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Nanhua Futures Co., Ltd. Class H2691.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Chinese futures brokerage providing commodity and financial futures trading, brokerage and risk-management services.

≈ China's futures-brokerage equivalent of a smaller INTL FCStoneMomentum neutral 44
Mkt cap
$1.86B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
64%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$840,771
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
5.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
130 days
16 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$5.71
1D-3.0%
1W+6.8%
1M-2.6%
3M-16.0%
6M-17.1%
YTD-16.4%
1Yn/a
ATR %3.7%
52w lowhigh34.9% off high

What Nanhua Futures does

Chinese futures brokerage providing commodity and financial futures trading, brokerage and risk-management services.

In one line: China's futures-brokerage equivalent of a smaller INTL FCStone.

Products and services

  • Futures brokerage
  • Risk-management/hedging advisory
  • Asset management

Customers

  • Institutional and corporate hedgers
  • Retail futures traders in China

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Futures brokerage
  • Commodity & financial futures

What could go right

  • China commodity/derivatives trading-volume growth

What could go wrong

  • Trading-volume cyclicality
  • Commission-rate competition

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Licensed futures brokerage with established client relationships in commodity hedging.

Headquarters: Zhejiang, China · Employees: 1,045

Named competitors

Nanhua Futures at a glance

Size Nanhua Futures (2691.HK) is a Hong Kong Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $1.86B, the 435th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$5.71 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.1%, against -11.8% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 23.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +36.0%); the operating margin is 47.2% (peer median 28.9%).

Valuation It trades at 5.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.5× (cheapest of 11).

Next results Next results expected around 16 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 872691.HK 83
Six months, rebased to 100: Nanhua Futures against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nanhua Futures financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$2.01BHK$1.55BHK$6.24BHK$7.02BHK$7.95B
Revenue growth—-75%-11%-12%—
Gross profitHK$1.97BHK$1.49BHK$6.19BHK$6.98BHK$7.90B
EBITDAn/aHK$696MHK$660MHK$642MHK$435M
Net incomeHK$823MHK$527MHK$497MHK$444MHK$286M
Free cash flowHK$11.1BHK$7.56BHK$13.1BHK$4.32BHK$1.79B
Capital expenditureHK$53.4MHK$35.4MHK$11.9MHK$58.4MHK$36.9M
Total debtHK$1.57BHK$1.31BHK$989MHK$1.27BHK$1.64B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nanhua Futures 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%+100%-20%0%600621288960015560053350TOP02908628AMTD2855U10CFT000686CMCX86090622JSWHL2691.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nanhua Futures is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%10×20×30×40×60062160015586281375U10CFT000686CMCX8304LCLN2691.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Nanhua Futures is the large dot.

Nanhua Futures competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2691.HK vs 1375.HK vs 1788.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Nanhua Futures 2691.HK$1.86B-17%-24%47%5.8×n/a
Central China Securities 1375.HK$2.18B-27%+41%33%9.3×n/a
Guotai Junan International 1788.HK$3.58B+10%+43%65%n/an/a

How Nanhua Futures 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.

Nanhua Futures against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2691.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-2.6%-7.7%6th highest of 21
6-month return-17.1%-11.8%7th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-34.9%-32.6%10th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-23.6%+36.0%2nd lowest of 21
Operating margin47.2%28.9%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E5.8×12.5×cheapest of 11

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
Nanhua Futures 2691.HKHong Kong$1.86B-17%-24%47%5.8×n/an/a
Shanghai Chinafortune 600621.SSChina$1.97B-12%-5%25%15.6×n/an/a
IBF Financial 2889.TWTaiwan$1.75B+9%+66%58%n/an/an/a
Polaris Bay 600155.SSChina$1.74B-14%-4%5%38.6×n/an/a
Capital Securities 6005.TWTaiwan$2.04B-7%+81%46%n/an/an/a
Metaplanet 3350.TJapan$2.05B-27%+290%62%n/an/an/a
TOP Financial TOPUnited States$1.64B+93%-41%-14%n/an/an/a
GoFintech Quantum Innovation 0290.HKHong Kong$1.62B-82%+108%26%n/an/an/a
Matsui Securities 8628.TJapan$1.61B+7%+47%47%11.9×n/an/a
Central China Securities 1375.HKHong Kong$2.18B-27%+41%33%9.3×n/an/a
AMTD IDEA Group Sponsored ADR AMTDUnited States$1.50B-52%+14%27%n/an/an/a
President Securities 2855.TWTaiwan$2.34B+24%+796%32%n/an/an/a
UOB-Kay Hian U10.SISingapore$2.36B-29%+36%42%9.4×n/an/a
Compagnie Financiere Tradition CFT.SWSwitzerland$2.37B-15%+3%14%13.1×n/an/a
Northeast Securities 000686.SZChina$2.52B-17%+1%23%11.1×n/an/a
CMC Markets CMCX.LUnited Kingdom$2.54B+79%+16%27%10.5×n/an/a
Aozora Bank 8304.TJapan$2.60B+17%+12%29%14.4×n/an/a
Okasan Securities 8609.TJapan$1.33B+5%+36%29%n/an/an/a
Lincoln International LCLNUnited States$2.65Bn/a+35%28%18.3×n/an/a
Oshidori International 0622.HKHong Kong$2.67B+52%+71%47%n/an/an/a
JSW JSWHL.NSIndia$1.29B-16%+55%94%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Nanhua Futures's main competitors?
Named competitors: Central China Securities (1375.HK), Guotai Junan International (1788.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Shanghai Chinafortune (600621.SS), IBF Financial (2889.TW), Polaris Bay (600155.SS), Capital Securities (6005.TW), Metaplanet (3350.T), TOP Financial (TOP).
Is Nanhua Futures expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 5.8× against a peer median of 12.5×, cheapest of 11 in its peer set.
How has Nanhua Futures stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -17.1% against -11.8% for the median peer.

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.