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Anhui Province Natural Gas Development Co. Ltd. Class A603689.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Utilities›Gas Distributors
Momentum strong 75
Mkt cap
$601M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.88M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
8.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+0.0 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-1 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
150 days
5 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥7.62
1D+0.1%
1W+2.1%
1M-2.9%
3M-0.4%
6M-9.6%
YTD-6.0%
1Y-16.4%
ATR %1.7%
52w lowhigh21.2% off high

What Anhui Province Natural Gas Development does

Employees: 1,181

Anhui Province Natural Gas Development at a glance

Size Anhui Province Natural Gas Development (603689.SS) is a China Utilities company (Gas Distributors) with a market value of $601M, the 3415th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥7.62 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.6%, against -15.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 9.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.1%); the operating margin is 9.2% (peer median 7.8%).

Valuation It trades at 8.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (2nd cheapest of 7).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.0 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 5 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026603689.SS 90Peer median 84
Six months, rebased to 100: Anhui Province Natural Gas Development against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Anhui Province Natural Gas Development financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥5.03BCN¥5.11BCN¥5.79BCN¥6.10BCN¥5.92B
Revenue growth—-12%-5%+3%—
Gross profitCN¥654MCN¥623MCN¥657MCN¥661MCN¥484M
EBITDACN¥672MCN¥641MCN¥632MCN¥586MCN¥507M
Net incomeCN¥345MCN¥324MCN¥333MCN¥344MCN¥255M
Free cash flowCN¥40.0M-CN¥22.2M-CN¥82.0M-CN¥54.3M-CN¥188M
Capital expenditureCN¥360MCN¥521MCN¥736MCN¥574MCN¥628M
Total debtCN¥2.50BCN¥2.53BCN¥2.62BCN¥2.65BCN¥2.33B

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Anhui Province Natural Gas Development competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%166395369543000096300332605368603706ASC000407953427340022599908CLNEYU0012993633000593603689.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Anhui Province Natural Gas Development is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%10×15×20×16639543300332605368ASCYU603689.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Anhui Province Natural Gas Development is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%16639543300332605368603706ASC00040795340022599908CLNEYU0005938908603080603689.SSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Anhui Province Natural Gas Development is the large dot.

Anhui Province Natural Gas Development competitors and peer comparison

How Anhui Province Natural Gas Development 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.

Anhui Province Natural Gas Development against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure603689.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.9%-3.0%10th highest of 20
6-month return-9.6%-15.2%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-21.2%-35.4%7th highest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)-9.4%+0.1%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin9.2%7.8%8th highest of 21
Forward P/E8.5×13.6×2nd cheapest of 7
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)0.6%-3.1%7th most demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+1.4%+8.3%4th lowest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-0.8 pp-4.4 pp5th most demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+0.0 pp+0.8 pp10th lowest of 20
EV / EBITDA9.8×8.0×5th most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA2.9×1.9×5th most indebted of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Anhui Province Natural Gas Development 603689.SSChina$601M-10%-9%9%8.5×0.6%+1.4%
K&O Energy 1663.TJapan$585M-28%-1%12%19.6×-8.6%+9.3%
Saibu Gas 9536.TJapan$630M+23%-6%5%n/an/an/a
Shizuoka Gas 9543.TJapan$631M-5%0%6%11.6×-9.0%+10.6%
Shenzhen Guangju Energy 000096.SZChina$634M-18%+4%4%n/an/an/a
Top Resource Energy 300332.SZChina$556M-20%-3%0%22.4×12.9%+8.8%
Henan Lantian Gas 605368.SSChina$687M-18%-9%8%10.8×0.0%+2.7%
Xinjiang East Universe (Group) Gas 603706.SSChina$521M-15%-14%20%n/a-11.7%+10.6%
Ascopiave ASC.MIItaly$699M-8%+34%26%15.6×4.4%+8.3%
Shandong Shengli 000407.SZChina$512M-20%0%7%n/a-3.1%-2.0%
Hokkaido Gas 9534.TJapan$468M+3%+1%8%n/a-6.6%+8.1%
Sala 2734.TJapan$456M+9%+3%4%n/an/an/a
Sichuan Shengda Forestry Industry 002259.SZChina$447M-27%-1%10%n/a16.9%+0.9%
Great Taipei Gas 9908.TWTaiwan$435M-3%0%14%n/a-5.4%-1.0%
Clean Energy Fuels CLNEUnited States$421M-14%+4%-7%n/a17.0%+8.1%
Yu Group PLC YU..LUnited Kingdom$414M+3%+14%8%8.2×-9.4%+47.1%
Shaanxi Meineng Clean Energy 001299.SZChina$411M-19%-6%11%n/an/an/a
Zhongyu Energy 3633.HKHong Kong$896M-7%-7%6%n/an/an/a
Delong Composite Energy 000593.SZChina$896M-34%-24%6%n/a31.8%+3.7%
Shinhsiung Natural Gas 8908.TWTaiwan$382Mn/a+2%8%n/a2.4%+10.4%
Xinjiang Torch Gas 603080.SSChina$378M-19%+1%14%n/a-5.1%+19.3%

Questions

Which companies are Anhui Province Natural Gas Development's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: K&O Energy (1663.T), Saibu Gas (9536.T), Shizuoka Gas (9543.T), Shenzhen Guangju Energy (000096.SZ), Top Resource Energy (300332.SZ), Henan Lantian Gas (605368.SS), Xinjiang East Universe (Group) Gas (603706.SS), Ascopiave (ASC.MI).
Is Anhui Province Natural Gas Development expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 8.5× against a peer median of 13.6×, 2nd cheapest of 7 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Anhui Province Natural Gas Development stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.6% against -15.2% for the median peer; over one year -16.4%.

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.