证券行业周报：资本市场重要性凸显，关注券商板块配置价值

Investment Rating - The industry investment rating is maintained at "Overweight" [2][31] Core Viewpoints - The importance of the capital market is highlighted, with a focus on the value of brokerage sector allocation. The government work report emphasizes stabilizing the real estate and stock markets, indicating a positive outlook for the capital market's activity, which is expected to support brokerage performance and valuation recovery [7][31] - The report notes that the brokerage index has a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.43x, with a historical valuation percentile of 37% over the past decade, suggesting potential for valuation improvement [3][10] Market Review - The brokerage sector experienced a slight increase but underperformed compared to the CSI 300 index, with the brokerage index rising by 0.7% while the CSI 300 index increased by 1.4% during the week of March 3-7, 2025 [3][10] - The top five performing brokerages were Guotai Junan (+5.9%), Xinda Securities (+3.5%), Huaxi Securities (+3%), Huachuang Yuxin (+2.9%), and Shouguang Securities (+2.7%) [3][10] - Conversely, the bottom five performers included Everbright Securities (-0.9%), Tianfeng Securities (-0.9%), Western Securities (-1.1%), Guolian Securities (-1.8%), and China Galaxy (-2.2%) [4][10] Industry Weekly Data Brokerage Business - The average daily stock trading volume in the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets was 15,064 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.1% week-on-week, following four consecutive weeks of growth [5][15] - New fund issuance saw a significant drop in stock and bond funds, with stock funds at 7 billion units (-71%) and bond funds at 64 billion units (-64%), while mixed funds surged to 44 billion units (+588%) due to a low base effect [5][19] Investment Banking Business - Six companies conducted equity financing during the week, raising a total of 9.6 billion yuan, with three IPOs accounting for 1.7 billion yuan and three refinancing deals totaling 7.9 billion yuan [5][23] Capital Intermediary Business - As of March 7, 2025, the margin trading balance reached 19,110 billion yuan, marking a 0.7% increase week-on-week and the highest level in nearly two years. The financing balance was 18,992 billion yuan (+0.6%), while the securities lending balance was 117 billion yuan (+5.9%) [6][23] - The stock pledge quantity was 3,178 billion shares, accounting for 3.94% of the total share capital, with a total pledge market value of 2.83 trillion yuan (+2.1%) [6][23] Investment Recommendations - The report suggests focusing on leading brokerages that will benefit from increased industry concentration and those expected to engage in mergers and acquisitions, maintaining the "Overweight" rating for the industry [7][31]