Qinghai Salt Lake Potash (000792) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What 000792 does

Qinghai Salt Lake Potash (000792) is a stock listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in the Basic Materials sector, under the Agricultural Inputs industry. The company, headquartered in Golmud, China, manufactures and sells potash fertilizers and operates through four segments: Potassium Products, Lithium Products, Trading, and Other. It also offers chemical raw materials, lithium carbonate, fertilizers, and runs hotels and department stores. With 5,864 employees, it is a large-cap company with a market capitalization of 125.41B CNY. It is part of the CSI 300 index and has peers such as Xinjiang Tianshan Cement (000877), Ganfeng Lithium (002460), Tianqi Lithium Industries (002466), ZANGGE MINING COMPANY (000408), LB Group (002601), Yunnan Energy New Material (002812), and Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong (000301).

Key numbers explained

• The current price is 23.7 CNY, down 3.19% today. The 52-week range is 19.65 – 41.6, and the price is up 17.3% over the past year.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 10.8 divides the current price by the last twelve months of earnings per share (2.2 CNY). A lower P/E can suggest the stock is priced more conservatively relative to recent earnings.
• The forward P/E ratio of 10.4 uses expected future earnings, offering a look at how the market prices anticipated growth.
• Dividend yield is 0%, with an ex-dividend date of 19 iun. 2017 and 0% of earnings paid out as dividends, meaning the company currently returns no cash to shareholders via dividends.
• Beta of 0.9 suggests the stock’s price tends to move about 10% less than the overall market.
• Profit margin of 56.6% and operating margin of 64.6% indicate that a large share of revenue turns into profit and operating income.
• Return on equity of 28% shows strong earnings relative to shareholder capital.
• Debt-to-equity of 2.5 means the company carries more debt than equity, which is common in capital-intensive industries.
• Price-to-book of 2.63 means the market values the company at about 2.6 times its book value.

What to watch

Investors tracking Qinghai Salt Lake Potash (000792) may monitor potash and lithium market prices, as these directly affect revenue. The company’s heavy presence in China’s Basic Materials sector means it is sensitive to industrial policy and commodity cycles. The high revenue growth of 67.4% year over year and strong margins are notable, but the debt-to-equity ratio of 2.5 is worth observing. As a large-cap stock on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, it is also influenced by broader index movements and sector rotation. For context on the exchange, see Shenzhen Stock Exchange stocks or the full stocks directory.