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Keymed Biosciences, Inc.2162.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major

Chinese biotech developing antibody drugs for allergic and autoimmune diseases, led by CM310 (stapokibart).

≈ A Chinese Regeneron-style antibody biotech focused on allergy/immunologyMomentum neutral 48
Mkt cap
$2.48B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
70%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$30.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
18.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-41.2 pp
WACC 7.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
144 days
30 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$69.30
1D-1.2%
1W+3.4%
1M-10.6%
3M-15.3%
6M-5.7%
YTD+29.6%
1Y+22.8%
ATR %7.6%
52w lowhigh22.8% off high

What Keymed Biosciences does

Chinese biotech developing antibody drugs for allergic and autoimmune diseases, led by CM310 (stapokibart).

Income so far comes from selling its first approved antibody, CM310, into China's hospital system, plus upfront and milestone payments from partners that license other programs. The rest of the pipeline is still in trials, so spending on development runs ahead of sales.

In one line: A Chinese Regeneron-style antibody biotech focused on allergy/immunology.

Products and services

  • CM310 / stapokibart (IL-4Ra antibody)
  • Other antibody pipeline candidates

Customers

  • Hospitals/dermatologists and allergists in China

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Biotechnology
  • Monoclonal antibody therapeutics
  • Allergy/immunology drugs

What could go right

  • China allergic-disease drug market growth

What could go wrong

  • Clinical trial risk
  • Pre-commercial cash burn

Moat: narrow (IP / patents). Proprietary antibody pipeline with patent protection in a fast-growing allergy drug class.

Headquarters: Chengdu, China · Founded: 2012 · Employees: 1,625

Named competitors

Keymed Biosciences at a glance

Size Keymed Biosciences (2162.HK) is a Hong Kong Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $2.48B, the 382nd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$69.30 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.7%, against -3.4% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 0.1% over the last twelve months (peer median -2.4%); the operating margin is -73.1% (peer median 9.8%).

Valuation It trades at 18.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 35.7× (5th cheapest of 15).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 41.2 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 30 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20262162.HK 96Peer median 96
Six months, rebased to 100: Keymed Biosciences against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Keymed Biosciences financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$942MHK$777MHK$464MHK$391MHK$116M
Revenue growth—+67%+19%+236%—
Gross profitHK$644MHK$575MHK$350MHK$274MHK$71.3M
EBITDA-HK$586M-HK$545M-HK$569M-HK$428M-HK$590M
Net incomeHK$902M-HK$567M-HK$559M-HK$397M-HK$358M
Free cash flow-HK$963M-HK$930M-HK$818M-HK$672M-HK$733M
Capital expenditureHK$297MHK$365MHK$233MHK$423MHK$325M
Total debtn/aHK$878MHK$802MHK$461MHK$137M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Keymed Biosciences 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

-50%0%+50%-20%0%+20%0013RGC600267688428603858NEULANDLAB600867301301300436301080NAMSALM600518BIOA-B3696VCELPRGOBHVN2162.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Keymed Biosciences is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%0×50×100×0013600267688428NEULANDLAB600867301301301080ALMBIOA-B3696VCELPRGOH022162.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Keymed Biosciences is the large dot.

Keymed Biosciences competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2162.HK vs REGN vs SAN.PA vs 1801.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Keymed Biosciences 2162.HK$2.48B-6%0%-73%18.6×n/a
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals REGN$93.5B+27%+19%30%11.3×-2.2%
Sanofi SAN.PA$113B+14%+15%27%9.6×-5.4%
Innovent Biologics 1801.HK$19.2B-5%+43%17%53.3×11.7%
Lilly (Eli) LLY$1.27T+43%+46%51%28.9×5.9%
Galderma GALD.SW$54.8B+17%+16%19%48.1×18.4%
Almirall ALM.MC$2.74B-2%+24%8%30.6×7.3%
Akeso 9926.HK$10.2B-38%+42%-25%n/an/a

How Keymed Biosciences 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.

Keymed Biosciences against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2162.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-10.6%+1.6%5th lowest of 21
6-month return-5.7%-3.4%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-22.8%-22.9%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+0.1%-2.4%9th highest of 19
Operating margin-73.1%9.8%2nd lowest of 18
Forward P/E18.6×35.7×5th cheapest of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-41.2 pp-1.1 pplowest of 14

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
Keymed Biosciences 2162.HKHong Kong$2.48B-6%0%-73%18.6×n/an/a
HUTCHMED (China) 0013.HKHong Kong$2.58B+9%-9%-6%40.8×49.9%+19.3%
Regencell Bioscience RGCUnited States$2.61B-82%n/an/an/an/an/a
Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical 600267.SSChina$2.32B+18%-7%15%17.0×-9.1%-1.5%
InnoCare Pharma 688428.SSChina$2.31B-2%+135%35%94.3×-8.8%+344.2%
Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals 603858.SSChina$2.31B-7%+4%10%n/a-2.2%-5.8%
Neuland Laboratories NEULANDLAB.NSIndia$2.68B+14%+50%26%54.3×n/an/a
Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical 600867.SSChina$2.29B-14%+18%n/a26.2×1.6%+0.3%
Yili Chuanning Biotechnology 301301.SZChina$2.70B-20%-14%16%26.3×4.6%+4.8%
Fujian Cosunter Pharmaceutical 300436.SZChina$2.26B-35%0%-47%n/an/an/a
Acrobiosystems 301080.SZChina$2.72B+95%+29%17%64.9×45.0%+27.7%
NewAmsterdam Pharma NAMSUnited States$2.26B-51%-26%-900%n/an/an/a
Almirall ALM.MCSpain$2.74B-2%+24%8%30.6×7.3%+6.5%
Kangmei Pharmaceutical 600518.SSChina$2.77B-22%-6%-7%n/an/an/a
BioArctic BIOA-B.STSweden$2.78B-3%-46%22%53.4×25.7%+100.1%
InSilico Medicine Cayman TopCo 3696.HKHong Kong$2.80B-43%+153%-7%100.0×42.1%+22.9%
Vericel VCELUnited States$2.80B+63%+23%6%76.2×50.7%+17.3%
Perrigo PRGOUnited States$2.20B+35%-4%5%6.3×13.1%+0.8%
Biohaven BHVNUnited States$2.19B+47%n/an/an/an/an/a
Haw Par H02.SISingapore$2.18B-27%-13%30%12.4×3.7%+15.7%
Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry 600380.SSChina$2.86B-4%-12%18%15.6×-13.1%+2.4%

Questions

Who are Keymed Biosciences's main competitors?
Named competitors: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN), Sanofi (SAN.PA), Innovent Biologics (1801.HK), Eli Lilly (LLY), Galderma (GALD.SW), Almirall (ALM.MC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes HUTCHMED (China) (0013.HK), Regencell Bioscience (RGC), Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical (600267.SS), InnoCare Pharma (688428.SS), Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals (603858.SS), Neuland Laboratories (NEULANDLAB.NS).
Is Keymed Biosciences expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 18.6× against a peer median of 35.7×, 5th cheapest of 15 in its peer set.
How has Keymed Biosciences stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -5.7% against -3.4% for the median peer; over one year +22.8%.

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.