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Cathay Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.2501.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Consumer Discretionary›Homebuilding
Momentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$719M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
45%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.28M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+7.8 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-32 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
132 days
18 Mar 2027
Close · TWDNT$20.50
1D-2.6%
1W+1.2%
1M+0.7%
3M-7.9%
6M-8.9%
YTD-12.4%
1Y-15.1%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh27.8% off high

What Cathay Real Estate Development does

Employees: 172

Cathay Real Estate Development at a glance

Size Cathay Real Estate Development (2501.TW) is a Taiwan Consumer Discretionary company (Homebuilding) with a market value of $719M, the 337th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$20.50 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.9%, against -6.9% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 13.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.3%); the operating margin is 19.4% (peer median 5.4%).

Valuation It trades at 6.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.5× (2nd cheapest of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -32 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.8 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 922501.TW 90
Six months, rebased to 100: Cathay Real Estate Development against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Cathay Real Estate Development financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$28.4BNT$24.3BNT$23.9BNT$15.5BNT$16.8B
Revenue growth—+2%+54%-8%—
Gross profitNT$8.79BNT$6.41BNT$4.79BNT$4.01BNT$3.43B
EBITDAn/aNT$5.28BNT$3.55BNT$3.62BNT$2.69B
Net incomeNT$4.45BNT$3.28BNT$1.58BNT$2.16BNT$1.21B
Free cash flown/aNT$5.17BNT$2.37B-NT$3.05B-NT$2.24B
Capital expendituren/aNT$183MNT$272MNT$299MNT$1.61B
Total debtn/aNT$38.5BNT$42.6BNT$42.1BNT$43.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Cathay Real Estate Development competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%-20%0%LEGH176260093917201AT00004218082520HOV600846DXT2548000797BDISDHC1489141960530396632501.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Cathay Real Estate Development is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%+300%20×40×60×LEGH176217201AT2520HOVDXT2548BDISDHCLGIH2501.TWRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Cathay Real Estate Development is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%LEGH60093917201AT00004218082520HOV600846DXT25480007971489LGIH96632501.TWGrowth 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. Cathay Real Estate Development is the large dot.

Cathay Real Estate Development competitors and peer comparison

How Cathay Real Estate Development 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.

Cathay Real Estate Development against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2501.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+0.7%-0.4%7th highest of 21
6-month return-8.9%-6.9%10th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-27.8%-30.6%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+13.9%+7.3%8th highest of 21
Operating margin19.4%5.4%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E6.8×18.5×2nd cheapest of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-20.7%-3.9%least demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+11.7%-1.4%2nd highest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-32.4 pp-0.1 ppleast demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+7.8 pp-0.4 pp4th highest 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
Cathay Real Estate Development 2501.TWTaiwan$719M-9%+14%19%6.8×-20.7%+11.7%
Legacy Housing LEGHUnited States$694M+25%-3%33%14.1×3.5%-1.4%
Takamatsu Construction 1762.TJapan$769M+16%+6%6%9.5×n/an/a
Chongqing Construction Engineering 600939.SSChina$773M-11%-28%-4%n/a-7.9%-16.8%
Tokyu Construction 1720.TJapan$774M-21%+11%5%9.3×-13.6%+8.1%
Atal 1AT.WAPoland$668M-5%+40%26%5.7×-3.9%+1.8%
Shenzhen Centralcon Investment 000042.SZChina$637M-34%+116%14%n/a-14.2%-24.7%
Run Long Construction 1808.TWTaiwan$844M+10%+741%25%n/a-12.0%-3.2%
Kindom Development 2520.TWTaiwan$600M+15%+10%16%7.0×-13.2%-3.5%
Hovnanian Enterprises HOVUnited States$594M-6%-10%3%25.4×4.8%+4.9%
Shanghai Tongji Science & Technology Industrial 600846.SSChina$870M-27%+51%3%n/a7.8%-6.8%
Dexterra DXT.TOCanada$876M+59%+9%6%24.0×5.1%+17.2%
Huaku Development 2548.TWTaiwan$928M-21%+331%22%19.9×-18.6%+10.0%
China Wuyi 000797.SZChina$517M-24%+78%-5%n/a-8.0%+4.2%
Black Diamond BDI.TOCanada$1.02B+25%+26%12%32.7×n/an/a
Smith Douglas Homes SDHCUnited States$499M-25%0%3%60.2×n/an/a
GC Construction 1489.HKHong Kong$495M+646%-51%-23%n/a30.4%-10.0%
LGI Homes LGIHUnited States$1.06B-2%-2%4%17.1×18.3%-6.4%
Tama Home 1419.TJapan$486M-26%+2%2%20.5×n/an/a
Hangzhou Landscaping 605303.SSChina$484M-17%-34%-27%n/an/an/a
Nagawa 9663.TJapan$475M-8%+3%13%n/a4.9%+3.8%

Questions

Which companies are Cathay Real Estate Development's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Legacy Housing (LEGH), Takamatsu Construction (1762.T), Chongqing Construction Engineering (600939.SS), Tokyu Construction (1720.T), Atal (1AT.WA), Shenzhen Centralcon Investment (000042.SZ), Run Long Construction (1808.TW), Kindom Development (2520.TW).
Is Cathay Real Estate Development expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.8× against a peer median of 18.5×, 2nd cheapest of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -32 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Cathay Real Estate Development stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -8.9% against -6.9% for the median peer; over one year -15.1%.

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.