Backlog Order Value Continues YoY Growth
发布时间:2026-09-04 来源:华泰证券
Autowell released its 1H26 report.1H26 revenue was RMB2,719mn(-19.55%YoY),attributable net profit(NP)was RMB298mn(-3.11%YoY),and NP excluding share-based payments was RMB348mn(+10.03%YoY).2Q26 revenue was RMB1,686mn(-8.62/+63.32%YoY/QoQ),with attributable NP of RMB213mn(+27.98/+150.21%YoY/QoQ),demonstrating aclear QoQ profit rebound.We remain bullish on the company's layouts in new solar technologies like multi-cut cells and BC,as well as optical modules,solid-state batteries(SSB),energy storage,and semiconductors.Maintain BUY.
Non-solar equipment revenue share expanded
By business segment,solar equipment revenue was RMB1,586mn(-40.47%YoY),accounting for 58.35%;LIB/energy storage equipment revenue was RMB318mn(+80.81%YoY),accounting for 11.70%;semiconductor revenue was RMB82mn(+14.54%YoY),accounting for 3.03%;retrofits and other core business revenue was RMB726mn(+57.75%YoY),accounting for 26.70%.The company's LIB/energy storage and semiconductor businesses continued growing.By region,domestic/overseas revenues were RMB1,797/922mn(-30.54/+16.32%YoY),accounting for 66.10/33.90%.Overseas expansion partially offset down-trending domestic solar demand.The overall gross margin was 35.16%(+7.45pp YoY),mainly driven by ahigher revenue share from high-margin retrofit services.Additionally,overseas gross margins exceeded domestic levels,and higher overseas revenue share provided further support to the overall gross margin.
Expense ratio rose due to share-based compensation
The 1H26 sales/administrative/R&D/financial expense ratios were 2.48/8.11/6.81/1.11%(+0.34/+3.08/+0.86/+0.45pp YoY),driving the overall expense ratio up by 4.74pp YoY to 18.52%.The higher administrative expense ratio was driven by higher share-based payment expenses,while the higher financial expense ratio resulted from FX losses caused by exchange rate fluctuations.Excluding share-based payments,1H26 NP was RMB348mn(+10.03%YoY).Net margin reached 10.22%(+1.73pp YoY),indicating improved overall operating efficiency.
Order backlog grew steadily
As of end-1H26,order backlog amounted to RMB11.3bn(incl.tax,+7.00%YoY).New orders signed in 1H26 rose overall,driven by growing global demand in the LIB/energy storage markets and an upcycle in semiconductor packaging.By segment,in solar,edge passivation and multi-cut technologies accelerated adoption,and the company refined full-line solutions spanning stringers,passivation,testing,and sorting;in LIB/energy storage,equipment orders increased sharply,with the company advancing overseas deliveries of energy storage module/PACK and container lines;in SSB,the company deployed across sulfide electrolyte powder processing,silicon-carbon anode fluidized beds,dry electrodes,and high-precision lamination,with relevant equipment entering customer trial runs;in semiconductors,aluminum wire bonders and AOI inspection equipment secured batch orders,while wafer dicers and die attachers passed client validation and earned small-batch orders.Furthermore,AOI applications expanded from power devices to optical communication modules,securing reorders from top domestic clients and achieving batch deliveries during the period,with optical module AOI inspection equipment also receiving batch orders.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
We maintain our 2026/2027/2028 attributable NP forecasts at RMB663/782/1,000mn,implying EPS of RMB2.11/2.48/3.18.We value the stock at 27x 2027E PE,at par with its peers'average on iFind consensus,with our target price lowered to RMB66.96(previous:RMB96.60,based on 46x 2026E PE,also in line with peers'average;TP reduction mainly reflects lower peer valuations).
Risks:downstream solar capacity additions below our expectations,slower semiconductor progress than we expect.