Yunnan SOE producing salt-chemical products (soda ash, salt) and expanding into sodium-ion battery materials.
Yunnan SOE producing salt-chemical products (soda ash, salt) and expanding into sodium-ion battery materials.
Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Controls Yunnan salt-lake/brine resources feeding both chemicals and new battery-material output.
Headquarters: Kunming, Yunnan, China · Employees: 1,560
Size Yunnan Energy Investment (002053.SZ) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $1.21B, the 1950th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥8.78 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.1%, against -21.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 23.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.8%); the operating margin is 20.1% (peer median 12.2%).
Valuation It trades at 11.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.8× (4th cheapest of 15).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.4 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 1 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.14B | CN¥2.49B | CN¥3.44B | CN¥2.89B | CN¥2.66B |
| Revenue growth | — | -28% | +19% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.21B | CN¥772M | CN¥1.40B | CN¥1.17B | CN¥1.03B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥997M | CN¥1.30B | CN¥904M | CN¥782M |
| Net income | CN¥236M | CN¥236M | CN¥675M | CN¥482M | CN¥274M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥1.12B | -CN¥1.16B | -CN¥416M | -CN¥2.58B | -CN¥1.17B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥2.38B | CN¥2.66B | CN¥1.70B | CN¥3.54B | CN¥2.04B |
| Total debt | CN¥8.31B | CN¥7.23B | CN¥8.35B | CN¥7.52B | CN¥4.53B |
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| Measure | 002053.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -8.9% | -9.3% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -24.1% | -21.1% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -39.6% | -46.7% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -23.5% | +6.8% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 20.1% | 12.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.6× | 14.8× | 4th cheapest of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.4 pp | -0.9 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yunnan Energy Investment 002053.SZ | China | $1.21B | -24% | -24% | 20% | 11.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Tongyu Advanced Materials (Guangdong) 301630.SZ | China | $1.21B | -19% | +26% | 18% | n/a | 35.9% | +26.0% |
| Shanghai Skychem Technology 688603.SS | China | $1.22B | -29% | +38% | 19% | 44.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical Industry 600273.SS | China | $1.23B | -22% | +4% | 5% | 7.8× | -6.3% | +12.9% |
| ISE Chemicals 4107.T | Japan | $1.20B | -30% | 0% | 22% | 36.0× | 18.6% | +18.4% |
| Nan Pao Resins Chemical 4766.TW | Taiwan | $1.24B | -6% | +3% | 16% | 13.3× | -8.7% | +8.3% |
| Toagosei 4045.T | Japan | $1.19B | +3% | +2% | 9% | 14.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund CHE-UN.TO | Canada | $1.19B | -17% | +12% | 12% | 9.5× | -0.8% | +7.7% |
| Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical 600618.SS | China | $1.24B | -29% | +2% | 6% | n/a | -0.4% | +9.9% |
| Anhui Shenjian New Materials 002361.SZ | China | $1.25B | -54% | -4% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guizhou Redstar Developing 600367.SS | China | $1.25B | +14% | +1% | 7% | n/a | 26.8% | +9.1% |
| Hunan Kaimeite Gases 002549.SZ | China | $1.18B | -43% | -7% | -5% | 38.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Jinhong Gas 688106.SS | China | $1.17B | -42% | +15% | 2% | 67.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hebei Jinniu Chemical Industry 600722.SS | China | $1.16B | -16% | -1% | 18% | n/a | 28.1% | +3.0% |
| Shandong Boyuan Advanced Materials 301617.SZ | China | $1.15B | -4% | +11% | 12% | n/a | 44.7% | +22.5% |
| Shin-Etsu Polymer 7970.T | Japan | $1.15B | +5% | +10% | 13% | 13.2× | -2.9% | +8.4% |
| Ecovyst ECVT | United States | $1.15B | -26% | +20% | 12% | 14.1× | 8.0% | +7.8% |
| Shandong Kaisheng New Materials 301069.SZ | China | $1.28B | -19% | +20% | 13% | 47.0× | 29.2% | +10.4% |
| Vinati Organics VINATIORGA.NS | India | $1.14B | -26% | +11% | 20% | 23.8× | 24.0% | +18.2% |
| Chengzhi 000990.SZ | China | $1.29B | -43% | -7% | 7% | 10.6× | -2.8% | +2.2% |
| Shiny Chemical Industrial 1773.TW | Taiwan | $1.29B | -20% | +20% | 22% | 15.1× | 5.5% | +8.1% |