Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Buy" rating for the company, indicating an expected relative price increase of over 20% against the market benchmark within the next six months [20]. Core Insights - The company reported a revenue of 213.15 billion yuan for the first three quarters of 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 16.6%, with a net profit attributable to shareholders of 39.05 billion yuan, down 10.0% year-on-year. In Q3 2025, revenue was 75.04 billion yuan, a decrease of 13.1% year-on-year but an increase of 9.5% quarter-on-quarter, while net profit was 14.41 billion yuan, down 6.2% year-on-year but up 13.5% quarter-on-quarter [2][3][8]. Financial Performance Summary - For the first three quarters of 2025, the coal business generated revenue of 159.1 billion yuan, down 21.1% year-on-year, with operating costs of 110.6 billion yuan, down 22.3% year-on-year, resulting in a gross profit of 48.5 billion yuan, down 18.1% year-on-year. In Q3 2025, coal revenue was 55.2 billion yuan, down 17.7% year-on-year but up 5.5% quarter-on-quarter, with operating costs of 39.2 billion yuan, down 14.8% year-on-year but up 11.1% quarter-on-quarter, leading to a gross profit of 16 billion yuan, down 24.0% year-on-year and down 5.9% quarter-on-quarter [4][5]. - The company achieved a total coal production of 251 million tons in the first three quarters of 2025, a slight decrease of 0.4% year-on-year, while coal sales reached 317 million tons, down 8.4% year-on-year. In Q3 2025, coal production was 85.5 million tons, up 2.3% quarter-on-quarter, and sales were 111.6 million tons, down 3.5% year-on-quarter but up 5.7% quarter-on-quarter [5]. - The electricity business reported a gross profit of 12.5 billion yuan in the first three quarters of 2025, an increase of 11.3% year-on-year. Total power generation was 162.9 billion kWh, down 5.4% year-on-year, while total electricity sales were 153.1 billion kWh, down 5.5% year-on-year. In Q3 2025, the electricity business gross profit was 6 billion yuan, with total power generation of 64.1 billion kWh, down 2.3% quarter-on-quarter but up 32.5% quarter-on-quarter [6]. Future Outlook - The company forecasts net profits attributable to shareholders of 51.1 billion yuan, 53.4 billion yuan, and 54.8 billion yuan for 2025, 2026, and 2027 respectively, maintaining previous estimates. The expected EPS for these years is 2.57 yuan, 2.69 yuan, and 2.76 yuan per share [8]. - The company is undergoing a large-scale asset acquisition, planning to purchase assets from the National Energy Group and Western Energy, with total assets of 258.4 billion yuan and expected revenue of 126 billion yuan by the end of 2024 [7].
中国神华(601088):25Q3增量控本下利润环比改善,电力贡献亮眼