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Ningbo Donly Co Ltd. Class A002164.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Industrial Machinery

Chinese maker of gear reducers and transmission equipment, with an investment stake in battery cathode materials.

Momentum leader 99
Mkt cap
$1.49B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
61%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$169M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-0.0 pp
WACC 6.4%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · CNYCN¥18.68
1D-2.2%
1W-1.8%
1M+45.6%
3M+67.2%
6M+48.7%
YTD+16.7%
1Y+44.0%
ATR %8.3%
52w lowhigh5.8% off high

What Ningbo Donly does

Chinese maker of gear reducers and transmission equipment, with an investment stake in battery cathode materials.

Sells reducers and drive trains to machine makers, paid per unit and competing on engineering support, so volume follows industrial investment. Its battery-materials stake is a separate holding rather than part of its factory business.

Products and services

  • Gear reducers/transmission equipment
  • Battery materials (investment stake)

Customers

  • Machinery manufacturers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Power transmission equipment
  • Gear reducers

What could go right

  • Industrial machinery demand; battery materials investment upside

What could go wrong

  • Conglomerate-style diversification risk

Moat: narrow (installed base). Established reducer manufacturing base, though battery-materials diversification is a separate, less-proven business.

Headquarters: Ningbo, China · Employees: 1,857

Named competitors

Ningbo Donly at a glance

Size Ningbo Donly (002164.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $1.49B, the 1645th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥18.68 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 48.7%, against -30.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 5.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.4%); the operating margin is 5.3% (peer median 10.6%).

Valuation It trades at 6.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.3× (5th most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.0 points below its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026002164.SZ 147Peer median 70
Six months, rebased to 100: Ningbo Donly against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ningbo Donly financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥1.57BCN¥1.46BCN¥1.46BCN¥1.48BCN¥1.46B
Revenue growth—0%-1%+1%—
Gross profitCN¥430MCN¥325MCN¥271MCN¥272MCN¥328M
EBITDAn/aCN¥180MCN¥142MCN¥127MCN¥149M
Net incomeCN¥219MCN¥196MCN¥45.9MCN¥40.4MCN¥328M
Free cash flow-CN¥212M-CN¥75.5MCN¥108MCN¥32.2M-CN¥40.3M
Capital expenditureCN¥378MCN¥246MCN¥114MCN¥24.5MCN¥25.2M
Total debtCN¥631MCN¥403MCN¥326MCN¥367MCN¥315M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ningbo Donly competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-25%0%+25%+50%INRNCROMPTON603698LUVE002645GDWN301128603185000837301603640768805930303393601882HLIO6103603203600619002164.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ningbo Donly is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%0×5×10×15×INRNCROMPTON603698LUVE0026453752GDWN30112860318530160368805930303393601882HLIO603203600619002164.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ningbo Donly is the large dot.

Ningbo Donly competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (002164.SZ vs 603915.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Ningbo Donly 002164.SZ$1.49B+49%+5%5%6.6×n/a
Jiangsu Guomao Reducer 603915.SS$1.37B-11%+11%9%2.6×16.3%

How Ningbo Donly 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.

Ningbo Donly against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure002164.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+45.6%-13.1%highest of 21
6-month return+48.7%-30.5%highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-5.8%-50.7%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+5.4%+14.4%5th lowest of 21
Operating margin5.3%10.6%6th lowest of 21
EV / Sales6.6×2.3×5th most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.0 pp-2.5 pp9th 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
Ningbo Donly 002164.SZChina$1.49B+49%+5%5%6.6×n/an/a
Interroll INRN.SWSwitzerland$1.47B-11%+2%13%1.9×1.4%-0.6%
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals CROMPTON.NSIndia$1.47B-26%+12%8%1.6×20.5%+11.0%
Changzheng Engineering Technology 603698.SSChina$1.51B-57%-4%7%2.7×n/an/a
LU-VE LUVE.MIItaly$1.47B-13%+8%10%2.2×14.5%+8.6%
Jiangsu Huahong Technology Stock 002645.SZChina$1.52B-38%+57%5%1.0×n/an/a
Rokae (Shandong) Robotics 3752.HKHong Kong$1.52Bn/a+105%-5%16.3×n/an/a
Goodwin GDWN.LUnited Kingdom$1.46B+16%+2%13%15.7×47.7%-12.1%
Shenzhen Qiangrui Precision Technology 301128.SZChina$1.46B-47%+56%10%4.0×n/an/a
Hongyuan Green Energy 603185.SSChina$1.46B-34%+14%-15%1.3×n/an/a
Qinchuan Machine Tool & Tool Group Share 000837.SZChina$1.46B-14%+8%-4%2.3×n/an/a
Jirfine Intelligent Equipment 301603.SZChina$1.53B-12%+43%15%3.0×28.5%+26.7%
CKD 6407.TJapan$1.54B-40%+11%14%1.4×12.4%+8.1%
Zhuzhou Huarui Precision Cutting Tools 688059.SSChina$1.44B-33%+23%36%8.4×n/an/a
Test Research 3030.TWTaiwan$1.44B-51%+32%40%4.6×-2.5%+11.3%
Wasion 3393.HKHong Kong$1.43B-59%+22%16%1.1×-11.3%+19.7%
Ningbo Haitian Precision Machinery 601882.SSChina$1.56B-1%+19%11%2.4×12.8%+15.6%
Helios Technologies HLIOUnited States$1.56B-30%+14%13%2.1×11.2%+9.9%
Okuma 6103.TJapan$1.56B-16%+15%9%0.9×n/an/a
Quick Intelligent Equipment 603203.SSChina$1.57B-12%+20%21%7.6×28.7%+15.2%
Shanghai Highly (Group) 600619.SSChina$1.57B-33%+3%3%0.8×8.6%+13.1%

Questions

Who are Ningbo Donly's main competitors?
Named competitors: Jiangsu Guomao Reducer (603915.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Interroll (INRN.SW), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (CROMPTON.NS), Changzheng Engineering Technology (603698.SS), LU-VE (LUVE.MI), Jiangsu Huahong Technology Stock (002645.SZ), Rokae (Shandong) Robotics (3752.HK).
Is Ningbo Donly expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 6.6× against a peer median of 2.3×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Ningbo Donly stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +48.7% against -30.5% for the median peer; over one year +44.0%.

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.