Employees: 5,025
Size Sunflower Pharmaceutical (002737.SZ) is a China Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $1.04B, the 2215th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥12.07 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.0%, against -15.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 31.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is -7.2% (peer median 7.0%).
Valuation It trades at 4.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.3× (cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -8%, so the hurdle is +1 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 8.1 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 22 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.75B | CN¥2.30B | CN¥3.35B | CN¥5.66B | CN¥5.05B |
| Revenue growth | — | -31% | -41% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.49B | CN¥807M | CN¥1.44B | CN¥3.10B | CN¥2.84B |
| EBITDA | n/a | -CN¥118M | CN¥639M | CN¥1.36B | CN¥1.29B |
| Net income | -CN¥141M | -CN¥258M | CN¥492M | CN¥1.12B | CN¥867M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥359M | CN¥514M | -CN¥366M | CN¥774M | CN¥1.84B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥106M | CN¥96.1M | CN¥92.8M | CN¥149M | CN¥153M |
| Total debt | CN¥299M | CN¥151M | CN¥10.2M | CN¥30.1M | CN¥436M |
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| Measure | 002737.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +7.0% | -3.7% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -13.0% | -15.3% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -22.7% | -35.7% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +31.4% | +5.8% | 4th highest of 19 |
| Operating margin | -7.2% | 7.0% | 6th lowest of 19 |
| Forward P/E | 4.8× | 22.3× | cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -6.4% | 5.3% | 3rd least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -7.7% | +5.6% | 2nd lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +1.3 pp | +1.5 pp | 6th least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -8.1 pp | -0.7 pp | 4th lowest of 17 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Pharmaceutical 002737.SZ | China | $1.04B | -13% | +31% | -7% | 4.8× | -6.4% | -7.7% |
| Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical 600557.SS | China | $1.05B | -6% | +8% | 7% | 21.0× | 3.4% | +1.8% |
| Towa Pharmaceutical 4553.T | Japan | $1.03B | -16% | +7% | 9% | 7.0× | 1.5% | +12.1% |
| SAWAI 4887.T | Japan | $1.03B | -22% | +11% | 9% | 10.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Symbiotec Pharmalab SYMBIOTEC.NS | India | $1.03B | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangxi Wuzhou Zhongheng 600252.SS | China | $1.03B | -11% | -43% | -42% | n/a | 11.9% | -13.7% |
| Renhe Pharmacy 000650.SZ | China | $1.06B | -10% | -7% | 14% | 17.7× | -9.4% | -7.0% |
| China Resources Boya Bio-pharmaceutical 300294.SZ | China | $1.06B | -18% | -27% | -19% | 23.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Oscotec 039200.KS | South Korea | $1.02B | -30% | +233% | 62% | 56.8× | -9.5% | +18.1% |
| Genfleet Therapeutics (Shanghai) 2595.HK | Hong Kong | $1.07B | -47% | -55% | -457% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Basilea Pharmaceutica BSLN.SW | Switzerland | $1.07B | +27% | +5% | 24% | 12.4× | -5.7% | +12.7% |
| Viyash Scientific VIYASH.NS | India | $1.07B | +3% | +96% | 13% | 30.3× | 38.6% | +20.4% |
| CStone Pharmaceuticals 2616.HK | Hong Kong | $1.07B | -38% | +117% | -89% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Huiyu Pharmaceutical 688553.SS | China | $1.07B | -15% | +8% | 7% | n/a | 34.1% | -6.0% |
| Zhejiang Tianyu Pharmaceutical 300702.SZ | China | $1.08B | -2% | +27% | 4% | 22.7× | 5.0% | +3.5% |
| Harrow HROW | United States | $1.01B | -30% | +21% | 2% | 21.9× | 51.8% | +41.0% |
| BeBetter Med 688759.SS | China | $1.08B | -49% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu Easton Biopharmaceuticals 688513.SS | China | $1.09B | -35% | -2% | 13% | 26.5× | 5.5% | +7.7% |
| KPC Pharmaceuticals 600422.SS | China | $1.00B | -7% | -41% | -10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Harbin Gloria Pharmaceuticals 002437.SZ | China | $999M | -15% | -16% | 13% | n/a | 8.8% | -6.9% |
| Chongqing Taiji Industry (Group) 600129.SS | China | $1.09B | -15% | -4% | 2% | 26.5× | n/a | n/a |