Shenzhen-based securities brokerage with a particular focus on bond underwriting alongside retail brokerage.
Shenzhen-based securities brokerage with a particular focus on bond underwriting alongside retail brokerage.
Bond underwriting is the specialty: it earns fees for helping companies and local governments issue bonds, a business tied to issuance volumes, along with commissions from retail share trading and fees on asset management. Because fees follow issuance and trading activity, results rise and fall with credit and equity markets.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence). Regulated brokerage with a bond-underwriting niche, still commoditized broadly.
Headquarters: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Employees: 2,629
Size First Capital Securities (002797.SZ) is a China Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $3.61B, the 711th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.82 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.7%, against +2.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +21.0%); the operating margin is 21.7% (peer median 32.8%).
Valuation It trades at 21.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.5× (7th most expensive of 19).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥4.09B | CN¥4.24B | CN¥4.06B | CN¥3.10B | CN¥3.08B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +31% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥3.60B | CN¥3.63B | CN¥3.52B | CN¥2.59B | CN¥2.56B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.70B | CN¥1.64B | CN¥995M | CN¥964M |
| Net income | CN¥859M | CN¥841M | CN¥904M | CN¥331M | CN¥401M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥1.16B | CN¥1.24B | CN¥3.73B | CN¥924M | CN¥1.99B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥237M | CN¥181M | CN¥278M | CN¥263M | CN¥232M |
| Total debt | CN¥25.1B | CN¥22.4B | CN¥21.3B | CN¥20.1B | CN¥21.2B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Capital Securities 002797.SZ | $3.61B | -24% | -6% | 22% | 21.1× | n/a |
| CITIC Securities 600030.SS | $56.4B | -6% | -16% | 54% | 10.2× | n/a |
| Guotai Haitong Securities 601211.SS | $40.4B | +2% | +3% | 44% | 8.9× | n/a |
| Zheshang Securities 601878.SS | $6.03B | -10% | -4% | 32% | 13.0× | n/a |
| Hongta Securities 601236.SS | $4.72B | -11% | -4% | 39% | 26.8× | n/a |
| China Industrial Securities 601377.SS | $7.12B | -9% | -11% | 29% | 13.2× | n/a |
| Western Securities 002673.SZ | $3.83B | -14% | -2% | 29% | n/a | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | 002797.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -3.8% | +0.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.7% | +2.2% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -28.6% | -16.7% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.8% | +21.0% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 21.7% | 32.8% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 21.1× | 17.5× | 7th most expensive of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Capital Securities 002797.SZ | China | $3.61B | -24% | -6% | 22% | 21.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Nuvama Wealth Management NUVAMA.NS | India | $3.61B | +25% | +13% | 29% | 26.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Guotai Junan International 1788.HK | Hong Kong | $3.58B | +10% | +43% | 65% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| AMP AMP.AX | Australia | $3.69B | +46% | -5% | -1% | 15.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Eurazeo RF.PA | France | $3.70B | +2% | +18% | -2% | 28.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Cohen & Steers CNS | United States | $3.76B | +1% | +13% | 33% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Mandatum MANTA.HE | Finland | $3.33B | -10% | +60% | 8% | 23.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Netwealth NWL.AX | Australia | $3.31B | -13% | +21% | 46% | 34.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Sealand Securities 000750.SZ | China | $3.30B | -12% | +2% | 22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Quilter QLT.L | United Kingdom | $3.30B | +5% | +191% | 3% | 15.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Tikehau Capital SCA TKO.PA | France | $3.24B | -10% | +32% | 31% | 10.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Acadian Asset Management AAMI | United States | $3.23B | +33% | +25% | 27% | 15.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Artisan Partners Asset Management APAM | United States | $3.17B | +3% | +6% | 36% | 10.6× | n/a | n/a |
| AllianceBernstein Holding L.P AB | United States | $3.14B | -13% | n/a | n/a | 9.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Anand Rathi Wealth ANANDRATHI.NS | India | $4.18B | +31% | +35% | 41% | 90.5× | n/a | n/a |
| AJ Bell AJB.L | United Kingdom | $3.04B | +13% | +19% | 42% | 19.2× | n/a | n/a |
| China Cinda Asset Management 1359.HK | Hong Kong | $4.36B | -21% | -25% | 53% | 11.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Sprott SII.TO | Canada | $2.96B | -17% | +88% | 38% | 25.6× | n/a | n/a |
| WisdomTree WT | United States | $2.94B | +2% | +45% | 40% | 15.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Man EMG.L | United Kingdom | $4.43B | +10% | +24% | 28% | 8.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Caida Securities 600906.SS | China | $2.78B | -11% | +10% | 36% | 19.7× | n/a | n/a |