Average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 651.3% around their average (limit 35%).
- 8y median
- 10.0%
- Worst year
- -145.0%
- Latest · 2025
- 10.6%
# Hainan HNA Infrastructure Investment Group (600515.SHG) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/600515.SHG Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z. Financial observations: FY2018–FY2025. Listing currency: CNY. Reporting currency: CNY. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: CNY 2.63 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low CNY 0.77 per share, central CNY 0.83 per share, high CNY 0.91 per share. Buy at or below the central value CNY 0.83 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 4.5% at the stated quote. About 4.5% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; CN 10-year bond 1.7% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: fail - 4 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - negative average operating margin - operating margin variation exceeds 0.35 - Financial history: 8 years - Years with declining revenue: 4 - Years with a net loss: 2 - Operating margin variation: 6.51× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2018: 0.27× - FY2019: -0.11× - FY2020: -1.45× - FY2021: 0.22× - FY2022: -0.00× - FY2023: 0.22× - FY2024: 0.10× - FY2025: 0.11× ### moat: fail - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: 1.2% - ROIC, second-lowest year: -2.6% - Typical minus recent gross margin: 3.7 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 32.7% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 29.0% - Years with nonpositive capital: 0 - Capital spending / revenue: 8.8% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 1.2% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2018: 5.6% - FY2019: -2.6% - FY2020: -27.5% - FY2021: 2.2% - FY2022: -0.0% - FY2023: 2.9% - FY2024: 1.2% - FY2025: 1.2% ### economics: fail - incremental invested capital return below threshold - Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.88× - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: CNY 3.5B - Net income, five-year total: CNY 3.9B - Return on incremental invested capital: 0.0% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: 5.0 pp Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations. - FY2021: 0.92× - FY2022: 0.94× - FY2023: 0.78× - FY2024: 0.41× - FY2025: 1.68× ### management: pass - Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2018 to 2025 (7 years) - buybacks unrelated to price (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: -2.6% vs 1.2% - Per-share earnings: -0.39 to 0.04 (three-year endpoint medians) - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 24.0% - Market cap gain: CNY 43B - Cumulative retained earnings: CNY -20B - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 24.0% - $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2018 - $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025 - Per-share value change: CNY 0.43 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: CNY -0.39 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: CNY 0.04 - Buyback history: 0 years - Debt-funded buybacks: No - ROIC, first three-year median: -2.6% - ROIC, last three-year median: 1.2% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2018: CNY 0.44 - FY2019: CNY -0.39 - FY2020: CNY -1.99 - FY2021: CNY 0.12 - FY2022: CNY 0.16 - FY2023: CNY 0.08 - FY2024: CNY 0.04 - FY2025: CNY 0.02 ### accounting: pass - Sloan accruals: 0.2% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.56× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Operating cash / earnings: 0.51× - Accounting red flags: 0 - Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.15× Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2018: -4.5% - FY2019: -4.7% - FY2020: -15.0% - FY2021: 0.1% - FY2022: 8.9% - FY2023: 0.3% - FY2024: 2.3% - FY2025: 0.2% ## Holders ## Price story Down 71% since Oct 2021 · sales +1.2% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:09.512Z; price observation 2026-10-15. Price needs cash profits to grow 20.1% a year for ten years ### Sales · FY2024–2025 sales +1.2%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2018: CNY 12B - FY2019: CNY 12B - FY2020: CNY 6.3B - FY2021: CNY 4.5B - FY2022: CNY 4.7B - FY2023: CNY 6.8B - FY2024: CNY 4.4B - FY2025: CNY 4.4B ### Gross margin · FY2025 gross margin 29%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2018: 47.8% - FY2019: 33.6% - FY2020: 24.0% - FY2021: 31.7% - FY2022: 31.8% - FY2023: 48.5% - FY2024: 40.2% - FY2025: 29.0% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in real estate diversified; annual sales are CNY 4.4 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2025: revenue 4420103596.17; grossProfit 1280728667.15; margin = grossProfit / revenue. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 29% to 48.5% during 2023–25; it earns 1.2% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 48.5%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 40.2%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 29%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); 8-year return on capital observations [[2018,0.05596264916712866],[2019,-0.026428644552388508],[2020,-0.27521919883967827],[2021,0.02199659993426779],[2022,-0.000495943522473348],[2023,0.028910784836080877],[2024,0.012227269720855041],[2025,0.012034112650864454]]; median 0.012130691185859747. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 8 of 8 years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 734059267.72; owner earnings 1336369732.28. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 335239227.19; owner earnings 423918693.36399996. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2022: growth capex 50625737.05000001; upkeep 432926946; owner earnings 1748875051.658. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.028947600917518315. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2023: growth capex 1163400720.38; upkeep 496205517; owner earnings 743263323.48. Growth capex / owner earnings = 1.5652604987057528. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 581496554; owner earnings 188471509.12199998. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 521482584.11; owner earnings 366579913.82696617. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); Dividend observations: [[2018,1760526791.83],[2019,1638760195.53],[2020,553542898.69],[2021,40536452.54],[2022,761417915.96],[2023,676370498],[2024,583530185],[2025,483462035.88]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 47.1% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 600515.SHG SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 47.114 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes cash profits grow 20.1% yearly over ten years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:37:51.078Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.2787272653892384. Price 2.63; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (CNY per share) - 2016-10: CNY 12.75 per share - 2016-11: CNY 12.49 per share - 2016-12: CNY 11.60 per share - 2017-01: CNY 11.32 per share - 2017-02: CNY 11.87 per share - 2017-03: CNY 11.86 per share - 2017-04: CNY 11.45 per share - 2017-05: CNY 10.16 per share - 2017-06: CNY 10.27 per share - 2017-07: CNY 11.26 per share - 2017-08: CNY 12.95 per share - 2017-09: CNY 14.40 per share - 2017-10: CNY 14.24 per share - 2017-11: CNY 13.91 per share - 2017-12: CNY 11.83 per share - 2018-01: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-02: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-03: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-04: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-05: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-06: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-07: CNY 12.40 per share - 2018-08: CNY 5.92 per share - 2018-09: CNY 6.11 per share - 2018-10: CNY 5.17 per share - 2018-11: CNY 5.33 per share - 2018-12: CNY 4.71 per share - 2019-01: CNY 4.36 per share - 2019-02: CNY 5.65 per share - 2019-03: CNY 5.90 per share - 2019-04: CNY 6.00 per share - 2019-05: CNY 4.55 per share - 2019-06: CNY 4.95 per share - 2019-07: CNY 4.82 per share - 2019-08: CNY 4.31 per share - 2019-09: CNY 4.14 per share - 2019-10: CNY 4.10 per share - 2019-11: CNY 3.84 per share - 2019-12: CNY 4.46 per share - 2020-01: CNY 4.95 per share - 2020-02: CNY 5.01 per share - 2020-03: CNY 5.41 per share - 2020-04: CNY 4.46 per share - 2020-05: CNY 5.90 per share - 2020-06: CNY 5.20 per share - 2020-07: CNY 6.90 per share - 2020-08: CNY 7.48 per share - 2020-09: CNY 8.89 per share - 2020-10: CNY 6.80 per share - 2020-11: CNY 6.99 per share - 2020-12: CNY 6.75 per share - 2021-01: CNY 7.33 per share - 2021-02: CNY 7.85 per share - 2021-03: CNY 8.93 per share - 2021-04: CNY 9.51 per share - 2021-05: CNY 11.90 per share - 2021-06: CNY 9.98 per share - 2021-07: CNY 11.57 per share - 2021-08: CNY 11.96 per share - 2021-09: CNY 11.40 per share - 2021-10: CNY 9.01 per share - 2021-11: CNY 8.71 per share - 2021-12: CNY 4.53 per share - 2022-01: CNY 3.68 per share - 2022-02: CNY 3.87 per share - 2022-03: CNY 3.56 per share - 2022-04: CNY 3.56 per share - 2022-05: CNY 3.38 per share - 2022-06: CNY 3.39 per share - 2022-07: CNY 3.16 per share - 2022-08: CNY 3.65 per share - 2022-09: CNY 3.85 per share - 2022-10: CNY 3.85 per share - 2022-11: CNY 4.19 per share - 2022-12: CNY 5.02 per share - 2023-01: CNY 4.63 per share - 2023-02: CNY 4.31 per share - 2023-03: CNY 4.62 per share - 2023-04: CNY 4.71 per share - 2023-05: CNY 4.42 per share - 2023-06: CNY 4.06 per share - 2023-07: CNY 4.26 per share - 2023-08: CNY 4.00 per share - 2023-09: CNY 3.97 per share - 2023-10: CNY 3.81 per share - 2023-11: CNY 4.07 per share - 2023-12: CNY 3.70 per share - 2024-01: CNY 3.49 per share - 2024-02: CNY 3.75 per share - 2024-03: CNY 3.52 per share - 2024-04: CNY 3.50 per share - 2024-05: CNY 3.42 per share - 2024-06: CNY 3.14 per share - 2024-07: CNY 3.42 per share - 2024-08: CNY 3.16 per share - 2024-09: CNY 3.83 per share - 2024-10: CNY 3.52 per share - 2024-11: CNY 3.84 per share - 2024-12: CNY 3.78 per share - 2025-01: CNY 3.65 per share - 2025-02: CNY 3.78 per share - 2025-03: CNY 3.62 per share - 2025-04: CNY 3.51 per share - 2025-05: CNY 3.45 per share - 2025-06: CNY 3.54 per share - 2025-07: CNY 3.93 per share - 2025-08: CNY 3.91 per share - 2025-09: CNY 4.16 per share - 2025-10: CNY 4.93 per share - 2025-11: CNY 4.95 per share - 2025-12: CNY 5.33 per share - 2026-01: CNY 4.48 per share - 2026-02: CNY 4.25 per share - 2026-03: CNY 3.62 per share - 2026-04: CNY 3.61 per share - 2026-05: CNY 3.21 per share - 2026-06: CNY 2.74 per share - 2026-07: CNY 2.93 per share - 2026-08: CNY 2.76 per share - 2026-09: CNY 2.75 per share - 2026-10: CNY 2.70 per share ## Annual estimated value (CNY per share) - FY2022: low CNY 1.19 per share, central CNY 1.25 per share, high CNY 1.33 per share - FY2023: low CNY 1.24 per share, central CNY 1.32 per share, high CNY 1.43 per share - FY2024: low CNY 0.82 per share, central CNY 0.87 per share, high CNY 0.95 per share - FY2025: low CNY 0.71 per share, central CNY 0.77 per share, high CNY 0.84 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates ## Sources Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. 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600515 · SHG
CSI 300
Not a wonderful business
3 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
Average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 651.3% around their average (limit 35%).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 1.2% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year -2.6% (minimum 10%).
New investment earned 0% (minimum 12%).
Per-share value rose from -0.39 to 0.04, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 0.2% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · fail 2 loss years in 8 (at most 2), mean operating margin -8.1%, three-year average owner earnings per share 0.04 CNY. Mean operating margin over the last ten years is negative.
| Value range | CNY 0.77 – CNY 0.91 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value CNY 0.83 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 2.63 / 0.83 = -216.7% |
| Return / year | About 4.5% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Owner cash CNY 0.04/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash CNY 0.31/share today. |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |