China Gas Holdings Limited

SZSC:384 Stock Report

Market Cap: HK$34.4b

China Gas Holdings Valuation

Is 384 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 384 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 384 (HK$6.33) is trading below our estimate of fair value (HK$15.3)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 384 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 384?

Key metric: As 384 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 384. This is calculated by dividing 384's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 384's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio10.8x
EarningsHK$3.18b
Market CapHK$34.42b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 384's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 384 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average9.8x
392 Beijing Enterprises Holdings
6.2x18.9%HK$30.3b
2688 ENN Energy Holdings
8.9x9.8%HK$57.8b
135 Kunlun Energy
10.9x9.6%HK$67.4b
1193 China Resources Gas Group
13.2x7.8%HK$67.6b
384 China Gas Holdings
10.8x12.6%HK$34.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 384 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the peer average (9.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 384's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Gas Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
384 10.8xIndustry Avg. 13.4xNo. of Companies12PE0816243240+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 384 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the Asian Gas Utilities industry average (13.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 384's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

384 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10.8x
Fair PE Ratio10.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 384 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.1x).


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 384 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentHK$6.33
HK$8.15
+28.7%
16.0%HK$11.50HK$6.50n/a17
Nov ’25HK$6.72
HK$8.16
+21.5%
15.8%HK$11.50HK$6.50n/a17
Oct ’25HK$7.23
HK$8.10
+12.0%
14.5%HK$11.50HK$6.50n/a18
Sep ’25HK$6.60
HK$8.19
+24.1%
15.2%HK$11.50HK$6.50n/a18
Aug ’25HK$7.14
HK$8.19
+14.7%
15.2%HK$11.50HK$6.50n/a18
Jul ’25HK$7.00
HK$8.15
+16.5%
15.7%HK$11.50HK$6.50n/a18
Jun ’25HK$7.39
HK$8.48
+14.8%
16.0%HK$12.50HK$6.75n/a18
May ’25HK$7.36
HK$8.25
+12.1%
15.9%HK$12.50HK$6.75n/a18
Apr ’25HK$7.06
HK$8.22
+16.5%
17.5%HK$12.60HK$6.10n/a18
Mar ’25HK$7.23
HK$8.26
+14.2%
17.1%HK$12.60HK$6.10n/a18
Feb ’25HK$7.08
HK$8.30
+17.2%
17.4%HK$12.60HK$6.10n/a17
Jan ’25HK$7.71
HK$8.62
+11.8%
21.3%HK$12.60HK$6.10n/a18
Dec ’24HK$7.03
HK$9.23
+31.3%
27.2%HK$16.00HK$6.10n/a18
Nov ’24HK$6.96
HK$10.55
+51.6%
22.8%HK$16.00HK$6.90HK$6.7219
Oct ’24HK$7.39
HK$10.99
+48.7%
19.8%HK$16.00HK$7.00HK$7.2319
Sep ’24HK$8.00
HK$11.12
+39.0%
20.8%HK$16.00HK$7.00HK$6.6019
Aug ’24HK$8.58
HK$11.12
+29.6%
20.8%HK$16.00HK$7.00HK$7.1419
Jul ’24HK$8.97
HK$11.22
+25.1%
19.3%HK$16.00HK$7.70HK$7.0019
Jun ’24HK$9.29
HK$12.11
+30.3%
22.2%HK$16.30HK$7.70HK$7.3919
May ’24HK$10.06
HK$12.17
+21.0%
22.4%HK$16.30HK$7.90HK$7.3619
Apr ’24HK$11.06
HK$12.13
+9.7%
23.1%HK$16.30HK$7.90HK$7.0618
Mar ’24HK$11.42
HK$12.13
+6.2%
23.1%HK$16.30HK$7.90HK$7.2318
Feb ’24HK$12.44
HK$12.08
-2.9%
22.9%HK$16.30HK$7.90HK$7.0819
Jan ’24HK$11.36
HK$11.57
+1.8%
25.1%HK$16.30HK$7.50HK$7.7119
Dec ’23HK$9.93
HK$11.70
+17.8%
26.7%HK$16.30HK$7.50HK$7.0318
Nov ’23HK$7.26
HK$13.93
+91.8%
24.2%HK$20.00HK$8.50HK$6.9618

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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