Chinese coal mining company producing thermal coal for regional power generation.
Chinese coal mining company producing thermal coal for regional power generation.
Moat: none (scale). Commodity coal producer; a price taker in a cyclical, regulated domestic market.
Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Employees: 11,277
Size Shanghai Datun Energy Resources (600508.SS) is a China Energy company (Coal) with a market value of $1.32B, the 1832nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥8.67 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 13.7%, against -11.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 15.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.3%); the operating margin is 4.4% (peer median -1.0%).
Valuation It trades at 12.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.3× (5th cheapest of 13).
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 0%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points above its cost of capital (5.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥9.10B | CN¥7.63B | CN¥9.42B | CN¥10.9B | CN¥12.5B |
| Revenue growth | — | -19% | -14% | -13% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥2.24B | CN¥992M | CN¥1.94B | CN¥2.37B | CN¥4.22B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.24B | CN¥1.95B | CN¥2.36B | CN¥3.82B |
| Net income | CN¥302M | CN¥220M | CN¥716M | CN¥969M | CN¥1.74B |
| Free cash flow | CN¥724M | -CN¥535M | CN¥115M | CN¥282M | CN¥2.79B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥981M | CN¥1.05B | CN¥1.22B | CN¥1.13B | CN¥1.00B |
| Total debt | CN¥3.26B | CN¥2.44B | CN¥2.20B | CN¥2.32B | CN¥1.57B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Datun Energy Resources 600508.SS | $1.32B | +14% | +15% | 4% | 12.0× | -9.3% |
| China Shenhua Energy 601088.SS | $151B | +1% | -13% | 24% | 16.9× | n/a |
| China Coal Energy 601898.SS | $22.6B | -31% | -4% | 18% | 9.2× | -17.0% |
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 | 600508.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -18.6% | -14.7% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +13.7% | -11.5% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.2% | -32.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +15.3% | +3.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | -1.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.0× | 18.3× | 5th cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -9.3% | -6.4% | 5th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +0.1% | +9.4% | 3rd lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.3 pp | -17.5 pp | 4th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.6 pp | -3.9 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Datun Energy Resources 600508.SS | China | $1.32B | +14% | +15% | 4% | 12.0× | -9.3% | +0.1% |
| Anhui Hengyuan Coal Industry and Electricity Power 600971.SS | China | $1.30B | -13% | +34% | 3% | 22.2× | -10.2% | +1.6% |
| Shanxi Lanhua Sci-Tech Venture 600123.SS | China | $1.34B | -14% | +8% | 1% | 31.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanxi Coking 600740.SS | China | $1.34B | -19% | 0% | -15% | 14.6× | 13.3% | -2.7% |
| Kailuan Energy Chemical 600997.SS | China | $1.28B | -9% | +5% | -2% | 26.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Macmahon MAH.AX | Australia | $1.35B | +6% | +8% | 7% | 15.1× | 4.3% | +14.1% |
| Stanmore Resources SMR.AX | Australia | $1.54B | +5% | -6% | 0% | 21.5× | -9.9% | +60.7% |
| Natural Resource Partners L.P NRP | United States | $1.56B | +6% | -10% | 63% | n/a | -8.1% | +9.4% |
| Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal 600395.SS | China | $1.60B | -10% | +6% | 15% | 21.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Shougang Fushan Resources 0639.HK | Hong Kong | $1.66B | -4% | +33% | 20% | 10.4× | -17.3% | +4.8% |
| Shaanxi Heimao Coking 601015.SS | China | $965M | -22% | -13% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kinetic Development 1277.HK | Hong Kong | $1.84B | -15% | -3% | 31% | 6.2× | -6.4% | +11.5% |
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources AMR | United States | $1.87B | -20% | -13% | -2% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Mongolian Mining 0975.HK | Hong Kong | $899M | -27% | +26% | 13% | n/a | -5.8% | +14.7% |
| Peabody Energy BTU | United States | $1.95B | -32% | +3% | -4% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Dayou Energy 600403.SS | China | $2.04B | -2% | +6% | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanxi Meijin Energy 000723.SZ | China | $2.15B | -27% | -2% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa JSW.WA | Poland | $788M | -6% | -8% | -28% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhengzhou Coal Industry & Electric Power 600121.SS | China | $786M | +1% | -5% | -8% | n/a | 36.0% | +5.7% |
| Baotailong New Materials 601011.SS | China | $724M | -20% | +25% | -50% | n/a | 7.7% | -23.9% |
| Beijing Haohua Energy Resource 601101.SS | China | $2.39B | -5% | +3% | 24% | 9.3× | -9.6% | +14.4% |