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CITIC Guoan Information Industry Co., Ltd Class A000839.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Telecommunications Equipment

CITIC Guoan Group subsidiary spanning cable/broadband network operation and lithium-battery materials businesses.

Momentum neutral 48
Mkt cap
$1.45B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$17.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+10.7 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
+4 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · CNYCN¥2.47
1D-1.6%
1W+4.7%
1M-10.2%
3M-9.2%
6M-16.8%
YTD-6.4%
1Y-8.2%
ATR %4.2%
52w lowhigh42.0% off high

What CITIC Guoan Information Industry does

CITIC Guoan Group subsidiary spanning cable/broadband network operation and lithium-battery materials businesses.

Products and services

  • Cable/broadband network services
  • Lithium battery materials

Customers

  • Broadband/cable subscribers
  • Battery makers (materials)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Diversified holding
  • Broadband/cable + battery materials

What could go wrong

  • Diversified/unfocused business mix
  • Group-related governance risk

Moat: none. Diversified holding company; no single dominant franchise.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Employees: 10,170

CITIC Guoan Information Industry at a glance

Size CITIC Guoan Information Industry (000839.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Telecommunications Equipment) with a market value of $1.45B, the 1673rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥2.47 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 16.8%, against -23.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 14.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.4%); the operating margin is 6.9% (peer median 2.8%).

Valuation It trades at 2.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.5× (9th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +4 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 10.7 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026000839.SZ 83Peer median 76
Six months, rebased to 100: CITIC Guoan Information Industry against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

CITIC Guoan Information Industry financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥3.69BCN¥3.30BCN¥3.35BCN¥2.96BCN¥2.68B
Revenue growth—-2%+13%+10%—
Gross profitCN¥611MCN¥457MCN¥438MCN¥482MCN¥297M
EBITDAn/aCN¥405MCN¥117MCN¥264M-CN¥691M
Net income-CN¥51.6MCN¥94.2M-CN¥77.8M-CN¥91.0M-CN¥1.39B
Free cash flowCN¥123MCN¥161M-CN¥142M-CN¥108M-CN¥365M
Capital expenditureCN¥14.0MCN¥17.2MCN¥33.7MCN¥28.4MCN¥97.8M
Total debtCN¥2.05BCN¥2.82BCN¥2.86BCN¥2.72BCN¥2.69B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

CITIC Guoan Information Industry competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%+20%6814603118489790603712300045001270ARLO77443355VISN600776603516ADV300516600345000810300638CALX002881000839.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. CITIC Guoan Information Industry is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%0×10×20×6814603118489790603712300045001270ARLO090177443355VISN600776603516300516600345000810300638002881000839.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. CITIC Guoan Information Industry is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%6814001270ARLO77443355VISNADV300516CALX000839.SZGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. CITIC Guoan Information Industry is the large dot.

CITIC Guoan Information Industry competitors and peer comparison

How CITIC Guoan Information Industry compares with its peers

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.

CITIC Guoan Information Industry against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure000839.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-10.2%-5.4%8th lowest of 21
6-month return-16.8%-23.3%8th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-42.0%-44.8%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+14.3%+14.4%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin6.9%2.8%9th highest of 21
EV / Sales2.9×2.5×9th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)11.3%7.4%5th most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)+7.0%+11.3%4th lowest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+4.2 pp+10.0 pp5th least demanding of 10
ROIC minus cost of capital+10.7 pp-3.4 pp5th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
CITIC Guoan Information Industry 000839.SZChina$1.45B-17%+14%7%2.9×11.3%+7.0%
Furuno Electric 6814.TJapan$1.42B-1%+14%13%1.4×7.4%+11.3%
Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics 603118.SSChina$1.42B-18%+21%2%1.0×n/an/a
Hanwha Vision 489790.KSSouth Korea$1.41B-56%+20%11%0.9×n/an/a
Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting 603712.SSChina$1.41B-25%+27%-17%5.0×n/an/a
Hwa Create 300045.SZChina$1.35B-39%-7%-20%14.5×n/an/a
Zhejiang Chengchang Technology 001270.SZChina$1.34B-37%-1%27%20.9×44.0%+18.3%
Arlo Technologies ARLOUnited States$1.33B-19%+16%3%2.0×32.6%+8.2%
Shenzhen SDMC Technology 0901.HKHong Kong$1.61Bn/a+33%10%2.9×n/an/a
Noritsu Koki 7744.TJapan$1.31B-7%+33%20%1.5×-6.9%+16.8%
FS.COM 3355.HKHong Kong$1.63B-27%+14%23%3.0×-11.0%+19.4%
Vistance Networks VISNUnited States$1.27B-35%-38%12%0.4×-4.6%-25.5%
Eastern Communications 600776.SSChina$1.72B-33%+7%-5%3.5×n/an/a
Beijing Tricolor Technology 603516.SSChina$1.72B-60%-11%-20%33.8×n/an/a
Adtran Networks ADV.DEGermany$1.21B-10%+15%-3%2.1×-2.7%-3.1%
Hubei Jiuzhiyang Infrared System 300516.SZChina$1.18B-15%-7%-8%12.7×20.4%-1.0%
Wuhan Yangtze Communication Industry 600345.SSChina$1.85B-23%+13%-8%11.2×n/an/a
Skyworth Digital 000810.SZChina$1.85B-15%+28%1%1.4×n/an/a
Fibocom Wireless 300638.SZChina$1.88B-10%+3%2%1.7×n/an/a
Calix CALXUnited States$1.89B-29%+23%5%1.5×23.1%+13.1%
MeiG Smart Technology 002881.SZChina$1.92B+8%+24%7%2.8×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are CITIC Guoan Information Industry's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Furuno Electric (6814.T), Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics (603118.SS), Hanwha Vision (489790.KS), Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting (603712.SS), Hwa Create (300045.SZ), Zhejiang Chengchang Technology (001270.SZ), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Shenzhen SDMC Technology (0901.HK).
Is CITIC Guoan Information Industry expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 2.9× against a peer median of 2.5×, 9th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +4 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.
How has CITIC Guoan Information Industry stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -16.8% against -23.3% for the median peer; over one year -8.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.