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Datang Huayin Electric Power Co.,Ltd Class A600744.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Utilities›Electric Utilities

Coal-fired power generator in Hunan province, a listed subsidiary of state-owned China Datang Corporation.

Momentum weak 27
Mkt cap
$1.83B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$32.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
9.60×
price to book
ROE
-11.8%
delivered
Implied ROE
65.6%
what the price asks
Close · CNYCN¥6.01
1D+5.4%
1W+13.0%
1M-2.6%
3M-18.0%
6M-29.6%
YTD+2.2%
1Y-7.2%
ATR %3.8%
52w lowhigh38.5% off high

What Datang Huayin Electric Power does

Coal-fired power generator in Hunan province, a listed subsidiary of state-owned China Datang Corporation.

Sells electricity from its coal-fired plants to the provincial grid at tariffs set or guided by the government, with coal bought on the open market, so profit is the gap between tariff and fuel cost.

Products and services

  • Coal-fired power generation

Customers

  • State Grid Hunan

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Utilities
  • Power generation
  • Coal-fired thermal power
  • Provincial grid offtake

What could go right

  • Power demand growth in Hunan

What could go wrong

  • Coal price volatility
  • Regulated tariff caps

Moat: none (scale, parent backing). Datang parent secures coal and financing, but tariffs are regulated and margins coal-cost driven.

Headquarters: Changsha, Hunan, China · Employees: 4,080

Named competitors

Datang Huayin Electric Power at a glance

Size Datang Huayin Electric Power (600744.SS) is a China Utilities company (Electric Utilities) with a market value of $1.83B, the 1369th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥6.01 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 29.6%, against -20.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 9.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.4%); the operating margin is 6.0% (peer median 10.3%).

Valuation It trades at 9.60× book value against a peer median of 0.96× (2nd most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 65.6%; Datang Huayin Electric Power delivers -11.8%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 76600744.SS 67
Six months, rebased to 100: Datang Huayin Electric Power against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Datang Huayin Electric Power financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥7.66BCN¥8.03BCN¥8.33BCN¥9.87BCN¥9.63B
Revenue growth—-4%-16%+2%—
Gross profitCN¥1.87BCN¥840MCN¥371MCN¥386M-CN¥123M
EBITDAn/aCN¥1.96BCN¥1.51BCN¥1.41BCN¥849M
Net income-CN¥159MCN¥81.6M-CN¥113M-CN¥187MCN¥24.2M
Free cash flow-CN¥972M-CN¥2.00B-CN¥1.99B-CN¥3.15B-CN¥2.16B
Capital expenditureCN¥4.26BCN¥5.23BCN¥3.76BCN¥4.75BCN¥2.78B
Total debtCN¥26.5BCN¥25.4BCN¥24.0BCN¥19.8BCN¥17.3B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Datang Huayin Electric Power competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%-10%0%000690CESC0579600116000966REHN600452000600CEPUNAVA600864001896600396MVV1HE9507000875600744.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Datang Huayin Electric Power is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-10%0%10%00×50×100×000690CESC0579000966REHN600452CEPU601330NAVA603693600864001896600396MVV1VEDPOWERHE600744.SSReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Datang Huayin Electric Power is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%20%40%60%0%25%50%0006900579000966600452CEPU603693001896600396600744.SSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Datang Huayin Electric Power is the large dot.

Datang Huayin Electric Power competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600744.SS vs 000966.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Datang Huayin Electric Power 600744.SS$1.83B-30%-10%-12%9.60×65.6%
CHN Energy Changyuan Electric Power 000966.SZ$1.99B-16%-9%-2%0.98×7.0%

How Datang Huayin Electric Power compares with its peers

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.

Datang Huayin Electric Power against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600744.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.6%-4.9%8th highest of 21
6-month return-29.6%-20.6%6th lowest of 20
Return on equity-11.8%6.2%2nd lowest of 21
Price / book9.60×0.96×2nd most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies65.6%7.0%most demanding of 20
ROE delivered-11.8%5.7%lowest of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Datang Huayin Electric Power 600744.SSChina$1.83B-30%-10%-12%9.60×65.6%-11.8%
Guangdong Baolihua New Energy Stock 000690.SZChina$1.87B+9%+1%8%0.95×4.8%7.5%
CESC CESC.NSIndia$1.77B-32%+9%13%1.34×22.2%n/a
Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy 0579.HKHong Kong$1.74B-27%-1%7%0.34×4.4%6.7%
Chongqing Three Gorges Water Conservancy and Electric Power 600116.SSChina$1.73B-8%+4%6%0.97×5.4%5.7%
CHN Energy Changyuan Electric Power 000966.SZChina$1.99B-16%-9%-2%0.98×7.0%-1.9%
Romande Energie REHN.SWSwitzerland$1.68B-1%+2%4%0.58×n/a4.1%
Chongqing Fuling Electric Power Industrial 600452.SSChina$2.00B-25%-7%8%2.30×18.6%7.6%
HCIG Energy Investment 000600.SZChina$2.01B-31%-12%7%0.96×5.7%7.4%
Central Puerto SA Sponsored ADR CEPUUnited States$1.64B-29%+51%18%0.75×7.6%17.8%
Dynagreen Environmental Protection 601330.SSChina$1.63B-4%+11%8%1.32×7.3%8.4%
Nava NAVA.NSIndia$1.59B-26%+9%10%1.71×29.4%n/a
Jiangsu New Energy Development 603693.SSChina$1.56B-21%-3%5%1.45×10.4%4.9%
Harbin Hatou Investment 600864.SSChina$1.56B-18%0%0%0.81×6.6%-0.2%
Henan Yuneng 001896.SZChina$2.14B-39%-6%6%3.92×33.6%5.7%
Huadian Liaoning Energy Development 600396.SSChina$2.23B+2%0%-6%11.35×26.9%-5.5%
MVV Energie MVV1.DEGermany$2.23B+1%-8%2%0.87×4.5%1.9%
Vedanta Power VEDPOWER.NSIndia$1.46Bn/a+5%-61%1.05×9.7%n/a
Hawaiian Electric Industries HEUnited States$1.45B-43%+2%14%0.82×6.7%13.6%
Shikoku Electric Power 9507.TJapan$2.33B+24%-3%9%0.77×4.4%8.5%
SPIC Green Energy 000875.SZChina$2.34B-34%-4%1%0.89×6.7%0.7%

Questions

Who are Datang Huayin Electric Power's main competitors?
Named competitors: CHN Energy Changyuan Electric Power (000966.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Guangdong Baolihua New Energy Stock (000690.SZ), CESC (CESC.NS), Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy (0579.HK), Chongqing Three Gorges Water Conservancy and Electric Power (600116.SS), CHN Energy Changyuan Electric Power (000966.SZ), Romande Energie (REHN.SW).
Is Datang Huayin Electric Power expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 9.60× against a peer median of 0.96×, 2nd most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 65.6%; Datang Huayin Electric Power delivers -11.8%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Datang Huayin Electric Power stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -29.6% against -20.6% for the median peer; over one year -7.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.