How Did the Target Price of 116 Yuan and a Market Cap of 7.9 Trillion for CXMT Come About?
Nomura's inaugural coverage report on ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) gives a 'Buy' rating with a highly aggressive target price of 116 RMB, implying a 1239.5% upside from the IPO price of 8.66 RMB. The valuation is derived by applying a 20x P/E multiple to projected 2028 EPS of 5.79 RMB. The 20x multiple combines Micron's historical valuation with a premium for Chinese A-shares.
The report's financial forecasts are exceptionally bullish. It projects revenue to soar from 62B RMB in 2025 to 773B RMB in 2028, with net profit surging to 393B RMB. A key, and arguably unsustainable, assumption is gross margin expanding to over 90% by 2028, driven almost entirely by price increases with minimal cost growth.
This optimism is rooted in a forecast that global DRAM demand will grow over 7x from 2026 to 2030 (CAGR >60%), fueled by agentic AI. Nomura argues that supply growth (30-40% CAGR) will lag far behind demand, creating a persistent shortage. Bottlenecks in cleanroom space, equipment, materials, and skilled engineers will constrain rapid industry expansion.
For CXMT, Nomura expects capacity to reach 550k wafers/month by 2028. The company's bit output is forecast to grow 40-45% annually, allowing its global market share to rise from ~10% to ~18%. While CXMT's technology lags leaders by about five years, limiting its wafer ASP, it benefits from supportive domestic procurement policies. Key risks include the cyclicality of memory pricing, with the 90% margin assumption representing a peak-cycle scenario rather than a sustainable norm.
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