Costs for 90% of pig enterprises have dropped to the range of 14 yuan: many companies say there is still room for cost reduction. Will profits stabilize next year? | Industry Observation
① 90% of the listed pork enterprises have reduced their costs to the range of 14 yuan per kilogram, including 5 enterprises such as Sunlon, Muyuan Foods, and Wens Foodstuff Group have reduced to the range of 13 yuan per kilogram; ② Many listed pork enterprises have indicated that there is still some room for cost reduction in the fourth quarter and next year; ③ Industry insiders believe that the cost reduction achievements have become the moat for the long-term development of pig enterprises. While helping companies expand profit margins, it also enhances the resilience of the companies against risks.
Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products: Turned a loss in the first three quarters, high debt ratio, planning to increase related party transactions | Financial Report Interpretation
Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products reversed losses in the first three quarters year-on-year, but the debt ratio remains high, reaching 74.42%; Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products also announced an expected increase in related trade of 80 million yuan, with 0.276 billion yuan already incurred, a 1.17 times increase compared to last year.
Q3 net profit increased by more than 30 times year-on-year wens foodstuff group plans to distribute a large cash dividend of 0.995 billion yuan | interpretations
①Wens Foodstuff Group achieved a net income attributable to the parent company of 5.081 billion yuan in Q3, a year-on-year increase of 3097.03%; ②High pork prices, low costs, and increased sales volume drove the company's performance growth, with pork sales in the first three quarters increasing by 17.63% year-on-year and chicken sales increasing by 1.04% year-on-year; ③The company also announced a profit distribution plan on the same day, proposing to pay a generous cash dividend of 0.995 billion yuan.
In the fourth quarter, the pig prices staged a "ultimate showdown" between bulls and bears, determining whether the pork industry will be "fat or lean" next year. | Industry Observations
1. The price of pork has been continuously falling for two months during the traditional strong period, with a decline of more than 20%; 2. Behind the decline is the increase in slaughter caused by the expansion of piglets and the concentrated slaughter in the second fattening, forming a downward momentum together; 3. If the pork price in the fourth quarter is not good during the peak season, the pig cycle may either rise directly or come to an end. If the pork price realizes an upward pig cycle, pig enterprises and the breeding industry are still expected to have a prosperous year in 2025.
Both pig and chicken sales growth rates remain at double digits, jiangsu lihua animal husbandry reversed losses year-on-year in the first three quarters | Interpretations
1. Jiangsu Lihua Animal Husbandry's sales volume of pigs and chickens in the first three quarters maintained a growth rate of over double digits. 2. The company's net income in the first three quarters achieved a turnaround year-on-year, with the rise in pork prices and the decrease in breeding costs playing an important role. 3. Some analysts believe that yellow broiler enterprises still have profit space in the fourth quarter.
In September, the group's pig farming enterprises actively slaughtered, and the profitability of Q4 breeding may continue | Industry Trends
1. The pig price continues to rebound, combined with the continued decline in costs, resulting in simultaneous increase in quantity and price of pig enterprises in the third quarter; 2. The average selling price of the group's pig enterprises in September is between 18.6 yuan/kg and 19 yuan/kg, with most pig farms' breeding costs around 14 yuan/kg, demonstrating considerable profitability for breeding enterprises; 3. It is widely believed within the industry that there is still profit potential for pig enterprises in the fourth quarter.