Investment Rating - The report maintains an "Outperform" rating for the company, projecting a target price of RMB 60.13 based on a 2025 PE of 40x [5][9]. Core Insights - The operator business is under pressure due to delivery pace and downstream demand, but the computing power business is accelerating its growth [1]. - Revenue for the first three quarters of 2025 reached RMB 100.52 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11.63%, while net profit attributable to shareholders was RMB 5.32 billion, down 32.69% year-on-year [5][9]. - The computing power business saw significant growth, with government and enterprise business up 130% year-on-year and computing power business scale reaching approximately RMB 25 billion, up 180% year-on-year [5][9]. Financial Summary - Total revenue projections for 2025-2027 are RMB 141.34 billion, RMB 155.97 billion, and RMB 173.35 billion, respectively [5][9]. - Net profit attributable to shareholders is projected at RMB 7.19 billion, RMB 8.32 billion, and RMB 9.92 billion for the same period [5][9]. - The gross profit margin for Q3 2025 was 30.55%, down 9.88 percentage points year-on-year, while the net profit margin was 5.29%, down 3.49 percentage points year-on-year [5][9]. Business Performance - The operator business's revenue is under pressure due to a decline in capital expenditure and changes in delivery pace, while the government and enterprise/server business has shown accelerated growth [5][9]. - The company is focusing on enhancing its chip business, which is expected to become a new profit engine, leveraging self-developed chips and AI servers [5][9]. - The company won a major breakthrough award at the 2025 China Computing Power Conference for its intelligent computing super node system [5][9].
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