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CRRC Corporation Limited Class H1766.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Industrials›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery

World's largest maker of railway rolling stock, building high-speed trains, subway cars and locomotives.

≈ The world's largest train maker, a Chinese state-owned Alstom/Siemens MobilityMomentum leader 85
Mkt cap
$26.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$13.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-0.2 pp
WACC 6.9%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
140 days
26 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$5.47
1D-0.4%
1W+3.3%
1M+3.4%
3M+8.9%
6M+4.4%
YTD-8.5%
1Y-17.2%
ATR %2.6%
52w lowhigh19.1% off high

What CRRC does

World's largest maker of railway rolling stock, building high-speed trains, subway cars and locomotives.

Sells trains mainly through tenders run by the state railway operator and city metro systems, so orders follow the railway investment plan. These are the Hong Kong-listed H shares of the company formed in 2015 by merging CSR and CNR, which also trades in Shanghai. Maintenance and overhaul of trains in service is its second revenue line.

In one line: The world's largest train maker, a Chinese state-owned Alstom/Siemens Mobility.

Products and services

  • High-speed trains
  • Subway/metro cars
  • Locomotives/freight wagons
  • Rail signaling/services

Customers

  • Chinese national/local railway operators
  • Overseas metro/rail operators

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Rail equipment
  • High-speed trains, subway cars…

What could go right

  • China rail infrastructure investment
  • Overseas (Belt & Road) export orders

What could go wrong

  • China rail capex cyclicality
  • Overseas trade/security restrictions on Chinese rail equipment

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base, regulatory licence). Dominant domestic scale and installed base, though facing rising overseas rail-equipment competition.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 2015 · Employees: 151,602

Named competitors

CRRC at a glance

Size CRRC (1766.HK) is a Hong Kong Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $26.4B, the 63rd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$5.47 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.4%, against -10.3% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 5th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.9%); the operating margin is 5.8% (peer median 13.2%).

Valuation It trades at 9.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (4th 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 +3%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.2 points below its cost of capital (6.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20261766.HK 106Peer median 91
Six months, rebased to 100: CRRC against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

CRRC financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$321BHK$295BHK$266BHK$258BHK$258B
Revenue growth—+11%+3%0%—
Gross profitHK$75.9BHK$59.7BHK$53.7BHK$49.7BHK$51.5B
EBITDAn/aHK$26.0BHK$22.5BHK$21.6BHK$21.8B
Net incomeHK$15.4BHK$14.3BHK$13.4BHK$12.9BHK$13.6B
Free cash flowHK$19.2BHK$18.0BHK$20.7BHK$8.58BHK$20.5B
Capital expenditureHK$9.17BHK$10.2BHK$11.0BHK$8.95BHK$8.63B
Total debtHK$87.1BHK$108BHK$77.5BHK$66.8BHK$65.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

CRRC competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-40%-20%0%600031EPI-A63010340203291806326600150WRT1VMETSOSANDWABBS60004250095403808ASHOKLEYVOLV-A1766.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. CRRC is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%10×20×30×600031EPI-A63010340203291806326600150WRT1VMETSOSANDWABCNHBS6PCAR0004250095403808ASHOKLEY042660VOLV-A1766.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. CRRC is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%0%20%600031EPI-A63010340203291806326600150WRT1VMETSOSANDWABCNHBS60004253808042660VOLV-A1766.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. CRRC is the large dot.

CRRC competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (1766.HK vs ALO.PA vs SIE.DE vs 064350.KS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
CRRC 1766.HK$26.4B+4%+7%6%9.2×-2.4%
Alstom ALO.PA$5.56B-40%+4%4%n/a2.7%
Siemens SIE.DE$225B-4%+4%13%23.4×18.3%
Hyundai Rotem 064350.KS$5.75B-73%+12%15%9.7×-4.0%
Kawasaki Heavy Industries 7012.T$10.9B-39%+9%6%13.8×20.2%

How CRRC 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.

CRRC against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure1766.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.4%-6.4%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+4.4%-10.3%5th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-19.1%-21.0%7th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.0%+12.9%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin5.8%13.2%2nd lowest of 21
Forward P/E9.2×15.1×4th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-2.4%7.3%8th least demanding of 19
Growth delivered (Del g)+3.1%+9.1%4th lowest of 19
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.5 pp-1.6 pp6th least demanding of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.2 pp+5.1 pp5th lowest 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
CRRC 1766.HKHong Kong$26.4B+4%+7%6%9.2×-2.4%+3.1%
Sany Heavy Industry 600031.SSChina$24.6B-4%+18%11%17.4×-2.6%-2.2%
Epiroc EPI-A.STSweden$28.6B-10%+1%19%29.3×16.5%+11.4%
Komatsu 6301.TJapan$32.2B-12%+9%13%13.1×9.5%+13.6%
Doosan Enerbility 034020.KSSouth Korea$21.1B-65%+9%5%82.3×22.7%+13.2%
Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries 329180.KSSouth Korea$20.3B-62%+41%15%9.5×-7.0%+16.2%
Kubota 6326.TJapan$18.2B0%+13%11%10.0×7.5%+10.3%
China CSSC 600150.SSChina$39.7B-16%+80%8%13.3×-7.8%+22.4%
Wartsila Oyj Abp WRT1V.HEFinland$17.1B-25%-2%13%23.5×7.2%+8.5%
Metso METSO.HEFinland$15.8B+14%+8%15%23.6×15.3%+9.6%
Sandvik SAND.STSweden$45.8B-1%+14%20%21.0×13.3%+6.9%
Wabtec WABUnited States$47.6B+7%+13%18%23.8×17.0%+8.1%
CNH Industrial CNHUnited States$14.3B+5%+1%13%21.1×7.4%-7.0%
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) BS6.SISingapore$13.5B+11%+26%32%8.2×-10.1%+11.8%
Paccar PCARUnited States$53.7B-11%-1%11%15.4×11.2%+8.7%
XCMG Construction Machinery 000425.SZChina$12.6B-28%+8%8%11.0×-3.2%+6.4%
Hdksoe 009540.KSSouth Korea$12.5B-48%+23%23%4.4×n/an/a
Sinotruk Hong Kong 3808.HKHong Kong$12.3B-12%+38%7%9.4×-3.2%+1.5%
Ashok Leyland ASHOKLEY.NSIndia$10.7B+1%+16%17%24.8×n/an/a
Hanwha Ocean 042660.KSSouth Korea$10.7B-64%+18%13%8.7×-12.4%+13.2%
Volvo VOLV-A.STSweden$65.2B-1%-3%12%14.7×5.4%+7.2%

Questions

Who are CRRC's main competitors?
Named competitors: Alstom (ALO.PA), Siemens Mobility (SIE.DE), Hyundai Rotem (064350.KS), Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Sany Heavy Industry (600031.SS), Epiroc (EPI-A.ST), Komatsu (6301.T), Doosan Enerbility (034020.KS), Hd Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180.KS), Kubota (6326.T).
Is CRRC expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.2× against a peer median of 15.1×, 4th 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 +3%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has CRRC stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +4.4% against -10.3% for the median peer; over one year -17.2%.

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.