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Origin Agritech LTD key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Origin Agritech LTD had a net margin of -58.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Sept 20092010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025
Net margin−6.9%8.4%−4.1%−0.3%1.6%−2.3%<−999%<−999%<−999%<−999%−67.2%−162.4%−197.2%−11.9%59.3%18.3%−58.4%
Return on equity−14.7%17.7%−8.7%−0.6%2.9%−3.6%−5.6%−30.9%−50.6%————————
Return on assets—5.2%−2.6%−0.2%0.7%−0.9%−1.4%−7.0%−12.3%−42.3%−18.2%−32.9%−50.2%−5.1%30.3%11.2%−45.0%
Effective tax rate—12.3%——32.4%————————−0.6%0.3%0.3%—
R&D as % of revenue−5.6%6.6%7.9%6.8%8.8%9.7%>999%>999%>999%209.9%14.4%7.8%4.3%14.1%8.0%8.9%14.3%
Dividends ÷ net income——————————————0.4%2.4%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 4 checks passed · September 30, 2025
What it owns · $14m
Short-term assets $9mLonger-term assets $5m
What it owes, and who funded it · $23m
Short-term liabilities $21mLonger-term liabilities $2mShareholders' equity $-3m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $9m of assets due within a year against $21m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $9m short-term assets against $2m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $2m of cash against $3m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt −$3m of operating cash flow against $3m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Origin Agritech LTD's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

24 /100

Weak moat

How hard Origin Agritech's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 5 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Pricing power 2 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 27.6%, moving by 10.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 5 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Net margin has been a median -58.4%; its worst year was -8698.2%.

  • Cash conversion 2 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 1 of 5 years, at a median -43.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Origin Agritech LTD's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q). How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Origin Agritech LTD.