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China's leading hybrid rice and crop seed developer, founded on the research of Yuan Longping, the 'father of hybrid rice'.
China's leading hybrid rice and crop seed developer, founded on the research of Yuan Longping, the 'father of hybrid rice'.
Sells seed through distributors and dealers to farmers each planting season, so sales are seasonal and depend on crop acreage, channel stock and the seeds' yield record. Hybrid seed has to be bought afresh each season, which keeps demand recurring.
In one line: China's Corteva for seeds.
Moat: narrow (IP / patents, brand). Proprietary hybrid rice germplasm and the Yuan Longping brand name carry strong farmer trust.
Headquarters: Changsha, Hunan, China · Employees: 4,220
Size Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture (000998.SZ) is a China Consumer Staples company (Agricultural Commodities/Milling) with a market value of $1.77B, the 1408th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥8.13 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.1%, against -3.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.3%); the operating margin is 5.3% (peer median 8.6%).
Valuation It trades at 46.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.9× (2nd most expensive of 15).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥8.11B | CN¥8.48B | CN¥8.56B | CN¥9.22B | CN¥7.53B |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | -7% | +22% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥3.52B | CN¥2.92B | CN¥2.69B | CN¥3.41B | CN¥2.67B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.01B | CN¥644M | CN¥1.51B | CN¥821M |
| Net income | CN¥154M | CN¥166M | CN¥114M | CN¥200M | -CN¥833M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥67.3M | CN¥159M | -CN¥340M | -CN¥718M | CN¥502M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥437M | CN¥475M | CN¥831M | CN¥1.45B | CN¥944M |
| Total debt | CN¥10.4B | CN¥9.94B | CN¥10.9B | CN¥11.2B | CN¥7.17B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture 000998.SZ | $1.77B | -11% | -5% | 5% | 46.5× | n/a |
| Beijing Dbn Technology 002385.SZ | $1.86B | -23% | -1% | -6% | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Denghai Seeds 002041.SZ | $1.19B | -12% | -1% | 3% | 58.9× | 23.5% |
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 | 000998.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.0% | -3.3% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -11.1% | -3.9% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -27.1% | -25.0% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.9% | +2.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 8.6% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 46.5× | 17.9× | 2nd most expensive of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.6 pp | -3.2 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture 000998.SZ | China | $1.77B | -11% | -5% | 5% | 46.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Reclamation & Dev 601952.SS | China | $1.72B | -16% | -5% | 4% | 20.1× | -2.2% | +3.2% |
| Uie UIE.CO | Denmark | $1.81B | +5% | +12% | 37% | n/a | -13.0% | +13.1% |
| Tecon Biology 002100.SZ | China | $1.72B | +6% | -8% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BioMar Group A/S BIOMAR.CO | Denmark | $1.83B | -37% | 0% | 6% | 13.0× | -2.0% | -0.5% |
| Beijing Dbn Technology 002385.SZ | China | $1.86B | -23% | -1% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bumitama Agri P8Z.SI | Singapore | $1.87B | -25% | +9% | 25% | 9.0× | -15.2% | +12.9% |
| Shenzhen Agricultural Products 000061.SZ | China | $1.63B | -22% | -22% | 12% | 26.1× | 4.2% | +15.6% |
| Liuliumei 6658.HK | Hong Kong | $1.58B | n/a | +6% | 12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| LT Foods LTFOODS.NS | India | $1.55B | -3% | +24% | 8% | 12.8× | 25.7% | +18.2% |
| Shandong Yisheng Livestock & Poultry Breeding 002458.SZ | China | $1.54B | -16% | +15% | 17% | 18.2× | 6.3% | +11.1% |
| Genus GNS.L | United Kingdom | $2.07B | +5% | -2% | 13% | 23.0× | 17.9% | +2.8% |
| Balrampur Chini Mills BALRAMCHIN.NS | India | $1.50B | +28% | +11% | 9% | 19.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Kernel KER.WA | Poland | $1.47B | 0% | -1% | 5% | 5.4× | 8.0% | -5.4% |
| Lien Hwa Industrial 1229.TW | Taiwan | $2.12B | -6% | -3% | 9% | n/a | 21.5% | +7.3% |
| Guangxi Yuegui Guangye 000833.SZ | China | $2.19B | -46% | +67% | 30% | 9.6× | 2.1% | -0.9% |
| Trulieve Cannabis TRLV | United States | $2.23B | +31% | -4% | 14% | 31.1× | 13.5% | +17.8% |
| China Modern Dairy 1117.HK | Hong Kong | $1.37B | +3% | +5% | -15% | 12.5× | n/a | n/a |
| B.F BFG.MI | Italy | $2.29B | +56% | +30% | -2% | 84.3× | n/a | n/a |
| AWL Agri Business AWL.NS | India | $2.30B | -21% | +18% | 2% | 17.6× | 13.4% | +15.0% |
| Beijing Shunxin Agriculture 000860.SZ | China | $1.36B | -4% | -20% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |