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One of China's largest integrated phosphate-chemical producers, making phosphate fertilizer, glyphosate herbicide and organosilicon materials.
One of China's largest integrated phosphate-chemical producers, making phosphate fertilizer, glyphosate herbicide and organosilicon materials.
Sells commodity chemicals whose prices swing with crop cycles and China's export policy; glyphosate, a weed killer, and phosphate fertiliser are tied to farming demand. Plants sit in Hubei, near phosphate rock reserves, giving it ore-to-chemicals integration. Phosphorus chemicals used in LFP batteries are a newer outlet.
In one line: A Chinese Mosaic/Nutrien hybrid with a glyphosate business.
Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Vertically integrated phosphate-ore-to-chemicals scale, one of the largest such complexes in China.
Headquarters: Yichang, China · Employees: 14,580
Size Hubei Xingfa Chemicals (600141.SS) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Major Diversified) with a market value of $4.19B, the 616th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥23.69 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 27.4%, against -7.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 7.5% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 15.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.6× (10th cheapest of 19).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.8 points below its cost of capital (9.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 6 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥31.4B | CN¥29.3B | CN¥28.3B | CN¥28.2B | CN¥30.2B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | 0% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥7.34B | CN¥4.94B | CN¥5.27B | CN¥4.34B | CN¥10.5B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥5.32B | CN¥4.97B | CN¥4.14B | CN¥10.0B |
| Net income | CN¥1.34B | CN¥1.49B | CN¥1.60B | CN¥1.40B | CN¥5.85B |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥2.45B | -CN¥528M | CN¥234M | -CN¥931M | CN¥4.70B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥3.06B | CN¥2.25B | CN¥1.50B | CN¥2.43B | CN¥2.36B |
| Total debt | CN¥19.0B | CN¥17.3B | CN¥14.2B | CN¥12.8B | CN¥11.8B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubei Xingfa Chemicals 600141.SS | $4.19B | -27% | +4% | 8% | 15.3× | n/a |
| Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial 600596.SS | $1.75B | -31% | +5% | 2% | 22.9× | 12.4% |
| Mosaic Company (The) MOS | $7.11B | +2% | 0% | 3% | 26.2× | n/a |
| Yunnan Yuntianhua 600096.SS | $7.17B | -28% | -19% | 11% | 9.3× | -1.7% |
| Hubei Yihua Chemical Industry 000422.SZ | $1.60B | -42% | +15% | 5% | 15.2× | n/a |
| Lier Chemical 002258.SZ | $1.85B | +20% | +6% | 8% | 21.0× | n/a |
| Hoshine Silicon Industry 603260.SS | $5.32B | -33% | -7% | -6% | 41.7× | 22.5% |
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 | 600141.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -11.8% | -10.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -27.4% | -7.9% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -54.0% | -24.5% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.3% | +6.5% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 7.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 15.3× | 15.6× | 10th cheapest of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.8 pp | -1.9 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubei Xingfa Chemicals 600141.SS | China | $4.19B | -27% | +4% | 8% | 15.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Avient AVNT | United States | $4.17B | +23% | +5% | 11% | 13.0× | 9.9% | +0.1% |
| Mitsui Chemicals 4183.T | Japan | $4.08B | -9% | -3% | 6% | 10.7× | 1.9% | +6.6% |
| Johnson Matthey JMAT.L | United Kingdom | $4.01B | +14% | +8% | 3% | 13.3× | 9.6% | -4.0% |
| Wacker Chemie WCH.DE | Germany | $4.42B | -24% | -5% | -1% | 33.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Perimeter Solutions PRM | United States | $4.83B | -7% | +24% | -51% | 18.3× | 36.6% | +14.0% |
| Kingfa Sci. & Tech 600143.SS | China | $4.96B | -28% | -1% | 3% | 24.6× | -1.2% | +13.3% |
| Arkema AKE.PA | France | $4.96B | -9% | -6% | 5% | 13.7× | 12.5% | +2.8% |
| Kuraray 3405.T | Japan | $3.52B | +14% | +3% | 7% | 15.0× | -0.2% | +8.3% |
| Tokyo Ohka Kogyo 4186.T | Japan | $5.03B | -30% | +22% | 21% | 17.8× | 19.9% | +15.1% |
| Grandit 688549.SS | China | $2.89B | +36% | +40% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CES Energy Solutions CEU.TO | Canada | $2.82B | +4% | +11% | 10% | 14.1× | 9.2% | +22.9% |
| Ecopro 086520.KS | South Korea | $6.55B | -57% | +11% | 9% | 31.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Element Solutions ESI | United States | $7.61B | -29% | +40% | 14% | 15.0× | 16.6% | +6.6% |
| Nippon Shokubai 4114.T | Japan | $2.27B | +11% | +4% | 6% | 16.2× | 4.1% | +7.9% |
| Hubei Sinophorus Electronic Materials 688545.SS | China | $2.24B | +11% | +75% | 11% | 68.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Aether Industries AETHER.NS | India | $2.20B | +29% | +31% | 25% | 72.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Ingevity NGVT | United States | $2.07B | -21% | -12% | 25% | 10.4× | -0.9% | -0.8% |
| Eternal Materials 1717.TW | Taiwan | $2.06B | -27% | -2% | 5% | 17.2× | 19.9% | +1.2% |
| Zhejiang Yongtai Technology 002326.SZ | China | $2.04B | -40% | +38% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mitsubishi Chemical 4188.T | Japan | $8.65B | +10% | -8% | 8% | 8.9× | -0.5% | +2.6% |