Investment Rating - The investment rating for the company is "Outperform" (maintained) [1] Core Insights - The company's Q3 performance is generally in line with expectations, with a revenue of 293 million yuan for the first three quarters of 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of 15.7%, and a net profit attributable to shareholders of 48.06 million yuan, up 25.9% year-on-year [6] - The company is experiencing a trend of demand recovery, although domestic sales prices are under pressure due to centralized procurement [6] - The new factory's depreciation is impacting profitability, but the overall cost burden is gradually decreasing as the company completes provisions for financial product impairments [6] Financial Data and Profit Forecast - Total revenue for 2025 is projected to be 404 million yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 19.2% [5] - The net profit attributable to shareholders for 2025 is estimated at 63 million yuan, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 47.3% [5] - The company’s gross margin for Q3 2025 is reported at 31.8%, showing a year-on-year increase of 1.7 percentage points [6] - The company is expected to achieve revenues of 506 million yuan and 622 million yuan in 2026 and 2027, respectively [5]

Company Update - MeiHua Bio's Singapore subsidiary signed a share and asset purchase agreement with Kirin Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary, Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., to acquire its food amino acids, pharmaceutical amino acids, and human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) business for 10.5 billion JPY (approximately 500 million RMB) in cash [1] - The transaction price is approximately 16.8 billion JPY (about 833 million RMB) based on the cash retention of the target assets and working capital adjustments as of the closing date, with the asset transfer completed by July 2025 [1] Commentary - The acquisition of high-quality assets at a low cost and its completion accelerates MeiHua Bio's global expansion [2] - The asset valuation report indicates that the total equity value of the acquired businesses is estimated at 1.626 billion RMB, making the transaction price of 833 million RMB particularly cost-effective [2] - The company expects to recognize an increase in non-operating income of approximately 780 million RMB in the 2025 consolidated profit statement, enhancing certainty in overseas expansion [2] - The acquisition expands the amino acid product pipeline and extends into the high-value pharmaceutical-grade amino acid market, while also increasing production entities in Thailand and North America, thereby enhancing global competitiveness [2] Profit Forecast and Valuation - Considering the non-operating income from the transaction but a decline in amino acid market conditions, the profit forecast for 2025 is raised by 7% to 3.37 billion RMB, while the 2026 profit forecast remains unchanged at 3.2 billion RMB [3] - The current stock price corresponds to 8.9 times the 2025 earnings and 9.3 times the 2026 earnings [3] - The target price remains at 13.7 RMB, corresponding to 11.4/12.0 times the earnings for 2025/26, with a potential upside of 28%, maintaining an outperform rating in the industry [3]