Tianqi Lithium Valuation

Is 002466 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 002466 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 002466 (CN¥34.84) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CN¥29.8)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 002466 is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 002466?

Key metric: As 002466 is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 002466. This is calculated by dividing 002466's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 002466's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	3.3x
Sales	CN¥17.17b
Market Cap	CN¥55.13b

002466 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	4.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	7.1x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 002466's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 002466 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	3x
002460 Ganfeng Lithium Group	3.5x	13.8%	CN¥67.2b
603260 Hoshine Silicon Industry	2.6x	18.2%	CN¥70.5b
002001 Zhejiang NHU	3.3x	7.8%	CN¥66.7b
603659 Shanghai Putailai New Energy TechnologyLtd	2.7x	17.8%	CN¥36.2b
002466 Tianqi Lithium	3.3x	8.6%	CN¥55.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 002466 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the peer average (3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 002466's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the CN Chemicals Industry?

16 Companies	Price / Sales	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
002493 Rongsheng Petrochemical	0.3x	9.1%	US$11.93b
000301 Jiangsu Eastern ShenghongLtd	0.4x	7.5%	US$7.74b
601233 Tongkun Group	0.3x	4.6%	US$3.85b
000703 Hengyi Petrochemical	0.2x	5.1%	US$2.76b

16 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 002466 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the CN Chemicals industry average (2.4x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 002466's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

002466 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	3.3x
Fair PS Ratio	5.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 002466 is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (3.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (5.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 002466 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	CN¥34.84	CN¥36.70 +5.3%	32.0%	CN¥55.00	CN¥21.00	n/a	16
Dec ’25	CN¥38.18	CN¥35.28 -7.6%	31.6%	CN¥55.00	CN¥21.00	n/a	15
Nov ’25	CN¥36.09	CN¥35.41 -1.9%	31.8%	CN¥55.00	CN¥21.00	n/a	15
Oct ’25	CN¥35.20	CN¥35.12 -0.2%	31.7%	CN¥55.00	CN¥21.00	n/a	15
Sep ’25	CN¥26.28	CN¥40.13 +52.7%	25.3%	CN¥55.00	CN¥24.00	n/a	15
Aug ’25	CN¥28.65	CN¥43.74 +52.7%	25.5%	CN¥67.00	CN¥26.00	n/a	15
Jul ’25	CN¥29.99	CN¥44.70 +49.0%	25.5%	CN¥67.00	CN¥26.00	n/a	16
Jun ’25	CN¥36.08	CN¥46.61 +29.2%	22.8%	CN¥67.00	CN¥28.00	n/a	15
May ’25	CN¥39.51	CN¥49.28 +24.7%	24.3%	CN¥72.00	CN¥32.00	n/a	14
Apr ’25	CN¥50.31	CN¥54.00 +7.3%	25.0%	CN¥80.00	CN¥32.00	n/a	15
Mar ’25	CN¥53.80	CN¥56.14 +4.4%	22.0%	CN¥80.00	CN¥33.00	n/a	15
Feb ’25	CN¥46.53	CN¥56.41 +21.2%	21.0%	CN¥80.00	CN¥37.00	n/a	15
Jan ’25	CN¥55.79	CN¥61.65 +10.5%	30.4%	CN¥119.60	CN¥37.00	n/a	16
Dec ’24	CN¥50.12	CN¥66.64 +33.0%	33.4%	CN¥119.60	CN¥41.00	CN¥38.18	14
Nov ’24	CN¥53.61	CN¥76.42 +42.5%	28.5%	CN¥119.60	CN¥45.40	CN¥36.09	12
Oct ’24	CN¥54.93	CN¥83.26 +51.6%	24.6%	CN¥119.60	CN¥48.50	CN¥35.20	12
Sep ’24	CN¥57.47	CN¥103.40 +79.9%	24.9%	CN¥155.00	CN¥48.50	CN¥26.28	13
Aug ’24	CN¥66.28	CN¥104.13 +57.1%	23.3%	CN¥155.00	CN¥58.00	CN¥28.65	13
Jul ’24	CN¥69.91	CN¥104.13 +48.9%	23.3%	CN¥155.00	CN¥58.00	CN¥29.99	13
Jun ’24	CN¥72.33	CN¥105.50 +45.9%	23.8%	CN¥155.00	CN¥58.00	CN¥36.08	13
May ’24	CN¥71.26	CN¥105.61 +48.2%	23.6%	CN¥155.00	CN¥58.00	CN¥39.51	13
Apr ’24	CN¥75.52	CN¥116.14 +53.8%	22.4%	CN¥155.00	CN¥58.00	CN¥50.31	14
Mar ’24	CN¥82.10	CN¥124.56 +51.7%	16.9%	CN¥155.00	CN¥92.00	CN¥53.80	14
Feb ’24	CN¥97.09	CN¥125.74 +29.5%	17.5%	CN¥155.00	CN¥92.00	CN¥46.53	14
Jan ’24	CN¥78.99	CN¥133.55 +69.1%	17.7%	CN¥180.00	CN¥92.00	CN¥55.79	13
Dec ’23	CN¥89.76	CN¥133.55 +48.8%	17.7%	CN¥180.00	CN¥92.00	CN¥50.12	13

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 12:58
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Tianqi Lithium Corporation is covered by 46 analysts. 22 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
Yanlin Zhao	BofA Global Research
Helen Lau	CCB International Securities Limited
Jun Ge	Changjiang Securities Co. LTD.