In the first half of the year, revenue increased by 2.61% compared with the same period last year, and net profit increased by 3.25% over the same period last year. In the first half of 2019, the company achieved a total operating income of 858 million yuan, an increase of 2.61% over the same period last year, and its net profit was 127 million yuan, an increase of 3.25% over the same period last year. In the second quarter, the quarterly income was 497 million yuan, down 5.1% from the same period last year, and the net profit was 86.498 million yuan, down 8.23% from the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the gross profit margin was 34.48%, up 0.77% from the same period last year, and the management expense rate was 9.08%, up 1.41% from the same period last year, mainly due to the increase in environmental protection expenses. The sales expense rate was 2.67%, down 0.18% from the same period last year.
Overseas self-registration was accelerated, and self-export income increased significantly. The foreign market is an important source of the company's operating income, accounting for 66.54% of the total revenue in 2018. The company's foreign sales model is divided into two modes: self-export and indirect export. In the first half of 2019, the company accelerated the pace of opening up domestic and foreign markets, promoted the registration of overseas products and expanded the scope of overseas market development. From January to June 2019, the company's own exports achieved remarkable results, reaching US $76.97 million, an increase of 39.61% over the same period last year.
Maintenance affects the sales of some products. In the first half of 2019, the company took turns to overhaul some workshops to ensure the safe operation of the equipment. at present, the maintenance work has been successfully completed, and the workshop has entered the state of full-load production one after another.
The income of dioxin pine in the first half of the year was 138 million yuan, down 23.7% from the same period last year. From the perspective of production and sales in the first half of the year, the sales volume of dioxin in the first half of the year was 1379.5 tons, down about 27% from the same period last year, and the production and sales of other products remained basically stable.
The prices of the main products are stable and upward. In the first half of the year, the revenue of enoxone was 334 million yuan, an increase of 7.9% over the same period last year, and the average price increased by 13.79% over the same period last year; the income of enoylmorpholine was 83.19 million yuan, an increase of 68.8% over the same period last year, and the average price increased by 60.71% over the same period last year. According to the raw drug data of Zhongnong Lihua, the latest price of enoxone is 180,000 yuan / ton, an increase of 0.54% over the average price of the first half of the year; the latest price of isoxazone is 83,000 yuan / ton, up 2.32% from the average price of the first half of the year; and the latest price of enoylmorpholine is 160,000 yuan / ton. the price fell by 1.35%.
The new project in Liaoning is progressing steadily. The company plans to build the first phase of Liaoning project with an annual output of 6000 tons of crude drugs and 10000 tons of preparations. As of June 30, 2019, the construction of the new project has been advanced according to the original planned construction schedule, and all the funds raised have been completed. The main project and equipment installation have been completed, and now it has entered the stage of auxiliary facilities installation. We believe that the company is expected to achieve trial production of 6000 tons of crude drugs by the end of the year, and the new capacity will contribute to the increase in 2020.
Profit forecast and investment rating. We estimate that the company's net profit from 2019 to 2021 will be 273 million yuan, 345 million yuan and 404 million yuan, and the corresponding EPS will reach 2.44,3.08,3.61 yuan respectively. We will give the company 12-15 times PE in 2019, with a reasonable value range of 29.28-36.60yuan, which is rated better than the big market.
Risk hint: project production is not as expected; exchange rate change risk; safety and environmental protection risk.