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Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce Holdings Co. Ltd. Class A300226.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Information Technology Services

Runs Mysteel, China's leading steel and commodity price-data and online trading platform for the metals industry.

≈ A Chinese Platts/S&P Global Commodity Insights for steelMomentum strong 65
Mkt cap
$979M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
70%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$30.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
19.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.2 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
+2 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
154 days
9 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥16.43
1D-3.8%
1W+7.6%
1M-1.7%
3M-2.2%
6M-20.5%
YTD-21.5%
1Y-23.2%
ATR %5.5%
52w lowhigh41.1% off high

What Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce does

Runs Mysteel, China's leading steel and commodity price-data and online trading platform for the metals industry.

Earns subscription fees from steel mills and traders for price data and market information, while its trading and supply-chain services move physical goods at much thinner margins. The data subscriptions rest on Mysteel prices being widely used as benchmarks.

In one line: A Chinese Platts/S&P Global Commodity Insights for steel.

Products and services

  • Steel/commodity price data (Mysteel)
  • Online steel trading platform
  • Supply-chain/logistics services

Customers

  • Steel mills
  • Traders
  • Downstream manufacturers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Vertical data/e-commerce
  • Steel/commodity price data & e-commerce

What could go right

  • Steel/commodity e-commerce adoption

What could go wrong

  • Steel-sector demand cycles
  • Thin e-commerce trading margins

Moat: narrow (data, network effects, brand). Mysteel's price-benchmark data is an industry standard, hard for buyers/sellers to bypass.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 2000 · Employees: 3,582

Named competitors

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce at a glance

Size Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce (300226.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Information Technology Services) with a market value of $979M, the 2335th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥16.43 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.5%, against +9.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.3%); the operating margin is 0.4% (peer median 5.5%).

Valuation It trades at 19.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.1× (6th most expensive of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +2 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 1.2 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 110300226.SZ 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥75.2BCN¥70.7BCN¥76.4BCN¥86.3BCN¥76.6B
Revenue growth—-7%-12%+13%—
Gross profitCN¥1.02BCN¥913MCN¥1.14BCN¥1.23BCN¥1.20B
EBITDAn/aCN¥286MCN¥271MCN¥404MCN¥405M
Net incomeCN¥218MCN¥213MCN¥161MCN¥240MCN¥203M
Free cash flowCN¥518M-CN¥231MCN¥1.96BCN¥87.4MCN¥1.13B
Capital expenditureCN¥14.7MCN¥16.4MCN¥30.8MCN¥28.5MCN¥32.7M
Total debtCN¥32.2BCN¥22.9BCN¥13.1BCN¥6.65BCN¥3.57B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+50%+100%-20%0%+20%RPD3003000024210023804DX6007972317ASE000503TANLAGDYN300168E2E003040446AANOD-BNA99682MAX300226.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×200×400×RPD002380300168E2E003040446A300226.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%RPD0024210023806007972317ASETANLAGDYN300168ANOD-BNA99682MAX300226.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. Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce is the large dot.

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (300226.SZ vs SPGI)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce 300226.SZ$979M-21%+1%0%19.9×6.1%
S&P Global SPGI$136B+18%+6%46%24.1×n/a

How Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce 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.

Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300226.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.7%-1.0%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-20.5%+9.2%6th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-41.1%-38.8%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.0%+6.3%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin0.4%5.5%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E19.9×16.1×6th most expensive of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)6.1%7.9%8th least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+3.9%+11.9%4th lowest of 14
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+2.3 pp-4.3 pp5th most demanding of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.2 pp-3.9 pp10th highest of 20

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
Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce 300226.SZChina$979M-21%+1%0%19.9×6.1%+3.9%
Rapid7 RPDUnited States$989M+113%0%2%7.7×21.4%+15.9%
Strait Innovation Internet 300300.SZChina$964M-23%-8%-66%n/an/an/a
Shenzhen Das Intellitech 002421.SZChina$996M+5%-17%-17%n/a14.8%-8.8%
Nanjing Sciyon Wisdom Technology 002380.SZChina$957M-22%+7%12%16.2×11.3%+17.4%
4DMedical 4DX.AXAustralia$952M-33%+21%-814%n/an/an/a
Insigma Technology 600797.SSChina$943M-28%-13%0%n/a20.0%-2.9%
Systena 2317.TJapan$1.02B+4%+6%16%14.5×-10.9%+9.2%
Asseco South Eastern Europe ASE.WAPoland$940M+20%+7%16%16.0×-0.9%+11.9%
China Reform Health Management & Services 000503.SZChina$1.03B-11%+6%-45%n/an/an/a
Tanla Platforms TANLA.NSIndia$915M+14%+18%14%14.6×15.0%+13.5%
Grid Dynamics GDYNUnited States$1.05B+88%+7%4%21.8×27.8%+29.9%
Wonders Information 300168.SZChina$1.05B-16%+3%-17%487.0×51.6%-7.6%
ArcherMind Technology 300598.SZChina$906M-24%+7%-5%n/an/an/a
E2E Networks E2E.NSIndia$1.06B+49%+252%28%60.1×n/an/a
Chutian Dragon 003040.SZChina$869M-15%-23%-7%40.5×n/an/a
Northsand,Inc 446A.TJapan$1.11B+99%+60%21%26.0×2.3%n/a
Addnode ANOD-B.STSweden$859M+35%+5%10%16.0×4.5%+8.8%
Nagarro NA9.DEGermany$1.12B+78%+1%8%16.9×3.8%+18.4%
DTS 9682.TJapan$1.14B+14%0%12%15.5×-9.1%+8.4%
MediaAlpha MAXUnited States$841M+56%+15%7%12.1×-0.7%+13.7%

Questions

Who are Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce's main competitors?
Named competitors: S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts) (SPGI), Baiinfo (private) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Rapid7 (RPD), Strait Innovation Internet (300300.SZ), Shenzhen Das Intellitech (002421.SZ), Nanjing Sciyon Wisdom Technology (002380.SZ), 4DMedical (4DX.AX), Insigma Technology (600797.SS).
Is Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 19.9× against a peer median of 16.1×, 6th most expensive of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +2 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 Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -20.5% against +9.2% for the median peer; over one year -23.2%.

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.