How does CHNS.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

CHNS.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (2.7x) compared to the peer average (31.7x).

How does CHNS.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Food Industry?

CHNS.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (2.7x) compared to the US Food industry average (19.8x).

What is CHNS.F'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.

Insufficient data to calculate CHNS.F's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

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

CHNS.F ($0.02) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] ($0.02)

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

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

CHNS.F Stock Overview

An investment holding company, manufactures and sells cornstarch, lysine, starch-based sweeteners, modified starch, and ancillary corn-based and corn-refined products in the People’s Republic of China. More details

CHNS.F fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 3.3% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings grew by 594% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Unstable dividend track record

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for China Starch Holdings
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	HK$0.02
52 Week High	HK$0.063
52 Week Low	HK$0.02
Beta	0.69
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	3,900.00%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CHNS.F	US Food	US Market
7D	0%	-3.5%	-2.7%
1Y	n/a	-5.2%	23.4%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how CHNS.F performed against the US Food industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how CHNS.F performed against the US Market.

Price Volatility

Is CHNS.F's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CHNS.F volatility
CHNS.F Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Food Industry Average Movement	5.0%
Market Average Movement	6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	16.9%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	3.2%

Stable Share Price: CHNS.F's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine CHNS.F's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2006	2,267	Shijun Gao	n/a

China Starch Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, manufactures and sells cornstarch, lysine, starch-based sweeteners, modified starch, and ancillary corn-based and corn-refined products in the People’s Republic of China. The company operates through two segments, Upstream Products and Fermented and Downstream Products. It also researches, develops, manufactures, and sells food additives, feeds, amino acids, and related products; and glucose, maltose, dextrin, animal feed additives, food-grade enzymes, bio-based materials, lactate, and other related products.

China Starch Holdings Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do China Starch Holdings's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CHNS.F fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$133.47m
Earnings (TTM)	US$49.39m
Revenue (TTM)	US$1.59b

2.7x

P/E Ratio

0.1x

P/S Ratio

Is CHNS.F overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CHNS.F income statement (TTM)
Revenue	CN¥11.63b
Cost of Revenue	CN¥10.74b
Gross Profit	CN¥888.51m
Other Expenses	CN¥528.13m
Earnings	CN¥360.37m

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.06
Gross Margin	7.64%
Net Profit Margin	3.10%
Debt/Equity Ratio	1.8%

How did CHNS.F perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.8%

Current Dividend Yield

10%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 14:27
End of Day Share Price	2024/10/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
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

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

China Starch Holdings Limited is covered by 4 analysts. 0 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
null null	CCB International Securities Limited
Ping Xia	Core Pacific -Yamaichi International (H.K.) Limited
Decun Guo	Datong Securities Brokerage Co. Ltd.