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Midea Group0300.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Consumer Discretionary›Electronics/Appliances

China's largest home-appliance maker (AC, refrigerators, washers) and a growing supplier of robotics and industrial automation.

≈ China's Whirlpool plus a KUKA robotics armMomentum leader 90
Mkt cap
$100B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
94%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$68.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
13.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+9.9 pp
WACC 6.8%
Hurdle
-11 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
168 days
23 Apr 2027
Close · HKDHK$100.10
1D+1.4%
1W+3.6%
1M+10.7%
3M+4.6%
6M+23.4%
YTD+24.5%
1Y+28.8%
ATR %1.9%
52w lowhigh1.6% off high

What Midea does

China's largest home-appliance maker (AC, refrigerators, washers) and a growing supplier of robotics and industrial automation.

Air conditioners are the biggest line, sold mostly to Chinese households through retailers and online, with exports and manufacturing for other brands adding volume. It bought Japan's Toshiba appliance business in 2016 and KUKA in 2017, and added this Hong Kong listing in 2024 alongside Shenzhen. The founding He family remains in control.

In one line: China's Whirlpool plus a KUKA robotics arm.

Products and services

  • Air conditioners
  • Refrigerators & washing machines
  • Small appliances
  • Robotics & industrial automation (KUKA)

Customers

  • Retail consumers globally
  • Industrial/automotive customers (robotics via KUKA

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer discretionary
  • Home appliance manufacturing
  • Air conditioners, refrigerators…

What could go right

  • Overseas own-brand appliance expansion
  • Robotics/automation growth

What could go wrong

  • Domestic appliance price competition
  • Raw material (steel, copper) cost swings

Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). Largest global appliance volume gives cost/scale edge, though appliances are a competitive, low-margin category.

Headquarters: Foshan, China · Founded: 1968 · Employees: 198,570

Named competitors

Midea at a glance

Size Midea (0300.HK) is a Hong Kong Consumer Discretionary company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $100B, the 18th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$100.10 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 23.4%, against +7.9% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 9.3% (peer median 7.9%).

Valuation It trades at 13.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.0× (6th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.9 points above its cost of capital (6.8% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20260300.HK 123Peer median 109
Six months, rebased to 100: Midea against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Midea financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$526BHK$496BHK$442BHK$411BHK$401B
Revenue growth—+12%+7%+3%—
Gross profitHK$147BHK$131BHK$117BHK$106BHK$97.9B
EBITDAn/aHK$57.3BHK$50.5BHK$47.1BHK$42.0B
Net incomeHK$54.2BHK$47.5BHK$41.7BHK$37.2BHK$34.3B
Free cash flowHK$47.8BHK$55.7BHK$61.4BHK$62.9BHK$36.2B
Capital expenditureHK$10.8BHK$12.1BHK$8.50BHK$6.98BHK$8.55B
Total debtHK$148BHK$106BHK$120BHK$106BHK$105B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Midea 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

-50%0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%SN600690LGEINDIADLG688775HWDN1070021240002032CPPLUS600060688169000921002429603486BRG77310022420300.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Midea is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%50×100×SN600690LGEINDIADLG688775HWDN1070021240002032CPPLUS600060688169000921002429SKBRG77310022426033550300.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Midea is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%SN600690LGEINDIADLGHWDN1070002032688169000921603486SKBRG6033550300.HKGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Midea is the large dot.

Midea competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (0300.HK vs 600690.SS vs 000651.SZ vs WHR)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Midea 0300.HK$100B+23%+7%9%13.8×-1.8%
Haier Smart Home 600690.SS$28.0B0%-8%7%11.1×-5.9%
Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai 000651.SZ$31.2B-3%-11%16%8.6×-16.4%
Whirlpool WHR$2.01B-32%-6%2%n/an/a
Lgelectronics 066570.KS$17.3B-2%+8%4%11.3×-4.5%
SamsungElec 005930.KS$886B-14%+88%46%4.0×-7.2%

How Midea 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.

Midea against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure0300.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.7%+5.6%7th highest of 21
6-month return+23.4%+7.9%6th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-1.6%-10.8%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.4%+3.8%8th highest of 21
Operating margin9.3%7.9%8th highest of 21
Forward P/E13.8×18.0×6th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-1.8%4.5%6th least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+9.2%+9.4%7th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-10.9 pp-5.2 pp6th least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+9.9 pp+5.2 pp7th highest of 21

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
Midea 0300.HKHong Kong$100B+23%+7%9%13.8×-1.8%+9.2%
SharkNinja SNUnited States$31.4B+100%+19%16%30.7×21.1%+18.4%
Haier Smart Home 600690.SSChina$28.0B0%-8%7%11.1×-5.9%+7.6%
LG Electronics India LGEINDIA.NSIndia$12.6B+14%+1%9%52.1×36.6%+7.3%
De'Longhi DLG.MIItaly$7.65B+23%+6%13%18.0×14.2%+10.1%
Arashi Vision 688775.SSChina$6.41B-45%+74%-1%135.2×n/an/a
Howden Joinery HWDN.LUnited Kingdom$6.12B+16%+4%15%16.6×14.9%+9.3%
TCL Electronics 1070.HKHong Kong$6.01B+3%+14%3%12.4×-2.3%+17.6%
Coway 021240.KSSouth Korea$5.56B+26%+14%18%10.8×n/an/a
Zhejiang Supor 002032.SZChina$5.37B-4%0%10%18.0×-2.8%+4.1%
Aditya Infotech CPPLUS.NSIndia$5.37B+68%+36%13%69.9×n/an/a
Hisense Visual Technology 600060.SSChina$5.31B+8%-2%5%12.8×-3.4%+8.0%
Beijing Roborock Technology 688169.SSChina$5.29B+17%+31%8%17.3×4.6%+32.8%
Hisense Home Appliances 000921.SZChina$4.37B-2%-11%3%14.2×-11.4%+12.7%
Shenzhen MTC 002429.SZChina$4.30B-42%+3%7%22.1×n/an/a
Ecovacs Robotics 603486.SSChina$4.22B-25%+10%7%14.5×16.2%+21.4%
Seb SK.PAFrance$3.55B+8%-1%8%12.1×-0.8%+3.3%
Breville BRG.AXAustralia$3.33B+13%+7%11%31.1×26.4%+8.8%
Nikon 7731.TJapan$3.17B-12%-4%-2%45.4×n/an/a
Joyoung 002242.SZChina$2.87B+131%-7%-1%159.7×n/an/a
Kingclean Electric 603355.SSChina$2.79B+4%-2%8%35.9×4.4%+9.4%

Questions

Who are Midea's main competitors?
Named competitors: Haier Smart Home (600690.SS), Gree Electric Appliances (000651.SZ), Whirlpool Corporation (WHR), LG Electronics (066570.KS), Samsung Electronics (005930.KS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes SharkNinja (SN), Haier Smart Home (600690.SS), LG Electronics India (LGEINDIA.NS), De'Longhi (DLG.MI), Arashi Vision (688775.SS), Howden Joinery (HWDN.L).
Is Midea expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 13.8× against a peer median of 18.0×, 6th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Midea stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +23.4% against +7.9% for the median peer; over one year +28.8%.

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.