Rapid Earnings Growth Driven by Multiple Business Units
发布时间:2026-04-13 来源:华泰证券
China Southern Power Grid Technology has posted 2025 revenue of RMB3,685mn(+22.27%YoY),an attributable net profit(NP)of RMB421mn(+15.28%YoY),and arecurring attributable NP of RMB403mn(+16.90%YoY).Earnings growth remained strong,but NP missed our estimate on alower GPM from energy storage system(ESS)and other segments.Computing–power synergy(CPS),i.e.,the coordinated development of computing infrastructure and power systems,included in the Government Work Report for the first time in 2026,is upgraded from an industrial concept to anational strategy.The CPS business carries high resource barriers and technical difficulty.The company,backed by China Southern Power Grid(CSG),enjoys marked resource advantages.Meanwhile,AI applications covering power generation,transmission,distribution and consumption,as well as leading ESS technologies,could unlock upward potential,in our view.Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Earnings grew rapidly YoY
For 4Q25,revenue was RMB1,586mn(+75.44%YoY)and attributable NP was RMB134mn(+57.10%YoY).For 2025,GPM/NPM were 29.79/11.62%(-1.04/-0.67pp YoY).For 2025,overall expense ratio was 17.17%(-0.37pp YoY);sales/administrative/financial/R&D expense ratios were 2.98/6.64/-0.02/7.57%(-0.47/-0.59/+0.51/+0.18pp YoY).Overall expense ratio edged down.The company has moved beyond regional barriers,with the revenue from non-CSG markets rising by 70%YoY and its share growing notably to nearly 60%.
ESS revenue growth momentum to continue
In 2025,major revenue contributors were ESS technical services,testing&commissioning services,intelligent monitoring equipment,smart power distribution&utilization(PDU)equipment,and robotics&drones.These segments collectively contributed 98.92%of revenue.1)ESS technical services revenue was RMB943mn(+58.84%YoY),showing rapid growth;individual large EPC projects dragged down GPM by 4.21pp YoY to 9.90%.2)Testing&services revenue was RMB937mn(+20.06%YoY,mainly driven by buoyant commissioning revenue from power plant safety and intelligence upgrades/product quality testing);GPM climbed by 3.07pp YoY to 44.90%for the following reasons.i)Unit technical supervision and grid-connection testing for new energy power delivered higher GPMs.ii)Higher-GPM segments,including product quality testing,electrical equipment&material testing,and condition assessment,accounted for arising share of revenue.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given ESS and other segments'GPM declines led to slower profit growth in 2025 than we expected,we trim our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts by 18.90/22.77%to RMB574/722mn(previous:RMB708/935mn)and introduce our 2028 forecast of RMB889mn.Backed by CSG,the company enjoys clear resource advantages,while its leading and strategic CPS positioning could unlock upward potential.We thus value the stock at 65x 2026E PE,above its peers'average of 31x on Wind consensus.Our target price is RMB66.11(previous:RMB40.04,corresponding to 44x 2025E PE).Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Risks:weaker grid investment than we expect;raw material price hikes;global trade uncertainties.