Employees: 1,307
Size Guangdong Yowant Technology (002291.SZ) is a China Communication Services company (Advertising/Marketing Services) with a market value of $786M, the 2814th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.68 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.2%, against -15.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 21.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is -15.2% (peer median 2.1%).
Valuation It trades at 40.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.6× (3rd most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 36% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is +27 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 14.7 points below its cost of capital (8.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.64B | CN¥3.30B | CN¥4.75B | CN¥4.77B | CN¥3.89B |
| Revenue growth | — | -31% | 0% | +22% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥254M | CN¥112M | CN¥11.2M | -CN¥15.7M | CN¥613M |
| EBITDA | n/a | -CN¥368M | -CN¥666M | -CN¥882M | -CN¥14.8M |
| Net income | -CN¥149M | -CN¥649M | -CN¥1.00B | -CN¥1.05B | -CN¥263M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥67.1M | CN¥48.8M | -CN¥30.2M | -CN¥516M | -CN¥1.04B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥29.3M | CN¥69.9M | CN¥155M | CN¥289M | CN¥791M |
| Total debt | CN¥880M | CN¥1.04B | CN¥1.25B | CN¥1.53B | CN¥901M |
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| Measure | 002291.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +4.6% | +0.3% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -15.2% | -15.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -38.8% | -37.3% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -21.6% | +6.5% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -15.2% | 2.1% | 4th lowest of 19 |
| Forward P/E | 40.6× | 16.6× | 3rd most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 36.3% | 5.7% | 3rd most demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.0% | +8.6% | 7th highest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +27.3 pp | -7.2 pp | 3rd most demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -14.7 pp | -2.0 pp | 4th lowest of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong Yowant Technology 002291.SZ | China | $786M | -15% | -22% | -15% | 40.6× | 36.3% | +9.0% |
| Hubei Century Network Technology 300494.SZ | China | $766M | -5% | -7% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Criteo CRTO | United States | $756M | -6% | -7% | 8% | 4.1× | -19.8% | -1.3% |
| Apg Sga APGN.SW | Switzerland | $745M | +13% | +5% | 10% | 18.7× | -2.7% | +4.5% |
| Lecron Industrial Development 300343.SZ | China | $738M | -29% | +46% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| GMO internet,Inc 4784.T | Japan | $724M | -34% | +81% | 12% | 17.7× | -11.2% | +17.9% |
| Inly Media 603598.SS | China | $865M | +4% | +9% | 0% | 79.8× | n/a | n/a |
| QITIAN Technology 300061.SZ | China | $699M | -21% | -18% | -22% | n/a | 49.7% | -22.3% |
| Guangdong Insight Brand Marketing 300781.SZ | China | $683M | -19% | -29% | n/a | n/a | 31.8% | +14.4% |
| China Tourism And Culture Investment 600358.SS | China | $911M | -11% | +125% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| New Huadu Technology Co., Ltd.Class A 002264.SZ | China | $676M | -23% | +8% | 5% | 23.7× | 5.7% | -9.3% |
| Chengdu B-Ray Media 600880.SS | China | $672M | -20% | -33% | -35% | 104.9× | 57.3% | -2.9% |
| Shanxi Kexin Development 600234.SS | China | $649M | -32% | -23% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| oOh media OML.AX | Australia | $611M | +28% | +2% | 15% | 13.5× | 7.8% | +10.1% |
| VECTOR 6058.T | Japan | $605M | +64% | +9% | 16% | 15.4× | -3.9% | +11.3% |
| Septeni 4293.T | Japan | $585M | +7% | +8% | 17% | 15.5× | -2.7% | +11.1% |
| Trump Media & Technology DJT | United States | $1.11B | -55% | +22% | -4,052% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Yuanlong Yato Culture Dissemination 002878.SZ | China | $557M | -27% | -21% | -2% | 33.2× | -2.9% | +8.6% |
| QuinStreet QNST | United States | $1.18B | +58% | +18% | 3% | 12.3× | 9.8% | +17.5% |
| INNOCEAN Worldwide 214320.KS | South Korea | $518M | -11% | +2% | 8% | 6.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Sunwave Communications 002115.SZ | China | $1.21B | -35% | +102% | 1% | n/a | 26.1% | +6.5% |