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Wire and cable maker in Hunan, affiliated with the large state-owned Valin steel group.
Wire and cable maker in Hunan, affiliated with the large state-owned Valin steel group.
Moat: none (parent backing). Valin Group affiliation aids raw steel sourcing, but wire/cable manufacturing remains commoditized.
Headquarters: Changsha, Hunan, China · Employees: 661
Size Hunan Valin Wire & Cable (001208.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $1.04B, the 2223rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥12.23 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 36.2%, against -26.7% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 20.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.6%); the operating margin is 1.5% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 25.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.4× (5th most expensive of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 32% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is +10 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 5.4 points below its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.32B | CN¥4.51B | CN¥4.16B | CN¥3.46B | CN¥3.01B |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | +20% | +15% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥583M | CN¥482M | CN¥448M | CN¥420M | CN¥409M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥176M | CN¥170M | CN¥145M | CN¥139M |
| Net income | CN¥99.6M | CN¥110M | CN¥109M | CN¥86.5M | CN¥110M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥206M | CN¥352M | CN¥170M | CN¥188M | -CN¥3.57M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥124M | CN¥111M | CN¥91.6M | CN¥69.6M | CN¥58.8M |
| Total debt | CN¥3.03B | CN¥2.59B | CN¥2.46B | CN¥1.93B | CN¥1.02B |
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| Measure | 001208.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -6.8% | -8.3% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -36.2% | -26.7% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -61.7% | -46.7% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +20.1% | +16.6% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 7.5% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 25.5× | 16.4× | 5th most expensive of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 32.0% | 16.8% | 4th most demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +21.6% | +8.3% | 3rd highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +10.4 pp | +10.1 pp | 6th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -5.4 pp | -0.9 pp | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunan Valin Wire & Cable 001208.SZ | China | $1.04B | -36% | +20% | 2% | 25.5× | 32.0% | +21.6% |
| Voltamp Transformers VOLTAMP.NS | India | $1.04B | +1% | +18% | 15% | 28.6× | 35.4% | +25.5% |
| Zhejiang Yankon 600261.SS | China | $1.03B | +52% | -2% | 4% | n/a | 10.2% | -11.1% |
| Guangzhou Zhiguang Electric 002169.SZ | China | $1.02B | -34% | +28% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ongoal Technology 301662.SZ | China | $1.06B | -51% | -3% | 3% | 43.9× | 51.7% | n/a |
| Shenzhen Senior Technology Material 6067.HK | Hong Kong | $1.02B | n/a | +53% | 10% | 10.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Highpower Technology 001283.SZ | China | $1.07B | 0% | +18% | 5% | 23.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Topsec Technologies 002212.SZ | China | $1.01B | -18% | -9% | -14% | 99.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Sanyo Denki 6516.T | Japan | $1.01B | -39% | +20% | 12% | 11.4× | 9.0% | +6.7% |
| Xiangtan Electrochemical Scientific 002125.SZ | China | $1.08B | -25% | +1% | 9% | n/a | 19.4% | +9.2% |
| Leedarson IoT Technology 605365.SS | China | $1.01B | -55% | -2% | 4% | 15.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Dynapack International Technology 3211.TWO | Taiwan | $1.08B | -36% | +19% | 11% | 15.1× | 4.3% | -7.3% |
| discoverIE DSCV.L | United Kingdom | $997M | +17% | +5% | 10% | 17.1× | 21.4% | +7.9% |
| Guangdong Shunna Electric 000533.SZ | China | $996M | -24% | +25% | 6% | n/a | 16.8% | +8.7% |
| Elecon Engineering ELECON.NS | India | $995M | -26% | +5% | 17% | 24.6× | 31.3% | +17.8% |
| Windey Energy Technology 300772.SZ | China | $1.09B | -42% | +23% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ficont Industry(Beijing) 605305.SS | China | $989M | -35% | +15% | 26% | 10.6× | -1.1% | +22.5% |
| Tokai Carbon Korea 064760.KS | South Korea | $1.10B | -53% | +23% | 28% | 15.0× | 8.8% | +5.7% |
| Shanghai QiFan Cable 605222.SS | China | $1.11B | -51% | +12% | 2% | 16.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Mersen MRN.PA | France | $976M | -1% | -3% | 9% | 13.1× | 11.0% | +7.0% |
| Shanghai Cooltech Power 300153.SZ | China | $1.11B | -27% | +84% | 5% | 29.0× | 37.0% | +20.3% |