EBSCN·2025-09-02 07:17Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Buy" rating for both A-shares and H-shares of China Railway Construction Corporation (601186.SH/1186.HK) [1] Core Views - The company has shown signs of operational recovery in Q2, with significant growth in overseas business. The new contracts signed in Q2 have increased by 2.4% year-on-year, despite a decline in total new contracts for the first half of the year [6][7] - The company's revenue for H1 2025 was 489.2 billion yuan, with a net profit attributable to shareholders of 10.7 billion yuan, reflecting a year-on-year decrease of 5.2% and 10.1% respectively [5][6] - The overseas new contract signing has surged by 57.4% year-on-year, indicating strong international demand [6] Summary by Sections Financial Performance - In H1 2025, the company achieved operating revenue of 489.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 5.2% year-on-year, and a net profit of 10.7 billion yuan, down 10.1% year-on-year. In Q2 alone, the revenue was 232.4 billion yuan, with a net profit of 5.6 billion yuan, reflecting a decline of 3.6% and 5.6% respectively [5][6] - The gross profit margin for H1 2025 was 8.8%, down 0.3 percentage points year-on-year, while the net profit margin also decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 2.6% [7][8] Contract and Revenue Breakdown - The total new contracts signed in H1 2025 amounted to 1,056.17 billion yuan, a decline of 4.0% year-on-year. However, the overseas contracts grew significantly, with domestic contracts at 942.08 billion yuan (down 8.4%) and international contracts at 114.09 billion yuan (up 57.4%) [6] - The engineering contracting segment saw a notable decline in urban rail projects, which dropped by 64.8% year-on-year, while railway engineering, power engineering, and highway engineering experienced growth of 39.3%, 10.9%, and 10.7% respectively [6] Profitability and Cash Flow - The company’s operating cash flow for H1 2025 was -79.46 billion yuan, an improvement of 2.22 billion yuan compared to the same period last year [8] - The report forecasts net profits for 2025-2027 to be 22.3 billion, 22.9 billion, and 23.5 billion yuan respectively, maintaining the "Buy" rating for both A and H shares [8][9]