HZBank(600926) 光大证券·2025-04-29 06:05Investment 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 (ROE) 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 Deposit Growth - As of Q1 2025, the growth rates for interest-earning assets and loans are 15.9% and 14.3% year-on-year, with loan growth slightly decreasing from the previous year [5]. - The bank's Q1 2025 deposit growth rate is 21.1%, maintaining a high growth level, with a significant increase in demand deposits [6]. Interest Margin and Non-Interest Income - The net interest margin for Q1 2025 is 1.32%, a decrease of 6 basis points from 2024 [7]. - Non-interest income decreased by 5.4% year-on-year to 3.48 billion CNY, primarily due to a decline in net other non-interest income [8]. Asset Quality and Capital Adequacy - The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio remains low at 0.76%, with a provision coverage ratio of 530.1% [9]. - As of Q1 2025, the core tier 1 capital adequacy ratio is 9.01%, showing a stable increase [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].