Origin Agritech LTD
SEED Nasdaq Agricultural Production-Crops Financials FY2016โFY2025
What Origin Agritech LTD does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Origin Agritech LTD
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 20-F ยท Jan 30, 2026
- Accession ยท CIK
- 0001104659-26-008700
0001321851
Revenue and margins
Origin Agritech LTD had $12.7M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 19.6% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was โ$4.7M in fiscal 2025, โ37.3% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Origin Agritech LTD returned $0.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 15.9%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Origin Agritech LTD can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $2.4M | $2.5M | $3.2M | $1.2M | $2.2M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $21.3M | $19.3M | $0.8M | $2.2M | $2.6M |
| Current ratio | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.4x |
| Quick ratio | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.3x |
| Total assets | $18.4M | $19.1M | $32.7M | $18.8M | $14.1M |
| Total liabilities | $47.1M | $43.4M | $43.8M | $27.1M | $22.8M |
| Shareholders' equity | โ$21.8M | โ$18.8M | โ$7.9M | โ$4.5M | โ$3.3M |
| Net debt (โ = net cash) | $18.9M | $16.9M | โ$2.4M | $1.0M | $0.4M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โPlanโ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
โ
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ9 is strong, 0โ2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations is positive | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Debt fell relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Share count didn't rise | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Gross margin rose | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| F-score | โ / 3 | 1 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 | 2 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | โ13.2% | 7.2% | โ39.5% | โ0.6% | โ30.7% | โ36.6% | โ7.8% | 33.3% | 19.3% | โ25.7% |
| Altman Z'' | โ1.88 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
10 years of figures
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioโs name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $0.1M | $0.1M | $2.0M | $13.4M | $7.5M | $7.1M | $8.0M | $13.2M | $15.7M | $12.7M |
| Net interest income | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ$1.3M | โ$1.3M | โ$0.1M | โ | โ |
| Provision for credit losses | โ | โ | $0.0M | $0.0M | $4.0M | $0.6M | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Gross profit | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.9M | โ$1.9M | $0.5M | $2.0M | $2.5M | $2.4M | $2.2M | $0.9M |
| Research and development | $6.3M | $5.7M | $4.1M | $1.9M | $0.6M | $0.3M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.4M | $1.8M |
| Operating income | โ$9.4M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Interest expense | $1.2M | $1.3M | $3.5M | $0.7M | $0.8M | $1.3M | $1.3M | โ | โ | โ |
| Pretax income | โ$11.2M | โ$17.9M | โ$23.4M | โ$9.5M | โ$14.6M | โ$19.5M | $0.4M | $8.9M | $2.6M | โ$8.1M |
| Income tax | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | โ$0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | โ$0.0M |
| Net income | โ$10.0M | โ$11.1M | โ$23.5M | โ$9.0M | โ$12.2M | โ$14.1M | โ$1.0M | $7.8M | $2.9M | โ$7.4M |
| Diluted EPS | โ$0.44 | โ$0.48 | โ$7.67 | โ$2.16 | โ$2.42 | โ$2.50 | โ$0.17 | $1.19 | $0.44 | โ$0.99 |
| Diluted shares | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $7.3M | โ$17.6M | โ$1.5M | โ$8.7M | โ$0.8M | โ$3.9M | $0.5M | โ$0.8M | โ$2.1M | โ$3.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.4M | $0.4M | $0.5M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.1M | $1.3M | $0.7M | $1.6M |
| Free cash flow | $4.9M | โ$18.0M | โ$2.0M | โ$8.7M | โ$0.8M | โ$4.0M | $0.4M | โ$2.0M | โ$2.8M | โ$4.7M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $4.8M | $4.1M | $2.5M | $2.0M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.4M | $0.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.3M | $0.8M | $0.7M | $1.8M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.7M | $3.2M |
| Dividends paid | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | $0.4M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| Dividends and buybacks | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | $0.4M | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.2M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $8.2M | $0.5M | $0.3M | $0.4M | $3.3M | $2.4M | $2.5M | $3.2M | $1.2M | $2.2M |
| Total debt | $22.8M | $16.1M | $11.4M | $11.0M | $20.2M | $21.3M | $19.3M | $0.8M | $2.2M | $2.6M |
| Current assets | $71.7M | $13.4M | $31.2M | $9.7M | $9.5M | $9.0M | $11.5M | $19.4M | $14.2M | $9.3M |
| Current liabilities | $92.1M | $20.2M | $62.8M | $34.7M | $26.0M | $44.3M | $41.2M | $42.9M | $26.3M | $21.0M |
| Inventory | $0.1M | $3.5M | $11.9M | $4.0M | $2.0M | $0.6M | $0.3M | $1.8M | $1.8M | $2.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $22.8M | $26.7M | $25.1M | $20.9M | $17.0M | $7.5M | $6.5M | $2.9M | $4.0M | $4.0M |
| Goodwill | $1.8M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Intangible assets | $2.2M | $2.9M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.5M | โ |
| Total assets | $132M | $48.7M | $62.5M | $36.6M | $37.4M | $18.4M | $19.1M | $32.7M | $18.8M | $14.1M |
| Total liabilities | $99.2M | $31.8M | $65.9M | $38.7M | $50.0M | $47.1M | $43.4M | $43.8M | $27.1M | $22.8M |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Shareholders' equity | $27.0M | $16.9M | โ$3.6M | โ$3.2M | โ$11.3M | โ$21.8M | โ$18.8M | โ$7.9M | โ$4.5M | โ$3.3M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 100.0% | 22.1% | 45.5% | โ13.9% | 6.7% | 27.6% | 30.8% | 18.5% | 14.2% | 7.0% |
| Operating margin | โ12,749.0% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| EBITDA margin | โ6,256.4% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Net margin | โ13,637.0% | โ8,697.9% | โ1,188.7% | โ67.2% | โ162.4% | โ197.2% | โ11.9% | 59.3% | 18.3% | โ58.4% |
| FCF margin | 6,694.2% | โ14,113.4% | โ100.8% | โ65.0% | โ10.7% | โ55.6% | 5.1% | โ15.4% | โ17.6% | โ37.3% |
| Net interest share of revenue | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ18.4% | โ15.6% | โ1.1% | โ | โ |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | โ17.8% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on capital employed | โ23.5% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on equity | โ37.1% | โ50.6% | โ353.4% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Return on assets | โ7.6% | โ12.3% | โ42.2% | โ18.2% | โ32.9% | โ50.4% | โ5.1% | 30.3% | 11.2% | โ44.9% |
| Return on tangible equity | โ43.5% | โ79.3% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | โ | 73.5% | 1,447.5% | 580.1% | โ44.2% | โ4.8% | 12.5% | 64.8% | 19.0% | โ19.6% |
| Net income growth | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ63.3% | โ357.2% |
| EPS growth | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ62.8% | โ322.3% |
| FCF growth | โ | โ465.8% | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ599.9% | โ | โ |
| Share count change | โ | 1.8% | 9.0% | 36.6% | 20.2% | 11.7% | 2.8% | 13.7% | โ1.5% | 15.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | 0.8x | 1.0x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Interest coverage | โ8.1x | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Current ratio | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.4x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 0.5x | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.3x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3,267.7% | 301.6% | 23.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 9.6% | 4.4% | 12.3% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 1,829.1% | 621.1% | 33.4% | 13.2% | 25.1% | 23.6% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 4.6% | 25.3% |
| Payouts / FCF | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | 91.2% | โ | โ | โ |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | โ | 1.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Altman Z'' | โ1.9 | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Accruals ratio | โ13.2% | 7.2% | โ39.5% | โ0.6% | โ30.7% | โ36.6% | โ7.8% | 33.3% | 19.3% | โ25.7% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001321851). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. Filed in CNY under US GAAP and converted to US$: income and cash-flow lines at each period's average exchange rate, balance-sheet lines at the period-end rate. For information only โ not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
