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Gansu Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. Class A000552.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Materials›Industrial Specialties

Gansu state-controlled coal miner with power generation, urea fertiliser and construction-services side businesses.

Momentum neutral 47
Mkt cap
$1.86B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
51%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$22.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
33.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.7 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
145 days
31 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥2.34
1D-1.3%
1W0.0%
1M-7.5%
3M-10.3%
6M-18.8%
YTD+1.3%
1Y-8.6%
ATR %2.7%
52w lowhigh22.8% off high

What Gansu Energy Chemical does

Gansu state-controlled coal miner with power generation, urea fertiliser and construction-services side businesses.

Earns most of its income from mining thermal and coking coal at its Gansu mines, with electricity and heat from its own power plants as the second line. A small fertiliser unit makes urea, and machinery and construction services round out the group. It is controlled by Gansu's provincial state-asset regulator.

Products and services

  • Thermal and coking coal
  • Electricity and heat generation
  • Urea fertiliser
  • Machinery and construction services

Customers

  • Power generators
  • Coking and steel plants
  • Chemical and building-materials makers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Coal mining
  • Thermal and coking coal with power and…

What could go right

  • New mine capacity under construction
  • Regional power and heating demand

What could go wrong

  • Coal price cycles
  • Policy limits on coal output and emissions

Moat: none. Coal is a price-taking commodity; local mine reserves and provincial state backing give no pricing power.

Headquarters: Lanzhou, China · Founded: 1996 · Employees: 23,921

Named competitors

Gansu Energy Chemical at a glance

Size Gansu Energy Chemical (000552.SZ) is a China Materials company (Industrial Specialties) with a market value of $1.86B, the 1347th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥2.34 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.8%, against -1.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 10.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.1%); the operating margin is 2.8% (peer median 10.0%).

Valuation It trades at 33.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.9× (7th most expensive of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.7 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 31 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 96000552.SZ 81
Six months, rebased to 100: Gansu Energy Chemical against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gansu Energy Chemical financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥8.66BCN¥7.77BCN¥9.60BCN¥10.8BCN¥11.8B
Revenue growth—-19%-11%-8%—
Gross profitCN¥3.21BCN¥1.10BCN¥3.00BCN¥3.53BCN¥5.23B
EBITDAn/aCN¥1.34BCN¥2.99BCN¥3.77BCN¥5.04B
Net incomeCN¥285M-CN¥211MCN¥1.21BCN¥1.74BCN¥3.17B
Free cash flow-CN¥2.75B-CN¥4.67B-CN¥3.29B-CN¥1.13BCN¥2.41B
Capital expenditureCN¥4.62BCN¥5.38BCN¥5.30BCN¥3.02BCN¥2.70B
Total debtCN¥16.1BCN¥13.1BCN¥8.25BCN¥5.91BCN¥5.57B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gansu Energy Chemical competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%7966002380002440600552OLN0020964206KANSAINER002226CARBORUNIV688700605488603530300192GRINDWELL4966600172GRAPHITE4205UFPT000552.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gansu Energy Chemical is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×50×100×7966002380002440600552KANSAINER002226CARBORUNIV6887006054886035303001924966UFPT000552.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gansu Energy Chemical is the large dot.

Gansu Energy Chemical competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (000552.SZ vs 601225.SS vs 600188.SS vs 000983.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Gansu Energy Chemical 000552.SZ$1.86B-19%+11%3%33.4×n/a
Shaanxi Coal Industry 601225.SS$37.6B-1%-8%22%11.1×-15.1%
Yankuang Energy 600188.SS$20.4B-27%+21%15%10.3×-0.7%
Shanxi Coking Coal Energy 000983.SZ$5.38B-10%-5%9%12.7×-6.4%
Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining 601666.SS$2.83B-10%+17%8%14.4×n/a

How Gansu Energy Chemical compares with its peers

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.

Gansu Energy Chemical against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure000552.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.5%-16.3%9th highest of 21
6-month return-18.8%-1.9%7th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-22.8%-34.5%6th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+10.9%+12.1%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin2.8%10.0%4th lowest of 21
Forward P/E33.4×21.9×7th most expensive of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.7 pp+1.2 pp9th lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Gansu Energy Chemical 000552.SZChina$1.86B-19%+11%3%33.4×n/an/a
Lintec 7966.TJapan$1.87B-14%+3%8%12.2×1.5%+6.2%
KCC 002380.KSSouth Korea$1.91B-34%0%6%2.1×3.8%+5.0%
Zhejiang Runtu 002440.SZChina$1.77B-1%+23%17%8.5×-5.5%+2.0%
Triumph Science & Technology 600552.SSChina$1.76B-20%+12%5%65.5×21.3%+3.1%
Olin OLNUnited States$1.97B-36%-1%0%n/a44.0%+3.3%
Explosive 002096.SZChina$1.74B-14%-3%9%12.8×-2.5%+37.7%
Aica Kogyo 4206.TJapan$1.68B+19%+5%12%12.6×-7.0%+7.6%
Kansai Nerolac Paints KANSAINER.NSIndia$1.67B-7%+10%9%22.1×22.1%+9.7%
Anhui Jiangnan Chemical Industry 002226.SZChina$2.07B-3%+13%11%16.8×-3.0%+20.5%
Carborundum Universal CARBORUNIV.NSIndia$2.10B+4%+12%7%44.5×43.4%+14.6%
Kunshan Dongwei Technology 688700.SSChina$1.64B-40%+56%13%34.2×23.1%+14.5%
Zhejiang Fulai New Material 605488.SSChina$2.21B+47%+19%2%134.6×31.8%+17.6%
Jiangsu Shemar Electric 603530.SSChina$2.23B-44%+17%29%26.2×23.4%+21.1%
Suzhou Kingswood Education Technology 300192.SZChina$1.55B+24%-6%12%59.3×44.2%-2.3%
Grindwell Norton GRINDWELL.NSIndia$2.25B+16%+14%16%39.5×37.8%+13.4%
C. Uyemura & 4966.TJapan$1.54B-34%+16%23%14.0×5.0%+10.4%
Henan Huanghe Whirlwind 600172.SSChina$2.27B+29%+13%-30%n/an/an/a
Graphite India GRAPHITE.NSIndia$1.50B0%+22%9%21.8×n/an/a
Zeon 4205.TJapan$2.34B+6%+4%11%9.1×-1.5%+6.4%
UFP Technologies UFPTUnited States$2.35B+32%+9%15%28.3×17.8%+27.4%

Questions

Who are Gansu Energy Chemical's main competitors?
Named competitors: Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry (601225.SS), Yankuang Energy (600188.SS), Shanxi Coking Coal Energy (000983.SZ), Pingdingshan Tianan Coal (601666.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Lintec (7966.T), KCC (002380.KS), Zhejiang Runtu (002440.SZ), Triumph Science & Technology (600552.SS), Olin (OLN), Explosive (002096.SZ).
Is Gansu Energy Chemical expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 33.4× against a peer median of 21.9×, 7th most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Gansu Energy Chemical stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -18.8% against -1.9% for the median peer; over one year -8.6%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.