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Chinese coal-chemical producer making fertilizer (urea), PVC and other coal-derived chemical products.
Chinese coal-chemical producer making fertilizer (urea), PVC and other coal-derived chemical products.
Moat: none. Coal-based fertilizer and PVC are commodity products priced on coal and global chemical cycles.
Headquarters: Yichang, China · Employees: 11,045
Size Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry (000422.SZ) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $1.60B, the 1545th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.79 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 42.1%, against -25.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 15.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 4.5% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 15.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.7× (9th cheapest of 19).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥26.1B | CN¥25.6B | CN¥25.3B | CN¥17.0B | CN¥20.7B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +49% | -18% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥5.74B | CN¥4.38B | CN¥5.41B | CN¥2.09B | CN¥3.87B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥4.66B | CN¥5.01B | CN¥1.89B | CN¥3.71B |
| Net income | CN¥324M | CN¥809M | CN¥1.07B | CN¥452M | CN¥2.16B |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥1.78B | -CN¥1.19B | -CN¥1.52B | -CN¥124M | CN¥1.76B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥4.60B | CN¥4.80B | CN¥5.95B | CN¥1.76B | CN¥2.24B |
| Total debt | CN¥27.6B | CN¥24.4B | CN¥23.6B | CN¥9.04B | CN¥9.56B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry 000422.SZ | $1.60B | -42% | +15% | 5% | 15.2× | n/a |
| Hubei Xingfa Chemicals 600141.SS | $4.19B | -27% | +4% | 8% | 15.3× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 000422.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -13.2% | -8.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -42.1% | -25.1% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -51.5% | -33.8% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +15.4% | +5.5% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 7.7% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 15.2× | 16.7× | 9th cheapest of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.6 pp | +0.4 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry 000422.SZ | China | $1.60B | -42% | +15% | 5% | 15.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Bayer Cropscience India BAYERCROP.NS | India | $1.58B | -28% | -5% | 15% | 19.5× | 16.1% | +5.9% |
| Paradeep Phosphates PARADEEP.NS | India | $1.57B | +12% | +31% | 7% | 17.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Atul ATUL.NS | India | $1.63B | -26% | +18% | 12% | 19.7× | 18.2% | +11.0% |
| Tata Chemicals TATACHEM.NS | India | $1.64B | -25% | +2% | 3% | 85.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals DEEPAKFERT.NS | India | $1.54B | -14% | +14% | 13% | 10.1× | n/a | n/a |
| China XLX Fertiliser 1866.HK | Hong Kong | $1.51B | -27% | +24% | 8% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Sumitomo Chemical India SUMICHEM.NS | India | $1.74B | -34% | -3% | 18% | 28.1× | 23.4% | +4.1% |
| Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial 600596.SS | China | $1.75B | -31% | +5% | 2% | 22.9× | 12.4% | +3.1% |
| Shenzhen Batian Ecological Technique 002170.SZ | China | $1.44B | -29% | +3% | 23% | 7.1× | -8.1% | +18.8% |
| Holitech Technology 002217.SZ | China | $1.41B | -58% | +17% | 2% | n/a | 45.7% | -37.1% |
| Huapont Life Sciences 002004.SZ | China | $1.39B | -5% | -6% | 11% | n/a | -8.7% | +1.1% |
| Lier Chemical 002258.SZ | China | $1.85B | +20% | +6% | 8% | 21.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Development Lomon 002312.SZ | China | $1.93B | -36% | +5% | 6% | 35.0× | 8.2% | +14.0% |
| Jiang Su Suyan Jingshen 603299.SS | China | $1.28B | -18% | -5% | 5% | 25.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Stanley Agricultural 002588.SZ | China | $1.27B | -33% | +3% | 8% | 8.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Noposion Crop Science 002215.SZ | China | $1.25B | -23% | +12% | 13% | 9.3× | -3.9% | +6.9% |
| Chengdu Wintrue 002539.SZ | China | $2.09B | -24% | +6% | 6% | 11.7× | n/a | n/a |
| E.I.D.-Parry (India) EIDPARRY.NS | India | $1.21B | -24% | +16% | 7% | 11.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Taiwan Fertilizer 1722.TW | Taiwan | $1.18B | -15% | +4% | -16% | 13.7× | 0.0% | +3.5% |
| CAC Nantong Chemical 301665.SZ | China | $1.17B | -26% | +27% | 13% | 15.8× | -1.7% | +11.9% |