Incidents:
The company released its 2024 semi-annual report. During the reporting period, the company achieved operating income of 9.63 billion yuan, an increase of 22.19% over the previous year; realized net profit of 0.9325 billion yuan, an increase of 68.04% over the previous year, after deducting non-return net profit of 0.9085 billion yuan, an increase of 75.74% over the previous year.
Consumer electronics are welcoming new opportunities, and the industry is showing signs of recovery
Looking at the industry as a whole, in the first half of 2024, Prismark predicts that the global electronics industry market output value will reach 2.55 trillion US dollars in 2024, as products are being decommissioned and downstream demand for artificial intelligence, XR, and consumer electronics picks up. Global PCB output successfully bottomed out in the first quarter of 2024, breaking the previous downward trend and marking the transformation of the industry from weak to strong. Q2 is expected to grow 4.6% year-on-year, and the annual growth rate is expected to reach 5%. With the integration of the consumer electronics market and AI technology, AI PCs, AI phones, AI servers, etc. have brought new growth opportunities to the industry. The interim report revealed that the company's products are widely used in high-speed cases, AI servers, 5G antennas, next-generation communication base stations, and various high-end electronic products. According to the interim report, the company's revenue for the second quarter increased 26.22% year on year, net profit to mother increased 75.94% year on year, gross profit margin was 21.78%, and 18.88% in the same period last year.
Good production and marketing trends, innovation-driven development
The interim report revealed that in the first half of 2024, the company's production and sales of various types of copper-clad panels increased by 23.25% and 14.83%, respectively; production and sales of adhesive sheets increased 15.55% and 14.83% year on year, respectively; production and sales of printed circuit boards increased 19.70% and 21.34% year on year, respectively, achieving a trend of strong production and sales. Faced with the sharp rise in copper prices in the first half of this year, the marketing team carefully analyzed and achieved steady profit growth by continuing to optimize the product structure and adjust product prices to balance customer order demand and profit. In terms of copper-clad plate technology for packaging, the company's products have been used in batches in the fields of card packaging, LEDs, memory chips, etc., while breaking through key core technologies, and are being developed and applied in higher-end AP, CPU, GPU, and AI products represented by FC-CSP and FC-BGA packages.
Investment advice:
We expect the company's revenue from 2024 to 2026 to be 19.572 billion yuan, 22.703 billion yuan, and 25.95 billion yuan, respectively, and net profit to mother will be 1.984 billion yuan, 2.392 billion yuan, and 2.765 billion yuan respectively. We will give 25 times PE over 24 years, corresponding to a target price of 20.42 yuan for six months, maintaining a “buy-A” investment rating.
Risk warning:
Risk of downstream demand falling short of expectations; risk of fluctuations in raw material prices; risk of market competition.