HZBank(600926) 光大证券·2025-04-29 04:44Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Buy" rating for Hangzhou Bank (600926.SH) with a current price of 14.69 CNY [1]. Core Views - Hangzhou Bank's Q1 2025 report shows a revenue of 9.98 billion CNY, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%, and a net profit attributable to shareholders of 6.02 billion CNY, up 17.3% year-on-year. The annualized weighted average return on equity is 20.6%, an increase of 0.64 percentage points year-on-year [3][4]. Summary by Sections Financial Performance - Revenue, pre-provision profit, and net profit growth rates for Q1 2025 are 2.2%, 3%, and 17.3% respectively, showing a decline from 2024 by 7.4, 6.5, and 0.8 percentage points [4]. - Net interest income and non-interest income growth rates are 6.8% and -5.4% respectively, with changes from 2024 of +2.4 and -25.6 percentage points [4]. Credit and Loan Growth - As of Q1 2025, the growth rates for interest-earning assets and loans are 15.9% and 14.3% respectively, with changes from the end of the previous year of +1.1 and -1.9 percentage points [5]. - The bank's loan increment for Q1 2025 is 57.7 billion CNY, with a focus on corporate loans, which increased by 61.6 billion CNY, while retail loans decreased by 3.9 billion CNY [5]. Deposit Growth - In Q1 2025, the increase in interest-bearing liabilities is 98 billion CNY, with a year-on-year growth rate of 15.1%, up 1.1 percentage points from the end of the previous year [6]. - The proportion of demand deposits increased to 40.8% by the end of Q1 2025, reflecting a slight improvement in the trend towards term deposits [6]. Interest Margin and Non-Interest Income - The net interest margin for Q1 2025 is 1.32%, down 6 basis points from 2024, primarily due to a decrease in the yield on interest-earning assets [7]. - Non-interest income decreased by 5.4% year-on-year to 3.48 billion CNY, with a significant drop in net other non-interest income [8]. Asset Quality and Capital Adequacy - The non-performing loan ratio remains low at 0.76%, with a provision coverage ratio of 530.1% as of Q1 2025 [9]. - Capital adequacy ratios show a stable increase, with the core tier 1 capital ratio at 9.01% as of Q1 2025 [9]. Profit Forecast and Valuation - The report maintains net profit forecasts for 2025-2027, with slight adjustments to EPS estimates due to potential dilution from convertible bonds [10]. - The current stock price corresponds to a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 0.75 for 2025 [10].