Expect Full Power-Supply Chain Deployment in Server Applications
发布时间:2026-03-17 来源:华泰证券
Wuxi Chipown Micro-electronics' (Chipown) 2025 revenue was RMB1,143mn (+18.47% YoY), with an attributable net profit (NP) of RMB186mn (+67.34% YoY) and a recurring NP of RMB55,873.8k (-23.59% YoY). For 4Q25, revenue was RMB265mn (+3.11/+9.96% YoY/QoQ), with the attributable NP at RMB8,460.9k (-75.18/-90.31% YoY/QoQ). The company achieved steady revenue growth in 2025, with new product categories (eg, DC-DC, Driver, Digital PMIC, Power Device, and Power Module) recording revenue growth of 39% YoY. Among these, revenue from server applications increased more than fourfold. The company has established a full-chain layout for server power supply solutions, covering primary, secondary, and tertiary power stages, with products including AC-DC, DC-DC, Driver, Digital PMIC, Power Device, and Power Module working in synergy. We expect the company to accelerate its transformation into a one-stop "Power System Total Solution" provider for power and motor systems. Maintain BUY.
Growth driven by home appliance & industrial control products
Chipown now offers more than 2,000 effective product SKUs. For 2025, home appliance chip products generated revenue of RMB758mn (+22.00% YoY; 66.32% of total revenue), with a gross margin of 38.69% (+0.04pp YoY). We attribute the growth mainly to increased market share among top customers and continued adoption of new products such as driver chips. Standard power supply chip products generated revenue of RMB171mn (-2.03% YoY; 14.95% of total revenue), with a gross margin of 22.43% (-1.69pp YoY). Customer adoption progressed smoothly. Industrial control power products generated revenue of RMB210mn (+27.16% YoY; 18.40% of total revenue), with a gross margin of 44.60% (+0.24pp YoY). The 2025 R&D expense ratio was 22.60%. With downstream demand improving, the 4Q25 revenue increased by 9.96% QoQ to RMB265mn, with a gross margin of 37.33% (+0.94/+0.46pp YoY/QoQ).
New products and markets add momentum
Chipown continues expanding its new product lines, with server power supply solutions as a strategic priority. Revenue from new product categories (DC-DC, Driver, Digital PMIC, Power Device, and Power Module) increased by 39% YoY, while revenue from server applications grew more than fourfold. In 2025, the company launched twelve key new products targeting AI computing energy systems, becoming the first to complete a full-chain layout from primary to secondary and tertiary server power supplies. Key products include 1700V SiC auxiliary power supplies for 800V HVDC systems, isolated drivers and SiC/GaN drivers, MHz open-loop DCX controllers, fully integrated digital hard-switch full-bridge controllers, 8/12/16-phase VRM solutions, 70/90A Cu-Clip DrMOS, and EFuse and PoL solutions. These products meet the high efficiency, stability, and miniaturization requirements of high-performance computing servers.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given more time needed for product adoption, we cut our 2026/2027 revenue forecasts by 6.65/7.38% to RMB1.38/1.64bn. However, benefiting from increasing shipments of high-margin products, we adjust our gross margin assumptions, resulting in upward revisions to our 2026/2027 attributable NP forecasts by 2.61/11.21% to RMB248/326mn. We introduce our 2028 revenue/attributable NP forecasts of RMB1.98/0.42bn. With the recent overall re-rating of the semiconductor sector, we value the stock at 43.9x 2026E PE, at par with its peers' average on Wind consensus, for our lifted target price of RMB83.0 (previous: RMB73.02, based on 54.5x 2025E PE).
Risks: global semiconductor industry downturn; weaker demand for home appliances and others than we expect; intensified competition.