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CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Class A300765.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Staples›Food: Major Diversified

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group unit making pharmaceutical raw ingredients like caffeine and health-food/vitamin products in China.

Momentum strong 73
Mkt cap
$6.48B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
26%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$105M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
40.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+25.8 pp
WACC 7.0%
Hurdle
+3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
126 days
12 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥34.65
1D-3.3%
1W+7.1%
1M-23.2%
3M-4.6%
6M+14.1%
YTD-3.9%
1Y-11.7%
ATR %8.8%
52w lowhigh33.1% off high

What CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical does

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group unit making pharmaceutical raw ingredients like caffeine and health-food/vitamin products in China.

Bulk ingredients such as caffeine are sold in volume to drink and pharmaceutical makers at prices that follow supply and demand, while the branded health-food and vitamin lines are sold to consumers through retail channels.

Products and services

  • Caffeine & bulk pharma ingredients
  • Health/functional foods
  • Vitamin tablets

Customers

  • Pharmaceutical and food/beverage manufacturers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Active pharmaceutical ingredients (API)
  • Caffeine and other bulk raw ingredients

What could go right

  • Global caffeine/ingredient demand
  • Parent CSPC's distribution network

What could go wrong

  • Commodity ingredient pricing
  • Customer concentration in bulk chemicals

Moat: narrow (scale, process know-how). Major global supplier of caffeine and related bulk pharmaceutical ingredients.

Headquarters: Shijiazhuang, China · Founded: 2006 · Employees: 2,369

Named competitors

CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical at a glance

Size CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical (300765.SZ) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food: Major Diversified) with a market value of $6.48B, the 381st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥34.65 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 14.1%, against +2.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 14 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 116.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.0%); the operating margin is 26.1% (peer median 11.2%).

Valuation It trades at 40.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.4× (most expensive of 13).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +3 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 25.8 points above its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10015011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026300765.SZ 112Peer median 105
Six months, rebased to 100: CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical against the median of its 13 peers (local-currency closes).

CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥4.54BCN¥2.15BCN¥1.97BCN¥2.52BCN¥2.61B
Revenue growth—+9%-22%-4%—
Gross profitCN¥3.10BCN¥688MCN¥688MCN¥1.07BCN¥1.11B
EBITDAn/a-CN¥403M-CN¥59.5MCN¥308MCN¥819M
Net incomeCN¥993M-CN¥241MCN¥53.7MCN¥434MCN¥726M
Free cash flowCN¥2.05B-CN¥764M-CN¥1.71BCN¥140MCN¥530M
Capital expenditureCN¥613MCN¥568MCN¥478MCN¥581MCN¥114M
Total debtCN¥890MCN¥107MCN¥93.7MCN¥1.65MCN¥40.0M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%003230603156CAG2809VC2CHAABFGIS1579300999002847300765.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%+100%10×20×30×40×003230603156CAG2809VC2CHAABF300999300765.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%+150%+200%0%100%200%003230603156CAG2809CHA002847300765.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. CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical is the large dot.

CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (300765.SZ vs 1093.HK vs 000930.SZ vs 000597.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical 300765.SZ$6.48B+14%+117%26%40.6×13.9%
Cspc Pharma 1093.HK$12.4B+5%+25%28%9.3×-10.3%
COFCO Biotechnology 000930.SZ$1.32B-21%-9%-2%n/an/a
Northeast Pharmaceutical 000597.SZ$948M-10%-6%3%n/a-6.8%

How CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical 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.

CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical against its 13 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300765.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-23.2%+7.7%2nd lowest of 14
6-month return+14.1%+2.6%3rd highest of 14
Distance from 52-week high-33.1%-22.8%4th lowest of 14
Revenue growth (TTM)+116.8%+2.0%highest of 14
Operating margin26.1%11.2%2nd highest of 14
Forward P/E40.6×15.4×most expensive of 13
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)13.9%0.6%2nd most demanding of 12
Growth delivered (Del g)+10.5%+3.6%4th highest of 12
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+3.4 pp+0.1 pp3rd most demanding of 12
ROIC minus cost of capital+25.8 pp+3.4 pp2nd highest of 14

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
CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical 300765.SZChina$6.48B+14%+117%26%40.6×13.9%+10.5%
SamyangFood 003230.KSSouth Korea$6.70B-9%+38%23%16.3×-6.6%+29.4%
Hebei Yangyuan Zhihui Beverage 603156.SSChina$6.06B-15%+12%28%26.5×9.9%+3.9%
Conagra Brands CAGUnited States$7.28B+8%-2%11%10.6×-4.9%+0.2%
Kewpie 2809.TJapan$4.07B+11%+4%7%24.2×0.6%-0.7%
Olam VC2.SISingapore$2.55B-29%-40%2%17.6×-3.7%-3.7%
Chagee Holdings Limited Unsponsored ADR CHAUnited States$2.44B+19%0%11%7.9×-4.1%+190.8%
Associated British Foods ABF.LUnited Kingdom$18.7B+11%+1%7%13.5×7.8%+7.1%
General Mills GISUnited States$19.0B+2%-4%15%11.4×-6.7%+0.3%
ITO EN,Ltd 2593.TJapan$2.12B+14%+5%5%26.0×n/an/a
Dongsuh 026960.KSSouth Korea$2.06B+6%+6%8%n/a16.2%+1.6%
Yihai International 1579.HKHong Kong$2.02B+3%+11%18%14.2×6.8%+3.6%
Yihai Kerry Arawana 300999.SZChina$21.3B-8%+2%1%37.3×n/an/a
Yankershop Food 002847.SZChina$1.64B-30%0%14%14.6×2.9%+24.1%

Questions

Who are CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical's main competitors?
Named competitors: CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (parent) (1093.HK), Anhui BBCA Pharmaceutical (000930.SZ), Northeast Pharmaceutical (000597.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes SamyangFood (003230.KS), Hebei Yangyuan Zhihui Beverage (603156.SS), Conagra Brands (CAG), Kewpie (2809.T), Olam (VC2.SI), Chagee Holdings Limited Unsponsored ADR (CHA).
Is CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 40.6× against a peer median of 15.4×, most expensive of 13 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 14% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +3 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 CSPC Innovation Pharmaceutical stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +14.1% against +2.6% for the median peer; over one year -11.7%.

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.