Can China Longyuan Power Group (SEHK:916) Justify Its Price After Weaker June Power Generation?

China Longyuan Power Group (SEHK:916) reported June 2026 operating data showing consolidated power generation of 5,348,794 MWh, a year-on-year decline, with wind and solar output for the month also falling compared with June 2025.

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Despite the weaker June operating data, China Longyuan Power Group's share price has shown short term momentum, with a 1 month share price return of 9.23% and a 7 day return of 6.42%. However, the 1 year total shareholder return is down 19.56% and the 5 year total shareholder return is down 51.82%, pointing to a stock still working through a longer period of weaker performance.

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The recent rebound in China Longyuan Power Group, set against softer June generation data and weaker multi year returns, puts the focus squarely on price. Is the current valuation compelling enough to step in now, or is patience the better call?

Price to Earnings of 9.6x: Is it justified?

With China Longyuan Power Group last closing at HK$5.80, the stock is trading on a P/E of 9.6x, which sits in an interesting middle ground between value and caution when stacked up against its peers.

The P/E ratio compares the current share price to earnings per share, so a lower figure often suggests the market is paying less for each unit of profit. For a renewable energy utility like China Longyuan Power Group, investors often use P/E to gauge how the market is weighing steady earnings against sector specific risks and capital needs.

Here, the picture is mixed. China Longyuan Power Group screens as good value against the wider Hong Kong market, where the average P/E is 11.6x, and it also screens as good value relative to an estimated fair P/E of 13.3x that the SWS fair ratio model suggests the market could move toward. At the same time, it is described as expensive against a peer group average P/E of 9.1x, and the stock has seen earnings decline by 7% per year over the past 5 years, with current net profit margins of 14.5% lower than last year’s 17.5%.

Against the Asian renewable energy industry average P/E of 15.3x, China Longyuan Power Group sits at a clear discount, which implies the market is pricing its earnings more conservatively than sector peers even as analysts forecast earnings growth of 14.63% per year, modestly ahead of the broader Hong Kong market forecast of 12.4% per year. The fair P/E estimate of 13.3x points to a level the valuation could move toward if the market placed a similar multiple on those earnings.

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Result: Price-to-Earnings of 9.6x (UNDERVALUED)

However, investors in China Longyuan Power Group still need to weigh weaker recent power generation data and multi year total returns, which remain firmly in negative territory.

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Another view on China Longyuan Power Group’s valuation

While the P/E of 9.6x makes China Longyuan Power Group look attractively priced against the Hong Kong market and the Asian renewable energy average, the SWS DCF model paints a cooler picture. It shows an estimated future cash flow value of HK$3.96 versus the current HK$5.80 share price, suggesting the stock screens as overvalued on this measure. The question is how much weight you should give each lens.

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