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COFCO Group biochemicals unit making feed amino acids (lysine, threonine) and biodegradable materials from corn.
COFCO Group biochemicals unit making feed amino acids (lysine, threonine) and biodegradable materials from corn.
Processes corn, its main raw material, into feed amino acids and bioplastic, so profit follows the gap between corn costs and the prices of those products. COFCO, its parent, is a state-owned grain group.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Backed by COFCO's grain-processing scale; amino acids are otherwise a commodity business.
Headquarters: Beijing, China · Employees: 4,832
Size COFCO Biotechnology (000930.SZ) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $1.32B, the 1828th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥4.79 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 21.2%, against -22.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 8.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.7%); the operating margin is -1.8% (peer median 6.2%).
Valuation It trades at 0.86× book value against a peer median of 2.93× (3rd cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 5.9%; COFCO Biotechnology delivers -1.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥16.6B | CN¥17.5B | CN¥20.0B | CN¥20.4B | CN¥19.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | -13% | -2% | +2% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.38B | CN¥1.34B | CN¥1.46B | CN¥1.02B | CN¥2.16B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥535M | CN¥581M | CN¥53.8M | CN¥1.53B |
| Net income | -CN¥130M | CN¥38.4M | CN¥25.1M | -CN¥602M | CN¥1.06B |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥869M | CN¥1.17B | -CN¥322M | CN¥1.33B | CN¥152M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥923M | CN¥674M | CN¥483M | CN¥635M | CN¥566M |
| Total debt | CN¥4.66B | CN¥3.97B | CN¥4.50B | CN¥3.76B | CN¥3.37B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COFCO Biotechnology 000930.SZ | $1.32B | -21% | -9% | -1% | 0.86× | 5.9% |
| MeiHua 600873.SS | $2.99B | -27% | -3% | 6% | 1.29× | 6.1% |
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| Measure | 000930.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.2% | -11.7% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -21.2% | -22.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Return on equity | -1.2% | 6.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 0.86× | 2.93× | 3rd cheapest of 21 |
| ROE the price implies | 5.9% | 26.9% | 3rd least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | -1.2% | 7.0% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COFCO Biotechnology 000930.SZ | China | $1.32B | -21% | -9% | -1% | 0.86× | 5.9% | -1.2% |
| Global New Material International 6616.HK | Hong Kong | $1.32B | -3% | +165% | -17% | 2.86× | 10.5% | -17.3% |
| Dawei Technology (Guangdong) 600589.SS | China | $1.32B | -38% | +29% | -25% | 15.84× | 169.5% | -25.1% |
| Jiangyin Jianghua Micro-electronics Materials 603078.SS | China | $1.33B | -7% | +18% | 5% | 4.43× | 40.8% | 4.8% |
| REX American Resources REX | United States | $1.31B | -21% | +6% | 20% | 1.94× | 12.4% | 19.8% |
| Industrie De Nora DNR.MI | Italy | $1.31B | -23% | -2% | 8% | 1.11× | 12.1% | 8.0% |
| Beijing Haixin Energy Technology 300072.SZ | China | $1.30B | -20% | +61% | -10% | 1.62× | 24.6% | -10.3% |
| Shiny Chemical Industrial 1773.TW | Taiwan | $1.29B | -20% | +20% | 23% | 3.50× | 23.3% | 22.7% |
| Wankai New Materials 301216.SZ | China | $1.35B | -48% | +5% | 16% | 1.30× | 11.8% | 15.5% |
| BASF India BASF.NS | India | $1.35B | -23% | +13% | 14% | 2.97× | 40.7% | 14.3% |
| Chengzhi 000990.SZ | China | $1.29B | -43% | -7% | 0% | 0.49× | 4.9% | 0.4% |
| Shandong Kaisheng New Materials 301069.SZ | China | $1.28B | -19% | +20% | 7% | 3.45× | 39.4% | 6.7% |
| GCH Technology 688625.SS | China | $1.38B | -32% | +8% | 13% | 5.73× | 59.8% | 12.7% |
| Guangdong Guanghua Sci-Tech 002741.SZ | China | $1.40B | -9% | +61% | 7% | 4.58× | 58.6% | 7.2% |
| Shandong Dawn Polymer 002838.SZ | China | $1.40B | -35% | +31% | 11% | 2.37× | 29.2% | 10.5% |
| Guizhou Redstar Developing 600367.SS | China | $1.25B | +14% | +1% | 5% | 3.51× | 36.5% | 5.5% |
| Anhui Shenjian New Materials 002361.SZ | China | $1.25B | -54% | -4% | -3% | 4.19× | 38.9% | -2.7% |
| Shenzhen Rongda Photosensitive & Technology 300576.SZ | China | $1.40B | -31% | +14% | 6% | 5.25× | 48.0% | 5.6% |
| Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical 600618.SS | China | $1.24B | -29% | +2% | 8% | 1.11× | 8.9% | 7.5% |
| Nan Pao Resins Chemical 4766.TW | Taiwan | $1.24B | -6% | +3% | 22% | 2.89× | 9.3% | 21.8% |
| Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical Industry 600273.SS | China | $1.23B | -22% | +4% | 5% | 0.83× | 5.3% | 5.3% |