensifying competition,softer consumer demand than we expect,food safety issues.