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Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co., Ltd. Class A300033.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Operator of a leading Chinese stock-trading and financial-data app ('Tonghuashun'), monetized through software and advertising.

≈ A Chinese Bloomberg-meets-Yahoo Finance for retail tradersMomentum strong 66
Mkt cap
$22.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
60%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$375M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
32.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 17.3%
Hurdle
+21 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
116 days
2 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥202.70
1D-3.1%
1W+6.2%
1M+6.0%
3M-12.3%
6M-13.7%
YTD-11.9%
1Y-20.4%
ATR %4.8%
52w lowhigh34.8% off high

What Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network does

Operator of a leading Chinese stock-trading and financial-data app ('Tonghuashun'), monetized through software and advertising.

Gives most users the app free and makes money from brokers, who pay for advertising and promotion that steers retail investors to open accounts, and from paid data and analysis subscriptions. Income therefore rises and falls with how actively Chinese retail investors trade. Founder Yi Zhengming controls the company.

In one line: A Chinese Bloomberg-meets-Yahoo Finance for retail traders.

Products and services

  • Financial data/trading app
  • Software subscription services
  • Advertising

Customers

  • Chinese retail investors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial technology
  • Retail financial software
  • Stock-data app, trading software…

What could go right

  • Retail trading-volume/app-usage growth

What could go wrong

  • Trading-volume cyclicality
  • Regulatory scrutiny of financial-advice content

Moat: narrow (network effects, brand, distribution). Dominant retail-trading app with a large user base and advertising/subscription monetisation.

Headquarters: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China · Founded: 1999 · Employees: 5,087

Named competitors

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network at a glance

Size Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network (300033.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $22.9B, the 87th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥202.70 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.7%, against +15.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 47.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +20.0%); the operating margin is 55.6% (peer median 10.2%).

Valuation It trades at 32.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.6× (8th most expensive of 18).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 37% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is +21 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.

Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 117300033.SZ 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥7.56BCN¥5.99BCN¥4.16BCN¥3.51BCN¥3.51B
Revenue growth—+44%+19%0%—
Gross profitCN¥7.03BCN¥5.40BCN¥3.64BCN¥3.04BCN¥3.09B
EBITDAn/aCN¥3.36BCN¥1.74BCN¥1.31BCN¥1.60B
Net incomeCN¥4.04BCN¥3.21BCN¥1.82BCN¥1.40BCN¥1.69B
Free cash flowCN¥4.58BCN¥3.64BCN¥2.21BCN¥1.39BCN¥1.47B
Capital expenditureCN¥188MCN¥142MCN¥104MCN¥201MCN¥282M
Total debtCN¥0CN¥0CN¥0CN¥948,896CN¥1.87M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%-25%0%+25%UIOTPTCMDBCRWVTOSTZM2513AMSSSNCOKTAGENFFIVCRCLTWLOZS688111EVO300033.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%+100%20×40×60×UIOTPTCMDBTOSTZMAMSBSPSSNCOKTAGENCRCLTWLOZS688111EVO300033.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+25%+50%+75%+100%0%50%100%UPTCMDBTOSTZMAMSBSPSSNCOKTAGENCRCLZS688111EVO300033.SZGrowth 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. Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network is the large dot.

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (300033.SZ vs 300059.SZ vs 300803.SZ vs 601519.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network 300033.SZ$22.9B-14%+48%56%32.7×37.1%
East Money Information 300059.SZ$44.5B-8%+16%76%19.7×15.1%
Beijing Compass Technology Development 300803.SZ$5.91B-23%+12%0%174.6×46.9%
Shanghai Great Wisdom 601519.SS$2.49B-18%+6%-8%n/an/a

How Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network 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.

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300033.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+6.0%-4.4%6th highest of 21
6-month return-13.7%+15.5%5th lowest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-34.8%-28.5%8th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+47.9%+20.0%5th highest of 21
Operating margin55.6%10.2%2nd highest of 21
Forward P/E32.7×25.6×8th most expensive of 18
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)37.1%22.0%4th most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+16.3%+24.0%6th lowest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+20.9 pp-6.1 ppmost demanding of 17

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
Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network 300033.SZChina$22.9B-14%+48%56%32.7×37.1%+16.3%
Unity Software UUnited States$22.7B+83%+14%-14%49.4×33.5%+19.1%
Samsara IOTUnited States$24.0B+38%+30%1%48.5×n/an/a
PTC PTCUnited States$21.2B+33%+20%40%21.8×10.3%+8.6%
MongoDB MDBUnited States$25.2B+4%+25%-1%44.7×27.9%+33.1%
CoreWeave CRWVUnited States$25.6B-59%+115%-3%n/an/an/a
Toast TOSTUnited States$20.1B+38%+22%7%20.9×28.6%+49.5%
Cerebras Systems CBRSUnited States$20.1Bn/a+91%-81%n/an/an/a
Zoom Communications ZMUnited States$26.2B-18%+5%24%14.7×5.8%+12.9%
Z.AI Co., Ltd. -H- Reg S 2513.HKHong Kong$26.5B-56%+132%-272%n/an/an/a
Amadeus IT AMS.MCSpain$27.4B+18%+4%27%17.8×4.3%+24.6%
Bending Spoons BSPUnited States$27.9Bn/a+95%21%25.6×45.5%+94.7%
SS&C Technologies SSNCUnited States$18.2B+13%+9%24%10.2×6.9%+6.1%
Okta OKTAUnited States$29.5B+101%+11%8%41.3×39.2%+28.4%
Gen Digital GENUnited States$17.7B+32%+17%43%9.6×1.8%+14.4%
F5, Inc. FFIVUnited States$17.7B-12%+11%24%17.1×9.7%+5.6%
Circle Internet CRCLUnited States$17.3B-40%+26%13%68.1×23.2%+52.7%
Twilio TWLOUnited States$31.3B0%+19%8%30.7×38.2%+23.5%
Zscaler ZSUnited States$32.2B+30%+25%-4%40.5×20.7%+37.9%
Beijing Kingsoft Office Software 688111.SSChina$16.1B-8%+20%22%35.6×32.7%+21.3%
Evolution EVO.STSweden$15.8B+33%-3%57%14.4×-0.3%+31.2%

Questions

Who are Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network's main competitors?
Named competitors: East Money Information (300059.SZ), Beijing Compass Technology (300803.SZ), Great Wisdom Dazhihui (601519.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Unity Software (U), Samsara (IOT), PTC (PTC), MongoDB (MDB), CoreWeave (CRWV), Toast (TOST).
Is Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 32.7× against a peer median of 25.6×, 8th most expensive of 18 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 37% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is +21 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.
How has Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -13.7% against +15.5% for the median peer; over one year -20.4%.

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.