Employees: 6,734
Size Shenzhen Neptunus Bioengineering (000078.SZ) is a China Health Care company (Medical Distributors) with a market value of $475M, the 3976th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥1.26 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 60.4%, against -5.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 21.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.5%); the operating margin is -1.2% (peer median 1.6%).
Valuation It trades at 0.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (6th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 59% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -8%, so the hurdle is +67 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.8 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥21.3B | CN¥26.6B | CN¥30.3B | CN¥36.4B | CN¥37.8B |
| Revenue growth | — | -12% | -17% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥2.04B | CN¥2.24B | CN¥2.59B | CN¥3.26B | CN¥3.50B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥416M | CN¥423M | CN¥700M | CN¥910M |
| Net income | -CN¥959M | -CN¥563M | -CN¥1.19B | -CN¥1.69B | -CN¥1.03B |
| Free cash flow | CN¥27.8M | -CN¥20.0M | -CN¥37.7M | -CN¥509M | -CN¥153M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥65.7M | CN¥127M | CN¥84.6M | CN¥104M | CN¥94.3M |
| Total debt | CN¥10.7B | CN¥13.3B | CN¥12.3B | CN¥13.8B | CN¥14.3B |
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| Measure | 000078.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -14.3% | -0.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -60.4% | -5.6% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -77.9% | -20.4% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -21.8% | +2.5% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -1.2% | 1.6% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.6× | 1.3× | 6th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 59.0% | 1.6% | most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -7.8% | +5.8% | 2nd lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +66.8 pp | -4.1 pp | most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -5.8 pp | -2.0 pp | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen Neptunus Bioengineering 000078.SZ | China | $475M | -60% | -22% | -1% | 0.6× | 59.0% | -7.8% |
| Thalys Medical Technology 603716.SS | China | $501M | -29% | -41% | -17% | 4.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Lily & Beauty Cosmetics 605136.SS | China | $517M | -21% | +10% | 0% | 1.2× | 12.2% | -18.1% |
| Vital KSK 3151.T | Japan | $428M | +7% | +2% | 1% | 0.1× | 0.4% | +2.6% |
| Excelsior Medical 4104.TW | Taiwan | $409M | +1% | +6% | 8% | 1.6× | 2.9% | +5.7% |
| Arata 2733.T | Japan | $552M | -7% | +3% | 1% | 0.1× | -7.1% | +3.8% |
| GKHT Medical Technology 301370.SZ | China | $569M | -22% | -11% | 1% | 0.8× | 14.4% | +7.5% |
| Gongwin Biopharm 6617.TWO | Taiwan | $388M | +50% | +22% | -571% | 267.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Universal Biotech 301166.SZ | China | $376M | -6% | +15% | -4% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai New World 600628.SS | China | $623M | -11% | -2% | 6% | 2.4× | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| Rongfeng 000668.SZ | China | $327M | -5% | +61% | 14% | 5.3× | 11.4% | +30.0% |
| Medios ILM1.DE | Germany | $324M | -9% | +10% | 2% | 0.2× | -1.3% | +27.1% |
| Goodwill E-Health Info 688246.SS | China | $323M | -25% | -30% | -68% | 6.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Nagaileben 7447.T | Japan | $319M | -1% | +1% | 22% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Pioneer 1345.HK | Hong Kong | $300M | -18% | -6% | 11% | 1.7× | -6.7% | -1.4% |
| Neuca NEU.WA | Poland | $817M | -1% | +8% | 2% | 0.3× | 5.0% | +8.1% |
| Entero Healthcare Solutions ENTERO.NS | India | $875M | +50% | +32% | 4% | 1.2× | 21.8% | +29.9% |
| Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology 6826.HK | Hong Kong | $926M | -27% | -5% | -2% | 2.0× | 17.2% | +12.4% |
| Guangxi LiuYao 603368.SS | China | $994M | +2% | +2% | 5% | 0.4× | -9.5% | +6.0% |
| Arjo ARJO-B.ST | Sweden | $1.02B | +48% | 0% | 8% | 1.3× | -1.3% | +3.9% |
| DocMorris DOCM.SW | Switzerland | $1.02B | +136% | +11% | -8% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |