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Chinese AI company spun from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, providing big-data and natural-language-processing analytics mainly to government and media clients.
Chinese AI company spun from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, providing big-data and natural-language-processing analytics mainly to government and media clients.
In one line: A China Academy of Sciences-linked AI/NLP analytics provider.
Moat: narrow (IP / patents, regulatory licence, customer qualification). Academic (CAS) research pedigree and established government/media client relationships in a sensitive, qualification-heavy sector.
Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 2016 · Employees: 570
Size Beijing Zhongke WengeAI Science and Technology (1956.HK) is a Hong Kong Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $1.19B, the 555th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$53.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Growth Revenue grew 27.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.3%); the operating margin is -54.2% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 18.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.9× (2nd most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 90.3 points below its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | n/a | HK$440M | HK$345M | HK$276M |
| Revenue growth | — | +28% | +25% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | HK$193M | HK$145M | HK$92.6M |
| EBITDA | n/a | -HK$206M | -HK$184M | -HK$300M |
| Net income | n/a | -HK$189M | -HK$170M | -HK$286M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | -HK$202M | -HK$145M | -HK$218M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | HK$3.73M | HK$11.5M | HK$31.6M |
| Total debt | n/a | HK$97.9M | HK$15.3M | HK$39.4M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Zhongke WengeAI Science and Technology 1956.HK | $1.19B | n/a | +28% | -54% | 18.7× | n/a |
| iflytek 002230.SZ | $13.2B | -20% | +11% | -4% | 3.5× | n/a |
| SenseTime 0020.HK | $6.25B | -44% | +31% | -51% | 7.7× | n/a |
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.
| Measure | 1956.HK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -22.9% | -4.8% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -57.2% | -28.4% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +27.6% | +13.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -54.2% | 7.5% | lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 18.7× | 2.9× | 2nd most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -90.3 pp | -5.5 pp | lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing Zhongke WengeAI Science and Technology 1956.HK | Hong Kong | $1.19B | n/a | +28% | -54% | 18.7× | n/a | n/a |
| ICkey (Shanghai) Internet & Technology 301563.SZ | China | $1.19B | -26% | +26% | 4% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Chinasoft International 0354.HK | Hong Kong | $1.18B | 0% | +3% | 2% | 0.6× | 17.8% | +3.1% |
| Merit Interactive 300766.SZ | China | $1.17B | -30% | +30% | -2% | 12.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Modern Times Group MTG MTG-A.ST | Sweden | $1.22B | +16% | +42% | 11% | 1.3× | -8.4% | +23.7% |
| Vitec Software VIT-B.ST | Sweden | $1.22B | +18% | +6% | 21% | 4.0× | 3.8% | +22.6% |
| InnovAge INNV | United States | $1.22B | +18% | +15% | 8% | 1.2× | -6.7% | +9.2% |
| Cyient CYIENT.NS | India | $1.23B | +24% | +10% | 9% | 1.6× | 20.3% | +12.0% |
| PagerDuty PD | United States | $1.23B | +115% | +2% | 7% | 2.4× | 12.8% | +18.2% |
| Infomart 2492.T | Japan | $1.24B | +70% | +11% | 19% | 8.8× | 14.5% | +16.5% |
| Shanghai Yaoji Technology 002605.SZ | China | $1.14B | -11% | -3% | 20% | 3.1× | 6.4% | +1.0% |
| Datang Telecom Technology 600198.SS | China | $1.25B | -24% | -11% | -30% | 10.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Diagens Biotechnology 2526.HK | Hong Kong | $1.13B | -68% | +134% | -49% | 45.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Riskified RSKD | United States | $1.13B | +78% | +10% | -4% | 2.5× | 12.6% | +15.3% |
| Red Violet RDVT | United States | $1.12B | +41% | +20% | 18% | 10.9× | 39.4% | +21.1% |
| Digital Turbine APPS | United States | $1.26B | +200% | +19% | 10% | 2.6× | 33.1% | +12.5% |
| 74Software 74SW.PA | France | $1.11B | -5% | +11% | 14% | 1.7× | -1.7% | +18.9% |
| Fengzhushou 301382.SZ | China | $1.28B | -32% | +28% | 8% | 4.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Corsair Gaming CRSR | United States | $1.28B | +63% | +3% | 3% | 0.9× | 24.3% | -2.9% |
| Shenzhen HQVT Technology 1392.HK | Hong Kong | $1.28B | n/a | +28% | 5% | 13.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Sunline Tech 300348.SZ | China | $1.10B | -22% | +19% | -1% | 3.4× | n/a | n/a |