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Major maker of construction machinery — cranes, concrete equipment and excavators — sold in China and overseas.
Major maker of construction machinery — cranes, concrete equipment and excavators — sold in China and overseas.
Sells machines through dealers and directly to large contractors, often with financing arranged for the buyer, so volumes follow China's property and infrastructure building cycle. Cranes and concrete machinery are the older core, with excavators a newer push. The same company also trades in Hong Kong as 1157.
In one line: China's Caterpillar/Terex.
Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). One of the largest global construction-machinery makers by volume with wide dealer distribution.
Headquarters: Changsha, Hunan, China · Founded: 1992 · Employees: 35,344
Size Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology (000157.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $7.61B, the 323rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥6.17 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.4%, against -13.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 14.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.6%); the operating margin is 7.1% (peer median 13.7%).
Valuation It trades at 11.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.8× (2nd cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -4%, so the hurdle is +7 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 1.1 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥55.0B | CN¥52.0B | CN¥45.4B | CN¥46.7B | CN¥41.5B |
| Revenue growth | — | +15% | -3% | +13% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥15.7B | CN¥13.8B | CN¥12.2B | CN¥11.9B | CN¥8.51B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥5.37B | CN¥4.21B | CN¥3.98B | CN¥1.97B |
| Net income | CN¥3.93B | CN¥4.73B | CN¥3.52B | CN¥3.51B | CN¥2.31B |
| Free cash flow | CN¥1.95B | CN¥337M | -CN¥1.77B | CN¥917M | CN¥1.00B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥3.66B | CN¥4.65B | CN¥4.04B | CN¥1.90B | CN¥1.53B |
| Total debt | CN¥55.1B | CN¥47.7B | CN¥40.0B | CN¥43.7B | CN¥35.9B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology 000157.SZ | $7.61B | -22% | +14% | 7% | 11.2× | 2.8% |
| Sany Heavy Industry 600031.SS | $24.6B | -4% | +18% | 11% | 17.4× | -2.6% |
| XCMG Construction Machinery 000425.SZ | $12.6B | -28% | +8% | 8% | 11.0× | -3.2% |
| Caterpillar CAT | $257B | -38% | +20% | 19% | 18.8× | 18.0% |
| Terex TEX | $6.18B | -14% | +40% | 7% | 9.9× | 12.1% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 000157.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.3% | -10.5% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -22.4% | -13.5% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -39.3% | -47.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +14.1% | +17.6% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.1% | 13.7% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.2× | 22.8× | 2nd cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.8% | 17.2% | 2nd least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -4.3% | +11.8% | lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +7.2 pp | +11.7 pp | 6th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.1 pp | -1.9 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.6× | 0.6× | most indebted of 10 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology 000157.SZ | China | $7.61B | -22% | +14% | 7% | 11.2× | 2.8% | -4.3% |
| Kokusai Electric 6525.T | Japan | $7.62B | -21% | +15% | 19% | 20.0× | 30.9% | -1.5% |
| Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical 300316.SZ | China | $7.69B | -13% | -25% | 0% | 74.3× | 39.6% | +24.6% |
| Sulzer SUN.SW | Switzerland | $7.39B | +23% | -3% | 13% | 17.9× | -1.4% | +3.7% |
| Leader Harmonious Drive Systems 688017.SS | China | $7.84B | +27% | +46% | 15% | 283.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Robotechnik Intelligent Technology 300757.SZ | China | $7.37B | -42% | +203% | 9% | 219.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment 300450.SZ | China | $7.88B | -41% | +28% | 10% | 22.9× | 10.4% | +19.9% |
| Rational Aktiengesellschaft RAA.DE | Germany | $7.95B | -4% | +6% | 27% | 26.1× | 14.8% | +14.2% |
| Han's Laser Technology Industry 002008.SZ | China | $7.97B | -48% | +59% | 12% | 19.1× | 19.6% | +9.5% |
| Spirax SPX.L | United Kingdom | $7.24B | +2% | +5% | 18% | 22.7× | 20.5% | +7.4% |
| Zurn Elkay Water Solutions ZWS | United States | $7.18B | -15% | +10% | 23% | 21.8× | 10.9% | -2.4% |
| Shenzhen Envicool Technology 002837.SZ | China | $7.13B | -49% | +22% | 9% | 53.5× | 56.2% | +29.0% |
| GlobalWafers 6488.TWO | Taiwan | $8.15B | -23% | -6% | 11% | 21.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Timken TKR | United States | $7.07B | -14% | +6% | 15% | 14.5× | 3.7% | +5.5% |
| Beijing Huafeng Test & Control Technology 688200.SS | China | $6.87B | -4% | +44% | 36% | 50.0× | 47.7% | +27.6% |
| Shenzhen Han's CNC Technology 3200.HK | Hong Kong | $8.58B | -66% | +109% | 21% | 9.9× | n/a | n/a |
| JBT Marel JBTM | United States | $6.66B | -8% | +20% | 10% | 14.2× | 12.7% | +17.0% |
| IMI IMI.L | United Kingdom | $8.81B | +3% | +8% | 21% | 19.9× | 14.3% | +4.8% |
| KINGSEMI 688037.SS | China | $6.56B | -7% | +41% | -5% | 264.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology 688729.SS | China | $8.94B | -14% | +10% | 12% | 52.3× | n/a | n/a |
| INDO-MIM INDOMIM.NS | India | $6.39B | n/a | +26% | 20% | 60.8× | 30.3% | +15.8% |