Employees: 1,049
Size Zhejiang Zhongcheng Packing Material (002522.SZ) is a China Materials company (Containers/Packaging) with a market value of $658M, the 3220th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥4.84 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.8%, against -8.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.3%); the operating margin is 4.9% (peer median 6.6%).
Valuation It trades at 2.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.4× (4th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +12 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 2.4 points below its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.70B | CN¥1.60B | CN¥1.71B | CN¥1.73B | CN¥1.88B |
| Revenue growth | — | -6% | -1% | -8% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥415M | CN¥220M | CN¥228M | CN¥273M | CN¥343M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥211M | CN¥216M | CN¥254M | CN¥304M |
| Net income | CN¥90.7M | CN¥58.3M | CN¥74.2M | CN¥104M | CN¥153M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥200M | CN¥91.4M | CN¥195M | CN¥68.1M | CN¥46.1M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥5.98M | CN¥18.4M | CN¥63.2M | CN¥137M | CN¥228M |
| Total debt | CN¥836M | CN¥849M | CN¥956M | CN¥1.03B | CN¥1.01B |
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| Measure | 002522.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -8.2% | -6.9% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.8% | -8.0% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -42.6% | -33.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.7% | +3.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 6.6% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.6× | 1.4× | 4th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 14.5% | 1.0% | 3rd most demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.1% | +8.8% | 3rd lowest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +12.4 pp | -0.0 pp | most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.4 pp | +1.1 pp | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Zhongcheng Packing Material 002522.SZ | China | $658M | -24% | +4% | 5% | 2.6× | 14.5% | +2.1% |
| Okamoto Industries 5122.T | Japan | $648M | +6% | 0% | 6% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Karat Packaging KRT | United States | $669M | +19% | +12% | 13% | 1.4× | -2.4% | +9.6% |
| Shanghai Sunglow Packaging Technology 603499.SS | China | $669M | -29% | +9% | 10% | 4.1× | 24.1% | +16.4% |
| Pum-tech Korea 251970.KS | South Korea | $642M | +70% | +3% | 15% | 2.1× | -4.2% | +13.6% |
| Ton Yi Industrial 9907.TW | Taiwan | $678M | -19% | -11% | 4% | 0.5× | -6.3% | +8.8% |
| Kohsoku 7504.T | Japan | $629M | +75% | +8% | 4% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Zignago Vetro ZV.MI | Italy | $628M | -10% | 0% | 8% | 1.6× | 12.7% | +7.7% |
| Oeneo SBT.PA | France | $617M | -1% | -10% | 14% | 2.2× | 1.0% | +0.2% |
| Ningbo Homelink Eco-iTech 301193.SZ | China | $602M | -38% | +44% | -4% | 1.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Exciton Technology 300566.SZ | China | $730M | -2% | -2% | 9% | 2.4× | 8.4% | +8.4% |
| Planetree International Development 0613.HK | Hong Kong | $733M | +151% | -62% | 1,735% | 225.1× | n/a | n/a |
| GuangDong Leary New Material Technology 688683.SS | China | $586M | -45% | +83% | 5% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| EPL EPL.NS | India | $752M | -6% | +17% | 12% | 1.4× | 16.0% | +8.8% |
| Sunrise 002752.SZ | China | $766M | -29% | +8% | 6% | 0.9× | -5.7% | +17.2% |
| Shantou Wanshun New Material 300057.SZ | China | $784M | -45% | +29% | 1% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Baosteel Packaging 601968.SS | China | $785M | -19% | +17% | 4% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Pack 3950.T | Japan | $550M | +13% | +4% | 7% | 0.6× | -8.4% | +5.6% |
| Cheng Loong 1904.TW | Taiwan | $788M | +34% | -3% | 6% | 1.1× | 3.9% | +1.4% |
| O-I Glass OI | United States | $796M | -44% | -2% | 9% | 0.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangdong Taili Technology 301595.SZ | China | $536M | -12% | +2% | 3% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |