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China Clean Energy

CCGY
57
Chemicals - Specialty · Basic Materials
Price
$0.00
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$3,151
Winston Score
57
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+46.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 21.5M (2007) → 31.5M (2011)

China Clean Energy Inc. is a small company based in China that makes specialty chemicals used as cleaner-burning fuel alternatives. Its core product is biodiesel, a fuel made from plant oils and animal fats that can replace or blend with regular diesel. The company sells mainly to industrial customers and fuel distributors in China.

The company earns revenue by selling biodiesel and related chemical products directly to buyers, rather than through subscriptions or licensing. It operates entirely within China, and with a market cap near zero, it is a very small player in a fragmented industry with limited pricing power. The main growth driver is China's push to reduce air pollution and increase use of renewable fuels, but the biggest risk is that small producers like this one face intense competition from larger state-owned energy companies and are vulnerable to swings in raw material costs.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$346,753/ year

Rising (+162% vs prior year)

0.5% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

6.7%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$24M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

China Clean Energy is growing revenue at 7% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
17.2%
Thin — 17.2% gross margin
Operating Margin
13.6%
Healthy — 13.6% operating margin
ROCE
4.7%
Weak — 4.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+60.7%
Fast-growing sales (60.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
+116.7%
Earnings growing fast (116.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
156%
Turns 156% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
19.6%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (19.6%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
33.75x
Comfortably covers interest (33.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
0.0x
Attractive valuation — P/E 0.0

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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