DPR Returned to a Reasonable Level
发布时间:2026-04-22 来源:华泰证券
Lantian Gas has reported its 2025 and 1Q26 results.For 2025,revenue was RMB4,056mn(-14.7%YoY),the attributable net profit(NP)was RMB282mn(-44%YoY),and the recurring NP was RMB272mn(-45%YoY).The attributable NP missed our estimate of RMB380mn,which we attribute mainly to weakening natural gas demand,narrowing dollar margins,and lagging cost pass-through for residential gas.For 1Q26,revenue was RMB1,224mn(-12.3%YoY),the attributable NP was RMB86mn(-35%YoY),and the recurring NP was RMB84mn(-35%YoY),with the attributable NP falling short of our estimate of RMB110-130mn.The company paid dividends of RMB286mn for 2025,with the dividend payout ratio(DPR)down by 26pp YoY to 101%,all of which came from interim dividends.Although the DPR returned to areasonable level,the lower year-end dividend than the market expected may cause short-term sentiment disruptions.Considering the company’s cumulative dividends of RMB1.5bn over the past three years,its high-dividend nature remains intact,in our opinion.Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Piped natural gas:dollar margins narrowed notably
For 2025,revenue from the piped natural gas segment was RMB1,738mn(-19.6%YoY),with aGPM of 6.74%(-2.52pp YoY).We attribute the core drags mainly to:1)downstream industrial gas demand was relatively weak,and some key accounts scaled back procurement,leading to aYoY decline in sales volume;2)to protect market share,the company implemented a‘one plant,one policy’pricing mechanism.This,alongside loose regional gas supply,significantly narrowed the dollar margins of piped gas YoY.For 1Q26,demand has yet to rally notably.We expect the piped natural gas segment to remain under pressure in 1H26,and the full-year earnings recovery could hinge on amacroeconomic recovery and the gas price pass-through mechanism.
Lower earnings forecasts and target price
We project 2026/2027/2028 attributable NP at RMB294/304/318mn(-25.5/-23.4/-%vs our previous estimates,with athree-year CAGR of 4%),with EPS of RMB0.41/0.43/0.44.Our downward revisions are justified by asluggish natural gas demand recovery,lagging residential gas cost pass-through,and installations moderated by the property cycle.We value the stock at 22x 2026E PE,implying apremium over its peers’average of 14x on Wind consensus,as the company's 2026E dividend yield of 4.95%on our forecasts is 57%above its peers’average of 3.16%on Wind consensus.We cut our target price to RMB9.00(previous:RMB9.90,based on 18x 2026E PE).