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Houpu Clean Energy Group Co., Ltd. Class A300471.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Industrial Machinery
Momentum strong 65
Mkt cap
$678M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
66%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$15.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-6.4 pp
WACC 9.6%
Hurdle
+23 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · CNYCN¥9.61
1D-2.2%
1W+7.2%
1M-5.0%
3M+0.1%
6M-19.8%
YTD-23.7%
1Y-18.0%
ATR %4.6%
52w lowhigh44.0% off high

What Houpu Clean Energy does

Employees: 1,031

Houpu Clean Energy at a glance

Size Houpu Clean Energy (300471.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $678M, the 3144th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.61 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 19.8%, against -29.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 1.2% (peer median 7.4%).

Valuation It trades at 3.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.2× (10th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 41% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is +23 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 6.4 points below its cost of capital (9.6% WACC).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026300471.SZ 81Peer median 69
Six months, rebased to 100: Houpu Clean Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Houpu Clean Energy financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥1.05BCN¥1.06BCN¥620MCN¥925MCN¥706M
Revenue growth—+72%-33%+31%—
Gross profitCN¥323MCN¥284MCN¥128MCN¥175MCN¥123M
EBITDAn/aCN¥100M-CN¥53.7MCN¥6.24M-CN¥62.0M
Net incomeCN¥106MCN¥7.84M-CN¥82.4M-CN¥70.2M-CN¥136M
Free cash flowCN¥50.1MCN¥158MCN¥27.1MCN¥24.9M-CN¥138M
Capital expenditureCN¥10.6MCN¥53.5MCN¥89.8MCN¥92.9MCN¥94.8M
Total debtCN¥329MCN¥314MCN¥178MCN¥314MCN¥379M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Houpu Clean Energy competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-40%-20%0%301008AEROFLEX603088344568810162843006293013173003203002930020260027576033180026130025203011484585300471.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Houpu Clean Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%5×10×301008AEROFLEX603088344568810162843006293013173003200004043002930020260027570008213016776033180026130025203011484585300471.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Houpu Clean Energy is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%603088344568810162843006293003200004040020260027570025203011484585300471.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. Houpu Clean Energy is the large dot.

Houpu Clean Energy competitors and peer comparison

How Houpu Clean Energy 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.

Houpu Clean Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300471.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.0%-8.1%7th highest of 21
6-month return-19.8%-29.3%7th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-44.0%-43.9%10th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+8.4%+5.8%11th highest of 21
Operating margin1.2%7.4%8th lowest of 21
EV / Sales3.9×3.2×10th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)41.1%7.4%3rd most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+17.7%+9.5%2nd highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+23.5 pp-1.3 pp4th most demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-6.4 pp-2.3 pp4th lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Houpu Clean Energy 300471.SZChina$678M-20%+8%1%3.9×41.1%+17.7%
Zhejiang Hongchang Electrical Technology 301008.SZChina$677M+9%+3%-1%3.6×n/an/a
Aeroflex Industries AEROFLEX.NSIndia$676M+17%+55%20%10.7×n/an/a
JDM Jingda Machine (Ningbo) 603088.SSChina$682M-24%+13%13%4.5×20.3%+15.9%
RS Technologies 3445.TJapan$671M-34%+18%19%1.3×2.8%+24.6%
Suntar Environmental Technology 688101.SSChina$670M-39%+20%24%1.8×0.0%+11.8%
Nissei ASB Machine Co 6284.TJapan$686M-9%+9%26%1.6×0.4%+9.9%
Guangdong Kingstrong Technology 300629.SZChina$669M-29%+33%33%9.4×19.8%+4.2%
Xinlei Compressor 301317.SZChina$687M-49%+10%-16%5.7×n/an/a
Jiangyin Haida Rubber & Plastic 300320.SZChina$687M-20%+2%9%1.2×7.9%+9.7%
Changhong Huayi Compressor 000404.SZChina$665M-23%-6%5%0.5×-12.1%+2.4%
Shenyang Blue Silver Industry Automatic Equipment 300293.SZChina$662M-30%-9%-13%4.0×n/an/a
Shandong Weida Machinery 002026.SZChina$660M-19%+2%9%1.4×7.5%-2.4%
Nanxing Machinery 002757.SZChina$697M-32%+17%5%1.3×4.8%+9.9%
J.S. Corrugating Machinery 000821.SZChina$659M-33%-32%1%1.1×n/an/a
Zhejiang Xinxing Tools 301677.SZChina$658Mn/a+10%40%6.1×-1.0%+9.6%
Shuifa Gas 603318.SSChina$656M-45%-4%11%2.4×n/an/a
Luoyang North Glass Technology 002613.SZChina$700M-18%-18%-2%2.8×7.4%+8.1%
ZheJiang RIFA Digital Precision Machinery 002520.SZChina$700M+7%-48%-137%6.3×18.1%-9.3%
Xiamen Jiarong Technology 301148.SZChina$703M-29%-2%-1%7.8×46.2%-3.2%
Techman Robot 4585.TWTaiwan$652M-40%+33%6%10.9×50.5%+9.4%

Questions

Which companies are Houpu Clean Energy's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Zhejiang Hongchang Electrical Technology (301008.SZ), Aeroflex Industries (AEROFLEX.NS), JDM Jingda Machine (Ningbo) (603088.SS), RS Technologies (3445.T), Suntar Environmental Technology (688101.SS), Nissei ASB Machine Co (6284.T), Guangdong Kingstrong Technology (300629.SZ), Xinlei Compressor (301317.SZ).
Is Houpu Clean Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 3.9× against a peer median of 3.2×, 10th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 41% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +18%, so the hurdle is +23 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 Houpu Clean Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -19.8% against -29.3% for the median peer; over one year -18.0%.

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.