Margins varied 34.2% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).
- 10y median
- 311.1%
- Worst year
- 32.3%
- Latest · 2025
- 32.3%
# Sichuan Chuantou Energy (600674.SHG) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/600674.SHG Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z. Financial observations: FY1996–FY2025. Listing currency: CNY. Reporting currency: CNY. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: CNY 17.48 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low CNY 10.34 per share, central CNY 11.65 per share, high CNY 13.40 per share. Buy at or below the central value CNY 11.65 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 7.5% at the stated quote. About 7.5% 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: pass - 3 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - Financial history: 10 years - Years with declining revenue: 3 - Years with a net loss: 0 - Operating margin variation: 0.34× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 3.56× - FY2017: 4.17× - FY2018: 3.74× - FY2019: 3.61× - FY2020: 3.16× - FY2021: 2.52× - FY2022: 2.53× - FY2023: 3.06× - FY2024: 2.92× - FY2025: 0.32× ### moat: fail - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: 9.4% - ROIC, second-lowest year: 7.7% - Typical minus recent gross margin: -5.2 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 45.5% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 50.7% - Years with nonpositive capital: 0 - Capital spending / revenue: 45.1% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 4.6% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 14.1% - FY2017: 12.1% - FY2018: 10.6% - FY2019: 9.9% - FY2020: 9.3% - FY2021: 7.7% - FY2022: 7.8% - FY2023: 9.4% - FY2024: 8.4% - FY2025: 0.9% ### economics: fail - incremental invested capital return below threshold - Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.97× - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: CNY 20B - Net income, five-year total: CNY 20B - Return on incremental invested capital: -155.9% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: -2.9 pp - Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -15.5 pp - Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 28.6% Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations. - FY2021: 1.00× - FY2022: 1.00× - FY2023: 0.99× - FY2024: 1.00× - FY2025: 0.91× ### management: pass - Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years) - buybacks unrelated to price (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 12.1% vs 8.4% - Per-share earnings: 0.80 to 0.93 (three-year endpoint medians) - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 1.0% - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: -1.4% - Market cap gain: CNY 29B - Cumulative retained earnings: CNY 11B - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 1.0% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -1.4% - $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016 - $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025 - Per-share value growth: 1.9% - Per-share value change: CNY 0.13 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: CNY 0.80 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: CNY 0.93 - Buyback history: 0 years - Debt-funded buybacks: No - Acquisition spending: CNY 481M - Cumulative net income, 10 years: CNY 37B - ROIC, first three-year median: 12.1% - ROIC, last three-year median: 8.4% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: CNY 0.80 - FY2017: CNY 0.74 - FY2018: CNY 0.81 - FY2019: CNY 0.67 - FY2020: CNY 0.61 - FY2021: CNY 0.67 - FY2022: CNY 0.75 - FY2023: CNY 0.93 - FY2024: CNY 0.93 - FY2025: CNY 0.98 ### accounting: pass - Sloan accruals: 5.7% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.79× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Operating cash / earnings: 0.16× - Accounting red flags: 0 - Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.01× Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 11.7% - FY2017: 9.5% - FY2018: 9.8% - FY2019: 6.7% - FY2020: 6.7% - FY2021: 5.2% - FY2022: 5.3% - FY2023: 6.3% - FY2024: 5.6% - FY2025: 5.7% ## Holders ## Price story Price needs cash profits to grow 6.3% a year for ten years · sales +3.6% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:04.954Z; price observation 2026-10-15. Price needs cash profits to grow 6.3% a year for ten years ### Sales · FY2024–2025 sales +3.6%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: CNY 1.0B - FY2017: CNY 798M - FY2018: CNY 864M - FY2019: CNY 838M - FY2020: CNY 1.0B - FY2021: CNY 1.3B - FY2022: CNY 1.4B - FY2023: CNY 1.5B - FY2024: CNY 1.6B - FY2025: CNY 1.7B ### Gross margin · FY2025 gross margin 50.7%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: 36.6% - FY2017: 45.4% - FY2018: 45.7% - FY2019: 47.1% - FY2020: 44.1% - FY2021: 39.4% - FY2022: 38.5% - FY2023: 46.3% - FY2024: 51.1% - FY2025: 50.7% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in utilities independent power producers; annual sales are CNY 1.7 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2025: revenue 1667654821.96; grossProfit 845418300.03; margin = grossProfit / revenue. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 46.3% to 51.1% during 2023–25; it earns 9.4% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 46.3%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 51.1%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 50.7%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.1411962121556858],[2017,0.12067942192506402],[2018,0.10575048654288245],[2019,0.0988310302896554],[2020,0.09289655356469721],[2021,0.07712870526927099],[2022,0.07790694265596465],[2023,0.09439000571291008],[2024,0.08371832305954328],[2025,0.009084644331403682]]; median 0.09364327963880364. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Spends 8.8% of cash earnings on expansion; paid dividends in 10 of 10 years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2016: growth capex 0; upkeep 25967840.34; owner earnings 344131097.66. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2017: growth capex 0; upkeep 10558072.62; owner earnings 482762674.38. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 3609078.73; owner earnings 413633829.27. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 211415787.77; owner earnings 218698447.23. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2020: growth capex 235398111.63; upkeep 224491834; owner earnings 171678391. Growth capex / owner earnings = 1.3711574896458576. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2021: growth capex 624299391.9; upkeep 281189838; owner earnings 3085462349.942. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.20233576725113353. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2022: growth capex 327219538.74; upkeep 321280140; owner earnings 3498715076.106. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.09352563201693716. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2023: growth capex 354923337.19261646; upkeep 360286520.3173835; owner earnings 4351970988.648617. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.08155461930200689. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2024: growth capex 609048911; upkeep 311324224; owner earnings 4486373652.712. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.13575527990893752. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); FY2025: growth capex 381875231.87723327; upkeep 805398807.6627667; owner earnings 4329144879.237233. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.08821031463019947. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,1487744995.59],[2017,1590204681.11],[2018,1527994502.45],[2019,1320642144],[2020,1496727763],[2021,1674304044],[2022,1762998944],[2023,2358865304],[2024,2463451014],[2025,2394515691.8]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 67.1% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 600674.SHG SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 67.149 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes cash profits grow 6.3% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 21.4%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:35:27.517Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.07722629639966694. Price 17.48; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2015 owner earnings/share 0.12777246853388188 → FY2025 0.8881117535639381. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (CNY per share) - 2016-10: CNY 8.70 per share - 2016-11: CNY 9.19 per share - 2016-12: CNY 8.70 per share - 2017-01: CNY 8.84 per share - 2017-02: CNY 8.84 per share - 2017-03: CNY 9.05 per share - 2017-04: CNY 9.39 per share - 2017-05: CNY 9.55 per share - 2017-06: CNY 9.82 per share - 2017-07: CNY 10.00 per share - 2017-08: CNY 9.69 per share - 2017-09: CNY 9.42 per share - 2017-10: CNY 10.01 per share - 2017-11: CNY 9.94 per share - 2017-12: CNY 10.18 per share - 2018-01: CNY 9.73 per share - 2018-02: CNY 9.18 per share - 2018-03: CNY 9.10 per share - 2018-04: CNY 8.84 per share - 2018-05: CNY 9.39 per share - 2018-06: CNY 8.72 per share - 2018-07: CNY 8.85 per share - 2018-08: CNY 8.11 per share - 2018-09: CNY 8.38 per share - 2018-10: CNY 8.06 per share - 2018-11: CNY 8.01 per share - 2018-12: CNY 8.67 per share - 2019-01: CNY 9.10 per share - 2019-02: CNY 9.20 per share - 2019-03: CNY 9.33 per share - 2019-04: CNY 8.82 per share - 2019-05: CNY 9.01 per share - 2019-06: CNY 8.90 per share - 2019-07: CNY 9.37 per share - 2019-08: CNY 9.89 per share - 2019-09: CNY 9.98 per share - 2019-10: CNY 9.66 per share - 2019-11: CNY 9.55 per share - 2019-12: CNY 9.85 per share - 2020-01: CNY 9.11 per share - 2020-02: CNY 9.15 per share - 2020-03: CNY 9.20 per share - 2020-04: CNY 8.97 per share - 2020-05: CNY 8.88 per share - 2020-06: CNY 9.27 per share - 2020-07: CNY 9.55 per share - 2020-08: CNY 10.02 per share - 2020-09: CNY 9.81 per share - 2020-10: CNY 10.07 per share - 2020-11: CNY 10.43 per share - 2020-12: CNY 10.05 per share - 2021-01: CNY 10.95 per share - 2021-02: CNY 10.73 per share - 2021-03: CNY 12.54 per share - 2021-04: CNY 11.26 per share - 2021-05: CNY 11.74 per share - 2021-06: CNY 12.33 per share - 2021-07: CNY 10.95 per share - 2021-08: CNY 11.38 per share - 2021-09: CNY 14.37 per share - 2021-10: CNY 13.09 per share - 2021-11: CNY 11.42 per share - 2021-12: CNY 12.50 per share - 2022-01: CNY 11.10 per share - 2022-02: CNY 12.03 per share - 2022-03: CNY 10.74 per share - 2022-04: CNY 11.03 per share - 2022-05: CNY 12.04 per share - 2022-06: CNY 11.92 per share - 2022-07: CNY 12.47 per share - 2022-08: CNY 13.19 per share - 2022-09: CNY 12.03 per share - 2022-10: CNY 11.05 per share - 2022-11: CNY 11.93 per share - 2022-12: CNY 12.23 per share - 2023-01: CNY 12.52 per share - 2023-02: CNY 12.98 per share - 2023-03: CNY 13.22 per share - 2023-04: CNY 14.38 per share - 2023-05: CNY 14.90 per share - 2023-06: CNY 15.05 per share - 2023-07: CNY 14.46 per share - 2023-08: CNY 14.96 per share - 2023-09: CNY 14.80 per share - 2023-10: CNY 14.71 per share - 2023-11: CNY 14.28 per share - 2023-12: CNY 15.12 per share - 2024-01: CNY 15.53 per share - 2024-02: CNY 15.66 per share - 2024-03: CNY 16.65 per share - 2024-04: CNY 16.75 per share - 2024-05: CNY 18.01 per share - 2024-06: CNY 18.75 per share - 2024-07: CNY 18.73 per share - 2024-08: CNY 17.20 per share - 2024-09: CNY 18.85 per share - 2024-10: CNY 16.74 per share - 2024-11: CNY 16.48 per share - 2024-12: CNY 17.25 per share - 2025-01: CNY 15.89 per share - 2025-02: CNY 14.97 per share - 2025-03: CNY 16.04 per share - 2025-04: CNY 16.99 per share - 2025-05: CNY 16.85 per share - 2025-06: CNY 16.04 per share - 2025-07: CNY 15.59 per share - 2025-08: CNY 14.89 per share - 2025-09: CNY 14.28 per share - 2025-10: CNY 14.72 per share - 2025-11: CNY 14.58 per share - 2025-12: CNY 13.90 per share - 2026-01: CNY 13.92 per share - 2026-02: CNY 14.44 per share - 2026-03: CNY 14.89 per share - 2026-04: CNY 15.31 per share - 2026-05: CNY 15.50 per share - 2026-06: CNY 14.17 per share - 2026-07: CNY 15.81 per share - 2026-08: CNY 15.55 per share - 2026-09: CNY 16.62 per share - 2026-10: CNY 17.17 per share ## Annual estimated value (CNY per share) - FY2016: low CNY 1.31 per share, central CNY 1.48 per share, high CNY 1.71 per share - FY2017: low CNY 1.15 per share, central CNY 1.28 per share, high CNY 1.47 per share - FY2018: low CNY 1.19 per share, central CNY 1.33 per share, high CNY 1.52 per share - FY2019: low CNY 2.07 per share, central CNY 2.21 per share, high CNY 2.39 per share - FY2020: low CNY 1.46 per share, central CNY 1.56 per share, high CNY 1.70 per share - FY2021: low CNY 2.18 per share, central CNY 2.37 per share, high CNY 2.64 per share - FY2022: low CNY 2.26 per share, central CNY 2.51 per share, high CNY 2.81 per share - FY2023: low CNY 9.16 per share, central CNY 10.70 per share, high CNY 12.37 per share - FY2024: low CNY 9.83 per share, central CNY 11.56 per share, high CNY 13.37 per share - FY2025: low CNY 10.35 per share, central CNY 11.69 per share, high CNY 13.47 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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600674 · SHG
CSI 300
Not a wonderful business
2 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
Margins varied 34.2% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 9.4% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 7.7% (minimum 10%).
New investment earned -155.9% (minimum 12%).
Per-share value rose from 0.8 to 0.93, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 5.7% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 296.0%, three-year average owner earnings per share 0.91 CNY.
| Value range | CNY 10.34 – CNY 13.40 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value CNY 11.65 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 17.48 / 11.65 = -50.0% |
| Return / year | About 7.5% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Owner cash CNY 0.87/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash CNY 0.82/share today. |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |