HTSC·2025-11-19 03:18Investment Rating - The report maintains a "Buy" rating for Xiaomi Group with a target price of HKD 53.8, down from HKD 65.4 [5][13]. Core Insights - Xiaomi's Q3 2025 performance showed a total revenue increase of 22% year-on-year to RMB 113.1 billion, aligning with expectations, while adjusted net profit surged by 80.9% to RMB 11.31 billion, exceeding Bloomberg consensus by 12.6% [1][5]. - The report highlights that the storage super cycle is a significant variable affecting Xiaomi's stock price and performance in 2026. Compared to other smartphone manufacturers, Xiaomi has advantages in smartphone shipment volume (third globally), high-end smartphone ratio, and a robust non-mobile business that is less impacted by storage costs [1][2]. - The report anticipates that storage price increases will affect Xiaomi's smartphone shipment volume, product pricing, and gross margins, leading to a downward revision of the 2026 smartphone shipment forecast to 165 million units from 182 million units, and gross margin to 10.7% from 12% [2][3]. Summary by Sections Smartphone/IoT/Internet Business - In Q3, Xiaomi's smartphone shipments reached 43.3 million units (+0.5% YoY), maintaining a global market share of 13.6%. Gross margin decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 11.1% amid rising storage costs [2]. - IoT business revenue grew by 5.6% YoY to RMB 27.6 billion, with gross margin improving by 1.4 percentage points to 23.9% [2]. - Internet business revenue increased by 10.8% YoY to RMB 9.4 billion, maintaining a high gross margin of 76.9% [2]. Automotive Business - The automotive segment began to turn profitable in Q3 2025, with deliveries reaching a record high of 109,000 units. Revenue increased by 37% quarter-on-quarter to RMB 25.9 billion, with a gross margin of 25.5%, up 8.4 percentage points YoY [2]. - The report maintains a 2026 automotive shipment forecast of 700,000 units, with expectations for continued profitability and growth driven by the company's high-end strategy and capacity ramp-up [2][3]. Profit Forecast and Valuation - The report revises revenue forecasts for 2025-2027 down by 0.3%/2.3%/1.9% and non-GAAP net profit forecasts down by 1.6%/7.6%/4.3% to RMB 43.4 billion, RMB 48.2 billion, and RMB 62.4 billion respectively [3][9]. - Using a sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) valuation method, the target price is set at HKD 53.8, corresponding to a 27x PE for 2026 [3][13].