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龙芯中科(688047)2023年半年报点评:边际改善 公司开启转型进入开放市场

Longxin Zhongke (688047) 2023 Semi-Annual Report Review: Marginal Improvement Company Begins Transformation and Entering an Open Market

華創證券 ·  Sep 14, 2023 07:32

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Recently, the company released its semi-annual report of 2023, with operating income of 308 million yuan in the first half of the year, down 11.43% from the same period last year; net profit of-104 million yuan, down 216.92% from the same period last year; and deducting non-return net profit of-175 million yuan. Q2 achieved operating income of 190 million yuan in a single quarter, an increase of 14.24% over the same period last year; net profit of-31.61 million; deduction of non-return net profit of-79.56 million yuan.

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The solution business increased greatly, and the Q2 single-quarter operating income growth rate became positive. In terms of performance, the company achieved operating income of 308 million yuan in the first half of the year, down 11.43% from the same period last year. Q2 achieved operating income of 190 million yuan in a single quarter, becoming a regular employee in the same period last year. In terms of products, Godson 1 has achieved strong competitiveness in the fields of intelligent door locks, treadmill / treadmill and power tools; Godson 3 server solution sales have significantly increased, contributing income of more than 100 million yuan. Due to great changes in product structure, the company's overall gross profit margin in the first half of the year was 35.91%, down 19.05pct from the same period last year. Of this total, the operating income of industrial control chips was 112 million yuan, down 36.76% from the same period last year, and the gross profit margin was 68.03%, down 7.72 pct from last year; the operating income of information business was 38.0527 million yuan, down 54.91% from the same period last year, and the gross profit margin decreased by 10.50% due to the decline in sales and fixed cost sharing. Due to the adjustment of market policy, the solution business grew significantly, with an operating income of 157 million yuan, an increase of 85.39% over the same period last year.

Point noodles, vertical and horizontal combination, the company transformed into the open market. The company launched a three-year transformation from 2022 to 2024, striving to get rid of its dependence on the policy market and open an open market with full competition. To this end, the company has formulated a point-to-face combination, vertical and horizontal combination of work policy. "Point" focuses on several sub-areas, namely, MCU for hardware and electronics applications, SoC for printer applications, storage server and cloud terminal system solutions, etc.; "noodles" is the product platform and industrial ecological construction. In the first half of the year, the company developed a new product 3A6000 streaming, which is more than 60% higher than that of the previous generation 3A5000 desktop CPU under the same process. "Vertical" in order to adopt a flexible business model, through solutions to drive chip sales at a specific stage; "horizontal" refers to Godson is an ecological enterprise, mainly to sell chips.

Continue to increase personnel and investment, product competitiveness continues to iteratively upgrade. The company's R & D investment in the first half of 2023 was 268 million yuan, an increase of 65.57% over the same period last year. By the end of June, the number of R & D personnel in the company was 620, accounting for 67.61% of the total number of the company, compared with 580 in the same period last year, accounting for 65.91%. The total number and proportion of R & D personnel have increased. At the same time, the competitiveness of the company's products continues to strengthen. In terms of core technology, LA664 processor core completes taping; in chip research and development, we continue to increase R & D investment in improving independent controllability and cost performance; in terms of basic software, we further strengthen R & D investment in the basic operating system and constantly improve the software ecology.

Investment suggestion: considering that the company is in the middle of a new three-year transition (2022-2024) and its performance has declined, we estimate that the operating income in 2023-2025 will be RMB 10.93 million, with a corresponding growth rate of 47.9%, 51.6% and 49.7%. The net profit returned to the home was 120 million yuan, with a corresponding growth rate of 132.3 percent, 164.2 percent, and 57.5 percent, respectively (the previous forecast for 2023-2024 was 641 million yuan, a year-on-year growth rate of 33.1 percent, 26.5 percent), and was given a "strong push" rating.

Risk tips: market development is not as expected; market competition is intensified; customer concentration is high.

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