Hunan Kaimeite Gases Co., Ltd. (002549)

Individual Stock Analysis Report | Industry: Industrial Gases / Electronic Specialty Gases | Report Date: September 13, 2026 | As of 2026-09-11 close (cross-verified across multiple sources: 9fzt, Securities Times, Sina Finance, East Money, Stockstar); technical indicator data varies in timeliness, some are lagging snapshots from 2026-08-28, see individual field descriptions for details

This report is automatically compiled and generated by AI based on publicly available information, for reference only, and does not constitute investment advice.

1. Core Summary

The most decision-relevant fact is: the company's H1 2026 operating revenue was RMB 316 million, up 1.67% year-on-year, but net profit attributable to parent was only RMB 21.9214 million, down 60.75% year-on-year, with non-recurring net profit down 70.85%, and gross margin falling from 33.67% for full-year 2025 to 31.06%. The company is currently in a cost-digestion period following the commissioning and fixed-asset capitalization of the Yizhang specialty gas project and the Fujian hydrogen peroxide project, with increased depreciation, trial-run expenses and management expenses causing revenue to essentially stagnate while profit declined markedly.

The company's foundational business remains bulk gases, with carbon dioxide, hydrogen and fuel-type products together accounting for approximately 93.7% of revenue in 2025, at revenues of RMB 216.9 million, RMB 215.2 million and RMB 155.2 million respectively; specialty gas revenue was only RMB 12.93 million, accounting for 2.06%, with a gross margin of -39.67%. Although it achieved rapid growth in H1 2026, its scale remains small and insufficient to offset the slowdown in traditional businesses. The company's food-grade carbon dioxide has customer certification and capacity advantages, electronic specialty gases have obtained certifications from Cymer, Japan's GIGAPHOTON and Coherent, and the Jieyang carbon dioxide project and hydrogen peroxide business constitute potential incremental growth.

The company's business model has both resource barriers and pricing constraints: raw materials mainly come from petrochemical tail gas, waste gas and flare gas; the top five suppliers' procurement amounted to 59.01% of total procurement in 2025, and the top five customers' sales accounted for 46.74%, with 4 of the top five customers being Sinopec refining and chemical enterprises. The high degree of upstream-downstream common origin facilitates adjacent plant construction and stable gas supply, but the company has limited bargaining power over its major counterparties, and refinery utilization rates, maintenance schedules and product price changes directly affect production, sales volume and profitability.

As of September 11, 2026, the company's share price was RMB 13.12, total market capitalization approximately RMB 9.123 billion, dynamic P/E approximately 208x, TTM P/E approximately 263x, and P/S TTM approximately 14.44x; the share price has retraced approximately 56% from its 52-week high, with a recent trend of consecutive declines and a downward-shifting center of gravity. Against the backdrop of current TTM net profit attributable to parent of approximately RMB 34.63 million, a lack of reliable multi-institutional consensus forecasts, and historical forecasts having repeatedly significantly exceeded actual realized levels, market valuation largely reflects expectations for electronic specialty gases and the release of new capacity.

2. Company Overview

2.1 Basic Information

2.2 Main Business and Product Layout

• High-purity carbon dioxide (2025 revenue RMB 216.9 million, 34.61% of revenue, gross margin 39.12%)
• Hydrogen (2025 revenue RMB 215.2 million, 34.33% of revenue, gross margin 33.43%)
• Fuel-type products / liquefied gas (2025 revenue RMB 155.2 million, 24.76% of revenue, gross margin 30.58%)
• Air separation gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon; 2025 revenue RMB 24.46 million, 3.90% of revenue, gross margin 43.75%)
• Specialty gases (including lithography gas, excimer laser mixed gas; 2025 revenue RMB 12.93 million, 2.06% of revenue, gross margin -39.67%)
• Hydrogen peroxide (being extended into; Fujian hydrogen peroxide project has been commissioned)

2.3 Position in the Industry Chain Upstream and Downstream, and Cost-Profit Structure

The company uses petrochemical tail gas (waste gas) and flare gas as raw materials for recovery and utilization, positioning itself as a "professional environmental protection enterprise," producing gas products through separation, purification, processing and liquefaction. The core characteristics of its industry chain are: gas sources come from petrochemical refinery tail gas (cost side highly concentrated in the Sinopec system), and products are largely sold back to refining and chemical enterprises within the same system, with upstream and downstream highly homologous and deeply bound, giving the company limited pricing power over its major counterparties; at the same time, it has certain brand and technical barriers in food-grade carbon dioxide (strategic supplier to Coca-Cola and PepsiCo) and electronic specialty gases.

• Main inputs are not general commodity raw materials, but petrochemical enterprises' tail gas/waste gas/flare gas (CO2, hydrogen, fuel gas components) + electricity/water (air separation and compression energy consumption) + helium, neon, krypton, xenon air separation feed gas.
• Supplier concentration is extremely high: 2025 top five suppliers' procurement amounted to RMB 250.71 million, accounting for 59.01% of total procurement. Among them, Sinopec Anqing Branch RMB 99.1103 million (23.33%), Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical RMB 46.0132 million (10.83%), State Grid Hunan Yueyang Yunxi District Power Supply Branch RMB 38.4505 million (9.05%), State Grid Anhui Anqing Power Supply Company RMB 34.8224 million (8.19%), Hainan Power Grid Danzhou Power Supply Bureau RMB 32.3177 million (7.61%); i.e., Sinopec-system gas sources account for approximately 34% of total procurement, and electricity approximately 25% (source: Chaguwang compilation from 2025 Annual Report).
• Cost structure (2025 operating costs RMB 414.8 million): direct materials RMB 149.19 million (35.97%), energy (water, electricity) RMB 101.31 million (24.42%), manufacturing expenses RMB 105.67 million (25.47%), transportation costs RMB 37.907 million (9.14%), direct labor RMB 20.733 million (5.00%).
• Bargaining relationship assessment: the company is a typical price-taker for gas sources — recovery production facilities are built adjacent to upstream, with long-term agreements and sole gas supply signed with upstream (2023-03-28 institutional research). In 2026, Hainan Kaimeite simultaneously shut down due to routine maintenance shutdown at upstream Sinopec Hainan Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd., directly confirming that upstream maintenance can forcibly reduce the company's output, and the company lacks hedging capability (September 2026 earnings briefing).
• 2025 top five customers' total sales amounted to RMB 292.88 million, accounting for 46.74% of annual total sales, all non-related parties. Details: Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical RMB 74.2173 million (11.84%), Sinopec Anqing Branch RMB 70.9234 million (11.32%), Sinopec Hainan Refining & Chemical RMB 67.0804 million (10.71%), Anhui Juli Energy RMB 40.3604 million (6.44%), Fujian Refining & Petrochemical RMB 40.2997 million (6.43%) (source: Chaguwang compilation from 2025 Annual Report; annual report summary cross-verifies total and 46.74% share).
• Structural characteristic (key): 4 of the top five customers are Sinopec refining and chemical enterprises in the same system as the company's gas sources, i.e., "buy tail gas from refineries → sell hydrogen/fuel gas back to refineries," with upstream and downstream highly homologous. This constitutes both a barrier (adjacent plant construction, sole gas supply) and means the company has virtually no pricing power over its major counterparties, with revenue strongly correlated to refinery utilization rates.
• Brand-type downstream includes food and beverage and industrial customers: food-grade liquid carbon dioxide has passed Coca-Cola and PepsiCo certification and been confirmed as a "strategic supplier in China"; other customers include Hangzhou Wahaha, Watsons, AB InBev, Zhujiang Beer, Tsingtao Beer, China Resources Snowflake; industrial customers include CRRC, CSSC Wuchang Shipbuilding, Guangzhou CSSC Huangpu, Wuhan Iron and Steel, Tongling Nonferrous, Sany Heavy Industry, Zoomlion, Sunward Intelligent, Yueyang Forest & Paper, etc.; Huizhou Kaimeite dry ice supplies Guangdong SF Express cold chain. Risk note: this customer list mainly comes from earlier-year company materials and research reports; the 2025 Annual Report did not individually list non-top-five customer names, and the timeliness of the list cannot be fully cross-verified.
• Pricing mechanism pressure: food and beverage and industrial customers operate under long-term agreements + tender pricing; the company itself stated that industrial manufacturing customers in construction machinery, bridge steel structure welding, automotive welding, etc. had lower-than-expected capacity and utilization rates, affecting industrial-grade carbon dioxide sales to some extent (2023 research), indicating that downstream demand fluctuations directly transmit to unit prices and sales volumes.
• 2025 net cash flow from operating activities was RMB 155.02 million, higher than net profit attributable to parent of RMB 68.5557 million, indicating acceptable cash flow quality; total assets at end of 2025 were RMB 2.841 billion, net assets attributable to parent RMB 2.062 billion. This search did not obtain specific indicators such as accounts receivable turnover days, accounts receivable/revenue ratio, prepayments and accounts payable aging, so no quantitative conclusion is drawn on "who holds the advantage in working capital." Qualitatively, considering that sales targets are Sinopec-system refining and chemical enterprises and large beverage/industrial customers, and that the company's scale is only at the RMB 600 million revenue level, it is judged that it is likely weaker than downstream major customers on the receivables side; this judgment needs to be verified against the annual report's accounts receivable notes, and is only an inference, not verified data.
• Upstream: 2025 top five suppliers' procurement amounted to RMB 250.71 million, accounting for 59.01% of total procurement, of which Sinopec-system gas sources accounted for approximately 34% of total procurement and electricity approximately 25% (2025 Annual Report data, source is Chaguwang compilation, partially cross-verifiable from annual report summary). Downstream: 2025 top five customers' total sales amounted to RMB 292.88 million, accounting for 46.74% of annual total sales, all non-related parties, but 4 of the top five customers are Sinopec refining and chemical enterprises in the same system as the gas sources (2025 Annual Report data). Concentration data are all on a 2025 annual basis; the timeliness of non-top-five customer names on the sales side cannot be fully cross-verified; H1 2026 product mix varies across platform sources (East Money and Chaguwang show opposite rankings for hydrogen/carbon dioxide, the latter suspected of period labeling misalignment), and it can only be determined that hydrogen and carbon dioxide each account for approximately RMB 100 million, both at approximately 32%-33%, with specialty gases at approximately RMB 6-8.9 million and gross margin at approximately -50%, subject to the original interim report.

The company is positioned at the upper-middle of the smile curve — essentially a petrochemical tail gas recovery and processing operator, with gas sources constrained by Sinopec-system refineries and products sold back to the same system, upstream-downstream common origin leading to limited pricing power and profitability strongly correlated to refinery utilization rates, belonging to a mid-stream processing-type thin-margin segment; however, food-grade carbon dioxide (Coca-Cola/PepsiCo strategic supplier certification) and electronic specialty gases (lithography gas, excimer laser mixed gas) give it some downstream brand/technology premium capability. The core drivers for subsequent gross margin improvement are: specialty gas business loss reduction and product mix upgrading (domestic substitution of electronic specialty gases), scale effects from carbon dioxide/hydrogen capacity expansion (existing carbon dioxide capacity 560,000 tonnes/year, Jieyang Kaimeite project plans to add 300,000 tonnes), and recovery in specialty gas prices (krypton, xenon, etc.), rather than reliance on pricing power over upstream and downstream.

3. Financial Data and Valuation Analysis

3.1 Recent Operating Performance

The most recent financial report is the 2026 Interim Report (reporting period 2026-06-30, disclosure date 2026-07-29); Q3 report/subsequent periodic report data were not obtained within this search scope. 2026H1 core data are consistent across multiple sources (East Money F10, Stockstar financial indicators page, Baidu Finance page, Stockstar operating analysis). 2026H1 gross margin 31.06% (significantly down from 36.11% in 2025H1), net margin 6.83%, basic EPS RMB 0.0315, net assets per share RMB 2.9532, debt-to-asset ratio 27.96%. Reasons for profit decline (Stockstar operating analysis interpretation, single source): Yizhang Kaimeite specialty gas project completed trial production of main facilities at end of April 2026, with depreciation and trial-run expenses concentrated in current period profit or loss; Fujian Kaimeite hydrogen peroxide project also entered concentrated fixed-asset capitalization/trial production. 2025 Annual Report non-recurring net profit RMB 53.68 million, gross margin 33.67%, net margin 10.86%, EPS RMB 0.0986; 2025H1 non-recurring net profit RMB 49.71 million; 2024 Annual Report gross margin 26.74%, EPS -RMB 0.0698; rolling TTM (as of 2026H1) net profit attributable to parent ≈ RMB 34.63 million (consistent with Simply Wall St's TTM earnings of CN¥34.63m, cross-verified by two sources).

2026H1 revenue growth was essentially stagnant (+1.67% year-on-year), net profit attributable to parent fell sharply by 60.75% year-on-year, non-recurring net profit fell 70.85% year-on-year, and the company is in a "project construction period cost digestion phase." 2026H1 product-level revenue structure (Stockstar operating analysis, 2026-07-29, single source not cross-verified): carbon dioxide RMB 106 million (+7.25%), hydrogen RMB 103 million (-1.13%, turning from positive to negative), fuel-type products RMB 90 million (+1.46%), specialty gases RMB 9 million (+47.21%, fastest growth but only approximately 2.81% share), air separation gases RMB 7 million (-48.50%); traditional carbon dioxide + hydrogen together account for approximately 66% of revenue and remain the cornerstone; electronic specialty gases are the only bright spot but the scale is too small to offset the slowdown in traditional businesses. In terms of trend, the company's 2022 revenue of RMB 852 million and net profit attributable to parent of RMB 166 million were recent highs; 2023-2024 saw revenue decline and consecutive losses (2023: -RMB 25.61 million; 2024: -RMB 48.57 million); although 2025 turned profitable (net profit attributable to parent RMB 68.56 million), 2026H1 fell back sharply again, with dramatic performance volatility.

3.2 Earnings Forecasts

Institutional earnings forecast coverage is low and credibility insufficient: Huaxin Securities initiated coverage with "Buy" on 2025-08-15 (report date closing price RMB 16.68), forecasting 2025-2027 revenue of RMB 652/720/800 million, net profit attributable to parent of RMB 104/123/143 million, EPS RMB 0.15/0.18/0.21, corresponding to PE 100.8/85.2/72.9x, but its 2025 net profit attributable to parent forecast of RMB 104 million clearly fell short of actual RMB 68.56 million, and its optimistic 2026 assumptions likewise need to be discounted. China Post Securities in 2023 forecast 2023-2025 total revenue of RMB 990→1,760 million, net profit attributable to parent of RMB 175→376 million, EPS RMB 0.24→0.53, while actual 2025 revenue was only RMB 627 million and net profit attributable to parent only RMB 69 million, with forecasts and actuals differing by several multiples. MarketScreener/eulerpool give 2025e/2026e earnings of approximately CN¥139.07m/CN¥201.65m, but the sample is only 1 analyst, target price RMB 9.00, rating "Buy," with the page's last closing date marked 2025-08-14 clearly lagging, and severely inconsistent with realized 2025 earnings of RMB 69 million. East Money's peer comparison page shows 26E/27E/28E EPS and revenue growth rates all as "--," i.e., no multi-institutional consensus; Simply Wall St notes that of the 6 analysts covering the stock, "0 provided revenue/earnings forecasts for their reports." Conclusion: the stock currently lacks reliable multi-institutional consensus earnings forecasts; circulating 2026/2027 earnings forecasts are mostly single-broker figures published in 2025 or earlier, disconnected from the latest operating reality (2026H1 profit sharply declining year-on-year), and are not recommended for direct adoption; any citation must note it is from a single broker/single data provider with the report date noted.

3.3 Valuation Levels and Institutional Ratings

The stock's valuation is in an extremely high range, and sources have different time points/share price bases, requiring use by as-of date: East Money peer comparison page (based on 2026 Interim Report, different snapshots) total market cap RMB 9.123/9.498/9.610 billion, free-float market cap approximately RMB 9.084-9.568 billion, PE 2025A approximately 133-140x, TTM approximately 263-277x, P/S TTM approximately 14.4-15.2x, PEG incalculable; Simply Wall St (as of 2026-08-31, share price CN¥14.40) market cap CN¥10.0b, P/E 289.1x, P/S 15.8x, TTM revenue CN¥631.85m, TTM earnings CN¥34.63m, single analyst target price approximately CN¥9 (below current price); moomoo (as of 2026-07-31, share price RMB 12.87) market cap RMB 8.95 billion, PE(TTM) 257.40x, PE(static) 130.00x, PB 4.36x, 52-week range 11.43—30.00. Share price reference: Baidu FinScope shows 2026-09-11 close of RMB 13.12 (-2.60%); eulerpool shows 2026-08-31 close of RMB 14.40; Investing.com shows RMB 14.29, 52-week range 11.97—30.00; share prices across sources range from RMB 13-14.4. Regardless of source, PE-TTM is approximately 260-290x, PS-TTM approximately 14-16x, PE static (2025A) approximately 130-140x, far above the chemicals/industrial gases industry average, because current-period profit is compressed very low by project construction costs, and market pricing more reflects "electronic specialty gases + capacity release" expectations rather than current-period earnings. Uncertainty: market cap and PE discrepancies mainly arise from share price dates and differing "non-recurring/attributable to parent/consolidated net profit" bases; TTM net profit attributable to parent of approximately RMB 34.63 million has been cross-verified by two sources and is relatively reliable; some forward indicators from eulerpool, MarketScreener and moomoo are clearly lagging (e.g., MarketScreener still marks closing date as 2025-08-14), not recommended as current valuation basis; target prices conflict with each other (eulerpool median RMB 15.30 vs MarketScreener/Simply Wall St approximately RMB 9), and there is currently no reliable multi-institutional consensus target price.

4. Recent News and Announcements

4.1 Target Confirmation: 002549 is Hunan Kaimeite Gases Co., Ltd.

Stock code 002549 corresponds to Hunan Kaimeite Gases Co., Ltd., A-share abbreviation "Kaimeite Gas," listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, IPO in 2011. Main business is producing high-purity food-grade liquid carbon dioxide, dry ice, hydrogen, liquefied gas, pentane, air separation gases, specialty gases, etc. using petrochemical tail gas (waste gas) and flare gas as raw materials; in recent years it has focused on electronic specialty gases (lithography gas, excimer laser gas, etc.). Total share capital 695,347,901 shares. The latest information retrieved is dated 2026-09-11; "recent" in this summary refers to March to September 2026.

4.2 2026 Interim Report: Revenue Slightly Up, Net Profit Down 60.75% Year-on-Year

The company disclosed its 2026 Interim Report (disclosure date 2026-07-29 evening/07-30). Main financial data: operating revenue RMB 315,552,071.14 (RMB 316 million), +1.67% year-on-year; net profit attributable to parent RMB 21,921,375.45 (RMB 21.9214 million), -60.75% year-on-year; non-recurring net profit RMB 14,489,559.92 (RMB 14.4896 million), -70.85% year-on-year; net cash flow from operating activities RMB 54,413,000.09, -4.89% year-on-year; basic EPS RMB 0.0315; weighted average ROE 1.06% (down approximately 1.7 percentage points year-on-year); total assets RMB 2,851,197,364.56; net assets attributable to parent RMB 2,053,520,490.90. The company plans no cash dividend, no bonus shares, no capital reserve conversion. Q2 single quarter: revenue RMB 162 million, +9.64% year-on-year, +5.37% quarter-on-quarter; net profit attributable to parent RMB 11.1893 million, -53.56% year-on-year. Revenue structure: carbon dioxide revenue RMB 106 million (+7.25%), hydrogen RMB 103 million (-1.13%), fuel-type RMB 89.7533 million (+1.46%), specialty gases RMB 8.8638 million (+47.21%), air separation gases RMB 6.6543 million (-48.50%). Gross margin 31.06%-31.07% (down approximately 5.05pct year-on-year); net margin 6.83% (down approximately 11.1pct year-on-year).

4.3 Main Reasons for Interim Report Performance Decline and Financial Risk Signals

Main reasons for performance decline (Interim Report and Stockstar "Earnings Express" compilation): ① Operating costs +9.72% far exceeding revenue +1.67%; ② Management expenses RMB 48.4779 million, +30.82% year-on-year, mainly due to Yizhang Kaimeite specialty gas project being capitalized at end of April 2026, with increased depreciation and trial-run expenses, and the Jieyang project in construction phase; ③ Financial expenses turned from -RMB 6.5244 million in the prior year to +RMB 1.5261 million (interest income fell from RMB 7.2217 million to RMB 3.9890 million); ④ Provision for inventory write-down of RMB 8.718 million. Financial risk signals (single source, to be noted): short-term borrowings at period end RMB 416 million (RMB 255 million at beginning of year, +63.14%); monetary funds RMB 575 million (RMB 854 million at beginning of year, -32.63%); current ratio fell from 1.84 to 1.47, quick ratio fell from 1.76 to 1.38. Baidu Finance concept tags include "26 Interim Profit Decline," consistent with the sharp net profit decline.

4.4 2026 New Buyback Plan: Proposed Buyback of RMB 80 Million to RMB 120 Million, Not Yet Implemented

On 2026-07-31, the 7th meeting of the 3rd Board of Directors was held, approving the "Proposal on the Share Buyback Plan." Total buyback funds not less than RMB 80 million (inclusive) and not more than RMB 120 million (inclusive), implementation period within 12 months from the date of Board approval. As of 2026-08-31, the company had not yet begun implementing this buyback, and will implement at an appropriate time within the period and disclose progress. Note: the related Q&A stating "buyback price not exceeding RMB 82.36/share" is severely inconsistent with the company's recent share price (approximately RMB 13.6-20 range), suspected of being an input error or misquotation; strongly recommend verifying against the original announcement on cninfo before adoption.

4.5 2024 Old Buyback Plan: Cumulative Buyback of 3.4034 Million Shares, Partially Used for Equity Incentive Vesting

The 2024 buyback plan implementation period was 2024-11-25 to 2025-06-13, with cumulative buyback of 3,403,400 shares (3.4034 million shares), total transaction amount RMB 69.9898 million, for employee stock ownership plan or equity incentive. Of these, 2,287,950 shares have been used for the first vesting period of the "2025 Restricted Stock Incentive Plan" and were listed for trading on 2026-09-03. The "340.34 million shares held in the buyback special securities account" in the 2026 Interim Report refers to shares under the 2024 plan, not new purchases in H1 2026 (the company specifically clarified market questions on this).

4.6 Caixin-System Acting-in-Concert Parties' Reduction Plan Expired, Shareholding Fell Below 5%

Shareholders Hunan Caixin Asset Management Co., Ltd. and acting-in-concert parties Hunan Caixin Jingxin Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), Hunan Caixin Changqin No.1 Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) pre-disclosed on 2026-03-13 (announcement no. 2026-005) a plan to reduce holdings through centralized bidding/block trades by no more than 20,860,437 shares (no more than 3% of total share capital). Period expired: as of 2026-07-06; notification letter received 2026-07-07; announcement no. 2026-029, disclosure date 2026-07-08. Actual cumulative reduction of 8.1496 million shares, 1.17% of total share capital; after reduction, the three shareholders collectively held 34,767,311 shares, 4.9999879% of total share capital, formally exiting the 5%+ shareholder ranks; does not trigger tender offer, does not result in change of controlling shareholder/actual controller. Details (partial): Caixin Jingxin centralized bidding + block trades subtotal 2,613,501 shares (0.38%); reduction average price range approximately RMB 16.94-20.90. During the change period, share price fell approximately 11.11%, 2026-07-06 close RMB 17.61 (Stockstar basis, use with caution). Also per Sina Finance: Caixin Asset Management reduced 2.7039 million shares through bidding/block trades from 2026-05-06 to 06-24, cashing out approximately RMB 53.2564 million; cumulative reduction since 2022-12-20 of 29.3629 million shares, cumulative cash-out approximately RMB 466 million; after reduction, Caixin Asset Management held 17.0821 million shares, 2.46% of total share capital.

4.7 Equity Pledge: Haoxun Technology Pledged 100 Million Shares (Single Source, To Be Verified)

Hithink RoyalFlush's "Equity Pledge Change Table" shows: shareholder Haoxun Technology Co., Ltd. total pledged 100,000,000 shares, total holding 259,861,273 shares (as of 2026-06-30, announced 2026-07-30). That is, controlling shareholder (suspected) Haoxun Technology holds approximately 260 million shares (approximately 37.4% of total share capital), of which 100 million shares (approximately 38.5% of its holdings) are pledged. Note: this pledge data comes from a single source (Hithink RoyalFlush); recommend verifying the number of pledge transactions and whether new/additional or released against cninfo announcements.

4.8 Operational/Project Progress: Electronic Specialty Gas Certifications and Project Capitalization, Construction Status

Electronic specialty gas certifications (2025 Annual Report summary basis): lithography gas products have obtained certifications from ASML subsidiary Cymer and Japan's GIGAPHOTON; excimer laser gas obtained Coherent certification. Positive for enhancing electronic specialty gas recognition and expanding sales. Project progress: Yizhang Kaimeite specialty gas project was capitalized at end of April 2026 (bringing depreciation and trial-run expenses, dragging current-period profit); Jieyang project is in construction phase. This search did not obtain reliable announcements directly related to "regulatory penalties/inquiry letters/major mergers and acquisitions" in 2026, and this cannot be taken to conclude "none exist"; recommend separate follow-up verification.

4.9 Capital Flow Dynamics (Auxiliary Information)

2026-09-11 main capital net sell of RMB 9.294 million (Stockstar). Around 2026-09-10, share price fluctuated in the RMB 13.56-13.68 range (Nanfang Caifu Wang, 10:18 quoted RMB 13.60, down 1.24%). Comparison: June-July 2026 reduction average price range was approximately RMB 16.94-20.90, indicating a clear subsequent share price decline.

4.10 Data Uncertainty and Limitations Note

This section of research has the following limitations: 1. "Buyback price not exceeding RMB 82.36/share" is severely inconsistent with market price, suspected of being a source input error; must verify against cninfo original text; the buyback amount and "not yet implemented" status are relatively credible but likewise subject to the original announcement. 2. The Interim Report disclosure date has two expressions of 7-29 and 7-30 (release/publication difference), not affecting the data itself. 3. Pledge data (Haoxun Technology 100 million shares pledged) is a single source from Hithink RoyalFlush, not cross-verified against announcements. 4. Reduction average prices and cash-out amounts are partly from Sina/Stockstar compilation, which is secondary media processing, not original announcement figures. 5. This summary did not obtain 2026 regulatory/policy-type and M&A/restructuring-type specific news; this sub-angle is missing and needs supplementary checking. 6. Price data, market cap, EPS and other information come from market/concept-type pages, may have delays, for reference only. 7. All "year-on-year" and similar indicators are on a 2026 Interim Report basis (current reporting period vs. same period last year).

5. Share Price Trend and Technical Analysis

5.1 Price Overview

5.2 Technical Indicators

5.3 Short-Term Trend Outlook (Next Week, Scenario Analysis, For Reference Only)

6. Industry Landscape and Competitor Analysis

6.1 Industry Status

The industrial gases/electronic specialty gases industry in which the company operates has dual attributes of bulk industrial gases (carbon dioxide, hydrogen, air separation gases) and high-barrier electronic specialty gases (lithography gas, excimer laser mixed gas). The overseas four gas giants (Linde, Air Liquide, Taiyo Nippon Sanso, Air Products) have long dominated the global and Chinese electronic specialty gas markets, and domestic substitution is the industry's core growth logic; at the same time, 2024-2026 rare gas (neon, krypton, xenon) prices experienced a cycle from the Russia-Ukraine conflict high to decline and then fluctuation, directly affecting the profitability of domestic specialty gas enterprises, with the industry showing clear divergence.

6.2 Competitive Landscape

• The overseas four gas giants monopolize approximately 70%-91% of the global electronic specialty gas market (different research report bases: Guojin Securities states the four giants monopolize 70% of the market, with China supplying only 17%; China Merchants Securities states the overseas four giants account for 91% globally), leaving large room for domestic substitution.
• In Q1 2026, the performance of China's top ten electronic specialty gas listed companies was "a tale of two extremes": Kaimeite Gas was the only one of the ten with declining revenue (revenue RMB 154 million, -5.56% year-on-year), mainly due to declining krypton-xenon mixed gas prices.
• The mid-2026 industry theme is "the price increase moment for chip blood," with accelerated domestic substitution of electronic specialty gases, and enterprises with electronic specialty gases as their core business growing significantly faster than traditional bulk gas enterprises.
• The anti-dumping case filed against dichlorosilane from Japan is seen as a catalyst for both share and profitability gains in domestic electronic specialty gases.
• Companies in the industry are generally extending toward high-value-added directions such as electronic specialty gases and hydrogen peroxide; Kaimeite Gas's Yizhang specialty gas project and Fujian hydrogen peroxide project have been commissioned, but initial-stage depreciation creates阶段性 pressure on profit.

6.3 Main Competitors

The main difference between Kaimeite Gas and other domestic electronic specialty gas listed companies is: its revenue structure is still dominated by traditional bulk gases (carbon dioxide, hydrogen, fuel-type together accounting for approximately 93.7%), with specialty gas revenue accounting for only approximately 2.06% and still loss-making (2025 gross margin -39.67%); whereas enterprises with electronic specialty gases as their core business, such as Huate Gas, Jinhong Gas and Guanggang Gas, grew significantly faster in the 2026 industry. Kaimeite Gas's relative advantages lie in the brand barrier of food-grade carbon dioxide (Coca-Cola/PepsiCo strategic supplier certification, 560,000 tonnes/year capacity) and its unique resource model of petrochemical tail gas recovery; relative disadvantages lie in its high dependence on the Sinopec-system upstream and downstream, its specialty gas business not yet profitable, and its H1 2026 profit being dragged down by new project depreciation with a sharp year-on-year decline. Overall, the company's positioning in the industry is that of a "traditional bulk gas leader + electronic specialty gas catch-up player," rather than a pure-play electronic specialty gas target.

7. Risk Warnings

• Project commissioning and fixed-asset capitalization causing阶段性 profit pressure: the Yizhang specialty gas project was capitalized at end of April 2026, and the Fujian hydrogen peroxide project also entered concentrated capitalization or trial production, with increased depreciation, trial-run expenses and management expenses, already causing H1 2026 net profit attributable to parent to fall 60.75% year-on-year; if capacity ramp-up or sales expansion falls short of expectations, depreciation pressure may persist.
• Highly concentrated upstream gas sources and downstream customers, with operations strongly dependent on the Sinopec system: 2025 top five suppliers accounted for 59.01% of procurement, with Sinopec-system gas sources approximately 34% of total procurement; top five customers accounted for 46.74% of sales, of which 4 are Sinopec refining and chemical enterprises. Upstream refinery maintenance or utilization rate changes may directly affect the company's gas supply, output and revenue, while the common-origin customer structure may limit product pricing capability.
• Price and demand fluctuation risk in traditional bulk gas business: in 2025 the company's sales volume grew 29.31% while revenue grew only 6.57%, reflecting pressure on unit selling prices; in H1 2026 hydrogen revenue fell 1.13% year-on-year, and air separation gas revenue fell 48.50% year-on-year. If industrial customer utilization, beverage and manufacturing demand, or gas prices continue to weaken, the carbon dioxide, hydrogen and fuel-type businesses may struggle to cover fixed cost growth.
• Electronic specialty gases have not yet formed effective profit contribution: 2025 specialty gas revenue was only RMB 12.93 million, 2.06% share, with gross margin of -39.67%; although H1 2026 specialty gas revenue grew 47.21% year-on-year, it was approximately RMB 8.86 million, still small in scale. Whether certification advantages can be converted into sustained orders, scaled revenue and positive gross margin remains uncertain, and rare gas price fluctuations such as krypton and xenon may continue to affect specialty gas profitability.
• Marginal changes in cash and short-term debt repayment pressure: in H1 2026 monetary funds fell from RMB 854 million at beginning of year to RMB 575 million, short-term borrowings rose from RMB 255 million to RMB 416 million, current ratio fell from 1.84 to 1.47, and quick ratio fell from 1.76 to 1.38. If projects such as Jieyang continue construction, operating cash flow declines, or project returns are slower than expected, fund utilization and short-term debt repayment pressure may rise further.
• Controlling shareholder equity pledge and shareholder reductions may bring equity structure and market trading risks: materials show that 100 million shares held by Haoxun Technology are pledged, but this data still needs further verification against original announcements; Caixin-system acting-in-concert parties actually reduced 8.1496 million shares in 2026, with shareholding falling below 5% after reduction. If subsequent pledge changes occur or shareholders continue to reduce holdings, it may increase market supply and share price volatility.
• Valuation and earnings realization mismatch risk: as of September 11, 2026, the company's TTM P/E was approximately 263x, while TTM net profit attributable to parent was approximately RMB 34.63 million; the company's past single-institution earnings forecasts were significantly higher than actual 2025 net profit, and there is currently a lack of reliable multi-institutional consensus forecasts. If project ramp-up, specialty gas loss reduction, or profit recovery falls below market expectations, valuation may face considerable re-rating pressure.
• Recent technical and capital flow weakness: the share price fell from approximately RMB 14.36 on August 28, 2026 to RMB 13.12 on September 11, with consecutive declines over the past week; on September 11, main capital net sold RMB 9.294 million, institutional participation approximately 12.62%, in a lightly controlled state. If fundamental improvement is not realized in time, the weak price trend may combine with high valuation to create叠加 pressure.

8. Conclusion and Outlook

The company's medium- to long-term growth logic mainly lies in traditional gas scale expansion and product mix upgrading: food-grade carbon dioxide has Coca-Cola and PepsiCo strategic supplier certification and existing capacity of 560,000 tonnes/year, with the Jieyang project planning to add 300,000 tonnes of capacity; in electronic specialty gases, the Yizhang project has been capitalized and completed trial production of main facilities, with related products having obtained certifications from multiple downstream equipment makers or customers; the Fujian hydrogen peroxide project has been commissioned. If new projects can complete capacity ramp-up, specialty gases continue to reduce losses and form stable sales, the company's profitability is expected to gradually recover from the project construction period.

However, short-term operations remain in a phase of weak revenue growth and profit pressure. In H1 2026, cost growth significantly exceeded revenue growth, hydrogen revenue declined year-on-year, air separation gas revenue fell 48.50% year-on-year, while specialty gas revenue share remained below 3%; the 2025 turnaround did not form a stable profit trend, and H1 2026 profit has fallen back sharply. Going forward, key areas to watch include the digestion speed of new project depreciation and trial-run expenses, whether specialty gas gross margin can turn positive, changes in carbon dioxide and hydrogen sales volume and prices, and the impact of Sinopec refinery utilization and maintenance on gas supply and output.

The company's current valuation places high demands on profit recovery and growth realization, and analyst forecast coverage is insufficient with obvious divergences in target prices across sources, so future share price performance and fundamental improvement may experience significant volatility. Overall, the company has highlights including tail gas resource recovery, food-grade carbon dioxide customer certification and domestic substitution of electronic specialty gases, but its performance realization still depends on scale effects after project commissioning, product mix improvement and the major customer supply chain environment, with growth logic and short-term financial pressure coexisting.

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