Core Insights - The company experienced a decline in industry prosperity, with a significant drop in net profit for Q1 2025, showing a year-on-year decrease of 191% [1] - In 2024, the company achieved a revenue of 20.837 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.80%, while net profit increased by 158.59% to 100 million yuan, primarily due to lower feed raw material prices and higher prices for duck down by-products [1] Group 1: Slaughtering Segment - In 2024, the slaughtering segment maintained expansion with a sales volume increase of 4.09% to 1.6873 million tons, although revenue decreased by 10.24% to 14.583 billion yuan [2] - The gross margin improved by 1.28 percentage points to 2.73% [2] - Duck product sales volume increased by 6.59% to 986,400 tons, generating revenue of 8.319 billion yuan, with a gross margin increase of 2.53 percentage points to 3.86% [2] Group 2: Breeding Segment - In 2024, the breeding segment saw a sales volume decline of 18.48% to 280 million chicks, with revenue down 16.53% to 1.049 billion yuan, but gross margin improved significantly by 20.23 percentage points to 31.93% [3] - Duckling production decreased by 11.70% to 239 million, with revenue down 7.17% to 870 million yuan, while gross margin increased by 18.77 percentage points to 31.68% [3] - Chicken chick production increased by 9.22% to 89 million, but revenue fell by 26.66% to 180 million yuan, with a gross margin increase of 23.40 percentage points to 33.13% [3] Group 3: By-products Segment - The company benefited from the rise of the ice and snow economy, with duck down product sales volume increasing by 19.48% to 18,000 tons and revenue rising by 28.03% to 919 million yuan [3] - The gross margin for duck down products improved by 3.57 percentage points to 11.68% [3]