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Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Corporation Limited

HK$0.33+HK$0.00+0.00%

HKSE / HKD

Market cap

HK$288M

P/E

0.9

EPS (TTM)

HK$0.04

Dividend yield

3.91%

Beta

-0.02

1Y return

-52.90%

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Financials

The numbers behind the company

Revenue vs net income

RevenueNet income

$215M2021

$182M2022

$168M2023

$149M2024

$238M2025

Financial health

Gross margin

Operating margin

ROE

ROA

Debt to equity0.12Low
Current ratio3.03
Cash ratio0.50
Net margin15.6%
Free cash flow—

Valuation

Is it expensive right now

P/E vs the market

scale 0–50

0153050

1596.HK0.9
Industrials sector median28.2
S&P 50022.0

Trades about 97% below its sector, cheaper than its peers on earnings.

Ratios

PEG0.00
Price to book0.09
EPS (TTM)HK$0.04
Payout ratio969%
FCF yield40.89%

Range & risk

HK$0.21HK$1.45

Trading in the lower third of its 52-week band

Beta-0.02

Profile

What Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Corporation Limited actually does

Hebei Yichen Industrial Group Corporation Limited, a Chinese enterprise established in 2001 and headquartered in Shijiazhuang, specializes in furnishing rail fastening solutions for the People's Republic of China's railway industry. The company's operations are segmented into three core divisions: Rail Fastening Systems, Flux Cored Wire Products, and Railway Sleeper Products. Its comprehensive product line features fastening systems engineered for high-speed railways, metropolitan transit networks, conventional tracks, and heavy-haul routes. Beyond railway components, it manufactures flux-cored wire predominantly utilized in the shipbuilding sector, and also provides railway sleepers. The distribution of its flux-cored wire largely occurs via direct client sales and digital commerce platforms.

CEO

Li Feng Zhang

Employees

1,255

Headquarters

Shijiazhuang, HE

Founded

2016-12-22

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1596.HK has a beta of -0.02, which indicates how sensitive it has historically been to movements in its broader market. A beta below 1 indicates lower relative volatility than the market. Beta is based on historical data and does not predict future performance.

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