Employees: 3,726
Size Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co (002556.SZ) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $594M, the 3445th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥4.36 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.1%, against -22.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.0%); the operating margin is 0.8% (peer median 3.7%).
Valuation It trades at 19.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.3× (3rd most expensive of 10).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 9% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +10 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 2.2 points below its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥15.3B | CN¥15.1B | CN¥15.6B | CN¥17.8B | CN¥18.2B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | -12% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.15B | CN¥857M | CN¥802M | CN¥751M | CN¥1.25B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥477M | CN¥397M | CN¥332M | CN¥792M |
| Net income | CN¥149M | CN¥194M | CN¥169M | CN¥76.5M | CN¥510M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥175M | CN¥1.08B | -CN¥253M | -CN¥836M | CN¥1.13B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥57.4M | CN¥70.4M | CN¥261M | CN¥557M | CN¥275M |
| Total debt | CN¥4.96B | CN¥4.23B | CN¥4.90B | CN¥5.60B | CN¥4.70B |
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| Measure | 002556.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -15.5% | -6.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -31.1% | -22.5% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -40.2% | -33.3% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.3% | +7.0% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 0.8% | 3.7% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 19.0× | 13.3× | 3rd most expensive of 10 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 8.7% | -1.2% | 4th most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -1.2% | +3.2% | 3rd lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +9.9 pp | -2.2 pp | 2nd most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.2 pp | -1.8 pp | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production .Co 002556.SZ | China | $594M | -31% | 0% | 1% | 19.0× | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers RCF.NS | India | $590M | -23% | +18% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals GSFC.NS | India | $588M | -22% | +37% | 3% | 8.7× | 23.2% | +3.2% |
| Suzhou Fengbei Biotech Stock 603334.SS | China | $586M | -44% | +63% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical 600796.SS | China | $629M | -24% | -2% | 11% | n/a | 7.8% | -2.0% |
| Jiangxi Fanli Digital Technology 600228.SS | China | $539M | +39% | +140% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sdic Fengle Seed 000713.SZ | China | $664M | -15% | +10% | 2% | 37.0× | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical 002749.SZ | China | $668M | -24% | -2% | 18% | 13.3× | -8.5% | +12.2% |
| Nihon Nohyaku 4997.T | Japan | $522M | +6% | +7% | 10% | n/a | -7.1% | +9.3% |
| Sinon 1712.TW | Taiwan | $514M | -4% | 0% | 7% | 15.5× | -4.3% | +1.3% |
| Kumiai Chemical Industry 4996.T | Japan | $499M | -17% | +7% | 4% | 10.1× | -8.5% | +9.7% |
| Hailir Pesticides & Chemicals 603639.SS | China | $463M | -29% | -9% | 1% | 6.1× | n/a | n/a |
| LSB Industries LXU | United States | $763M | -24% | +13% | 11% | 13.7× | -0.8% | +11.9% |
| Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical 002391.SZ | China | $461M | -28% | -2% | 3% | 34.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Haili Chemical Industry 600731.SS | China | $459M | -19% | -24% | 11% | n/a | -5.8% | -3.6% |
| Limin 002734.SZ | China | $778M | -37% | -6% | 8% | 9.2× | -1.2% | +0.6% |
| Krishana Phoschem KRISHANA.NS | India | $781M | +79% | +73% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Sierte Fertilizer Industry 002538.SZ | China | $794M | -15% | +9% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CNSIG Anhui Hongsifang Fertilizer 603395.SS | China | $798M | -23% | +3% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guizhou Chitianhua 600227.SS | China | $803M | -22% | -2% | -5% | n/a | 10.3% | +2.4% |
| Kingenta Ecological Engineering 002470.SZ | China | $827M | -39% | +9% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |