Ratings Hunan Sokan New Materials Co., Ltd.

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End-of-day quote Shanghai S.E. Other stock markets 06:00:00 2024-04-24 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
31.79 ^CNY	+1.60%		+2.12%	-41.06%

Apr. 02	Tranche Update on Hunan Sokan New Materials Co., Ltd.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on February 21, 2024.	CI
Mar. 27	Hunan Sokan New Materials Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire 20% stake in Changsha Songrun New Material Co., Ltd from Li Yunkai, Lai Anping, Yang Yifeng and Liu Haijun for CNY 19.6 million.	CI

From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.

Analysts expect a sharply increasing business volume for the group, with high growth rates in the coming years.
The company's earnings per share (EPS) are expected to grow significantly over the next few years according to the consensus of analysts covering the stock.
The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

With an expected P/E ratio at 40.89 and 26.22 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
Prospects from analysts covering the stock are not consistent. Such dispersed sales estimates confirm the poor visibility into the group's activity.
The company's earnings releases usually do not meet expectations.

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
HUNAN SOKAN NEW MATERIALS CO., LTD.	-41.06%	490M	-
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY	-2.27%	77.45B	C+
ASIAN PAINTS LIMITED	-16.06%	32.95B	B-
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.	-13.59%	30.42B	A-
NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO., LTD.	-13.83%	14.69B	B
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC.	-4.25%	13.76B	B+
BERGER PAINTS INDIA LIMITED	-16.44%	7.07B	B
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD.	-8.95%	6.82B	B-
KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.	-14.49%	2.74B	B-
KANSAI NEROLAC PAINTS LIMITED	-15.72%	2.7B	C+

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