Positive On Market Expansion Of Low-Altitude Info Infrastructure
发布时间:2026-05-21 来源:华泰证券
Nanjing Les Information’s 2025 and 1Q26 results:For 2025,revenue fell 21%YoY to RMB1,274mn,with attributable net profit down 57%YoY to RMB55mn,missing our RMB145mn forecast,mainly due to weaker demand in urban road traffic management than we expected and asharp revenue decline in that segment.For 1Q26,revenue came down 17%YoY to RMB90mn,while attributable net loss narrowed 15%YoY to RMB13mn.We like Les’entrenched position as acore low-altitude economy infrastructure provider.Its civil aviation air traffic control business is growing,and as the low-altitude flight service platform business continues to scale,we see areturn to agrowth trajectory.OVERWEIGHT.
Civil aviation ATC/urban governance delivered steady growth
By segment in 2025:1)Civil aviation air traffic control revenue rose 3.2%YoY to RMB646mn,with its revenue share jumping to 50.7%.Key developments:A)Civil aviation"8+N":following Hohhot and Harbin,Les secured the Shanghai Area Control Centre 2project;B)Airport digitalization:newly obtained the top-tier qualification for civil aviation ATC and airport low-voltage systems contracting,laying the foundation for penetrating the medium-to-large airport market;C)Low-altitude economy:as an industry leader,Les rolled out provincial platforms in Zhejiang,Hubei and Shanxi,building aprovince-city-county three-tier framework.2)Urban road traffic management revenue slumped 61.1%YoY to RMB261mn,largely reflecting tighter local government spending.3)Urban governance revenue grew 15.0%YoY to RMB310mn,with solid progress in national defense mobilization and public credit.We expect the civil aviation ATC revenue share to rise as the low-altitude flight service platform business scales up.
Revenue mix shift lifts margin;R&D spending ramps up
For 2025,blended gross margin rose 2.77pp YoY to 32.25%,driven by arevenue mix shift towards the higher-margin civil aviation ATC segment.By segment,gross margins for civil aviation ATC,urban traffic management and urban governance in 2025 were 37.4%(+0.2pp YoY),18.1%(-2.8pp YoY)and 33.2%(+4.4pp YoY),respectively.For 1Q26,overall gross margin rose 16.23pp YoY to 52.74%,reflecting adelivery mix skewed towards high-margin civil aviation projects.On the cost side,the selling/admin/R&D expense ratios came in at 5.66%/8.74%/12.17%in 2025,up 0.88/1.85/3.13pp YoY,largely afunction of the revenue decline.We expect R&D investment to stay elevated as Les defends its core competitive edge.
Earnings forecasts and valuation
Given persistent demand pressure in urban traffic management,we cut our 2026/2027/2028 attributable net profit forecasts to RMB116/161/219mn(-47%/-42%vs our prior 2026/2027 estimates of RMB216/279mn).We use asum-of-the-parts approach:1)We forecast 2026/2027/2028 civil aviation ATC revenue of RMB875/1,193/1,595mn.Given Les’positioning in low-altitude operations and a2025-2027E segment revenue CAGR(on our estimates)that outpaces peers’(on Wind),we apply 11x 2026E PS,versus the peer average of 7.59x on Wind consensus.2)We forecast attributable net profit from other businesses at RMB36mn in 2026E and apply 43x 2026E PE,in line with the peer average on Wind consensus.This yields atarget price of RMB68.35(previous:RMB94.57,based on 11.4x 2026E PS for civil aviation ATC and 50x PE for other businesses under SOTP).Maintain OVERWEIGHT.
Risks:Intensifying market competition,an addressable market smaller than we anticipated,slower regional expansion than we expect.