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DAQO New Energy Corp. DQ

A comprehensive view of key metrics, scores, and financial health for DAQO New Energy Corp.

Overview of Daqo New Energy Corp.

DQ NYQ
Technology Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Framework: General Corporate Small Cap
Daqo New Energy Corp. (DQ), is a Small Cap company, in the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials industry, last closed at $10.42, about 135.4% undervalued vs fair value, -65.9% 1Y return, ranked 506/780 in sector.
USD 10.42
-3.25%
(Delayed)
• Vol 90d: 52.4%
52-Week Range
Market Cap
$705.10M
Enterprise Value
$1.40B
Overall Score
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Overall
Growth
Fair
Profitability
Weak
Health
Fair
Efficiency
Weak
Valuation
Weak
Growth
Fair
Profitability
Weak
Health
Fair
Efficiency
Weak
Valuation
Weak
Completeness: 76%
Confidence: 89%
Updated: Oct 31
Top Beats
No strong beats yet

Quick Facts

Website https://www.dqsolar.com
HQ Shanghai
Employees 4,749
Fiscal year Dec 31

Next Events

No upcoming events available.

Fair Value Snapshot

Bear Base Bull
$21
$25
$29
Current: $10.42 +135% vs base

Engine Room Money Flow™

Small Cap

Corporate Free Cash Flow - Where revenue goes and how value is created

Flow Steps
Revenue
$1.0B
-55.4%%
Gross Profit
-$212.9M
-123.1%%
Operating Income
-$564.1M
-172%%
Net Income
-$345.2M
-180.4%%
Money Flow Bridge
Flow Direction: Money moves from left to right
Components: Breakdown shows composition of each stage
Industry-Specific: Corporate Free Cash Flow

Quality & Reliability Indicators

Cash Conversion Ratio FY2024
233.0%

Operating Cash Flow / Net Income

FCF / Net Income - not meaningful while net income is negative (a near-100% ratio here only reflects cash burn tracking accounting losses, not earnings quality)

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Where It Leaks

Cash Flow Health healthy
Strong cash conversion with minimal leakage across profit-to-cash-to-value chain.
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Active Leaks
0/0
Improving
0
High Impact
0
Critical
Moat Analysis Corporate Default

Competitive Advantage Assessment

Evaluating DAQO New Energy Corp.'s durable competitive advantages across 6 defense dimensions

Overall Moat Strength
22
/100
Weak
Scores based on quantitative metrics and qualitative factors
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Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.82), with robust interest coverage.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.75), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 7.1th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 14.3th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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Pricing Power

Weak
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Signals, strengths and risks for Scale & Market Position

Trade-Off Ledger™

Where management spends the performance budget - Growth, Profitability, or Safety

vs Industry Peers 95% Coverage
Trade-Off Triangle Visualization A ternary plot showing DQ's balance between Growth (10.5%), Profitability (17.0%), and Safety (72.5%). Growth 11% Safety 73% Profitability 17%

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Growth

11th percentile vs peers
11
Key Signals
TSR -4.2% 44p Revenue CAGR 3Y -15.0% 8p EPS Growth YoY -1.91 10p Rev Growth YoY -55.4% 3p
Strengths
  • Interest Coverage Ratio in top 20% of peers (210.09, 96th percentile)
  • D/E Ratio in top 20% of peers (0.2%, 87th percentile)
  • Current Ratio in top 20% of peers (5.05, 90th percentile)
  • Net Debt/EBITDA in top 20% of peers (-1.11, 82th percentile)
Risks
  • Growth in bottom 20% of peers (percentile: 11)
  • EPS Growth YoY in bottom 20% of peers (-1.91)
  • Rev Growth YoY in bottom 20% of peers (-55.4%)

Profitability

18th percentile vs peers
19
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Safety

79th percentile vs peers
79
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Two Futures

Scenario-based fair value ranges for DAQO New Energy Corp..

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Bear
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Base
$24.53
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