CCM: Sichuan Guoguang: rise in revenue from pesticide business in 2015

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Publish time: 29th August, 2016      Source: CCM
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  On 26 April, 2016, Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical Co., Ltd. (Sichuan Guoguang) released its full-year 2015 financial figures. This was the company's first financial report after it got listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on 20 March, 2015.
Specifically, its revenue from pesticide business reached USD56.81 million – RMB366.81 million (60.63% of the company's total), up 4.86% YoY, about 30% of which came from fungicides.

  

  

                                                                            Source: Baidu

  

   However, the gross profit margin of pesticides fell by 1.07 percentage points YoY to 47.59%, for its cost of sales grew faster than the sales. Despite this, this figure is relatively high in the overall pesticide industry. In particular, "The gross profit margin of fungicides is around 40%, better than the average in China's fungicide industry," said Sichuan Guoguang.

   
Sichuan Guoguang's financial figures by business/product, 2015

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
        

          Item         

      
        

          Revenue, million USD         

      
        

          YoY change, %         

      
        

          Cost of sales, million USD         

      
        

          YoY change, %         

      
        

          Gross profit margin, %         

      
        

          YoY change, percentage point         

      
        

          By business         

      
        

          Chemicals         

      
        

          93.51         

      
        

          3.69         

      
        

          48.66         

      
        

          5.51         

      
        

          47.97         

      
        

          -0.10         

      
        

          By product         

      
        

          Pesticides         

      
        

          56.81         

      
        

          4.86         

      
        

          29.77         

      
        

          7.05         

      
        

          47.59         

      
        

          -1.07         

      
        

          Fertilizers         

      
        

          36.70         

      
        

          1.92         

      
        

          18.88         

      
        

          3.18         

      
        

          48.55         

      
        

          -0.63         

      

  Source: Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical Co., Ltd.

  
Sichuan Guoguang's sales volume of pesticides in 2015 went up by 8.46% YoY to 5,996 tonnes, and the corresponding output and stock increased by 12.46% and 4.78% YoY respectively.

  
The company's pesticide business mainly covers the R&D, production and sales of:

  

      
  •      Fungicide formulations: mainly triadimefon, metalaxyl + mancozeb, mancozeb, zineb, prochloraz, tricyclazole, mancozeb + carbendazim, quintozene, thiophanate-methyl, hymexazol and procymidone   
      
  •      Plant growth regulators: mainly paclobutrazol, 1-naphthyl acetic acid, mepiquat chloride, ethephon, triacontanol, prochloraz + ethephon, paclobutrazol + mepiquat chloride, forchlorfenuron, 2,4-D Na, chlormequat, gibberellic acid and 4-indol-3-ylbutyric acid + 1-naphthyl acetic acid   
      
  •     Water soluble fertilizers: either amino acids or macro elements contained   

  
Sichuan Guoguang's sales and output of pesticides, 2015, tonne

                                                                                                                                                                           
        

          Industry         

      
        

          Item         

      
        

          2015         

      
        

          2014         

      
        

          YoY change         

      
        

          Pesticides         

      
        

          Sales volume         

      
        

          5,996         

      
        

          5,528         

      
        

          8.46%         

      
        

          Output         

      
        

          6,059         

      
        

          5,387         

      
        

          12.46%         

      
        

          Stock         

      
        

          1,381         

      
        

          1,318         

      
        

          4.78%         

      

  Source: Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical Co., Ltd.

  
Overall, Sichuan Guoguang announced in its full-year 2015 financial annual report that:

  

      
  •     Total revenue: USD93.71 million (RMB605.02 million), up 3.69% YoY   
      
  •     Total profit: USD24.30 million (RMB152.89 million), up 8.3% over USD22.44 million (RMB144.86 million) in 2014   
      
  •     Net profit: USD20.73 million (RMB133.81 million), up 8.28% YoY   

  
Notably, thanks to the financial supports it got after listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, as of 31 Dec., 2015, the company achieved:

  

      
  •     Total assets: USD140.96 million (RMB910.13 million), up 83.66% YoY   
      
  •     Liabilities: USD12.15 million (RMB78.46 million), down 5.05% over USD12.80 million (RMB82.63 million) in 2014   
      
  •     Net assets: USD128.81 million (RMB831.67 million), up 101.4% YoY   

  
Sichuan Guoguang's financial figures, 2013-2015, million USD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
        

          Item         

      
        

          2015         

      
        

          YoY change         

      
        

          2014         

      
        

          2013         

      
        

          Total revenue         

      
        

          93.71         

      
        

          3.69%         

      
        

          90.38         

      
        

          93.30         

      
        

          Net profit         

      
        

          20.73         

      
        

          8.28%         

      
        

          19.14         

      
        

          19.83         

      
        

          -         

      
        

          31 Dec., 2015         

      
        

          YoY change         

      
        

          31 Dec., 2014         

      
        

          31 Dec., 2013         

      
        

          Total assets         

      
        

          140.96         

      
        

          83.66%         

      
        

          76.75         

      
        

          74.10         

      
        

          Net assets         

      
        

          128.81         

      
        

          101.40%         

      
        

          63.96         

      
        

          52.56         

      

  Source: Sichuan Guoguang Agrochemical Co., Ltd.

   

  This article comes from Fungicides China News 1605, CCM

   

  

  

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