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Employees: 5,416
Size Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel (000717.SZ) is a China Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $734M, the 2964th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥2.02 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.6%, against -19.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 11.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.9%); the operating margin is -4.9% (peer median 4.8%).
Valuation It trades at 0.74× book value against a peer median of 1.38× (3rd cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 9.9%; Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel delivers -16.9%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥24.8B | CN¥26.1B | CN¥31.2B | CN¥39.0B | CN¥39.3B |
| Revenue growth | — | -16% | -20% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.56B | CN¥775M | -CN¥169M | CN¥790M | -CN¥147M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.22B | CN¥300M | CN¥1.12B | -CN¥85.9M |
| Net income | -CN¥1.22B | -CN¥1.15B | -CN¥1.20B | CN¥49.0M | -CN¥1.28B |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥82.9M | CN¥562M | CN¥168M | CN¥53.4M | -CN¥361M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥722M | CN¥940M | CN¥1.14B | CN¥1.30B | CN¥1.40B |
| Total debt | CN¥7.75B | CN¥6.94B | CN¥6.82B | CN¥6.09B | CN¥5.39B |
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| Measure | 000717.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.9% | -13.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -18.6% | -19.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Return on equity | -16.9% | 3.1% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 0.74× | 1.38× | 3rd cheapest of 21 |
| ROE the price implies | 9.9% | 10.9% | 10th least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | -16.9% | 2.0% | 3rd lowest of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel 000717.SZ | China | $734M | -19% | -12% | -17% | 0.74× | 9.9% | -16.9% |
| Sunflag Iron & Steel SUNFLAG.NS | India | $730M | -7% | +9% | 2% | 0.78× | 11.9% | n/a |
| SBHC 001430.KS | South Korea | $712M | -64% | +11% | 3% | 0.50× | 5.4% | n/a |
| Metallus MTUS | United States | $687M | -10% | +11% | 3% | 0.96× | 11.4% | 3.4% |
| Silvery Dragon Group Co., Ltd Tianjin 603969.SS | China | $790M | -33% | -1% | 15% | 1.64× | 7.8% | 14.6% |
| Champion Iron CIA.AX | Australia | $799M | -60% | -7% | 0% | 0.72× | 6.8% | 0.3% |
| Kirloskar Ferrous Industries KIRLFER.NS | India | $674M | -15% | +7% | 9% | 1.60× | 20.7% | 9.4% |
| Yieh Phui Enterprise 2023.TW | Taiwan | $804M | +5% | -9% | -8% | 0.84× | 3.2% | -8.5% |
| Maharashtra Seamless MAHSEAMLES.NS | India | $809M | -12% | -12% | 11% | 1.11× | 12.1% | n/a |
| Anyang Iron and Steel 600569.SS | China | $810M | -10% | +1% | -175% | 31.43× | 201.9% | -174.7% |
| Hangxiao Steel Structure 600477.SS | China | $810M | -24% | -24% | 1% | 1.09× | 10.3% | 0.6% |
| Jai Balaji Industries JAIBALAJI.NS | India | $651M | -20% | +2% | 6% | 2.72× | 42.9% | n/a |
| SunCoke Energy SXC | United States | $832M | +34% | +3% | -9% | 1.39× | 12.0% | -8.5% |
| Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube 002478.SZ | China | $847M | -40% | +2% | 4% | 0.80× | 6.3% | 4.0% |
| Chung Hung Steel 2014.TW | Taiwan | $636M | -16% | -17% | -2% | 1.74× | 7.9% | -2.1% |
| Xinjiang Baodi Mining 601121.SS | China | $887M | -23% | +23% | 7% | 1.32× | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| BRC Asia BEC.SI | Singapore | $894M | -9% | +23% | 21% | 2.15× | 6.4% | 20.7% |
| RongFa Nuclear Equipment 002366.SZ | China | $898M | -29% | -15% | -2% | 2.41× | 13.1% | -1.7% |
| Jiangsu Longda Superalloy 688231.SS | China | $919M | -34% | +54% | 5% | 2.12× | 22.3% | 4.6% |
| Jayaswal Neco Industries JAYNECOIND.NS | India | $920M | -22% | +18% | 23% | 2.62× | 40.8% | 23.4% |
| Yieh United Steel 9957.TWO | Taiwan | $581M | -18% | -10% | -38% | 1.37× | 6.3% | -38.1% |