Continued Expansion Into Emerging Applications
发布时间:2026-04-24 来源:华泰证券
KEDE CNC has reported 2025 revenue of RMB552mn(-8.86%YoY),an attributable NP of RMB89mn(-31.79%YoY),and an ex-nonrecurring net profit of RMB66mn(-37.20%YoY).For 4Q25,revenue reached RMB151mn(-32.46%YoY,+42.96%QoQ),while the attributable NP was RMB25mn(-57.18%YoY,+65.93%QoQ).For 2025,the attributable NP was below our previous estimate of RMB163mn.Profit declined mainly because revenue fell YoY and share-based payment expenses increased.The company continued to deepen its product applications in aerospace,while also expanding into emerging application scenarios.We think that broader downstream adoption should translate into greater long-term development potential.Maintain BUY.
Product-mix changes weighed on gross margin
For 2025,the gross margin was 39.48%(-3.39pp YoY).For 4Q25,the quarterly gross margin was 41.53%(-1.68pp YoY,+2.73pp QoQ).We think that the main reason was the fast increase in the revenue share of automation production lines,which carry arelatively lower gross margin and weighed on the company’s overall gross margin.In terms of period expenses,the selling expense ratio was 8.61%(+1.02pp YoY);the administrative expense ratio was 5.90%(+0.57pp YoY);the R&D expense ratio was 6.55%(+0.92pp YoY);and the financial expense ratio was-0.18%(+0.24pp YoY).The total period expense ratio reached 20.88%(+2.76pp YoY).
Deeper cooperation with aerospace customers
On 16 March,the company announced that it had signed arevised agreement with Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co.(SAMC)to jointly build acenter of excellence for innovation.Based on KEDE CNC’s fully self-developed high-end five-axis machine tools,CNC systems,and other domestic core components,the two parties are to cooperate in areas such as typical commercial aircraft part-processing technologies,pilot verification of domestic equipment,smart production-line integration verification,and multi-domain collaborative CNC workshops.We expect the cooperation to further support the company’s penetration into the aviation market.In addition,one customer repurchased multiple five-axis machines in 2025 for the production of domestically made aero engines supporting the C919 and C929,bringing cumulative purchases to more than 80 units.Another customer purchased multiple domestically made fully automated production lines for machining inner and outer combustor wall parts,which supports import substitution.The company’s equipment continues to penetrate the aerospace field.In the space segment,the company won multiple new customers in 2025.Leading aerospace companies have systematically recognized its technical capabilities,which we think should further expand its growth potential.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given that the industry recovery still needs time,we revise down our attributable NP forecasts for 2026 and 2027 to RMB140mn and RMB176mn,down by 33.15%and 34.08%from our previous estimates,respectively.We add our 2028 attributable NP forecast of RMB201mn,with EPS of RMB1.06,RMB1.33,and RMB1.51 for 2026,2027,and 2028.Comparable companies are trading at an average of 53x 2026E PE on iFind consensus.Given the company’s deeper cooperation with aerospace customers and the potential for new products to enter areas such as humanoid robots,we think that it has strong long-term growth potential.We assign the company 66x 2026E PE and derive our target price of RMB69.83(previously RMB81.74,based on 67x 2025E PE).Maintain BUY.