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OOIL0316.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Industrials›Marine Shipping

Parent of OOCL container shipping brand, majority owned by COSCO Shipping since 2018.

≈ A container-shipping holding company, sister to COSCO's OOCL brandMomentum leader 84
Mkt cap
$12.8B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
20%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$21.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
5.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.1 pp
WACC 7.8%
Hurdle
-6 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
133 days
19 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$152.20
1D-2.6%
1W-4.2%
1M+5.7%
3M+2.4%
6M+10.4%
YTD+24.4%
1Y+17.3%
ATR %3.5%
52w lowhigh14.9% off high

What OOIL does

Parent of OOCL container shipping brand, majority owned by COSCO Shipping since 2018.

Charges freight per container on fixed liner routes, part under annual contracts with big shippers and part at spot rates, so earnings follow both volumes and the going rate. OOCL shares ships and slots with COSCO, CMA CGM and Evergreen in the Ocean Alliance. COSCO Shipping Holdings took control in 2018.

In one line: A container-shipping holding company, sister to COSCO's OOCL brand.

Products and services

  • OOCL container shipping
  • Terminal/logistics operations
  • Container leasing

Customers

  • Global importers/exporters
  • Freight forwarders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Marine shipping
  • Container liner shipping (OOCL)…

What could go right

  • Global trade volume growth
  • Freight rate upcycles

What could go wrong

  • Freight-rate cyclicality/overcapacity
  • Global trade/tariff disruption

Moat: narrow (brand, scale, installed base). OOCL brand strength and scale, though majority-controlled by parent COSCO Shipping.

Headquarters: Hong Kong · Founded: 1969 · Employees: 11,665

Named competitors

OOIL at a glance

Size OOIL (0316.HK) is a Hong Kong Industrials company (Marine Shipping) with a market value of $12.8B, the 130th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$152.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.4%, against +16.5% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 8.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.2%); the operating margin is 10.0% (peer median 14.3%).

Valuation It trades at 5.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.0× (5th cheapest of 20).

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 +4%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.1 points above its cost of capital (7.8% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1170316.HK 111
Six months, rebased to 100: OOIL against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

OOIL financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$78.3BHK$75.8BHK$83.5BHK$65.3BHK$155B
Revenue growth—-9%+28%-58%—
Gross profitHK$11.3BHK$12.3BHK$21.6BHK$8.63BHK$81.4B
EBITDAHK$15.9BHK$16.8BHK$24.5BHK$13.7BHK$83.2B
Net incomeHK$10.1BHK$11.8BHK$20.1BHK$10.7BHK$78.0B
Free cash flowHK$918MHK$2.45BHK$18.6B-HK$2.00BHK$85.5B
Capital expenditureHK$14.6BHK$15.8BHK$9.88BHK$10.9BHK$4.29B
Total debtn/aHK$9.96BHK$10.7BHK$11.2BHK$16.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

OOIL 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

0%+20%-20%-10%0%1138910491070112006010181308260391012615601872WAWIHLAGKEX2609KNIN60042819196018660316.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. OOIL is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%10×20×1138910491070112001308260391012615601872WAWIHLAGKEX2609KNIN60042819196018660316.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. OOIL is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%113891070112006010181308260391012615601872WAWIHLAGMATX60042819190316.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. OOIL is the large dot.

OOIL competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (0316.HK vs 1919.HK vs MAERSK-A.CO vs HLAG.DE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
OOIL 0316.HK$12.8B+10%-8%10%5.9×-2.3%
COSCO SHIPPING 1919.HK$38.5B+20%-5%13%6.0×-8.7%
A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S MAERSK-A.CO$47.6B+44%-8%5%5.9×-1.3%
Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE$25.1B+11%-9%2%18.5×34.4%
Evergreen Marine Corp(taiwan) 2603.TW$16.1B+28%-20%15%5.0×-9.1%

How OOIL 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.

OOIL against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure0316.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.7%-4.8%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+10.4%+16.5%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-14.9%-15.1%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-8.1%+0.2%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin10.0%14.3%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E5.9×9.0×5th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-2.3%-0.4%8th least demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+3.6%+9.2%lowest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.9 pp-13.0 pp7th most demanding of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.1 pp+2.4 pp10th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA4.1×8.7×2nd cheapest of 17
Net debt / EBITDA-2.2×1.1×3rd least indebted of 18

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
OOIL 0316.HKHong Kong$12.8B+10%-8%10%5.9×-2.3%+3.6%
COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation 1138.HKHong Kong$12.8B-22%+22%31%4.7×0.5%+7.1%
Mitsui O.s.k. Lines 9104.TJapan$15.0B+10%+20%6%7.3×n/an/a
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha 9107.TJapan$11.0B+17%+11%8%9.4×7.3%+10.2%
HMM 011200.KSSouth Korea$15.3B+8%-5%11%9.7×-1.8%+11.2%
Ningbo Zhoushan Port 601018.SSChina$10.4B-4%+12%16%n/a-7.3%+7.6%
SITC International 1308.HKHong Kong$15.8B+34%+5%34%10.7×-0.4%+15.3%
Evergreen Marine Corp(taiwan) 2603.TWTaiwan$16.1B+28%-20%15%5.0×-9.1%+12.9%
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 9101.TJapan$16.8B+17%0%6%9.0×7.8%+8.5%
Wan Hai Lines 2615.TWTaiwan$9.12B+40%-14%22%5.8×-12.0%+11.4%
China Merchants Energy Shipping 601872.SSChina$19.6B-8%+60%39%6.3×-9.5%+5.4%
Wallenius Wilhelmsen WAWI.OLNorway$7.58B+29%-11%25%10.4×-6.6%+21.0%
Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DEGermany$25.1B+11%-9%2%18.5×34.4%+7.8%
Kirby KEXUnited States$6.39B-15%+8%14%14.6×6.2%+9.2%
Matson MATXUnited States$6.34B+16%0%14%10.9×11.8%+7.0%
Yang Ming Marine Transport 2609.TWTaiwan$6.03B+14%-22%6%6.5×n/an/a
Kuehne & Nagel International KNIN.SWSwitzerland$34.3B+35%+1%5%25.4×3.2%+3.7%
COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers 600428.SSChina$4.40B+25%+37%19%8.9×-17.9%+27.0%
COSCO SHIPPING 1919.HKHong Kong$38.5B+20%-5%13%6.0×-8.7%+4.3%
COSCO SHIPPING Development 601866.SSChina$3.87B-10%-3%13%3.8×n/an/a
Hoegh Autoliners HAUTO.OLNorway$3.64B+20%-4%30%9.6×-0.1%+16.4%

Questions

Who are OOIL's main competitors?
Named competitors: COSCO SHIPPING Holdings (1919.HK), A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSK-A.CO), Hapag-Lloyd (HLAG.DE), Evergreen Marine (2603.TW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation (1138.HK), Mitsui O.s.k. Lines (9104.T), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107.T), HMM (011200.KS), Ningbo Zhoushan Port (601018.SS), SITC International (1308.HK).
Is OOIL expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 5.9× against a peer median of 9.0×, 5th cheapest of 20 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 +4%, so the hurdle is -6 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has OOIL stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.4% against +16.5% for the median peer; over one year +17.3%.

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.