CEA — Stock Film
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CEA
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited
~4 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited. What it actually does.

Provides passenger air transportation services on domestic and international routes. Offers cargo transportation services for various goods and commodities. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2001
80K employees
$16B market value
Revenue last year:
$17B
The loss that same year:
$1.2B
For every $1 it earns, the company spends $1.1.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales are moving sideways.

No real growth (-1% a year). Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$18B
2019
2020
2021
2022
$17B
2023
In the vault right now:
$1.8B
DEBT: $32.4B
At this pace, that money lasts about 1.5 years.

Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.

THE PRICE TAG
MARKET VALUE / ANNUAL SALES
0.9×

This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.9× for every dollar of annual revenue.

No analyst target is on record for this company.

THE COUNCIL REVIEW
9

angles, checked one by one.

The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.

The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.

WEAK SPOTS
The stock has lost its spark0/10
Little set aside for the future2/10
Thin profit on each sale3/10
WORTH WATCHING

R&D Investment: Spending on future research is low.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Below the peak, but no collapse.

The stock trades 23% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/1
Sales are holding up

The company sells $17.0B a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
The losses continue

A loss of $1.2B against $17.0B in annual sales.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
The cash has a countdown

At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 1.5 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: earnings execution, the revenue breakdown.

This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 12, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film