Employees: 3,550
Size Zhongtong Bus (000957.SZ) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $857M, the 2602nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.77 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.1%, against -3.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.7%); the operating margin is 6.3% (peer median 1.4%).
Valuation It trades at 11.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.6× (5th cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -16% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -27 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.4 points above its cost of capital (11.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥7.61B | CN¥7.33B | CN¥5.72B | CN¥4.24B | CN¥5.25B |
| Revenue growth | — | +28% | +35% | -19% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.46B | CN¥1.26B | CN¥1.02B | CN¥870M | CN¥853M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥469M | CN¥312M | CN¥164M | CN¥129M |
| Net income | CN¥485M | CN¥360M | CN¥249M | CN¥69.7M | CN¥98.3M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥2.35B | CN¥1.12B | CN¥1.43B | CN¥435M | CN¥1.15B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥9.17M | CN¥7.20M | CN¥182,440 | CN¥1.30M | CN¥17.3M |
| Total debt | CN¥2.40B | CN¥2.49B | CN¥1.87B | CN¥2.41B | CN¥3.02B |
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| Measure | 000957.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.3% | -4.1% | 8th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -18.1% | -3.5% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -23.7% | -38.3% | 3rd highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.4% | +10.7% | 9th lowest of 19 |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 1.4% | 5th highest of 19 |
| Forward P/E | 11.6× | 16.6× | 5th cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -16.1% | 3.7% | least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.7% | +1.7% | 3rd highest of 9 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -26.8 pp | +1.4 pp | least demanding of 9 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +15.4 pp | -3.6 pp | 2nd highest of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhongtong Bus 000957.SZ | China | $857M | -18% | +6% | 6% | 11.6× | -16.1% | +10.7% |
| Yulon Motor 2201.TW | Taiwan | $860M | -1% | -8% | 8% | 12.6× | 14.9% | -2.6% |
| Piaggio & C PIA.MI | Italy | $862M | +24% | -5% | 7% | 17.0× | 2.6% | +2.7% |
| Aebi Schmidt AEBI | United States | $867M | -3% | +49% | 6% | 11.3× | 11.9% | n/a |
| China Motor 2204.TW | Taiwan | $867M | -4% | +6% | 4% | 8.4× | 3.7% | +0.8% |
| Guangdong Lvtong New Energy Electric Vehicle Tech 301322.SZ | China | $869M | +5% | +63% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Olectra Greentech OLECTRA.NS | India | $891M | -19% | +38% | 12% | 23.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Motorcycle 000913.SZ | China | $896M | -16% | 0% | 2% | 17.2× | n/a | n/a |
| SML Mahindra SMLMAH.NS | India | $806M | +35% | +22% | 7% | n/a | 23.6% | +36.9% |
| Shanghai New Power Automotive Technology 600841.SS | China | $914M | -39% | +15% | -5% | 19.5× | 2.1% | -23.6% |
| Breton Technology 1333.HK | Hong Kong | $915M | +5% | +16% | -24% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kuen Tong Technology 7965.TWO | Taiwan | $796M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Haima Automobile 000572.SZ | China | $792M | -43% | -48% | -27% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hanma Technology 600375.SS | China | $786M | -39% | +38% | 0% | n/a | 11.1% | +0.5% |
| IAT Automobile Technology 300825.SZ | China | $786M | +9% | +7% | -8% | 538.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC Sponsored ADR PSNY | United States | $778M | -79% | +18% | -47% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen King Long Motor 600686.SS | China | $967M | -42% | -3% | 2% | 9.1× | -1.1% | +12.0% |
| Dometic DOM.ST | Sweden | $755M | -29% | -6% | -13% | 11.4× | 3.4% | +5.4% |
| Nissan Shatai 7222.T | Japan | $747M | -4% | +15% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Luyuan Group Holding (Cayman) 2451.HK | Hong Kong | $722M | +24% | -3% | 1% | 26.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Voyah Automotive Technology 7489.HK | Hong Kong | $704M | -75% | n/a | n/a | 16.2× | n/a | n/a |