Employees: 3,995
Size Puyang Refractories (002225.SZ) is a China Materials company (Other Metals/Minerals) with a market value of $550M, the 3630th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥3.22 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 28.4%, against -29.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 2.0% (peer median 9.1%).
Valuation It trades at 14.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.1× (4th cheapest of 7).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 24% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +19 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.7 points below its cost of capital (5.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.37B | CN¥5.47B | CN¥5.18B | CN¥5.43B | CN¥4.91B |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | -5% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥902M | CN¥904M | CN¥923M | CN¥1.01B | CN¥921M |
| EBITDA | CN¥286M | CN¥290M | CN¥314M | CN¥425M | CN¥329M |
| Net income | CN¥32.9M | CN¥86.6M | CN¥135M | CN¥248M | CN¥230M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥117M | CN¥178M | CN¥332M | CN¥252M | -CN¥396M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥54.6M | CN¥101M | CN¥102M | CN¥132M | CN¥140M |
| Total debt | CN¥3.21B | CN¥3.02B | CN¥3.03B | CN¥2.98B | CN¥2.63B |
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| Measure | 002225.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.4% | -14.6% | 4th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -28.4% | -29.6% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -54.0% | -45.6% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.6% | +4.6% | 5th lowest of 12 |
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 9.1% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Forward P/E | 14.6× | 21.1× | 4th cheapest of 7 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 24.5% | 0.6% | 3rd most demanding of 6 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.7% | +15.1% | 3rd lowest of 6 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +18.8 pp | +5.1 pp | 3rd most demanding of 6 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.7 pp | -2.6 pp | 9th lowest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.1× | 15.4× | 2nd most expensive of 5 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.9× | 0.7× | most indebted of 6 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puyang Refractories 002225.SZ | China | $550M | -28% | +2% | 2% | 14.6× | 24.5% | +5.7% |
| IsoEnergy ISO.TO | Canada | $549M | -30% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Changzhou Zhongying Science & Technology 300936.SZ | China | $556M | -32% | +15% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lumina Metals LMCU.TO | Canada | $544M | -33% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hootech 301026.SZ | China | $541M | -27% | +121% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Straits Trading S20.SI | Singapore | $541M | -14% | +30% | 13% | n/a | 0.6% | +15.1% |
| Gloria Material Technology 5009.TWO | Taiwan | $527M | -15% | +3% | 10% | 11.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Bannerman Energy BMN.AX | Australia | $578M | -15% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| OSAKA Titanium Technologies 5726.T | Japan | $584M | -18% | -8% | 13% | 30.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Core Lithium CXO.AX | Australia | $516M | -35% | n/a | -160% | 7.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Mingzhu 600382.SS | China | $512M | -36% | -6% | 18% | n/a | -4.3% | -9.4% |
| Qinghai Jinrui Mineral Development 600714.SS | China | $593M | -38% | -6% | 5% | n/a | 53.0% | +15.3% |
| Deep Yellow DYL.AX | Australia | $510M | -57% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Meridian Mining MNO.TO | Canada | $598M | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shivalik Bimetal Controls SBCL.NS | India | $609M | +61% | +19% | 21% | 42.3× | 45.7% | +22.8% |
| Arafura Rare Earths ARU.AX | Australia | $610M | -56% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ruitai Materials Technology 002066.SZ | China | $489M | -40% | -1% | -4% | 40.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Abenojar Tungsten ABT.L | United Kingdom | $619M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Sunrise 002593.SZ | China | $485M | -25% | +5% | 8% | n/a | -7.2% | +4.1% |
| Lindian Resources LIN.AX | Australia | $481M | -50% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys IMFA.NS | India | $633M | -25% | +32% | 23% | 10.2× | n/a | n/a |