Better Life Commercial Chain ShareLtd Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 3/6
Better Life Commercial Chain ShareLtd has a total shareholder equity of CN¥8.6B and total debt of CN¥6.5B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 75.5%. Its total assets and total liabilities are CN¥22.0B and CN¥13.4B respectively. Better Life Commercial Chain ShareLtd's EBIT is CN¥167.4M making its interest coverage ratio -0.3. It has cash and short-term investments of CN¥964.1M.
Key information
75.49%
Debt to equity ratio
CN¥6.47b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | -0.3x |
| Cash | CN¥964.10m |
| Equity | CN¥8.57b |
| Total liabilities | CN¥13.44b |
| Total assets | CN¥22.01b |
Recent financial health updates
Recent updates
Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Better Life Commercial Chain Share Co.,Ltd (SZSE:002251)
Mar 12
Is Better Life Commercial Chain ShareLtd (SZSE:002251) Using Too Much Debt?
Dec 17Better Life Commercial Chain Share Co.,Ltd (SZSE:002251) Stock Rockets 26% As Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected
Nov 08Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: 002251's short term assets (CN¥1.9B) do not cover its short term liabilities (CN¥3.6B).
Long Term Liabilities: 002251's short term assets (CN¥1.9B) do not cover its long term liabilities (CN¥9.8B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: 002251's net debt to equity ratio (64.2%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: 002251's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 121.8% to 75.5% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable 002251 has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.
Forecast Cash Runway: 002251 is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, even with free cash flow being positive and shrinking by 12.6% per year.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/11/19 00:02 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/11/19 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Better Life Commercial Chain Share Co.,Ltd is covered by 13 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Hui Chen | Bohai Securities Co., Ltd. |
| Ximin Gu | China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd. |
| Bing Qian | China International Capital Corporation Limited |