NHU(SZ:002001) ZHESHANG SECURITIES·2025-10-29 03:52Investment Rating - The investment rating for the company is "Buy" and is maintained [4] Core Insights - The company's resilience in the nutrition sector is highlighted, with Q3 performance exceeding expectations. For the first three quarters of 2025, revenue reached 16.642 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.45%, while net profit attributable to shareholders was 5.321 billion yuan, up 33.37% year-on-year. However, Q3 revenue was 5.541 billion yuan, down 6.66% year-on-year and 2.11% quarter-on-quarter, with net profit at 1.717 billion yuan, down 3.80% year-on-year and 0.35% quarter-on-quarter [1][2] Summary by Sections Revenue and Profitability - In Q3 2025, the average prices for key products such as VA, VE, VC, and methionine were 63.3, 64.3, 19.2, and 22.3 yuan per kilogram, showing significant year-on-year declines of -67.4%, -48.7%, -27.5%, and an increase of +7.9% respectively. Despite the price drops, the company's gross margin was 44.86%, up 1.3 percentage points year-on-year, indicating strong profitability [2] Market Demand and Supply - The demand for methionine is expected to remain robust, with a projected global market growth of around 6% annually, translating to an increase of over 100,000 tons per year. The company plans to expand its solid methionine production capacity by 70,000 tons and has initiated trial production of an 180,000 tons/year liquid methionine project [3] Earnings Forecast and Valuation - The forecast for net profit attributable to shareholders for 2025-2027 is 6.61 billion, 7.04 billion, and 8.10 billion yuan respectively, with corresponding EPS of 2.15, 2.29, and 2.64 yuan. The current price corresponds to P/E ratios of 10.86, 10.20, and 8.86 for the respective years [4]