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Morimatsu International Holdings Company Limited2155.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Industrials›Industrial Machinery

Chinese maker of stainless-steel process equipment and pressure vessels for pharmaceutical, biotech, food and chemical manufacturers.

≈ A smaller-scale Chinese answer to GEA or Alfa LavalMomentum neutral 48
Mkt cap
$1.03B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
33%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.01M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.1 pp
WACC 9.4%
Hurdle
-20 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
146 days
1 Apr 2027
Close · HKDHK$6.35
1D-7.0%
1W-3.0%
1M-8.2%
3M-9.3%
6M-15.7%
YTD-31.1%
1Y-32.1%
ATR %6.3%
52w lowhigh47.4% off high

What Morimatsu International does

Chinese maker of stainless-steel process equipment and pressure vessels for pharmaceutical, biotech, food and chemical manufacturers.

Takes orders for custom stainless-steel process systems built to a drug maker's design, then installs and validates them, with revenue booked as projects progress, so results follow customers' plant-building budgets rather than steady repeat purchases. Pharma and biotech plant builds are its biggest source of orders.

In one line: A smaller-scale Chinese answer to GEA or Alfa Laval.

Products and services

  • Bioreactors/pharma process equipment
  • Chemical/food process vessels
  • Engineering/installation services

Customers

  • Pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturers
  • Food & beverage and chemical companies

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Process equipment
  • Stainless-steel vessels & bioprocessing…

What could go right

  • Global biopharma manufacturing capacity expansion

What could go wrong

  • Pharma/biotech capex cyclicality

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification). Engineering expertise and validated equipment for regulated pharma/biotech manufacturing create switching costs.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 2003 · Employees: 4,800

Named competitors

Morimatsu International at a glance

Size Morimatsu International (2155.HK) is a Hong Kong Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $1.03B, the 588th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$6.35 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.7%, against -23.4% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 14.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.8%); the operating margin is 2.9% (peer median 8.8%).

Valuation It trades at 14.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.0× (4th cheapest of 15).

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 +18%, so the hurdle is -20 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.1 points below its cost of capital (9.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 1 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

7510012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20262155.HK 85Peer median 75
Six months, rebased to 100: Morimatsu International against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Morimatsu International financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$7.61BHK$7.54BHK$7.53BHK$8.13BHK$7.54B
Revenue growth—0%-7%+8%—
Gross profitHK$1.67BHK$1.88BHK$2.17BHK$2.22BHK$2.03B
EBITDAHK$513MHK$889MHK$1.08BHK$1.18BHK$1.04B
Net incomeHK$123MHK$650MHK$799MHK$933MHK$778M
Free cash flowHK$1.32BHK$535MHK$1.30Bn/an/a
Capital expenditureHK$288MHK$376MHK$467MHK$631MHK$1.01B
Total debtn/aHK$666MHK$439MHK$453MHK$549M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Morimatsu International competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-40%-20%0%6101605060002009300382002119688376300307002438LIAB63763004880028330012883232806030403004995331802860528879092155.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Morimatsu International is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×60×605060002009300382688376002438LIAB6376002833001288603040300499533180286052882155.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Morimatsu International is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%6101605060002009300307002438LIAB637600283360304079092155.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. Morimatsu International is the large dot.

Morimatsu International competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2155.HK vs G1A.DE vs ALFA.ST vs SRT.DE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Morimatsu International 2155.HK$1.03B-16%+14%3%14.2×-2.4%
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft G1A.DE$12.6B+25%+4%12%21.0×5.8%
Alfa Laval ALFA.ST$22.5B0%+4%18%24.2×7.9%
Sartorius SRT.DE$20.0B+34%+4%18%42.6×24.9%

How Morimatsu International 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.

Morimatsu International against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2155.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.2%-17.1%7th highest of 21
6-month return-15.7%-23.4%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-47.4%-51.3%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+14.3%+10.8%10th highest of 21
Operating margin2.9%8.8%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E14.2×20.0×4th cheapest of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-2.4%11.0%2nd least demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+17.6%+9.4%highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-20.1 pp+1.5 pp2nd least demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.1 pp-1.5 pp10th lowest of 21
EV / EBITDA8.2×9.5×3rd cheapest of 8
Net debt / EBITDA-8.1×1.7×least indebted of 9

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
Morimatsu International 2155.HKHong Kong$1.03B-16%+14%3%14.2×-2.4%+17.6%
Tsugami 6101.TJapan$1.03B-23%+24%27%n/a-5.3%+15.9%
Allied Machinery 605060.SSChina$1.03B-51%+24%22%21.1×15.5%+13.2%
Miracle Automation Engineering 002009.SZChina$1.03B-27%+6%1%28.8×34.6%-5.1%
Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment 300382.SZChina$1.04B-31%+11%-4%67.4×n/an/a
Ningbo Kangqiang Electronics 002119.SZChina$1.04B-12%+49%5%n/an/an/a
MayAir Technology (China) 688376.SSChina$1.04B-27%+7%9%28.2×n/an/a
Ningbo Cixing 300307.SZChina$1.05B+24%+31%9%n/a11.0%+9.5%
Jiangsu Shentong Valve 002438.SZChina$1.01B-23%-5%17%17.5×5.9%+6.1%
Lindab International LIAB.STSweden$1.01B-10%-3%7%17.7×4.2%+9.4%
Nikkiso 6376.TJapan$1.05B-5%+11%8%10.0×6.3%+6.3%
Est Tools 300488.SZChina$1.01B+17%+15%29%n/a15.3%+13.1%
Guangzhou KDT Machinery 002833.SZChina$1.05B-20%+19%20%13.4×1.5%+7.6%
Sichuan Zigong Conveying Machine 001288.SZChina$999M+1%-20%3%19.0×n/an/a
Taesung 323280.KSSouth Korea$999M-44%+67%3%n/an/an/a
Hangzhou XZB Tech 603040.SSChina$1.06B-34%+4%34%26.2×18.2%+16.5%
Guangzhou Goaland Energy Conservation Tech 300499.SZChina$1.06B-40%+28%5%51.7×n/an/a
Noritake Co.,Limited 5331.TJapan$991M-19%+9%9%8.2×n/an/a
Phoenix Silicon International 8028.TWTaiwan$991M-26%+24%24%18.3×n/an/a
Changzhou Kaidi Electrical 605288.SSChina$985M+12%+1%3%50.5×n/an/a
Ye Siang Enterprise 7909.TWOTaiwan$984M-53%-14%16%n/a34.9%-13.5%

Questions

Who are Morimatsu International's main competitors?
Named competitors: GEA Group (G1A.DE), Alfa Laval (ALFA.ST), Sartorius (SRT.DE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Tsugami (6101.T), Allied Machinery (605060.SS), Miracle Automation Engineering (002009.SZ), Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment (300382.SZ), Ningbo Kangqiang Electronics (002119.SZ), MayAir Technology (China) (688376.SS).
Is Morimatsu International expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.2× against a peer median of 20.0×, 4th cheapest of 15 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 +18%, so the hurdle is -20 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Morimatsu International stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -15.7% against -23.4% for the median peer; over one year -32.1%.

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.