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Taiwanese chemical maker of caprolactam (for nylon 6) and acrylonitrile, with nylon chips, ammonium sulfate and other chemicals.
Taiwanese chemical maker of caprolactam (for nylon 6) and acrylonitrile, with nylon chips, ammonium sulfate and other chemicals.
Makes caprolactam, the raw material for nylon 6, and acrylonitrile, used in acrylic fibre and plastics, so earnings follow the gap between feedstock costs and what the nylon and acrylic chains will pay. Ammonium sulfate and nylon chips are by-product and downstream lines. It is Taiwan's only caprolactam producer.
Moat: none (scale). Commodity chemicals competing on cost and scale, though it is Taiwan's only caprolactam producer.
Founded: 1969
Size China Petrochemical Development (1314.TW) is a Taiwan Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $833M, the 306th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$7.28 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.8%, against -21.8% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 34.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.3%); the operating margin is -17.9% (peer median 8.8%).
Valuation It trades at 0.37× book value against a peer median of 2.21× (2nd cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.1%; China Petrochemical Development delivers -3.9%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NT$15.8B | NT$19.2B | NT$29.4B | NT$25.4B | NT$25.0B |
| Revenue growth | — | -35% | +15% | +2% | — |
| Gross profit | -NT$1.74B | -NT$2.12B | NT$104M | -NT$1.31B | -NT$1.48B |
| EBITDA | -NT$1.50B | -NT$2.29B | -NT$484M | -NT$1.60B | -NT$2.55B |
| Net income | -NT$3.02B | -NT$2.97B | NT$248M | -NT$1.06B | NT$233M |
| Free cash flow | -NT$394M | -NT$3.89B | -NT$2.75B | -NT$5.68B | -NT$4.74B |
| Capital expenditure | -NT$767M | NT$514M | NT$1.05B | NT$1.86B | NT$3.22B |
| Total debt | NT$37.0B | NT$40.4B | NT$44.4B | NT$51.5B | NT$47.6B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Petrochemical Development 1314.TW | $833M | -1% | -35% | -4% | 0.37× | 2.1% |
| Advansix ASIX | $454M | -17% | +8% | -3% | 0.58× | 7.7% |
| Basf BAS.DE | $52.6B | +2% | -4% | 6% | 1.28× | 9.2% |
| Asahi Kasei 3407.T | $12.6B | -3% | +4% | 10% | 0.95× | 8.5% |
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 | 1314.TW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -16.0% | -14.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -0.8% | -21.8% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Return on equity | -3.9% | 4.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 0.37× | 2.21× | 2nd cheapest of 21 |
| ROE the price implies | 2.1% | 20.9% | least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | -3.9% | 4.0% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Petrochemical Development 1314.TW | Taiwan | $833M | -1% | -35% | -4% | 0.37× | 2.1% | -3.9% |
| HuBei NengTer Technology 002102.SZ | China | $832M | -12% | -59% | 0% | 1.78× | 10.3% | -0.1% |
| Shanxi Lu'an Chemical Technology 600691.SS | China | $827M | -31% | -14% | -18% | 1.83× | 19.8% | -18.3% |
| Fujian Yuanli Active Carbon 300174.SZ | China | $840M | -14% | +7% | 6% | 1.55× | 15.9% | 6.0% |
| Zhejiang Zhengguang Industrial 301092.SZ | China | $823M | -1% | -5% | 4% | 2.76× | 25.2% | 4.0% |
| Neo Performance Materials NEO.TO | Canada | $821M | -13% | +24% | 0% | 1.70× | 17.5% | 0.3% |
| Sinosteel New Materials 002057.SZ | China | $849M | -22% | +13% | 6% | 1.70× | 18.6% | 6.1% |
| Alkyl Amines Chemicals ALKYLAMINE.NS | India | $849M | -9% | +13% | 16% | 4.90× | 73.5% | 16.0% |
| Kingfa Science & Technology (India) KINGFA.NS | India | $849M | +20% | +24% | 17% | 5.74× | 78.6% | n/a |
| Zhejiang Xinhua Chemical 603867.SS | China | $817M | -27% | +7% | 9% | 1.74× | 15.3% | 9.4% |
| Jiangsu Aisen Semiconductor Material 688720.SS | China | $817M | -21% | +29% | 6% | 5.08× | 64.9% | 5.8% |
| Shandong Head 002810.SZ | China | $855M | -38% | +16% | 12% | 2.41× | 21.9% | 12.2% |
| Daqo New Energy Corp Sponsored ADR DQ | United States | $856M | -32% | -21% | -5% | 0.20× | 3.9% | -5.3% |
| Kronos Worldwide KRO | United States | $859M | +46% | +3% | -14% | 1.14× | 11.3% | -13.7% |
| Neogen Chemicals NEOGEN.NS | India | $809M | +47% | +27% | 3% | 4.85× | 54.5% | 3.4% |
| Hanking Gold International 3788.HK | Hong Kong | $862M | -26% | -19% | 1% | 2.25× | 15.8% | 0.6% |
| Sinolong New Materials 301565.SZ | China | $799M | -27% | +20% | 1% | 2.65× | 24.3% | 1.3% |
| Hangzhou Greenda Electronic Materials 603931.SS | China | $797M | -31% | -4% | 7% | 2.74× | 24.8% | 6.9% |
| Zhejiang Wansheng 603010.SS | China | $872M | -25% | +19% | -34% | 2.17× | 23.6% | -33.8% |
| Toyobo 3101.T | Japan | $793M | -1% | +2% | 6% | 0.58× | 7.4% | 6.2% |
| Pan Asian Microvent Tech (Jiangsu) 688386.SS | China | $792M | -40% | +37% | 8% | 3.53× | 42.3% | 7.5% |