Operates the Yantian container-port terminal in Shenzhen, one of the busiest container ports serving South China exports.
Operates the Yantian container-port terminal in Shenzhen, one of the busiest container ports serving South China exports.
Charges shipping lines a fee for each container lifted on or off a ship, plus storage and onward-transport charges, so income follows container volumes through the terminal. The company's weight rests on a single port.
In one line: A Chinese regional container-terminal operator, like a smaller DP World asset.
Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Deep-water berths and established shipping-line calls are costly to replicate elsewhere.
Headquarters: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Employees: 868
Size Shenzhen Yan Tian Port (000088.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $2.97B, the 868th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥4.62 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.0%, against +5.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 19.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.3%); the operating margin is 11.8% (peer median 25.1%).
Valuation It trades at 16.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.0× (most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 22% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +12 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 4.2 points below its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 15 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥949M | CN¥857M | CN¥792M | CN¥892M | CN¥796M |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | -11% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥516M | CN¥259M | CN¥187M | CN¥254M | CN¥215M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥354M | CN¥256M | CN¥286M | CN¥265M |
| Net income | CN¥1.53B | CN¥1.45B | CN¥1.35B | CN¥1.11B | CN¥472M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥1.02B | CN¥1.23B | CN¥910M | CN¥1.48B | -CN¥172M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥701M | CN¥779M | CN¥888M | CN¥955M | CN¥1.37B |
| Total debt | CN¥2.58B | CN¥2.38B | CN¥4.58B | CN¥3.96B | CN¥4.66B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen Yan Tian Port 000088.SZ | $2.97B | +2% | +19% | 12% | 16.5× | 21.8% |
| COSCO SHIPPING Ports 1199.HK | $3.32B | +18% | +12% | 14% | 8.5× | 8.7% |
| China Merchants Port 0144.HK | $8.93B | +5% | +14% | 38% | 9.3× | 4.1% |
| Guangzhou Port 601228.SS | $3.54B | -3% | -18% | 11% | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai International Port (Group) 600018.SS | $19.7B | +14% | +9% | 23% | 8.6× | -3.6% |
| Ningbo Zhoushan Port 601018.SS | $10.4B | -4% | +12% | 16% | n/a | -7.3% |
| Xiamen Port Development 000905.SZ | $2.87B | -25% | +14% | 4% | n/a | 4.2% |
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| Measure | 000088.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.7% | -8.8% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +2.0% | +5.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -4.0% | -16.2% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +19.4% | +6.3% | 4th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 25.1% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 16.5× | 8.0× | most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 21.8% | -2.5% | most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.1% | +10.9% | 8th lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +11.7 pp | -15.0 pp | most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.2 pp | +1.2 pp | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen Yan Tian Port 000088.SZ | China | $2.97B | +2% | +19% | 12% | 16.5× | 21.8% | +10.1% |
| Star Bulk Carriers SBLK | United States | $2.99B | 0% | +6% | 28% | 5.7× | -0.1% | +8.5% |
| Shanghai Jinjiang Shipping (Group) 601083.SS | China | $2.75B | +17% | +11% | 24% | 11.3× | -18.7% | +15.2% |
| Danaos DAC | United States | $2.70B | +10% | +2% | 48% | 5.3× | -8.7% | +17.7% |
| ZIM Integrated Shipping Services ZIM | United States | $3.37B | +5% | -25% | 6% | 3.7× | 2.7% | +11.6% |
| Capital Tankers CAPT.OL | Norway | $2.57B | +45% | n/a | 37% | 7.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing Tanker 601975.SS | China | $2.50B | -21% | +12% | 26% | 9.0× | -8.4% | +7.6% |
| T.S. Lines 2510.HK | Hong Kong | $2.48B | +38% | -4% | 19% | 5.8× | -6.9% | +9.8% |
| Hoegh Autoliners HAUTO.OL | Norway | $3.64B | +20% | -4% | 30% | 9.6× | -0.1% | +16.4% |
| Navios Maritime Partners LP NMM | United States | $2.42B | +14% | +19% | 39% | 3.9× | n/a | n/a |
| COSCO SHIPPING Development 2866.HK | Hong Kong | $3.84B | -22% | -2% | 13% | 3.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Pacific Basin Shipping 2343.HK | Hong Kong | $2.22B | +6% | -6% | 6% | 9.0× | 7.9% | +7.3% |
| Great Eastern Shipping GESHIP.NS | India | $2.16B | -8% | +24% | 42% | 5.1× | 8.2% | +10.1% |
| Wisdom Marine Lines 2637.TW | Taiwan | $2.13B | +28% | +10% | 33% | 9.1× | -1.8% | +7.2% |
| COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers 600428.SS | China | $4.40B | +25% | +37% | 19% | 8.9× | -17.9% | +27.0% |
| PanOcean 028670.KS | South Korea | $1.91B | -12% | +24% | 9% | 5.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Clarkson CKN.L | United Kingdom | $1.90B | -5% | +15% | 14% | 13.9× | 5.2% | +12.0% |
| Sumitomo Warehouse 9303.T | Japan | $1.87B | +4% | +2% | 6% | 16.3× | 11.3% | +0.4% |
| CSSC (Hong Kong) Shipping 3877.HK | Hong Kong | $1.85B | -4% | -10% | 60% | 7.2× | -3.2% | +14.9% |
| Stolt-Nielsen SNI.OL | Norway | $1.82B | +4% | -5% | 11% | 8.8× | -4.5% | +9.5% |
| U-Ming Marine Transport 2606.TW | Taiwan | $1.70B | +6% | +13% | 29% | 8.7× | -3.8% | +12.8% |