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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

An integrated energy producer with cyclical earnings and capital-intensive cash flows

Sinopec’s large integrated oil and chemicals model produces revenue at scale, but earnings remain sensitive to crude prices, refining spreads, and product mix. Its capital-heavy operations and working-capital swings make free cash flow more variable than operating cash generation.

What is developing

Recent results show a meaningful recovery in profitability and cash generation, but do not establish a change in the underlying cycle-sensitive, capital-intensive model.

What matters next

Whether operating cash generation continues to cover capital spending as refining spreads and working-capital needs fluctuate.

CNY
Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
142.5B 165B 167B 128.1B 184.4B 222B 145.1B 165B 146.8B 152.3B
142.5B 165B 167B 128.1B 184.4B 222B — 165B 146.8B 152.3B
— — — — — — 145.1B — — —
— 51.2B 25.7B 3.3B 1m — 2m 3m 4m 4m
89.1B 101.2B 90.2B 87.2B 77.9B 76.5B 76.9B 77B 79.1B 94.5B
50.3B 68.5B 57B 54.4B 35.6B 34.9B 46.4B 48.7B 44.3B 51.2B
38.8B 32.7B 33.2B 32.9B 42.3B 41.6B 30.5B 28.3B 34.7B 43.4B
156.5B 186.7B 184.6B 194.1B 151.9B 207.4B 244.2B 250.9B 256.6B 230.8B
24.2B 25B 36.6B 34.6B 41.2B 52.1B 57B 41.6B 42B 45.1B
412.3B 529B 504.1B 447.3B 455.4B 558B 523.1B 534.4B 524.5B 522.7B
820.2B 769.4B 754.7B 997.6B 903.6B 939.8B 1T 1T 1.1T 1.1T
820.2B 769.4B 754.7B 997.6B 903.6B 939.8B 1T 1T 1.1T 1.1T
(969.6B) (1.1T) (1.2T) (1.3T) (1.3T) (1.4T) (1.5T) (1.6T) (1.7T) (1.8T)
85B 97.1B 103.9B 109B 114.1B 119.2B 120.7B 138.2B 138B 148.3B
6.4B 8.6B 8.7B 8.7B 8.6B 8.6B 6.5B 6.5B 6.5B 5.5B
128.2B 132.8B 147.2B 153.7B 189.9B 209.9B 234.7B 235.1B 247.2B 259.3B
46.6B 58.5B 73.8B 43.9B 62.3B 53.6B 61B 66.9B 78.4B 90.3B
6.4B 8.6B 8.7B 8.7B 8.6B 8.6B 6.5B 6.5B 6.5B 5.5B
1.5T 1.6T 1.6T 1.8T 1.7T 1.9T 2T 2T 2.1T 2.2T
174.3B 200.1B 186.3B 188.2B 151.3B 203.9B 258.6B 259B 256.6B 263.5B
48.5B 66.1B 88.3B 71.1B 77.3B 90.5B 56.4B 73.3B 64.3B 57.2B
42.2B 61.2B 51.1B 43B 31.2B 39.1B 32.1B 59.8B 48.2B 29.5B
39B 26.7B 17.5B 69.5B 22.5B 25.9B 61B 28.7B 62.1B 108.9B
181.6B 225.4B 221.9B 208.2B 239.9B 281.8B 259.2B 226.2B 242B 239.5B
95.9B 120.7B 124.8B 126.8B 126.2B 124.6B 125.4B 127.2B 127.7B 126.4B
485.5B 579.4B 565.1B 580B 522.2B 641.3B 667.4B 647.1B 673.2B 698.6B
117.4B 99.1B 93.5B 236.5B 256.1B 262.2B 274.4B 351.7B 365.4B 392.7B
7.7B 6.5B 5.9B 6.8B 8.1B 7.9B 7.3B 7.8B 7.3B 6.4B
120.3B 126.8B 139.3B 138.4B 141.4B 140.9B 152B 152.9B 156.4B 159.4B
55.4B 56.4B 70.1B 58.6B 63.5B 61.8B 61.7B 61.4B 62.5B 68.2B
786.4B 868.3B 874B 1T 991.3B 1.1T 1.2T 1.2T 1.3T 1.3T
121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 119.9B 119.3B 121.3B 120.9B
472.6B 491B 484.9B 496.4B 497.8B 534.5B 546.6B 566.1B 574.3B 577.9B
119.5B 119.6B 119.2B 122.9B 122.6B 120.2B 118.9B 117.3B 125.4B 124.8B
— — — — — — (4.2B) (8.5B) (11.6B) (2B)
— — — — — — — — (1m) —
(932m) (4.4B) (6.8B) (321m) 1B (690m) 7.3B 11.6B 10.6B 8.7B
712.2B 727.2B 718.4B 740B 742.5B 775.1B 788.5B 805.8B 819.9B 830.3B
1.5T 1.6T 1.6T 1.8T 1.7T 1.9T 2T 2T 2.1T 2.2T
121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 121.1B 119.9B 119.3B 121.3B 120.9B