If a company builds assets at 5.2% a year, faster than its revenue growth rate of 3.5% over the past 5 years, it means that the company may be getting less efficient.
During the past 12 months, China Petroleum & Chemical's average Total Assets Growth Rate was -0.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 5.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 2.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, China Petroleum & Chemical's highest 3-Year average Total Assets Growth Rate was 21.90%. The lowest was -4.50%. And the median was 9.45%.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
China Petroleum & Chemical Total Assets Calculation
Total Assets are all the assets a company owns.
From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
China Petroleum & Chemical (BSP:C1HI34) Total Assets Explanation
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The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) data.
In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.
Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.
China Petroleum & Chemical's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.
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China Petroleum & Chemical (BSP:C1HI34) Business Description
China Petroleum & Chemical, or Sinopec, is one of China's national oil companies and one of Asian's largest integrated oil companies in terms of revenue. Its income is derived primarily from refining and marketing of oil products and petrochemical production. Sinopec has China's largest petrol station network with over 30,000 stations and enjoys significant market share in petrochemicals. Established in 2000 by China Petrochemical Corporation, a state-owned enterprise and majority shareholder, the company also owns oil and gas assets in Shandong and Sichuan provinces. It has a smaller global upstream presence than peers PetroChina and CNOOC. In 2022, Sinopec's production of oil and gas equivalent was 488.99 million barrels. The firm also processed 242 million metric tons of crude oil.
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