Employees: 1,497
Size Zhuzhou Tianqiao Crane (002523.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $714M, the 3021st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥3.36 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.4%, against -24.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.9%); the operating margin is 5.4% (peer median 4.2%).
Valuation It trades at 1.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.3× (8th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +0 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 0.3 points below its cost of capital (5.9% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.17B | CN¥2.06B | CN¥1.85B | CN¥1.72B | CN¥1.58B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +8% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥571M | CN¥460M | CN¥446M | CN¥372M | CN¥329M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥104M | CN¥33.3M | CN¥39.4M | CN¥51.1M |
| Net income | CN¥144M | CN¥119M | CN¥52.8M | CN¥37.3M | CN¥40.8M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥447M | CN¥259M | CN¥307M | CN¥315M | CN¥254M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥22.2M | CN¥14.7M | CN¥32.4M | CN¥4.99M | CN¥7.25M |
| Total debt | CN¥551M | CN¥594M | CN¥573M | CN¥866M | CN¥666M |
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| Measure | 002523.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -1.2% | -10.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -13.4% | -24.6% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.1% | -45.6% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.4% | +6.9% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 4.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.9× | 3.3× | 8th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.1% | 7.6% | 6th least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.8% | +8.9% | 6th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.3 pp | -1.3 pp | 6th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.3 pp | -4.2 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhuzhou Tianqiao Crane 002523.SZ | China | $714M | -13% | +5% | 5% | 1.9× | 7.1% | +6.8% |
| Shanghai Weihong Electronic Technology 300508.SZ | China | $713M | +35% | +13% | 8% | 7.8× | 38.8% | +21.1% |
| HIT Welding Industry 301137.SZ | China | $717M | -38% | +10% | 2% | 2.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhan Yifi Laser 688646.SS | China | $717M | -7% | +70% | -5% | 3.5× | 2.9% | +31.1% |
| Atlantic China Welding Consumables 600558.SS | China | $711M | -8% | +5% | 7% | 1.2× | 1.7% | +4.3% |
| META Green Cooling Technology 7892.TWO | Taiwan | $717M | -40% | +227% | 26% | 14.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Foshan Golden Milky Way Intelligent Equipment 300619.SZ | China | $717M | -34% | +40% | 4% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| EIZO 6737.T | Japan | $717M | +34% | +3% | 4% | 1.1× | 17.8% | +1.2% |
| Xiamen Jiarong Technology 301148.SZ | China | $703M | -29% | -2% | -1% | 7.8× | 46.2% | -3.2% |
| ZheJiang RIFA Digital Precision Machinery 002520.SZ | China | $700M | +7% | -48% | -137% | 6.3× | 18.1% | -9.3% |
| Luoyang North Glass Technology 002613.SZ | China | $700M | -18% | -18% | -2% | 2.8× | 7.4% | +8.1% |
| Sinopec Oilfield Equipment 000852.SZ | China | $728M | -31% | -6% | 1% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanxing Machinery 002757.SZ | China | $697M | -32% | +17% | 5% | 1.3× | 4.8% | +9.9% |
| Zhejiang Chunhui Intelligent Control 300943.SZ | China | $732M | -16% | +10% | 4% | 7.8× | 57.5% | +1.7% |
| Jiangsu Ankura Intelligent Electric 300617.SZ | China | $732M | -50% | +5% | 2% | 4.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Henghe Precision Industry 300539.SZ | China | $732M | -37% | +3% | 6% | 5.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jintuo Technology 603211.SS | China | $735M | -33% | +12% | 5% | 3.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangyin Haida Rubber & Plastic 300320.SZ | China | $687M | -20% | +2% | 9% | 1.2× | 7.9% | +9.7% |
| Xinlei Compressor 301317.SZ | China | $687M | -49% | +10% | -16% | 5.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Nissei ASB Machine Co 6284.T | Japan | $686M | -9% | +9% | 26% | 1.6× | 0.4% | +9.9% |
| Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries 002483.SZ | China | $745M | -14% | -30% | 10% | 0.6× | -16.0% | +13.6% |