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Chinese maker of precision tools and equipment for manufacturing customers.
Chinese maker of precision tools and equipment for manufacturing customers.
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Headquarters: China · Employees: 1,052
Size Est Tools (300488.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $1.01B, the 2282nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥35.71 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 17.2%, against -18.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 15.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.0%); the operating margin is 28.7% (peer median 7.7%).
Valuation It trades at 7.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.2× (3rd most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, 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 6.5 points above its cost of capital (9.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥789M | CN¥710M | CN¥606M | CN¥554M | CN¥524M |
| Revenue growth | — | +17% | +9% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥443M | CN¥272M | CN¥251M | CN¥232M | CN¥229M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥286M | CN¥239M | CN¥230M | CN¥213M |
| Net income | CN¥223M | CN¥169M | CN¥129M | CN¥135M | CN¥112M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥124M | CN¥47.9M | CN¥61.7M | CN¥63.3M | CN¥118M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥88.1M | CN¥123M | CN¥134M | CN¥100M | CN¥103M |
| Total debt | CN¥56.2M | CN¥476M | CN¥601M | CN¥60.3M | CN¥103M |
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| Measure | 300488.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.5% | -9.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +17.2% | -18.0% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -28.0% | -45.2% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +15.3% | +9.0% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 28.7% | 7.7% | highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 7.5× | 3.2× | 3rd most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 15.3% | 5.1% | 4th most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +13.1% | +9.5% | 4th highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.2 pp | -2.6 pp | 5th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.5 pp | -0.6 pp | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Est Tools 300488.SZ | China | $1.01B | +17% | +15% | 29% | 7.5× | 15.3% | +13.1% |
| Lindab International LIAB.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | -10% | -3% | 7% | 1.1× | 4.2% | +9.4% |
| Jiangsu Shentong Valve 002438.SZ | China | $1.01B | -23% | -5% | 17% | 3.6× | 5.9% | +6.1% |
| Sichuan Zigong Conveying Machine 001288.SZ | China | $999M | +1% | -20% | 3% | 5.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Taesung 323280.KS | South Korea | $999M | -44% | +67% | 3% | 19.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Noritake Co.,Limited 5331.T | Japan | $991M | -19% | +9% | 9% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Phoenix Silicon International 8028.TW | Taiwan | $991M | -26% | +24% | 24% | 7.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Miracle Automation Engineering 002009.SZ | China | $1.03B | -27% | +6% | 1% | 2.8× | 34.6% | -5.1% |
| Allied Machinery 605060.SS | China | $1.03B | -51% | +24% | 22% | 4.4× | 15.5% | +13.2% |
| Morimatsu International 2155.HK | Hong Kong | $1.03B | -16% | +14% | 3% | 0.6× | -2.4% | +17.6% |
| Tsugami 6101.T | Japan | $1.03B | -23% | +24% | 27% | 1.1× | -5.3% | +15.9% |
| Changzhou Kaidi Electrical 605288.SS | China | $985M | +12% | +1% | 3% | 4.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Ye Siang Enterprise 7909.TWO | Taiwan | $984M | -53% | -14% | 16% | 19.6× | 34.9% | -13.5% |
| Suzhou SLAC Precision Equipment 300382.SZ | China | $1.04B | -31% | +11% | -4% | 3.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Kangqiang Electronics 002119.SZ | China | $1.04B | -12% | +49% | 5% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| MayAir Technology (China) 688376.SS | China | $1.04B | -27% | +7% | 9% | 3.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Liju Thermal Energy Equipment 603391.SS | China | $973M | +18% | +9% | 18% | 5.7× | 12.0% | +5.0% |
| Ningbo Cixing 300307.SZ | China | $1.05B | +24% | +31% | 9% | 2.7× | 11.0% | +9.5% |
| METAWATER 9551.T | Japan | $972M | +4% | +13% | 6% | 0.7× | 0.9% | +9.5% |
| Yindu Kitchen Equipment 603277.SS | China | $969M | -17% | -4% | 19% | 2.2× | -4.3% | +11.1% |
| Truking Technology 300358.SZ | China | $968M | -8% | +6% | 6% | 1.0× | -1.7% | +10.1% |