GGDVF (Guangdong Investment) Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 0.10 (As of Dec. 2025) — 99% Below Median

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GGDVF Guangdong Investment Ltd GGDVF
79 GF Score
Price $0.88
GF Value $0.62
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What is Guangdong Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)?

Guangdong Investment GGDVF 79 Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10 as of Dec. 2025, which is 99% below its 10-year median of 14.26. GuruFocus rates GGDVF with a GF Scoreâ„¢ of 79/100 and a GF Valueâ„¢ of $0.62. The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 249 Utilities - Regulated companies, Guangdong Investment ranks better than 73.9% on this metric.

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.10. It's Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio for today is 8.78.


The historical rank and industry rank for Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) or its related term are showing as below:

GGDVF' s Price-to-Owner-Earnings Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.84   Med: 14.26   Max: 44.89
Current: 8.6


During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Owner-Earnings ratio of Guangdong Investment was 44.89. The lowest was 2.84. And the median was 14.26.


GGDVF's Price-to-Owner-Earnings is ranked better than
73.9% of 249 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 16.28 vs GGDVF: 8.60

Guangdong Investment's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.04. Its Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.09. It's PE Ratio (TTM) ratio for today is 9.65.

Guangdong Investment's EPS without NRI for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.04. Its EPS without NRI for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.09. It's PE Ratio without NRI ratio for today is 9.55.


Be Aware

Assumption: Companies usually do not report maintenance capital expenditures and growth capital expenditures separately. Here we use estimated numbers and average them over 5 years. The method to estimate maintenance capital expenditures can be found in above part 4.

Note: GuruFocus' Change In Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.


Guangdong Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Related Terms


Guangdong Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can be seen below:

* 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.

Guangdong Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Chart

Guangdong Investment Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.14 -0.06 0.13 0.14 0.12

Guangdong Investment Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.13 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.12

GGDVF vs AWK, WTRG, AWR: Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Guangdong Investment's Price-to-Owner-Earnings, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Owner-Earnings data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Guangdong Investment Price-to-Owner-Earnings vs Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Guangdong Investment's Price-to-Owner-Earnings distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guangdong Investment's Price-to-Owner-Earnings falls into.


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Guangdong Investment Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation

In 1986 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as follows:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume. (If the business requires additional working capital to maintain its competitive position and unit volume, the increment also should be included in (c))...Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes - both for investors in buying stocks and for managers in buying entire businesses...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

To make it simple, then you will have:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) = (Net Income + Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization + Change In Deferred Tax - 5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure + Change In Working Capital) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) Calculation:

Last Year Average of Last 5 Years
Net Income 598
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 318
Change In Deferred Tax 0
5Y Average of Maintenance Capital Expenditure 230
Change In Working Capital 113
Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) 6,538

1. Start with "Net Income" from income statement. Guangdong Investment's Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $598 Mil.

2. "Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization" is from cashflow statement. Guangdong Investment's Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $318 Mil. This needs to be added back because company does not actually need to pay cash for it. It is a non-cash item.

3. Other non-cash charges usually include "Stock Based Compensation" and "Change In Deferred Tax":
However, to be conservative, GuruFocus will not add Stock Based Compensation back to net income. Guangdong Investment's Change In Deferred Tax for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $0 Mil.

4. Average maintenance capital expenditure over a business/industry cycle: 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $230 Mil

It is usually best to take a long-term average of maintenance capital expenditure. Ideally this would be as long as 10 years and include at least one economic downturn. However, since many companies do not have as long as 10-year history, here GuruFocus uses the latest 5 years data to do the calculation. To smooth out unusual years but reflect recent developments, we take an average of the 5 year maintenance capital expenditure.

The following shows how to get maintenance capital expenditure.

First, calculate the revenue change regarding to the previous year. If the revenue decreased from the previous year, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
Second, if the revenue increased from the previous year, then calculate the percentage of Net PPE as of corresponding Revenue.
Growth Capital Expenditure = Percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment as of corresponding Revenue * Revenue Increase
Third, calculate Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was negative, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive).
If [Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure] was positive, then the Maintenance Capital Expenditure = Capital Expenditure (positive) - Growth Capital Expenditure.
Fourth, get the average of the 5 years maintenance capital expenditure.

Guangdong Investment's 5-Year Average Maintenance Capital Expenditure = $230 Mil

5. "Change In Working Capital" is from cashflow statement. Guangdong Investment's Change In Working Capital for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $113 Mil.
Note: GuruFocus' Change in Working Capital is provided by Morningstar. It is calculated by adding the items under "Change in operating assets and liabilities" (may refer to a different name for different company) section in Cash Flow Statement from original financial report. And sometimes it includes non-current parts of assets and liabilities.

6. Guangdong Investment's Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) for the months ended in Dec. 2025 was 6537.821 Mil.

Guangdong Investment's Onwer Earnings Per Share for Dec. 2025 is calculated as:

Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=( Net Income+Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization+Change In Deferred Tax
=( 598.43 +318.287+0
-5Y Avg of Maintenance CAPEX+Change In Working Capital )/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
-229.774+113.2)/6537.821
=0.10

Price-to-Owner-Earnings=Current Price/Owner Earnings per Share (TTM)
=0.8782/0.10
=8.78

* 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.

What does a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 mean?
Guangdong Investment (GGDVF) has a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 as of Dec. 2025. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Guangdong Investment. This is 99% below median its historical median of 14.26. Over the past decade, Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) has ranged from 2.84 to 44.89. According to the industry distribution chart, Guangdong Investment ranks #65 out of 249 companies in the Utilities - Regulated industry, placing it in the top 26.1%.
Is Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) too high?
Guangdong Investment's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 is 99% below median its 10-year median of 14.26. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 2.84 to a high of 44.89. The Utilities - Regulated industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 16.28. Guangdong Investment's value of 0.10 is 99.4% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Guangdong Investment ranks #65 out of 249 companies in the Utilities - Regulated industry, which is above the industry midpoint. Overall, Guangdong Investment has a GF Scoreâ„¢ of 79/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Guangdong Investment's Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) compare to AWK and WTRG?
According to the Utilities - Regulated industry distribution chart, Guangdong Investment ranks #65 out of 249 companies for Owner Earnings per Share (TTM). This puts Guangdong Investment in the upper half of its industry. The industry median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 16.28. Guangdong Investment's value of 0.10 is 99.4% below this benchmark. Historically, Guangdong Investment's own Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) has ranged from 2.84 to 44.89 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 14.26 vs. the industry median of 16.28, Guangdong Investment has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) for an Utilities - Regulated company?
The median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) among Utilities - Regulated companies is 16.28, based on 249 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Guangdong Investment's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10 is 99.4% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) mean?
A high Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Warren Buffett defined owner earnings as reported earnings plus depreciation less average maintenance capital expenditure. View historical data on Guangdong Investment. For the Utilities - Regulated industry, the median Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 16.28 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Guangdong Investment's current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10, which is 99% below median its own 10-year median of 14.26. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Guangdong Investment stock overvalued right now?
Guangdong Investment (GGDVF) has a current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) of 0.10. The stock's GF Value™ is $0.62, compared to a current price of $0.88 — trading 41.6% above its estimated fair value. The current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10, which is 99% below median its 10-year median of 14.26 and 99.4% below the Utilities - Regulated industry median of 16.28. Guangdong Investment's overall GF Score™ is 79/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) calculated?
Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Guangdong Investment (GGDVF), the current Owner Earnings per Share (TTM) is 0.10 as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Guangdong Investment (GGDVF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Guangdong Investment stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $0.88 is trading 41.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of $0.62.

Key valuation signals for GGDVF:

  • Owner Earnings per Share (TTM): 0.10 (99% below median its 10-year median of 14.26)
  • GF Value™: $0.62 vs. price of $0.88 (41.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 79/100 with 6 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 99.4% below the Utilities - Regulated median (#65 of 249)

No single metric tells the full story. See the GGDVF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Guangdong Investment Business Description

Address 148 Connaught Road Central, 28th and 29th Floors, Guangdong Investment Tower, Hong Kong, HKG
Guangdong Investment Ltd is engaged in investment holding. The segments of the company include Water resources, Property investment, Department store operation, Electric power generation, Hotel operation and management, Road and bridge segment, and Others segment. The company derives its revenue from the Water resources segment that engages in water distribution, sewage treatment, and construction of water supply and sewage treatment infrastructure for customers in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Geographically, the company generates almost all of its revenue from the Mainland China.
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