Company Analysis

DDC Enterprise Limited (DDC)

NYSE: DDC · Food and Kindred Products · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2022
Grade4.2
◀ Past 4.2● Present 4.3▶ Future 4.1
2 est.

The grade of DDC Enterprise Limited

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past4.230% of the headline
● Present4.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
4.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2022; the latest 2025-04-29.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DDC Enterprise Limited's filings since 2022 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2025-04-29) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.5% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 0 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DDC Enterprise Limited's 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CNY 205 million in fiscal 2021 to CNY 274 million in fiscal 2025, up 7.5% a year; it rose in 3 of 4 years; the deepest fall was 12% from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022; net income was positive in 0 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.5%top 50% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 14% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak12.5%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
family median, 12 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: DDC Enterprise Limited's shareholder treatment is put at 6.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.3/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
3.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -61%: lost 61¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, DDC Enterprise Limited lost about 61 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 6 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 29% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 30% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 44% of 19 in its family; net margin -123.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DDC Enterprise Limited's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CNY 274 million in fiscal 2025 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of -123.3% ranks in the bottom 13%; revenue growth of 15.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net margin-123.3%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.1%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 14 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 14 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: DDC Enterprise Limited's leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 14 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 18 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

DDC Enterprise Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of CNY 21 million against debt of CNY 4 million leaves 1.2% of its assets as net cash, top 34% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -101.3% of revenue (bottom 8%); a gross margin of 31.4% (top 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.2%top 34% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-101.3%bottom 8% of its family
  • gross margin31.4%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

DDC Enterprise Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.1% a year over the last three filed years against 7.5% over all 5, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 0.3% (top 50%); capital spending grew -44.9% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). DDC Enterprise Limited tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+7.6 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.3%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-44.9%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
1.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 11% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 11th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

DDC Enterprise Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of CNY 274 million in fiscal 2025 came in 18.7% below the CNY 337 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of CNY 338 million against a prior three-year average of CNY 147 million (bottom 21%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -68.1% before (bottom 3%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-18.7%bottom 9% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-130%bottom 21% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-55.2 pointsbottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DDC · research, not advice