Hunan Yuneng Reports 142.92% Revenue Growth in H1 2026, Driven by Phosphate Cathode Material Sales
On the evening of August 19, Hunan Yuneng released its 2026 H1 report. The report shows that in H1 2026, the company achieved revenue of 34.877 billion yuan, up 142.92% YoY; net profit attributable to shareholders of the publicly listed firm reached 2.91 billion yuan, up 853.51% YoY, marking a sharp increase in performance.
The company stated that during the reporting period, sales volume of phosphate cathode materials increased compared with the same period last year, while rising prices of key raw materials such as lithium carbonate pushed up product selling prices, leading to corresponding YoY revenue growth. In H1 2026, the company achieved phosphate cathode material sales of 667,200 mt, up 38.77% YoY; high-end product sales were approximately 416,700 mt, with their share of total sales rising to 62.46%; the share of sales from products used in the ESS sector increased to about 53%. During the reporting period, the company aggressively expanded into markets outside China, with phosphate cathode material exports reaching 18,000 mt, a leap forward compared with the same period last year. In terms of profitability, the gross margin for phosphate cathode materials during the reporting period was 14.81%, up 7.84 percentage points YoY. On the capacity front, as of the end of the reporting period, phosphate cathode material capacity was 704,000 mt, and the capacity utilization rate reached 95.92%.