Guangdong Investment Limited

DB:GUG0 Stock Report

Market Cap: €5.5b

Guangdong Investment Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

Guangdong Investment's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -8.6%, while the Water Utilities industry saw earnings declining at 14.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 5.6% per year. Guangdong Investment's return on equity is 4.4%, and it has net margins of 11.1%.

Key information

-8.6%

Earnings growth rate

-9.9%

EPS growth rate

Water Utilities Industry Growth4.8%
Revenue growth rate5.6%
Return on equity4.4%
Net Margin11.1%
Last Earnings Update30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Guangdong Investment makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:GUG0 Revenue, expenses and earnings (HKD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 2425,9072,8883,6770
30 Jun 2425,1213,0063,5440
31 Mar 2425,2563,1103,6770
31 Dec 2324,2003,1223,6770
30 Sep 2321,8483,8913,5600
30 Jun 2322,6524,3413,6200
31 Mar 2323,0224,5613,5600
31 Dec 2223,1964,7643,5600
30 Sep 2225,3454,6683,6650
30 Jun 2227,9774,8843,8100
31 Mar 2228,8794,8133,6650
31 Dec 2129,7154,6973,6650
30 Sep 2129,2335,3522,4980
30 Jun 2127,3404,9043,0210
31 Mar 2126,1024,8952,4980
31 Dec 2023,1734,5102,4980
30 Sep 2021,4404,7882,2590
30 Jun 2019,0124,7132,2120
31 Mar 2016,7124,8342,2590
31 Dec 1916,6915,0442,2590
30 Sep 1914,7584,9312,0770
30 Jun 1913,9475,0442,0630
31 Mar 1913,4805,1322,0770
31 Dec 1813,3645,0152,0770
30 Sep 1813,0254,9441,8510
30 Jun 1812,8304,5712,0320
30 Mar 1812,5435,5861,8510
31 Dec 1712,1695,6851,8510
30 Sep 1711,4885,7671,6410
30 Jun 1711,0655,7231,6870
31 Mar 1710,6864,1921,6410
31 Dec 1610,4644,2121,6400
30 Sep 1610,2464,1841,5350
30 Jun 169,8063,9591,5660
31 Mar 169,4954,0461,5350
31 Dec 159,1723,9051,5350
30 Sep 158,8823,8341,3620
30 Jun 158,7964,1491,4160
31 Mar 158,6274,2211,0370
31 Dec 148,4264,3971,3680
30 Sep 148,4684,6973530
30 Jun 148,1684,4671,3680
31 Mar 148,0794,4471,3140

Quality Earnings: GUG0 has a large one-off loss of HK$1.1B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: GUG0's current net profit margins (11.1%) are lower than last year (17.8%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: GUG0's earnings have declined by 8.6% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: GUG0's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: GUG0 had negative earnings growth (-25.8%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Water Utilities industry average (-14.3%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: GUG0's Return on Equity (4.4%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/01 16:06
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Guangdong Investment Limited is covered by 25 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Peter YaoBOCI Research Ltd.
Cissy GuanBofA Global Research
Junhua CHENChina International Capital Corporation Limited