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Employees: 819
Size Hota Industrial Manufacturing (1536.TW) is a Taiwan Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $309M, the 644th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$36.60 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 35.2%, against -19.9% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.6%); the operating margin is -12.3% (peer median 1.5%).
Valuation It trades at 23.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.8× (most expensive of 11).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 24% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -2%, so the hurdle is +25 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 7.4 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 18 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NT$4.80B | NT$4.81B | NT$5.27B | NT$6.60B | NT$7.34B |
| Revenue growth | — | -9% | -20% | -10% | — |
| Gross profit | NT$98.7M | NT$86.2M | NT$578M | NT$1.11B | NT$1.70B |
| EBITDA | NT$194M | NT$225M | NT$541M | NT$1.13B | NT$1.19B |
| Net income | -NT$541M | -NT$763M | NT$131M | NT$327M | NT$624M |
| Free cash flow | NT$261M | NT$363M | -NT$354M | -NT$44.4M | -NT$1.15B |
| Capital expenditure | NT$501M | NT$658M | NT$529M | NT$1.01B | NT$1.40B |
| Total debt | NT$12.5B | NT$12.8B | NT$12.6B | NT$12.1B | NT$11.9B |
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| Measure | 1536.TW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -20.6% | -12.1% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -35.2% | -19.9% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -46.0% | -44.1% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.2% | -3.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -12.3% | 1.5% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 23.6× | 11.8× | most expensive of 11 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 23.8% | 3.1% | 3rd most demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -1.6% | +5.4% | 3rd lowest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +25.4 pp | -4.1 pp | 2nd most demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.4 pp | -3.6 pp | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 59.9× | 0.6× | most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hota Industrial Manufacturing 1536.TW | Taiwan | $309M | -35% | -4% | -12% | 23.6× | 23.8% | -1.6% |
| KG Mobility 003620.KS | South Korea | $311M | -52% | +25% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sandhar Technologies SANDHAR.NS | India | $305M | -9% | +27% | 5% | 13.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Her Chee Industrial 8937.TWO | Taiwan | $314M | -36% | +333% | -45% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| United Alloy-Tech 3162.TWO | Taiwan | $317M | -18% | +26% | 1% | 14.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle 603787.SS | China | $318M | -23% | -12% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| KMC (Kuei Meng) International 5306.TW | Taiwan | $325M | +6% | -2% | 22% | 12.0× | -8.8% | -5.3% |
| Joy Kie 300994.SZ | China | $345M | -29% | -3% | 2% | 13.3× | 9.9% | +8.0% |
| Yulon Nissan Motor 2227.TW | Taiwan | $379M | -21% | -24% | -5% | 10.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Eson Precision Ind 5243.TW | Taiwan | $382M | -31% | -11% | 10% | 11.3× | -7.0% | +4.1% |
| Liaoning Shenhua 600653.SS | China | $450M | -16% | -42% | -3% | n/a | 35.7% | -11.9% |
| Anhui Ankai Automobile 000868.SZ | China | $468M | -26% | -1% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen China Bicycle Company (Holdings) 000017.SZ | China | $469M | -1% | -39% | 6% | n/a | 31.4% | +44.2% |
| Aston Martin Lagonda Global AML.L | United Kingdom | $474M | -26% | 0% | -12% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Amotiv AOV.AX | Australia | $476M | -19% | +3% | 16% | 6.5× | -4.7% | +13.0% |
| WINBO-Dongjian Automotive Technology 300978.SZ | China | $522M | -24% | -8% | 11% | n/a | 2.2% | +6.7% |
| Miller Industries MLR | United States | $526M | -4% | -21% | 3% | 16.4× | 4.0% | +3.9% |
| Jiangsu Yueda Investment 600805.SS | China | $559M | -17% | -4% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hirata 6258.T | Japan | $564M | -14% | +9% | 11% | 11.0× | 4.1% | +7.8% |
| Merida Industry 9914.TW | Taiwan | $573M | +9% | -16% | 6% | 11.5× | -4.9% | -0.3% |
| Jilin Liyuan Precision Manufacturing 002501.SZ | China | $591M | -25% | -9% | -55% | n/a | n/a | n/a |