牧原股份(002714):主营业务稳健发展,养殖成本持续优化:——牧原股份(002714):2025年三季报点评

Investment Rating - The investment rating for the company is "Buy" (maintained) [1][8] Core Insights - The company's main business is developing steadily, with continuous optimization of breeding costs. In the first three quarters of 2025, the company achieved operating revenue of 111.79 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.52%, and a net profit attributable to shareholders of 14.779 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 41.01% [2][5] - In Q3 2025, the company reported operating revenue of 35.327 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.48%, and a net profit of 4.249 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 55.98% [2][5] Summary by Sections Business Performance - In the pig breeding business, the company sold 57.323 million pigs from January to September 2025, a year-on-year increase of 27.0%. The company has reduced the breeding sow inventory to 3.305 million by the end of Q3 [5] - Despite a slight increase in feed prices, the company's breeding costs have been decreasing, reaching 11.6 yuan/kg in September, down 1.5 yuan/kg from January [5] - In the slaughtering and meat processing business, the company slaughtered 19.16 million pigs from January to September 2025, a year-on-year increase of 140%, with a capacity utilization rate of 88% [5] Production and Cost Efficiency - The company achieved a weaning-to-market survival rate of 93% and an overall survival rate of around 87% by September 2025. The average daily weight gain for fattening pigs was approximately 880g, with a feed-to-meat ratio of 2.64 [5] - Over 80% of the company's output was below 12 yuan/kg, and about 25% was below 11 yuan/kg, with the best-performing lines achieving costs as low as 10.5 yuan/kg [5] Financial Forecast and Valuation - The company is expected to generate operating revenues of 124.852 billion yuan, 126.801 billion yuan, and 139.943 billion yuan for 2025, 2026, and 2027 respectively, with net profits of 16.701 billion yuan, 17.935 billion yuan, and 25.200 billion yuan [5][7] - The corresponding price-to-earnings ratios (PE) are projected to be 16, 15, and 11 times for the respective years [5][7]