Jiangsu-based maker of power cables that has also invested in new materials such as graphene.
Jiangsu-based maker of power cables that has also invested in new materials such as graphene.
Moat: none. Cable manufacturing is commoditized; new-materials diversification is early-stage and unproven.
Headquarters: Changzhou, Jiangsu, China · Employees: 1,953
Size Jiangsu Zhongchao (002471.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $963M, the 2367th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥4.69 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 44.6%, against -19.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.6%); the operating margin is 1.4% (peer median 5.7%).
Valuation It trades at 1.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.3× (5th cheapest of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.2 points below its cost of capital (6.5% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.12B | CN¥5.17B | CN¥5.50B | CN¥6.10B | CN¥5.88B |
| Revenue growth | — | -6% | -10% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥563M | CN¥518M | CN¥541M | CN¥596M | CN¥597M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥145M | CN¥129M | CN¥131M | CN¥60.1M |
| Net income | -CN¥17.6M | -CN¥22.6M | -CN¥21.4M | CN¥251M | -CN¥47.9M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥41.4M | CN¥141M | -CN¥41.1M | CN¥872M | CN¥530M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥106M | CN¥147M | CN¥98.7M | CN¥37.6M | CN¥47.8M |
| Total debt | CN¥2.64B | CN¥2.52B | CN¥2.99B | CN¥2.77B | CN¥2.91B |
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| Measure | 002471.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -8.0% | -6.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -44.6% | -19.6% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -56.9% | -38.1% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.5% | +13.6% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 5.7% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 1.7× | 2.3× | 5th cheapest of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.2 pp | -2.7 pp | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiangsu Zhongchao 002471.SZ | China | $963M | -45% | -5% | 1% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| CSG Smart Science&Technology 300222.SZ | China | $966M | -27% | +26% | 2% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Xinyaguang Cable 001382.SZ | China | $968M | -21% | +12% | 4% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt 300393.SZ | China | $958M | -42% | -48% | -62% | 4.9× | 5.1% | -2.7% |
| Motic (Xiamen) Electric 300341.SZ | China | $957M | -20% | +19% | 12% | 3.3× | 17.7% | +5.1% |
| Shenzhen Uniconn Technology 301631.SZ | China | $969M | -34% | +32% | 5% | 1.1× | 18.2% | +49.0% |
| Fluence Energy FLNC | United States | $973M | -78% | +7% | -4% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Transformers and Rectifiers (India) TARIL.NS | India | $974M | -7% | +27% | 15% | 3.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Temb Intelligent Tech Shandong 603448.SS | China | $951M | n/a | +16% | n/a | 1.9× | 45.6% | n/a |
| Mersen MRN.PA | France | $976M | -1% | -3% | 9% | 1.1× | 11.0% | +7.0% |
| Beijing Creative 002350.SZ | China | $946M | -19% | +7% | -1% | 2.7× | 54.8% | -0.3% |
| Sunway 603333.SS | China | $941M | +1% | +68% | 3% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Qingdao CHOHO Industrial 003033.SZ | China | $939M | +36% | +6% | 9% | 3.3× | 14.2% | +14.6% |
| Warom Technology 603855.SS | China | $938M | +1% | -18% | 15% | 2.0× | -2.6% | +7.1% |
| Ficont Industry(Beijing) 605305.SS | China | $989M | -35% | +15% | 26% | 2.5× | -1.1% | +22.5% |
| Elecon Engineering ELECON.NS | India | $995M | -26% | +5% | 17% | 3.6× | 31.3% | +17.8% |
| Guangdong Shunna Electric 000533.SZ | China | $996M | -24% | +25% | 6% | 2.4× | 16.8% | +8.7% |
| discoverIE DSCV.L | United Kingdom | $997M | +17% | +5% | 10% | 1.9× | 21.4% | +7.9% |
| Shanghai Zhezhong 002346.SZ | China | $928M | -21% | +23% | 15% | 5.9× | 22.1% | +7.0% |
| Fujian Nanping Sun Cable 002300.SZ | China | $924M | -9% | +9% | 0% | 0.7× | 19.6% | +8.7% |
| Changshu Fengfan Power Equipment 601700.SS | China | $924M | 0% | +31% | -9% | 2.2× | n/a | n/a |