MSS and Data Security Drive Revenue Back to Growth
发布时间:2026-04-08 来源:华泰证券
DBAPP Security has reported 2025 revenue of RMB2,151mn, up by 5.32% YoY, and an attributable net loss of RMB57mn, narrowing by 70.94% YoY. For 4Q25, revenue was RMB947mn, up by 5.42% YoY, with an attributable net profit of RMB149mn, up by 7.63% YoY. The operating cash flow for 2025 was RMB353mn, up by 119.16% YoY, reflecting progress in operating quality and efficiency improvement, in our view. In 2025, the company firmly executed its ‘DAS’ strategy, with AI as the core growth driver. We note that both business scale and quality improved, with AI-related direct revenue exceeding RMB58mn, up by 230% YoY, indirectly enabling product revenue of nearly RMB120mn, up by nearly 90% YoY. We think that the company’s operations should continue to recover in 2026. Maintain BUY.
AI drives meaningful improvement in operating quality
The company’s 2025 gross margin was 61.90%, up by 1.8pp YoY. The sales, administrative, and R&D expense ratios were 32.80%, 6.93%, and 20.41% respectively, changing by -4.66pp, -0.58pp and -3.7pp YoY. Headcount was 3,516, down by 2.44% YoY. Revenue growth accompanied by gross margin expansion and better operating efficiency points to a marked improvement in operating quality. The ‘AI+Security’ strategy continues to boost product competitiveness. According to company filings, the Hengnao security domain-specific large model has been upgraded to version 3.0, achieving ubiquitous connectivity, high interactivity and full-modality capabilities, and has incubated over 100 vertical scenario agents with more than 600,000 calls. The model has spawned over 120 official agents, improving data classification and grading efficiency by 60 times, and enabling automated handling of millions of daily alerts. The AI security digital employee ‘An Xiaolong’ executed over 9,000 tasks throughout the year across more than 40 customers, indicating a shift from expert-driven to human-machine collaborative security services.
MSS and data security become growth engines
Managed security services (MSS) revenue grew by 35%+ YoY in 2025. According to IDC data, as the only domestic vendor ranked among the top three in IDC’s China MSS market share for three consecutive years, the company has built a full-scenario coverage capability combining remote, on-site, and subscription-based delivery, with several provincial-level benchmark projects in government and healthcare. In data security, the company saw data security product revenue grow by over 15% YoY. Its data security management platform remains the market share leader in China. The Shield 3.0 solution has deeply penetrated core areas such as government and finance; API security maintains rapid growth, building a differentiated competitive edge. The company’s expansion into emerging security segments has helped restore overall business growth.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given that market demand has yet to improve, we forecast 2026/2027/2028 revenues of RMB2,258/2,374/2,500mn (previous 2026/2027 forecasts of RMB2,583/2,944mn, as we adjust our growth assumptions for security products and security services). Based on its peers’ average 2026E PS of 3.1x on Wind consensus, we assign the company a 2026E PS of 3.1x, deriving our target price of RMB68.77 (previous: RMB80.67, based on a 2025E PS of 3.6x, in line with its peers’ average).
Risks: slower progress in data security business than we expect; intensifying industry competition.