WLY(SZ:000858) KAIYUAN SECURITIES·2025-09-03 10:31Investment Rating - The investment rating for Wuliangye is "Buy" (maintained) [1][4] Core Views - The company reported a revenue of 52.77 billion yuan in H1 2025, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%, and a net profit attributable to shareholders of 19.50 billion yuan, up 2.28% year-on-year. Q2 revenue was 15.83 billion yuan, with a slight increase of 0.1% year-on-year, while net profit decreased by 7.6% year-on-year to 4.63 billion yuan [4][5] - The company aims to control volume and maintain prices in the second half of the year, focusing on increasing investment in lower-priced products to capture market share from competitors. The forecast for net profit from 2025 to 2027 is 32.03 billion, 32.86 billion, and 34.38 billion yuan, representing year-on-year growth of 0.5%, 2.6%, and 4.6% respectively [4][5] - The company has committed to a cash dividend policy, ensuring that the total cash dividends for the years 2024-2026 will not be less than 70% of the net profit attributable to shareholders, with a total dividend amount of no less than 20 billion yuan, resulting in a dividend yield of 4% [4] Financial Summary - In H1 2025, Wuliangye's product revenue was 41.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%, with sales volume and price per ton increasing by 12.8% and decreasing by 7.3% respectively. Other liquor products generated revenue of 8.12 billion yuan, up 2.7% year-on-year [5][6] - As of the end of Q2 2025, the contract liability balance was 10.08 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.92 billion yuan, while cash receipts increased by 12.03% year-on-year to 31.23 billion yuan [6] - The gross margin for Q2 2025 was 74.69%, a decrease of 0.32 percentage points year-on-year, primarily due to a significant drop in product prices. The net profit margin for Q2 was 29.26%, down 2.43 percentage points year-on-year [7][11] Financial Projections - Revenue projections for Wuliangye from 2023 to 2027 are as follows: 83.27 billion, 89.18 billion, 91.45 billion, 94.17 billion, and 98.26 billion yuan, with year-on-year growth rates of 12.6%, 7.1%, 2.5%, 3.0%, and 4.3% respectively [8][11] - The projected net profit for the same period is 30.21 billion, 31.85 billion, 32.03 billion, 32.86 billion, and 34.38 billion yuan, with corresponding year-on-year growth rates of 13.2%, 5.4%, 0.5%, 2.6%, and 4.6% [8][11] - The earnings per share (EPS) are expected to be 7.78, 8.21, 8.25, 8.47, and 8.86 yuan from 2023 to 2027, with price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios of 16.5, 15.7, 15.6, 15.2, and 14.5 respectively [8][11]