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长江传媒(600757):教材教辅及一般图书业务增速较高

Changjiang Media (600757): the growth rate of teaching materials and general book business is relatively high.

東興證券 ·  Aug 20, 2019 00:00  · Researches

Summary of the report:

Events:

The company released semi-annual report: the operating income in the first half of the year was 3.455 billion yuan, down 34.01% from the same period last year; the return net profit was 488 million yuan, an increase of 0.82% over the same period last year; and the non-return net profit was 454 million yuan, an increase of 13.59% over the same period last year.

Viewpoint:

1. The sharp decline in business income is due to a substantial reduction in the scale of bulk trade and traditional goods trade.

The operating income in the first half of the year was 3.455 billion yuan, down 34.01% from the same period last year. Of this total, the income from material trade was 560 million yuan, down 70.45% from the same period last year, and that from bulk trade was 342 million yuan, down 71.25% from the same period last year. The gross profit margin of goods trade and bulk trade is relatively low, both less than 2 percentage points. We believe that the company's initiative to reduce the scale of its trading business with low gross margin is conducive to optimizing the business structure and focusing on the development of the main publishing industry.

2. The growth rate of teaching materials and general book business is relatively high.

In the first half of the year, the company's teaching materials and auxiliary business achieved income of 1.892 billion yuan, an increase of 17.42% over the same period last year, while that of general book business reached 860 million yuan, an increase of 17.68% over the same period last year. We believe that the company's main business has achieved rapid growth in three aspects: 1) the number of ordinary high school and junior high school students in Hubei Province has increased year by year; 2) the company's children's business has achieved remarkable results in expanding the market outside the province; 3) the improvement of the distribution capacity of Xinhua Bookstore and the increase of e-commerce sales.

3. Lay out the new plate of digital publishing and build a new growth point.

In the first half of the year, the company added three new equity investments, with a total investment of 158 million yuan, mainly for the investment layout of "publishing + cultural creation" and "culture + commerce" industries. At the same time, the company focuses on incubating digital publishing sections such as online education (including preschool education, K12, higher vocational education, etc.) and digital reading (including reading services, professional services, etc.). We will actively promote the construction of industrial extension projects such as the Poetry Center of the Yangtze River Literature and Art Society, the Creator Education of the Yangtze River Children's Society, the calligraphy Education of Hubei Education Society, and Hubei Fine Arts Social and Cultural creation products. We believe that the ceiling of the traditional publishing business is remarkable, and the company actively arranges the emerging section of digital publishing, which has strong relevance and cooperation with traditional publishing, which is a more pragmatic way of business transformation and lays the foundation for the company's new growth point in the future.

4. The main business-driven deduction of non-net profit increases rapidly.

In the first half of the year, the company's net profit was 488 million yuan, an increase of 0.82% over the same period last year, while the non-return net profit was 454 million yuan, an increase of 13.59% over the same period last year. Due to the high non-recurrent profit and loss of 84.41 million yuan in the first half of last year and 340.2 billion yuan in the same period this year, the growth rate of the company's return net profit is stable. In fact, the company's main business performance is good, driving the company to deduct non-net profit growth to achieve rapid growth.

Profit forecast and valuation: we expect the company's net profit from 2019 to 2021 to be 814 million yuan, 921 million yuan and 1.04 billion yuan, the corresponding EPS is 0.67,0.76 yuan and 0.86 yuan respectively, and the corresponding PE is 10x, 9x and 8x respectively. We give the company 12 times PE in 2019, corresponding to the target price of 8.04 yuan, with a "recommended" rating.

Risk hint: the impact of emerging publishing technology and market competition aggravate the risk.

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