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COL Global Co., Ltd. Class A300364.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Commercial Printing/Forms

Chinese digital-publishing company (e-books, digital content, IP licensing); TV's printing-industry tag looks outdated.

Momentum leader 93
Mkt cap
$2.86B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
87%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$418M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
1,310.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-32.5 pp
WACC 13.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
171 days
26 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥26.20
1D-3.5%
1W+18.4%
1M+28.5%
3M+7.6%
6M-9.0%
YTD+4.3%
1Y-5.0%
ATR %7.9%
52w lowhigh40.2% off high

What COL Global does

Chinese digital-publishing company (e-books, digital content, IP licensing); TV's printing-industry tag looks outdated.

Products and services

  • Digital books/content platforms
  • IP licensing

Customers

  • Publishers
  • Readers/content platforms

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials/Media
  • Digital publishing
  • E-books / content IP

What could go right

  • Digital-reading and IP-licensing growth

What could go wrong

  • Content piracy/competition from platforms

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, distribution). Owns digital rights to a large content library and distribution relationships with platforms.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Employees: 827

Named competitors

COL Global at a glance

Size COL Global (300364.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Commercial Printing/Forms) with a market value of $2.86B, the 900th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥26.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.0%, against -1.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 7 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.3%); the operating margin is -16.1% (peer median 8.4%).

Valuation It trades at 1,310.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.1× (most expensive of 7).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 32.5 points below its cost of capital (13.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 104300364.SZ 87
Six months, rebased to 100: COL Global against the median of its 7 peers (local-currency closes).

COL Global financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥1.48BCN¥1.65BCN¥1.16BCN¥1.41BCN¥1.18B
Revenue growth—+43%-18%+19%—
Gross profitCN¥725MCN¥589MCN¥374MCN¥624MCN¥577M
EBITDAn/a-CN¥422M-CN¥169MCN¥46.3M-CN¥75.0M
Net income-CN¥283M-CN¥671M-CN¥243MCN¥89.4M-CN¥362M
Free cash flow-CN¥82.2M-CN¥269M-CN¥144M-CN¥100M-CN¥99.1M
Capital expenditureCN¥94.1MCN¥66.4MCN¥95.2MCN¥115MCN¥146M
Total debtCN¥425MCN¥523MCN¥328MCN¥266MCN¥283M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

COL Global competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%FOURCMPRDLX791179122076300364.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. COL Global is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-5%0%+5%+10%+15%0×500×1,000×FOURCMPRDLX791179122076300364.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. COL Global is the large dot.

COL Global competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (300364.SZ vs 0772.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
COL Global 300364.SZ$2.86B-9%+9%-16%1,310.0×n/a
China Literature 0772.HK$3.18B-9%+12%2%34.3×40.8%

How COL Global 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.

COL Global against its 7 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300364.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+28.5%-3.2%highest of 8
6-month return-9.0%-1.4%3rd lowest of 7
Distance from 52-week high-40.2%-21.3%2nd lowest of 8
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.6%+6.3%4th highest of 7
Operating margin-16.1%8.4%lowest of 7
Forward P/E1,310.0×13.1×most expensive of 7
ROIC minus cost of capital-32.5 pp+0.0 pplowest of 5

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
COL Global 300364.SZChina$2.86B-9%+9%-16%1,310.0×n/an/a
4imprint FOUR.LUnited Kingdom$1.65B+23%-4%10%16.7×10.2%+18.5%
Cimpress CMPRUnited States$1.39B-38%+10%6%12.4×5.4%+7.7%
Deluxe DLXUnited States$1.22B0%0%13%6.6×2.1%+3.6%
Toppan 7911.TJapan$6.77B-3%+9%4%15.0×n/an/a
Dai Nippon Printing 7912.TJapan$6.96B-14%+4%7%11.8×n/an/a
Kanzhun 2076.HKHong Kong$8.39B+23%+16%33%13.7×6.3%+32.6%
Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions MPIMANIPAL.NSIndia$768Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a

Questions

Who are COL Global's main competitors?
Named competitors: China Literature (0772.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes 4imprint (FOUR.L), Cimpress (CMPR), Deluxe (DLX), Toppan (7911.T), Dai Nippon Printing (7912.T), Kanzhun (2076.HK).
Is COL Global expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 1,310.0× against a peer median of 13.1×, most expensive of 7 in its peer set.
How has COL Global stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.0% against -1.4% for the median peer; over one year -5.0%.

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.