Employees: 1,404
Size Guangdong Silver Age Sci & Tech (300221.SZ) is a China Materials company (Industrial Specialties) with a market value of $667M, the 3182nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.46 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.8%, against -6.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.4%); the operating margin is 6.7% (peer median 4.6%).
Valuation It trades at 26.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.3× (7th most expensive of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 28% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +22 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 4.7 points below its cost of capital (10.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 7 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.40B | CN¥2.19B | CN¥2.02B | CN¥1.66B | CN¥1.84B |
| Revenue growth | — | +9% | +22% | -10% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥491M | CN¥421M | CN¥313M | CN¥263M | CN¥272M |
| EBITDA | CN¥238M | CN¥218M | CN¥135M | CN¥85.1M | CN¥50.3M |
| Net income | CN¥156M | CN¥111M | CN¥51.4M | CN¥27.0M | -CN¥5.46M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥34.5M | CN¥51.6M | -CN¥153M | -CN¥219M | CN¥208M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥161M | CN¥156M | CN¥161M | CN¥279M | CN¥137M |
| Total debt | CN¥627M | CN¥368M | CN¥479M | CN¥223M | CN¥238M |
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| Measure | 300221.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -26.3% | -8.5% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -15.8% | -6.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -50.4% | -29.6% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.5% | +1.4% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 4.6% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 26.3× | 24.3× | 7th most expensive of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 27.7% | 9.4% | 4th most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.0% | +9.0% | 6th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +21.7 pp | +1.4 pp | 3rd most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.7 pp | -3.3 pp | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.6× | 11.8× | 4th most expensive of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8× | 1.4× | 5th most indebted of 14 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong Silver Age Sci & Tech 300221.SZ | China | $667M | -16% | +7% | 7% | 26.3× | 27.7% | +6.0% |
| SGL Carbon SGL.DE | Germany | $668M | +2% | -16% | 8% | 18.9× | 2.3% | -1.6% |
| Pizu 9893.HK | Hong Kong | $677M | -8% | -8% | 22% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Keshun Waterproof Technologies 300737.SZ | China | $656M | -41% | -12% | -8% | 34.2× | -15.7% | -0.6% |
| Central Glass 4044.T | Japan | $648M | 0% | +4% | 8% | 10.6× | -6.5% | -5.4% |
| Mativ MATV | United States | $646M | +27% | +1% | 4% | 11.0× | 6.2% | +13.0% |
| Rain Industries RAIN.NS | India | $645M | +35% | +17% | 10% | 12.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Konishi 4956.T | Japan | $643M | +9% | +7% | 9% | 12.3× | -10.1% | +4.9% |
| Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass 600819.SS | China | $643M | -24% | 0% | 2% | 30.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Hubei Sanxia New Building Materials 600293.SS | China | $640M | +15% | -34% | -21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fineotex Chemical FCL.NS | India | $635M | +86% | +91% | 15% | 34.4× | n/a | n/a |
| New East New Materials 603110.SS | China | $633M | -5% | -5% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| KeePer Technical Laboratory 6036.T | Japan | $631M | +24% | +12% | 27% | 15.6× | -2.6% | +17.1% |
| Shanghai Smith Adhesive New Material 603683.SS | China | $706M | -43% | +19% | 4% | n/a | 33.2% | +16.0% |
| Shenzhen Cotran Industrial Material 300731.SZ | China | $707M | -47% | -1% | -1% | 127.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Borosil Renewables BORORENEW.NS | India | $628M | -29% | +11% | 26% | n/a | 12.7% | +25.4% |
| Tianjin Jiuri New Materials 688199.SS | China | $628M | -3% | +15% | 3% | 64.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Ruifeng Chemical 300243.SZ | China | $715M | -19% | +2% | 5% | 31.6× | 35.4% | +8.6% |
| Wuxi Holyview Microelectronics 603375.SS | China | $618M | -10% | -17% | -9% | n/a | 53.9% | +17.3% |
| Shanghai Xinpeng Industry 002328.SZ | China | $723M | -39% | -23% | 2% | n/a | 14.7% | -2.0% |
| Sheela Foam SFL.NS | India | $614M | -7% | +20% | 6% | 24.3× | 23.3% | +9.4% |