Putailai(SH:603659) Minsheng Securities·2025-08-28 14:34Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Recommended" rating for the company, with a current price of 20.38 yuan [6]. Core Views - The company achieved steady growth in performance, with a revenue of 7.088 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, representing an increase of 11.95% year-on-year, and a net profit attributable to shareholders of 1.055 billion yuan, up 23.03% year-on-year [1]. - The company is making significant progress in solid-state battery development, collaborating with Blue Solutions to tackle challenges in fourth-generation solid-state lithium metal batteries [4]. - The negative electrode business is gradually improving, with a shipment volume of approximately 70,000 tons in the first half of 2025, showing slight growth year-on-year [3]. Summary by Sections Financial Performance - In Q2 2025, the company reported a revenue of 3.873 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.47% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 20.47%. The net profit attributable to shareholders was 568 million yuan, up 37.53% year-on-year and 16.39% quarter-on-quarter [2]. - The gross margin for Q2 2025 was 32.05%, an increase of 4.16 percentage points year-on-year, while the net margin was 16.25%, up 1.49 percentage points year-on-year [2]. Business Segments - The coating membrane processing volume reached 4.773 billion square meters in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year growth of 63.85%, exceeding the industry average growth rate [3]. - The company has completed the first phase of the silicon-carbon negative electrode production capacity in Anhui, which is expected to achieve shipments in the hundred-ton range in consumer electronics and drone sectors [3]. Future Projections - The company is projected to achieve revenues of 16.18 billion yuan, 19.74 billion yuan, and 23.64 billion yuan for 2025, 2026, and 2027, respectively, with year-on-year growth rates of 20.3%, 22.0%, and 19.8% [4]. - The net profit attributable to shareholders is expected to reach 2.551 billion yuan, 3.239 billion yuan, and 3.938 billion yuan for the same years, with year-on-year growth rates of 114.3%, 27%, and 21.6% [4].