Ge Long Hui·2025-08-21 19:59Core Viewpoint - Kunlun Energy reported a revenue of 97.5 billion yuan for 1H25, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.0%, while the net profit attributable to shareholders was 3.16 billion yuan, down 4.4% year-on-year, which was below the forecast of 3.41 billion yuan by Huatai Securities [1] Group 1: Financial Performance - The retail gas volume for 1H25 increased by 2.2% year-on-year to 16.67 billion cubic meters, with industrial gas volume growing by 8.0%, while commercial and residential gas volumes decreased by 1.5% and 3.6% respectively [2] - The average selling price difference for 1H25 decreased by 1 cent year-on-year to 0.44 yuan, influenced by changes in sales gas structure and rising contract gas prices in Q2 [2] - The tax pre-profit for the natural gas sales segment decreased by 10.6% year-on-year, primarily due to a decline in distribution and connection gross profit [2] Group 2: LNG Segment - The LNG factory achieved a tax pre-profit of 140 million yuan in 1H25, marking a historical high, with an average processing load rate of 57.1% across 14 operational factories [3] - The average load rate for LNG receiving stations was 86.8% in 1H25, an increase of 1.4 percentage points year-on-year, with expectations for the load rate to remain around 90% from 2025 to 2027 [2][3] - The company is constructing a 3 million tons/year LNG receiving station in Fujian, expected to contribute profit increments post-2027, and the Jiangsu LNG receiving station's third phase is anticipated to add 6.25 million tons/year of unloading capacity by 2029 [3] Group 3: Future Projections and Valuation - The profit forecast for Kunlun Energy's net profit attributable to shareholders for 2025-2027 has been revised down by 8.0%, 10.4%, and 13.2% to 6.15 billion, 6.49 billion, and 6.84 billion yuan respectively, with corresponding EPS of 0.71, 0.75, and 0.79 yuan [3] - The target price has been adjusted to 8.58 HKD from a previous value of 9.21 HKD, based on an 11x PE for 2025E, which is higher than the three-year average of 7.6x PE [3]