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Yunnan Energy Investment Co., Ltd. Class A002053.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Materials›Chemicals: Specialty

Yunnan SOE producing salt-chemical products (soda ash, salt) and expanding into sodium-ion battery materials.

Momentum weak 38
Mkt cap
$1.21B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
16%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.47M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
11.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.4 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
146 days
1 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥8.78
1D0.0%
1W+4.9%
1M-8.9%
3M-10.4%
6M-24.1%
YTD-23.8%
1Y-31.4%
ATR %2.7%
52w lowhigh39.6% off high

What Yunnan Energy Investment does

Yunnan SOE producing salt-chemical products (soda ash, salt) and expanding into sodium-ion battery materials.

Products and services

  • Salt/soda-ash chemicals
  • Sodium-ion battery materials

Customers

  • Chemical processors
  • Battery makers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Materials
  • Salt chemicals
  • Sodium-ion battery materials

What could go right

  • Sodium-ion battery adoption

What could go wrong

  • Salt/soda-ash commodity pricing

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

Yunnan Energy Investment at a glance

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).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 78002053.SZ 72
Six months, rebased to 100: Yunnan Energy Investment against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Yunnan Energy Investment financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.14BCN¥2.49BCN¥3.44BCN¥2.89BCN¥2.66B
Revenue growth—-28%+19%+9%—
Gross profitCN¥1.21BCN¥772MCN¥1.40BCN¥1.17BCN¥1.03B
EBITDAn/aCN¥997MCN¥1.30BCN¥904MCN¥782M
Net incomeCN¥236MCN¥236MCN¥675MCN¥482MCN¥274M
Free cash flow-CN¥1.12B-CN¥1.16B-CN¥416M-CN¥2.58B-CN¥1.17B
Capital expenditureCN¥2.38BCN¥2.66BCN¥1.70BCN¥3.54BCN¥2.04B
Total debtCN¥8.31BCN¥7.23BCN¥8.35BCN¥7.52BCN¥4.53B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Yunnan Energy Investment competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%-30%-20%-10%0%301630688603600273410747664045CHE-UN6006180023616003670025496881066007223016177970ECVT301069VINATIORGA0009901773002053.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Yunnan Energy Investment is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%20×40×60×68860360027341074766CHE-UN0025496881067970ECVT301069VINATIORGA0009901773002053.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Yunnan Energy Investment is the large dot.

Yunnan Energy Investment competitors and peer comparison

How Yunnan Energy Investment 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.

Yunnan Energy Investment against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure002053.SZPeer medianRank 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 margin20.1%12.2%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E11.6×14.8×4th cheapest of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.4 pp-0.9 pp10th highest 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
Yunnan Energy Investment 002053.SZChina$1.21B-24%-24%20%11.6×n/an/a
Tongyu Advanced Materials (Guangdong) 301630.SZChina$1.21B-19%+26%18%n/a35.9%+26.0%
Shanghai Skychem Technology 688603.SSChina$1.22B-29%+38%19%44.6×n/an/a
Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical Industry 600273.SSChina$1.23B-22%+4%5%7.8×-6.3%+12.9%
ISE Chemicals 4107.TJapan$1.20B-30%0%22%36.0×18.6%+18.4%
Nan Pao Resins Chemical 4766.TWTaiwan$1.24B-6%+3%16%13.3×-8.7%+8.3%
Toagosei 4045.TJapan$1.19B+3%+2%9%14.4×n/an/a
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund CHE-UN.TOCanada$1.19B-17%+12%12%9.5×-0.8%+7.7%
Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical 600618.SSChina$1.24B-29%+2%6%n/a-0.4%+9.9%
Anhui Shenjian New Materials 002361.SZChina$1.25B-54%-4%-3%n/an/an/a
Guizhou Redstar Developing 600367.SSChina$1.25B+14%+1%7%n/a26.8%+9.1%
Hunan Kaimeite Gases 002549.SZChina$1.18B-43%-7%-5%38.9×n/an/a
Jinhong Gas 688106.SSChina$1.17B-42%+15%2%67.0×n/an/a
Hebei Jinniu Chemical Industry 600722.SSChina$1.16B-16%-1%18%n/a28.1%+3.0%
Shandong Boyuan Advanced Materials 301617.SZChina$1.15B-4%+11%12%n/a44.7%+22.5%
Shin-Etsu Polymer 7970.TJapan$1.15B+5%+10%13%13.2×-2.9%+8.4%
Ecovyst ECVTUnited States$1.15B-26%+20%12%14.1×8.0%+7.8%
Shandong Kaisheng New Materials 301069.SZChina$1.28B-19%+20%13%47.0×29.2%+10.4%
Vinati Organics VINATIORGA.NSIndia$1.14B-26%+11%20%23.8×24.0%+18.2%
Chengzhi 000990.SZChina$1.29B-43%-7%7%10.6×-2.8%+2.2%
Shiny Chemical Industrial 1773.TWTaiwan$1.29B-20%+20%22%15.1×5.5%+8.1%

Questions

Which companies are Yunnan Energy Investment's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Tongyu Advanced Materials (Guangdong) (301630.SZ), Shanghai Skychem Technology (688603.SS), Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical Industry (600273.SS), ISE Chemicals (4107.T), Nan Pao Resins Chemical (4766.TW), Toagosei (4045.T), Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CHE-UN.TO), Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical (600618.SS).
Is Yunnan Energy Investment expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 11.6× against a peer median of 14.8×, 4th cheapest of 15 in its peer set.
How has Yunnan Energy Investment stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -24.1% against -21.1% for the median peer; over one year -31.4%.

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.