Employees: 779
Size Wuhan Zhongyuan Huadian Science & Technology (300018.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $825M, the 2680th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥11.26 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.4%, against -13.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.2%); the operating margin is 17.5% (peer median 2.2%).
Valuation It trades at 7.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 4.4× (6th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 26% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +16 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.3 points above its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥636M | CN¥649M | CN¥549M | CN¥444M | CN¥440M |
| Revenue growth | — | +18% | +24% | +1% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥301M | CN¥305M | CN¥248M | CN¥201M | CN¥192M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥151M | CN¥95.7M | CN¥52.2M | CN¥34.5M |
| Net income | CN¥112M | CN¥139M | CN¥77.0M | CN¥60.1M | CN¥8.84M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥65.5M | CN¥210M | CN¥143M | CN¥86.1M | CN¥86.6M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥54.3M | CN¥9.83M | CN¥3.87M | CN¥5.84M | CN¥8.50M |
| Total debt | CN¥11.4M | CN¥17.2M | CN¥4.49M | CN¥1.06M | CN¥2.45M |
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| Measure | 300018.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.8% | -10.1% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -17.4% | -13.2% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -31.2% | -48.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.7% | +8.2% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 2.2% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 7.9× | 4.4× | 6th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 25.8% | 17.3% | 4th least demanding of 7 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.0% | +15.5% | 2nd lowest of 6 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +15.8 pp | +9.2 pp | 2nd most demanding of 6 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.3 pp | -7.5 pp | 5th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuhan Zhongyuan Huadian Science & Technology 300018.SZ | China | $825M | -17% | +3% | 17% | 7.9× | 25.8% | +10.0% |
| Evolv Technologies EVLV | United States | $826M | -35% | +42% | -20% | 4.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Dianguang Explosion-proof Technology 002730.SZ | China | $832M | -54% | -6% | 6% | 5.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Anhui Landun Photoelectron 300862.SZ | China | $814M | +31% | -27% | -23% | 12.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Ruking Technologies 301525.SZ | China | $838M | -13% | -2% | 1% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Xi'an Manareco New Materials 688550.SS | China | $850M | -19% | -2% | 13% | 2.8× | 7.4% | +9.8% |
| Cosmo AM&T 005070.KS | South Korea | $789M | -45% | +8% | 2% | 2.0× | 29.5% | +17.4% |
| Catapult Sports CAT.AX | Australia | $788M | +15% | +19% | -17% | 5.0× | 27.1% | +18.0% |
| Changchun Zhiyuan New Energy Equipment 300985.SZ | China | $786M | +22% | +55% | -5% | 3.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Fujian Acetron New Materials 300706.SZ | China | $873M | -11% | +19% | 3% | 4.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Keytop Parking 2272.HK | Hong Kong | $761M | n/a | +4% | 11% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| RNBC New Energy 301667.SZ | China | $755M | -59% | +24% | 6% | 3.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Feitian Technologies 300386.SZ | China | $909M | -17% | -20% | -20% | 10.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Anche Technologies 300572.SZ | China | $747M | -29% | +13% | -33% | 8.0× | n/a | n/a |
| RoboSense Technology Company 2498.HK | Hong Kong | $914M | -55% | +32% | -22% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Toshiba Tec 6588.T | Japan | $918M | -2% | +7% | 3% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Beauty Tech TBTG.L | United Kingdom | $742M | +71% | n/a | 21% | 3.6× | 4.5% | n/a |
| Jiangsu Wuyang Automation Control Technology 300420.SZ | China | $921M | +51% | -10% | 5% | 7.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Sidea Semiconductor Equipment (Shenzhen) 301629.SZ | China | $924M | -39% | -27% | 0% | 16.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Shuangyuan Technology 688623.SS | China | $733M | -10% | +10% | 7% | 8.2× | 39.1% | +15.5% |
| Riken Keiki 7734.T | Japan | $930M | -7% | +11% | 22% | 2.1× | 2.6% | +11.4% |