Chinese maker of air compressors, also developing geothermal power generation and clean-energy equipment.
Chinese maker of air compressors, also developing geothermal power generation and clean-energy equipment.
Compressors are the core: sold to factories, miners and builders, with spare parts and service on the installed machines adding repeat income. Geothermal power equipment and energy storage are newer, project-based lines whose sales arrive in larger, less regular lumps.
Moat: narrow (distribution, installed base). Established dealer/service network across China and export markets for compressors.
Headquarters: Shaoxing, China · Founded: 1956 · Employees: 3,740
Size Kaishan (300257.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $2.00B, the 1265th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥13.42 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 56.4%, against -3.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 18 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 11.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.6%); the operating margin is 15.3% (peer median 13.0%).
Valuation It trades at 22.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.8× (5th most expensive of 18).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.6 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 28 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.10B | CN¥4.71B | CN¥4.22B | CN¥4.15B | CN¥3.75B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +2% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥2.10B | CN¥1.63B | CN¥1.38B | CN¥1.33B | CN¥1.17B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.22B | CN¥995M | CN¥975M | CN¥814M |
| Net income | CN¥370M | CN¥364M | CN¥320M | CN¥433M | CN¥409M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥63.0M | CN¥258M | CN¥349M | -CN¥297M | -CN¥862M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥964M | CN¥670M | CN¥666M | CN¥931M | CN¥1.21B |
| Total debt | CN¥8.78B | CN¥8.42B | CN¥8.64B | CN¥6.01B | CN¥5.37B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaishan 300257.SZ | $2.00B | -56% | +12% | 15% | 22.0× | n/a |
| Atlas Copco ATCO-A.ST | $87.5B | +4% | +3% | 20% | 29.7× | 17.7% |
| Ingersoll Rand IR | $31.9B | +10% | +8% | 19% | 21.8× | 17.3% |
| Kobe Steel 5406.T | $4.83B | 0% | -3% | 5% | 7.7× | -1.1% |
| ELGI Equipments ELGIEQUIP.NS | $1.87B | -1% | +16% | 13% | 35.0× | 30.6% |
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 | 300257.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -19.8% | +0.3% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -56.4% | -3.5% | 2nd lowest of 18 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -65.1% | -22.1% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +11.6% | +16.6% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 13.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 22.0× | 18.8× | 5th most expensive of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.6 pp | +3.1 pp | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaishan 300257.SZ | China | $2.00B | -56% | +12% | 15% | 22.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Xi'an Shaangu Power 601369.SS | China | $2.00B | -22% | -5% | 7% | 18.2× | -11.1% | +3.2% |
| Enerpac Tool EPAC | United States | $1.99B | +9% | +6% | 20% | 18.8× | 3.8% | +4.3% |
| Max 6454.T | Japan | $2.01B | +1% | +11% | 18% | 19.4× | 2.4% | +9.2% |
| Landis+Gyr LAND.SW | Switzerland | $2.01B | +17% | -22% | 25% | 21.5× | -10.2% | -5.7% |
| Makino Milling Machine 6135.T | Japan | $1.99B | +35% | +17% | 12% | 10.1× | -3.2% | +17.5% |
| Direct Drive Tech 6731.HK | Hong Kong | $2.02B | n/a | +253% | -38% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CIMC Enric 3899.HK | Hong Kong | $1.96B | -32% | +6% | 4% | 10.4× | -4.7% | +15.6% |
| Shenzhen Hongfuhan Technology 301086.SZ | China | $2.04B | -23% | +58% | 14% | 27.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Miura 6005.T | Japan | $2.05B | -11% | +6% | 11% | 11.6× | -4.3% | +14.8% |
| Guangdong Topstar Technology 300607.SZ | China | $2.05B | -1% | +20% | 7% | 88.9× | 31.0% | -1.8% |
| Chenbro Micom 8210.TW | Taiwan | $2.06B | -57% | +54% | 23% | 10.4× | 0.3% | +23.9% |
| Burckhardt Compression BCHN.SW | Switzerland | $2.07B | -3% | -15% | 13% | 18.6× | -7.8% | +9.9% |
| LMW LMW.NS | India | $1.93B | +14% | +19% | 4% | 55.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Midera Food Processing MFP | United States | $1.92B | n/a | +11% | 14% | 16.4× | 0.9% | +10.5% |
| Suzhou Secote Precision Electronic 603283.SS | China | $1.92B | -12% | +9% | 20% | 20.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Excelland Robotics (Wuxi) 3231.HK | Hong Kong | $1.91B | n/a | +19% | -36% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ta Liang Technology 3167.TW | Taiwan | $1.89B | -9% | +103% | 23% | 19.6× | 31.8% | +15.9% |
| Shenyang Machine Tool 000410.SZ | China | $2.11B | -14% | +29% | -3% | n/a | 25.3% | +22.7% |
| OSG 6136.T | Japan | $1.88B | -2% | +20% | 18% | 11.4× | 1.7% | +9.0% |
| ELGI Equipments ELGIEQUIP.NS | India | $1.87B | -1% | +16% | 13% | 35.0× | 30.6% | +15.5% |