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Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. Class A300418.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Mobile-game publisher and internet-services company, formerly known as Kunlun Wanwei, with global gaming and AI ventures.

≈ A Chinese Zynga with AI-startup investmentsMomentum strong 61
Mkt cap
$7.33B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$320M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
1,291.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-22.7 pp
WACC 12.5%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
173 days
28 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥38.74
1D-3.0%
1W+16.5%
1M+1.0%
3M-6.9%
6M-20.7%
YTD-7.1%
1Y-5.7%
ATR %6.3%
52w lowhigh46.3% off high

What Kunlun Tech does

Mobile-game publisher and internet-services company, formerly known as Kunlun Wanwei, with global gaming and AI ventures.

Players pay through in-app purchases and subscriptions, and advertisers pay for reach inside its apps. Most of its audience is outside China, despite its mainland listing, and revenue depends on a handful of titles and apps.

In one line: A Chinese Zynga with AI-startup investments.

Products and services

  • Mobile games
  • Overseas social/internet apps
  • AI research/investments

Customers

  • Global mobile-game and app users

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Media & entertainment/Technology
  • Video games & internet services
  • Mobile games, overseas internet…

What could go right

  • Global mobile-gaming growth
  • AI investment portfolio gains

What could go wrong

  • Game hit-cycle dependence
  • Speculative AI-investment risk

Moat: none (brand). Portfolio of mobile-game titles and internet products without a durable structural moat.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 2008 · Employees: 2,394

Named competitors

Kunlun Tech at a glance

Size Kunlun Tech (300418.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $7.33B, the 335th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥38.74 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.7%, against +20.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 48.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.2%); the operating margin is -20.8% (peer median 16.1%).

Valuation It trades at 1,291.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 52.6× (most expensive of 20).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 22.7 points below its cost of capital (12.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 124300418.SZ 74
Six months, rebased to 100: Kunlun Tech against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Kunlun Tech financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥11.3BCN¥8.20BCN¥5.66BCN¥4.91BCN¥4.73B
Revenue growth—+45%+15%+4%—
Gross profitCN¥7.85BCN¥5.49BCN¥3.95BCN¥3.75BCN¥3.67B
EBITDAn/a-CN¥1.27B-CN¥399MCN¥617MCN¥987M
Net income-CN¥925M-CN¥1.59B-CN¥1.59BCN¥1.26BCN¥1.15B
Free cash flow-CN¥379M-CN¥941M-CN¥125MCN¥488MCN¥756M
Capital expenditureCN¥176MCN¥205MCN¥414MCN¥397MCN¥77.8M
Total debtCN¥1.38BCN¥2.04BCN¥1.47BCN¥1.46BCN¥802M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Kunlun Tech 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

-50%0%+50%-10%0%+10%IDCCTNEDUOLDBXYOUS9660968401003012694716ZETA300454TTANCDRPATHGTLBDSGQLYSSECT-B300418.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Kunlun Tech is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×500×1,000×IDCCTNEDUOLDBXYOU966096843012694716ZETACDRSECT-B300418.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Kunlun Tech is the large dot.

Kunlun Tech competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (300418.SZ vs 002555.SZ vs 9999.HK vs 002558.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Kunlun Tech 300418.SZ$7.33B-21%+48%-21%1,291.3×n/a
37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology 002555.SZ$5.29B-24%-10%14%14.2×5.0%
NTES 9999.HK$81.4B+8%+10%35%14.0×-3.5%
Giant Network 002558.SZ$5.61B-35%+105%48%10.0×-2.1%
Perfect World 002624.SZ$3.26B-26%-8%8%21.1×19.0%
Zhejiang Century Huatong 002602.SZ$14.0B-20%+28%21%11.1×-0.2%
Tencent 0700.HK$482B-11%+16%32%12.5×6.4%

How Kunlun Tech 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.

Kunlun Tech against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300418.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.0%-0.1%11th highest of 21
6-month return-20.7%+20.2%3rd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-46.3%-19.2%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+48.3%+15.2%2nd highest of 21
Operating margin-20.8%16.1%4th lowest of 21
Forward P/E1,291.3×52.6×most expensive of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital-22.7 pp+8.4 pp4th lowest of 19

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
Kunlun Tech 300418.SZChina$7.33B-21%+48%-21%1,291.3×n/an/a
InterDigital IDCCUnited States$7.35B+2%-12%45%41.4×13.4%+18.4%
Technology One TNE.AXAustralia$7.40B+15%+14%29%56.7×33.3%+14.9%
Duolingo DUOLUnited States$7.51B+49%+23%12%52.6×19.8%+45.0%
Dropbox DBXUnited States$7.54B+20%0%26%11.1×-5.0%+5.7%
Clear Secure YOUUnited States$7.55B-2%+23%26%24.2×15.8%+31.3%
SentinelOne SUnited States$7.58B+31%+21%-26%54.7×53.7%+60.8%
Horizon Robotics 9660.HKHong Kong$7.61B-48%+46%-101%159.5×n/an/a
Square Enix 9684.TJapan$7.02B+25%+1%20%26.9×-5.4%-2.1%
MiniMax 0100.HKHong Kong$7.00B-81%+159%-407%n/an/an/a
Empyrean Technology 301269.SZChina$7.70B+5%+15%-10%357.4×n/an/a
Oracle Corporation Japan 4716.TJapan$7.73B+10%+10%32%17.0×-6.9%+6.5%
Zeta Global ZETAUnited States$7.79B+81%+36%3%28.2×49.7%+28.8%
Sangfor Technologies 300454.SZChina$7.84B+5%+21%2%71.4×46.1%+6.9%
ServiceTitan TTANUnited States$7.89B+36%+23%-13%55.6×20.7%+27.1%
CD PROJEKT RED Spolka Akcyjna CDR.WAPoland$6.80B+4%-14%54%53.4×35.0%-16.5%
UiPath PATHUnited States$6.78B+20%+15%9%15.2×19.2%+21.5%
Gitlab GTLBUnited States$8.01B+85%+23%-8%55.0×18.8%+44.4%
Descartes Systems DSG.TOCanada$8.10B+32%+12%33%37.9×4.4%+16.8%
Qualys QLYSUnited States$6.59B+102%+11%35%23.7×4.7%+13.1%
Sectra SECT-B.STSweden$6.53B+27%+14%20%85.0×29.0%+16.8%

Questions

Who are Kunlun Tech's main competitors?
Named competitors: 37 Interactive Entertainment (002555.SZ), NetEase Games (9999.HK), Giant Network Group (002558.SZ), Perfect World (002624.SZ), Century Huatong Group (002602.SZ), Tencent (0700.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes InterDigital (IDCC), Technology One (TNE.AX), Duolingo (DUOL), Dropbox (DBX), Clear Secure (YOU), SentinelOne (S).
Is Kunlun Tech expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 1,291.3× against a peer median of 52.6×, most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has Kunlun Tech stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -20.7% against +20.2% for the median peer; over one year -5.7%.

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.