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Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. Class A003013.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Engineering & Construction

State-owned design institute providing engineering design and consulting for Guangzhou's metro/subway system.

≈ A metro-system design institute like a Chinese AECOM rail unitMomentum strong 67
Mkt cap
$1.01B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
98%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$25.2M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
21.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+4.1 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
146 days
1 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥14.98
1D-1.6%
1W-3.7%
1M-13.7%
3M-13.3%
6M+8.9%
YTD+5.7%
1Y-6.8%
ATR %7.0%
52w lowhigh25.8% off high

What Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute does

State-owned design institute providing engineering design and consulting for Guangzhou's metro/subway system.

Is paid design and consulting fees tied to the stages of metro line projects, so revenue follows the pipeline of lines under construction rather than any product. Guangzhou Metro Group, the city's metro operator, holds the controlling stake and is both its parent and its largest customer.

In one line: A metro-system design institute like a Chinese AECOM rail unit.

Products and services

  • Metro/subway design services
  • Rail transit consulting

Customers

  • Guangzhou Metro Corporation
  • Other Chinese city metro authorities

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Engineering & construction
  • Rail transit design services
  • Metro/subway design and consulting

What could go right

  • China urban metro expansion

What could go wrong

  • Dependent on municipal metro capex cycles

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification). Deep, long-standing design relationship with Guangzhou's metro authority.

Headquarters: Guangzhou, China · Employees: 2,045

Named competitors

  • China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design private or unlisted

Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute at a glance

Size Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute (003013.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $1.01B, the 2274th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥14.98 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 8.9%, against -23.7% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 8.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.5%); the operating margin is 14.9% (peer median 7.1%).

Valuation It trades at 21.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (8th most expensive of 18).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.1 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026003013.SZ 107Peer median 75
Six months, rebased to 100: Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.54BCN¥2.56BCN¥2.74BCN¥2.56BCN¥2.47B
Revenue growth—-7%+7%+4%—
Gross profitCN¥951MCN¥957MCN¥1.04BCN¥938MCN¥802M
EBITDAn/aCN¥635MCN¥641MCN¥564MCN¥517M
Net incomeCN¥309MCN¥466MCN¥492MCN¥432MCN¥400M
Free cash flow-CN¥227MCN¥22.2M-CN¥251M-CN¥102MCN¥189M
Capital expenditureCN¥97.4MCN¥70.3MCN¥298MCN¥291MCN¥155M
Total debtCN¥894MCN¥606MCN¥502MCN¥357MCN¥76.5M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%1946SLCYRM6051670021401934603163WELENT60122670046379FUR18853002846005026366IRCON002811NCH2KEC003013.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×1946SLCYRM6051670021401934603163WELENT7004637918853002846005026366IRCONKEC003013.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute is the large dot.

Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute competitors and peer comparison

How Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute compares with its peers

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.

Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure003013.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-13.7%-4.0%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return+8.9%-23.7%4th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-25.8%-36.3%5th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-8.1%+1.5%4th lowest of 21
Operating margin14.9%7.1%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E21.1×15.4×8th most expensive of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+4.1 pp-1.5 pp7th highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute 003013.SZChina$1.01B+9%-8%15%21.1×n/an/a
Toenec 1946.TJapan$1.01B-32%+2%8%7.9×-2.3%+4.8%
Superloop SLC.AXAustralia$1.01B-19%+22%5%30.8×28.0%+47.3%
Rosetti Marino YRM.MIItaly$1.01B-9%+14%7%27.6×n/an/a
Jiangsu Libert 605167.SSChina$1.02B-24%-29%8%28.6×n/an/a
East China Engineering Science and Technology 002140.SZChina$1,000M-24%+9%7%11.6×0.3%+13.9%
Yurtec 1934.TJapan$998M-8%-2%8%11.0×-6.2%+5.1%
Acter Technology Integration 603163.SSChina$997M-32%+1%11%28.4×18.6%+22.2%
Welspun Enterprises WELENT.NSIndia$995M+29%+1%19%22.3×n/an/a
HuaDian Heavy Industries 601226.SSChina$1.04B-32%+18%2%29.5×18.2%+3.2%
Kanadevia 7004.TJapan$979M-23%+8%2%6.3×n/an/a
RAIZNEXT 6379.TJapan$972M+29%+13%8%15.8×-0.9%+3.6%
Fugro FUR.ASNetherlands$1.06B-29%-11%3%n/an/an/a
Toa Corporation (Construction) 1885.TJapan$1.06B-29%+2%7%9.1×-12.2%+13.6%
JSTI 300284.SZChina$963M-25%-4%1%39.1×10.5%-5.4%
Anhui Construction Engineering 600502.SSChina$1.07B-23%-4%6%4.6×n/an/a
Chiyoda 6366.TJapan$1.07B-35%+16%17%6.7×n/an/a
IRCON International IRCON.NSIndia$1.08B-33%-3%7%15.4×n/an/a
Shenzhen Cheng Chung Design 002811.SZChina$949M+48%+28%13%n/a9.1%-6.2%
thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA NCH2.DEGermany$1.09B-13%-42%-13%n/an/an/a
KEC International KEC.NSIndia$939M-46%-2%5%13.3×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute's main competitors?
Named competitors: China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Toenec (1946.T), Superloop (SLC.AX), Rosetti Marino (YRM.MI), Jiangsu Libert (605167.SS), East China Engineering Science and Technology (002140.SZ), Yurtec (1934.T).
Is Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 21.1× against a peer median of 15.4×, 8th most expensive of 18 in its peer set.
How has Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +8.9% against -23.7% for the median peer; over one year -6.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.