Employees: 2,206
Size Guizhou Chitianhua (600227.SS) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $803M, the 2750th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥3.17 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.5%, against -23.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 2.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is -5.4% (peer median 6.0%).
Valuation It trades at 2.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.6× (5th most expensive of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +8 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 8.8 points below its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.37B | CN¥2.16B | CN¥2.36B | CN¥2.23B | CN¥2.50B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | +6% | -11% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥189M | CN¥109M | CN¥183M | CN¥124M | CN¥106M |
| EBITDA | CN¥118M | CN¥47.5M | CN¥213M | -CN¥93.8M | -CN¥155M |
| Net income | -CN¥188M | -CN¥276M | -CN¥86.7M | -CN¥119M | -CN¥367M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥198M | CN¥246M | CN¥211M | CN¥106M | -CN¥254M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥97.8M | CN¥127M | CN¥166M | CN¥203M | CN¥451M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.39B | CN¥1.27B | CN¥1.44B | CN¥1.22B | CN¥930M |
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| Measure | 600227.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -21.5% | -5.0% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -22.5% | -23.0% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -41.8% | -35.2% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -2.3% | +8.9% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -5.4% | 6.0% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.7× | 1.6× | 5th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 10.3% | -0.8% | 3rd most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.4% | +3.4% | 6th lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +7.9 pp | -1.8 pp | 4th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -8.8 pp | +0.0 pp | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 9.0× | 0.9× | most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guizhou Chitianhua 600227.SS | China | $803M | -22% | -2% | -5% | 2.7× | 10.3% | +2.4% |
| CNSIG Anhui Hongsifang Fertilizer 603395.SS | China | $798M | -23% | +3% | 0% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Sierte Fertilizer Industry 002538.SZ | China | $794M | -15% | +9% | 3% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Krishana Phoschem KRISHANA.NS | India | $781M | +79% | +73% | 11% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Kingenta Ecological Engineering 002470.SZ | China | $827M | -39% | +9% | -5% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Limin 002734.SZ | China | $778M | -37% | -6% | 8% | 1.4× | -1.2% | +0.6% |
| Kunming Chuan Jin Nuo Chemical 300505.SZ | China | $838M | -34% | +14% | 10% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| LSB Industries LXU | United States | $763M | -24% | +13% | 11% | 1.6× | -0.8% | +11.9% |
| FMC FMC | United States | $876M | -58% | -22% | -21% | 1.6× | -2.8% | -5.7% |
| Nufarm NUF.AX | Australia | $897M | +40% | -2% | 3% | 0.8× | 9.9% | +5.2% |
| Madhya Bharat Agro Products MBAPL.NS | India | $944M | +68% | +48% | 10% | 4.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Oil-Dri Corporation of America ODC | United States | $948M | -9% | +2% | 14% | 1.9× | 3.8% | +10.1% |
| Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical 002749.SZ | China | $668M | -24% | -2% | 18% | 1.9× | -8.5% | +12.2% |
| Oci OCI.AS | Netherlands | $967M | +8% | -81% | -4% | 1.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Sdic Fengle Seed 000713.SZ | China | $664M | -15% | +10% | 2% | 1.1× | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| Nanjing Redsun 000525.SZ | China | $981M | -10% | +12% | -2% | 2.7× | 12.2% | -5.1% |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Biochemical 600796.SS | China | $629M | -24% | -2% | 11% | 3.2× | 7.8% | -2.0% |
| Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals 600389.SS | China | $1.04B | -44% | +13% | 6% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Sinofert 0297.HK | Hong Kong | $1.08B | -25% | +16% | 6% | 0.2× | -18.5% | +1.0% |
| China BlueChemical 3983.HK | Hong Kong | $1.08B | -32% | +4% | 5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Migao 9879.HK | Hong Kong | $1.08B | +16% | +27% | 8% | 1.3× | -2.8% | +23.4% |