All in AI Strategy To Accelerate 2026 Earnings Growth
发布时间:2026-05-26 来源:华泰证券
Nancal Technology(Nancal)reported 2025 revenue of RMB1,525mn(up 0.99%YoY),attributable NP of RMB226mn(up 17.67%YoY),and recurring attributable NP of RMB191mn(up 14.19%YoY).In 4Q25,revenue was RMB436mn(down 7.89%YoY),and attributable NP was RMB60.53mn(down 18.32%YoY).The company's 2025 revenue was below our previous expectation of RMB1,704mn,mainly due to slower-than-we-expected recovery in downstream demand for software systems and services,as well as cloud products and services.The 2025 attributable NP was also below our previous forecast of RMB253mn,mainly due to the short-term pressure on expense ratios from the company's expanded R&D investment in AI products.The company is advancing All in AI strategy at full speed,with AI revenue share rising to 30%in 2025.We are optimistic about the company's Know-How advantages and data advantages in industrial scenarios,and maintain BUY.
AI business share rose to 30%in 2025
The company is advancing its All in AI strategy,with AI business revenue share rising from less than 3%in 2023 to 30%in 2025.By business segment,in 2025,the company's AI products and services/cloud products and services/software systems and services/industrial engineering and industrial electrical products and services achieved revenues of RMB460/402/158/500mn,representing YoY changes of+68.52/-12.21/-49.91/+9.60%.The AI business became the core growth driver in 2025.We believe that,leveraging its industry Know-How accumulation and industrial data governance capabilities,the company should accelerate the large-scale application of AI Agents in industrial scenarios.In 2025,the company developed and completed 25 industrial intelligent agents,which were deployed in over 70 leading/key enterprises in various industries,driving asteady increase in product repurchase rates within enterprises and across industries.We are optimistic about the continued volume growth of the company's AI business in 2026.
2026 profitability likely to improve
In 2025,the company's NPM was 20.16%,up 1.46pp YoY,with the improvement in profitability driven by steady improvement in expense ratios.In 2025,the company's sales/administrative/R&D expense ratios were 5.86/6.47/14.19%,representing YoY changes of-0.37/-0.14/+1.31pp.The YoY decline in sales and administrative expense ratios was mainly due to improved personnel efficiency,while the YoY increase in the R&D expense ratio was mainly due to the company's increased R&D investment in AI-related products.We believe that,with the continued advancement of internal efficiency improvements through AI,the company's expense ratios should steadily narrow.In 2025,the company's overall gross margin was 48.85%,with the AI business gross margin at 49.95%(up 10.63pp YoY).The company's AI business is rapidly transitioning from aproject-based model to aproduct-based model.We believe that,with the continued increase in the revenue share of the AI business,the company's gross margin should improve as well,and we are optimistic about the optimization of the company's profitability
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We have lowered our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts to RMB263/312mn(an adjustment of-11.05%/-4.01%vs.our previous forecasts),and forecast 2028 attributable NP of RMB375mn(three-year CAGR of 18.41%),corresponding to EPS of RMB1.07/1.27/1.53.The downward revisions to our earnings forecasts take into consideration short-term pressure from R&D investment and the potentially slower pace of the demand recovery for traditional products.Referencing the 2026E 56.4x PE of comparable companies(on Wind consensus),and considering the slight pressure on the company's traditional business demand,we assign a2026E PE multiple of 50x,resulting in atarget price of RMB53.50(previous:RMB50.68 based on 2025E 49.2x PE).Maintain BUY.
Risks:Weaker downstream demand than we expect,intensified market competition.