China Wantian Holdings (SEHK:1854) Loss Worsens In H1 FY 2025 Challenging Turnaround Hopes

China Wantian Holdings (SEHK:1854) has just posted its FY 2025 first half numbers, reporting revenue of HK$614.9 million and a basic EPS loss of HK$0.022933. The trailing twelve month figures show revenue of HK$1.2 billion and a net loss of HK$142.0 million. Over recent periods, the company’s revenue moved from HK$258.8 million in the second half of 2023 to HK$788.6 million in the second half of 2024, with EPS remaining in loss territory throughout that stretch. For investors, the focus this season is less on top line scale and more on how quickly margins can stop compressing and begin to stabilise.

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Loss deepens to HK$46.7 million in H1 FY 2025

• For the first half of FY 2025, China Wantian reported a net loss of HK$46.7 million on HK$614.9 million of revenue, compared with a HK$24.8 million loss on HK$536.9 million of revenue in the second half of FY 2024 and a HK$17.2 million loss on HK$251.8 million of revenue in the first half of FY 2024.
• Critics highlight that this pattern of losses ties in with the bearish view, as trailing twelve month net loss stands at HK$142.0 million and earnings have declined at an annualized rate of 53.9% over the past five years,
  • which means that even as revenue reached HK$1.2 billion on a trailing basis, the company has not converted that scale into positive net income,
  • and the deepening loss in H1 FY 2025 compared with both halves of FY 2024 supports the concern that profitability has not yet stabilised.

TTM EPS loss of HK$0.0697 per share

• On a trailing twelve month basis to H2 2025, basic EPS was a loss of HK$0.0697, compared with a loss of HK$0.0361 on the trailing view at H1 2025 and a loss of HK$0.0217 at H2 2024.
• What stands out for bearish investors is how this worsening EPS trend lines up with the 53.9% annualized earnings decline over five years,
  • because losses per share on the semi annual figures, from HK$0.0088 in H1 2024 to HK$0.0128 in H2 2024 and HK$0.0229 in H1 2025, show pressure persisting at the per share level,
  • and together with the HK$142.0 million trailing loss, this history gives bears concrete numbers to point to when they argue that the business has not yet moved closer to break even.

P/S of 2x against industry 0.7x

• The stock trades on a P/S of 2x, compared with a peer average of 1.4x and the Hong Kong consumer retailing industry average of 0.7x, while the current share price is HK$1.15.
• Supporters of a more optimistic view see the multi segment food supply and environmental business model as a possible reason investors might accept a higher P/S multiple,
  • yet the trailing twelve month net loss of HK$142.0 million and the deepening EPS loss to HK$0.0697 on that basis mean the premium multiple sits alongside unprofitable operations,
  • so anyone leaning bullish needs to weigh that 2x P/S against the fact that no forward earnings growth forecasts or discounted cash flow valuation have been provided in the available data.

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