Hainan-based crop seed breeding company, leveraging Hainan's tropical breeding-nursery climate.
Hainan-based crop seed breeding company, leveraging Hainan's tropical breeding-nursery climate.
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Headquarters: Hainan, China · Employees: 220
Size Hainan Shennong Seed Industry Technology (300189.SZ) is a China Consumer Staples company (Agricultural Commodities/Milling) with a market value of $946M, the 2409th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.43 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.1%, against -14.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 17.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.2%); the operating margin is 4.5% (peer median 3.5%).
Valuation It trades at 29.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.2 points below its cost of capital (9.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥226M | CN¥249M | CN¥156M | CN¥167M | CN¥191M |
| Revenue growth | — | +59% | -6% | -13% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥90.1M | CN¥72.1M | CN¥36.7M | CN¥36.2M | CN¥40.5M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥33.4M | -CN¥18.2M | -CN¥3.16M | -CN¥8.54M |
| Net income | CN¥103M | CN¥107M | -CN¥50.6M | -CN¥36.0M | -CN¥64.6M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥34.2M | -CN¥19.7M | -CN¥272M | CN¥2.16M | -CN¥48.2M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥41.3M | CN¥43.9M | CN¥280M | CN¥12.1M | CN¥14.3M |
| Total debt | CN¥464M | CN¥282M | CN¥223M | CN¥7.93M | CN¥20.8M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hainan Shennong Seed Industry Technology 300189.SZ | $946M | -11% | +17% | 4% | 29.2× | n/a |
| Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture 000998.SZ | $1.77B | -11% | -5% | 5% | 2.8× | n/a |
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 | 300189.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.4% | -1.4% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -11.1% | -14.2% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.3% | -26.7% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +17.3% | +2.2% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 3.5% | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 29.2× | 1.3× | most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.2 pp | -2.1 pp | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hainan Shennong Seed Industry Technology 300189.SZ | China | $946M | -11% | +17% | 4% | 29.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Elders ELD.AX | Australia | $955M | -12% | +11% | 4% | 0.6× | 5.6% | +8.9% |
| Gansu Yasheng Industrial (Group) 600108.SS | China | $961M | -24% | -1% | 2% | 2.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Charoen Pokphand Enterprise (Taiwan) 1215.TW | Taiwan | $927M | -26% | +4% | 10% | 1.6× | -1.2% | +5.1% |
| KRBL KRBL.NS | India | $990M | +8% | 0% | 16% | 1.0× | 4.2% | +8.8% |
| Cobram Estate Olives CBO.AX | Australia | $896M | -29% | +11% | -5% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Juewei Food 603517.SS | China | $1.01B | -13% | -8% | 3% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Luoniushan 000735.SZ | China | $876M | -23% | +48% | -2% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Mission Produce AVO | United States | $1.02B | -11% | -6% | 4% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Avanti Feeds AVANTIFEED.NS | India | $1.02B | -51% | +11% | 9% | 1.5× | 17.1% | +8.0% |
| Shandong Xiantan 002746.SZ | China | $838M | +1% | +12% | 5% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Xinjiang Guannong 600251.SS | China | $1.09B | -27% | -32% | -4% | 3.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Fujian Aonong Biological Technology Group Incorporation 603363.SS | China | $1.09B | -21% | +12% | -8% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Showa Sangyo 2004.T | Japan | $820M | +30% | +3% | 3% | 0.5× | 1.3% | +5.6% |
| Tangrenshen 002567.SZ | China | $783M | -12% | -14% | -9% | 0.5× | 34.7% | +5.5% |
| TTET Union 1232.TW | Taiwan | $777M | +8% | +13% | 9% | 1.1× | -6.7% | +4.3% |
| Dekon Food And Agriculture 2419.HK | Hong Kong | $1.16B | -16% | -10% | -6% | 0.5× | -5.0% | +22.4% |
| AEP Plantations AEP.L | United Kingdom | $757M | -26% | +7% | 21% | 1.4× | -13.7% | +11.4% |
| Shandong Denghai Seeds 002041.SZ | China | $1.19B | -12% | -1% | 3% | 4.2× | 23.5% | +4.2% |
| Leshan Giantstar Farming & Husbandry 603477.SS | China | $1.19B | -19% | -2% | -15% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| M.P. Evans MPE.L | United Kingdom | $1.20B | -5% | +1% | 39% | 2.8× | -9.7% | +15.6% |