Operator of China's leading financial-data and stock-information portal, plus an online securities brokerage and fund platform.
Operator of China's leading financial-data and stock-information portal, plus an online securities brokerage and fund platform.
Draws free traffic with its financial-news portal and stock forums, then converts it into securities commissions, margin-lending interest and fund-sale fees on its Tiantian fund platform, so income follows retail trading and equity-fund inflows. It owns its own securities brokerage, which gives it the full customer relationship.
In one line: A Chinese Bloomberg-meets-Robinhood for retail investors.
Moat: narrow (network effects, brand, distribution). Dominant retail-investor traffic and brand feed a large, low-cost online brokerage funnel.
Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 6,403
Size East Money Information (300059.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Internet Software/Services) with a market value of $44.5B, the 37th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥18.78 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.8%, against +19.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 6 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 16.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.7%); the operating margin is 76.2% (peer median 25.6%).
Valuation It trades at 19.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.5× (2nd most expensive of 6).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.3 points below its cost of capital (10.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 15 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥22.2B | CN¥23.9B | CN¥19.3B | CN¥16.9B | CN¥16.9B |
| Revenue growth | — | +24% | +14% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥21.7B | CN¥20.1B | CN¥16.5B | CN¥14.3B | CN¥14.1B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥16.2B | CN¥13.2B | CN¥11.2B | CN¥11.1B |
| Net income | CN¥14.9B | CN¥12.1B | CN¥9.61B | CN¥8.19B | CN¥8.51B |
| Free cash flow | CN¥18.8B | -CN¥9.74B | CN¥45.1B | -CN¥3.34B | CN¥1.12B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥299M | CN¥157M | CN¥235M | CN¥523M | CN¥618M |
| Total debt | CN¥188B | CN¥137B | CN¥102B | CN¥85.3B | CN¥70.0B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Money Information 300059.SZ | $44.5B | -8% | +16% | 76% | 19.7× | 15.1% |
| Guotai Haitong Securities 601211.SS | $40.4B | +2% | +3% | 44% | 8.9× | n/a |
| Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network 300033.SZ | $22.9B | -14% | +48% | 56% | 32.7× | 37.1% |
| Futu Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR FUTU | $13.7B | -32% | +44% | 69% | 6.8× | n/a |
| UP Fintech Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR TIGR | $710M | -40% | +41% | 44% | 4.9× | n/a |
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.
| Measure | 300059.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +8.7% | +3.6% | 2nd highest of 6 |
| 6-month return | -7.8% | +19.8% | lowest of 6 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -29.9% | -16.3% | 2nd lowest of 6 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +16.1% | +2.7% | highest of 6 |
| Operating margin | 76.2% | 25.6% | highest of 6 |
| Forward P/E | 19.7× | 15.5× | 2nd most expensive of 6 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 15.1% | -1.7% | 2nd most demanding of 6 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +18.0% | +5.9% | 2nd highest of 6 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -3.0 pp | -7.4 pp | 2nd most demanding of 6 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.3 pp | +17.9 pp | 2nd lowest of 5 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Money Information 300059.SZ | China | $44.5B | -8% | +16% | 76% | 19.7× | 15.1% | +18.0% |
| Verisign VRSN | United States | $27.7B | +7% | +6% | 68% | 28.4× | 14.5% | +5.5% |
| Wolters Kluwer WKL.AS | Netherlands | $22.0B | +54% | 0% | 26% | 15.9× | -3.0% | +5.9% |
| Informa INF.L | United Kingdom | $15.3B | +5% | +5% | 19% | 15.5× | 15.4% | +19.5% |
| Check Point Software Technologies CHKP | United States | $14.7B | +25% | +3% | 28% | 13.4× | -1.7% | +5.7% |
| Gartner IT | United States | $12.0B | +20% | 0% | 19% | 11.8× | -4.0% | +9.6% |