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Shenzhen Dobot Corp Ltd Class H2432.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Industrials›Industrial Machinery

Chinese maker of desktop and light-industrial robotic arms for education, research and small-scale automation.

≈ China's answer to a desktop robotics/Universal Robots-lite makerMomentum laggard 10
Mkt cap
$937M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
58%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$9.56M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-42.6 pp
WACC 9.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
143 days
29 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$16.70
1D-4.6%
1W-1.7%
1M-19.6%
3M-37.0%
6M-49.9%
YTD-55.9%
1Y-66.4%
ATR %8.4%
52w lowhigh69.0% off high

What Shenzhen Dobot does

Chinese maker of desktop and light-industrial robotic arms for education, research and small-scale automation.

Sells arms through distributors, integrators and online stores, with desktop arms feeding schools and makers, and larger collaborative robots (built to work beside people without cages) going into factories and shops. It listed in Hong Kong in 2024 and is expanding into humanoid-robot development.

In one line: China's answer to a desktop robotics/Universal Robots-lite maker.

Products and services

  • Desktop robotic arms
  • Delta/collaborative robots
  • Robotics education kits

Customers

  • Educational institutions
  • Small manufacturers/SMEs
  • Research labs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Robotics
  • Desktop/light-industrial robot arms

What could go right

  • Growth of light-industrial automation and STEM education robotics

What could go wrong

  • Niche market size limits scale
  • Competition from larger cobot makers

Moat: narrow (brand, process know-how). Early mover in affordable desktop robotic arms with a recognized brand in the education/light-automation niche.

Headquarters: Shenzhen, China · Founded: 2015 · Employees: 768

Named competitors

Shenzhen Dobot at a glance

Size Shenzhen Dobot (2432.HK) is a Hong Kong Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $937M, the 609th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$16.70 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 49.9%, against -11.2% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 66.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.4%); the operating margin is -32.7% (peer median 6.9%).

Valuation It trades at 6.8× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.2× (4th most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 42.6 points below its cost of capital (9.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 862432.HK 48
Six months, rebased to 100: Shenzhen Dobot against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Shenzhen Dobot financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$732MHK$534MHK$405MHK$317MHK$280M
Revenue growth—+32%+28%+13%—
Gross profitHK$340MHK$246MHK$189MHK$121MHK$101M
EBITDA-HK$194M-HK$130M-HK$102M-HK$103M-HK$81.2M
Net income-HK$167M-HK$90.6M-HK$103M-HK$114M-HK$61.0M
Free cash flow-HK$307M-HK$54.3M-HK$112M-HK$186M-HK$159M
Capital expenditureHK$85.0MHK$16.5MHK$15.9MHK$12.6MHK$27.4M
Total debtn/aHK$88.8MHK$241MHK$74.0MHK$36.3M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Shenzhen Dobot 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%UNIMECH688155603985002006SMHN6420002073DYNAMATECH688556003036002510GHM64986006048070300358BANCOINDIA95512432.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Shenzhen Dobot is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%0×5×10×UNIMECH6881556106603985002006SMHN6420002073DYNAMATECH688556003036002510GHM649860060480706032772432.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Shenzhen Dobot is the large dot.

Shenzhen Dobot competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2432.HK vs 3752.HK vs 2715.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Shenzhen Dobot 2432.HK$937M-50%+67%-33%6.8×n/a
Rokae (Shandong) Robotics 3752.HK$1.52Bn/a+105%-5%16.3×n/a
Estun Automation 2715.HK$3.79B-9%+13%4%5.9×28.7%

How Shenzhen Dobot 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.

Shenzhen Dobot against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2432.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.6%-4.7%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-49.9%-11.2%3rd lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-69.0%-38.6%2nd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+66.7%+10.4%highest of 21
Operating margin-32.7%6.9%lowest of 21
EV / Sales6.8×2.2×4th most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-42.6 pp-2.5 pplowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Shenzhen Dobot 2432.HKHong Kong$937M-50%+67%-33%6.8×n/an/a
Unimech Aerospace & Manufacturing UNIMECH.NSIndia$937M+63%+40%27%25.4×n/an/a
Shanghai SK Automation Technology 688155.SSChina$936M-53%+56%15%1.8×5.3%+43.3%
Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology 6106.HKHong Kong$940Mn/a+30%-12%13.3×n/an/a
Jiangyin Hengrun Heavy Industries 603985.SSChina$942M-45%-20%9%2.6×n/an/a
Zhejiang Jinggong Integration Technology 002006.SZChina$946M-31%-12%5%3.7×28.8%+9.6%
SUSS MicroTec SMHN.DEGermany$948M-53%-15%9%1.8×24.2%+14.8%
Galilei 6420.TJapan$925M-3%+4%13%0.7×n/an/a
Mesnac 002073.SZChina$923M-11%+18%4%0.6×-3.2%+21.6%
Dynamatic Technologies DYNAMATECH.NSIndia$922M+3%+17%7%5.2×n/an/a
Qingdao Gaoce Technology 688556.SSChina$922M-45%+5%-17%2.0×8.8%+37.4%
Zhejiang Taitan 003036.SZChina$953M-10%+14%2%3.9×n/an/a
Tianjin Motor Dies 002510.SZChina$918M-10%+5%-1%2.8×33.8%+12.2%
Graham GHMUnited States$916M-21%+21%7%3.4×n/an/a
Kitz 6498.TJapan$915M-21%+8%8%0.9×4.3%+9.5%
Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech 600604.SSChina$960M-13%-26%4%8.6×15.1%-1.7%
Chang Wah Electromaterials 8070.TWTaiwan$965M-10%+19%12%1.2×-6.6%+3.3%
Truking Technology 300358.SZChina$968M-8%+6%6%1.0×-1.7%+10.1%
Yindu Kitchen Equipment 603277.SSChina$969M-17%-4%19%2.2×-4.3%+11.1%
Banco Products (India) BANCOINDIA.NSIndia$905M-7%+22%14%2.1×24.8%+20.6%
METAWATER 9551.TJapan$972M+4%+13%6%0.7×0.9%+9.5%

Questions

Who are Shenzhen Dobot's main competitors?
Named competitors: Rokae Robotics (3752.HK), Estun Automation (2715.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Unimech Aerospace & Manufacturing (UNIMECH.NS), Shanghai SK Automation Technology (688155.SS), Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology (6106.HK), Jiangyin Hengrun Heavy Industries (603985.SS), Zhejiang Jinggong Integration Technology (002006.SZ), SUSS MicroTec (SMHN.DE).
Is Shenzhen Dobot expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 6.8× against a peer median of 2.2×, 4th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Shenzhen Dobot stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -49.9% against -11.2% for the median peer; over one year -66.4%.

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.