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Lakala Payment Co., Ltd. Class A300773.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Computer Processing Hardware

One of China's largest third-party payment processors, providing POS/payment terminals and merchant payment services.

≈ A China-focused Square/PayPal for SMEsMomentum neutral 54
Mkt cap
$2.32B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
69%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$89.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
17.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 9.7%
Hurdle
+14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
171 days
26 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥14.47
1D-3.0%
1W+6.1%
1M-5.4%
3M-3.3%
6M-25.2%
YTD-28.9%
1Y-16.9%
ATR %4.6%
52w lowhigh36.9% off high

What Lakala Payment does

One of China's largest third-party payment processors, providing POS/payment terminals and merchant payment services.

Takes a small fee from each payment it processes, paid by the merchant, and also sells payment terminals. Earnings depend more on payment volume through small merchants than on price. It operates under a third-party payment licence from the central bank, a regulatory requirement for the business.

In one line: A China-focused Square/PayPal for SMEs.

Products and services

  • Payment processing services
  • Smart POS terminals
  • Merchant value-added services

Customers

  • Small/medium merchants
  • Retailers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Payments
  • Merchant payment processing

What could go right

  • SME digital-payment adoption

What could go wrong

  • Regulatory scrutiny of payment fees
  • Competition from super-app wallets

Moat: narrow (network effects, regulatory licence, installed base). Holds a payment licence and a large merchant base, though Alipay/WeChat Pay compete hard.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 2,803

Named competitors

Lakala Payment at a glance

Size Lakala Payment (300773.SZ) is a China Information Technology company (Computer Processing Hardware) with a market value of $2.32B, the 1099th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥14.47 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 25.2%, against -19.6% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.6%); the operating margin is 4.4% (peer median 3.2%).

Valuation It trades at 17.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.4× (6th most expensive of 14).

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 0%, so the hurdle is +14 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.

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

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 81300773.SZ 73
Six months, rebased to 100: Lakala Payment against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Lakala Payment financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥6.35BCN¥5.54BCN¥5.75BCN¥5.92BCN¥5.37B
Revenue growth—-4%-3%+10%—
Gross profitCN¥1.56BCN¥1.35BCN¥1.63BCN¥1.55BCN¥1.15B
EBITDAn/aCN¥402MCN¥854MCN¥857MCN¥558M
Net incomeCN¥1.70BCN¥1.17BCN¥351MCN¥458M-CN¥1.44B
Free cash flowCN¥229MCN¥579MCN¥782MCN¥379M-CN¥726M
Capital expenditureCN¥63.6MCN¥43.9MCN¥121MCN¥185MCN¥357M
Total debtCN¥64.9MCN¥425MCN¥437MCN¥432MCN¥996M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Lakala Payment 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%30050006822353INFQ6881003706V03600728NATL300130RGTI300188QBTSKTN6033272324RPI300773.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Lakala Payment is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%20×40×300500068223536881003706V03600728NATL300130KTNRPI2352300773.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Lakala Payment is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-10%0%+10%+20%-10%0%10%20%3005000682688100V03600728NATL300130KTNRPI300773.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. Lakala Payment is the large dot.

Lakala Payment competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (300773.SZ vs 300130.SZ vs 0327.HK vs 9923.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Lakala Payment 300773.SZ$2.32B-25%+17%4%17.4×14.2%
XGD 300130.SZ$1.49B-20%+21%12%17.9×3.8%
PAX Global Technology 0327.HK$444M-21%+10%16%4.0×n/a
Yeahka 9923.HKn/a-45%n/an/an/an/a
Newland Digital Technology 000997.SZ$2.56B-14%+29%11%16.0×n/a
Lianlian DigiTech 2598.HK$452M-49%+118%43%88.7×n/a

How Lakala Payment 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.

Lakala Payment against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure300773.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.4%-8.2%9th highest of 21
6-month return-25.2%-19.6%6th lowest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-36.9%-39.0%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+17.0%+8.6%6th highest of 18
Operating margin4.4%3.2%11th highest of 21
Forward P/E17.4×16.4×6th most expensive of 14
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)14.2%4.2%4th most demanding of 10
Growth delivered (Del g)0.0%+7.2%2nd lowest of 10
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+14.2 pp-0.9 ppmost demanding of 10

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
Lakala Payment 300773.SZChina$2.32B-25%+17%4%17.4×14.2%0.0%
Getac 3005.TWTaiwan$2.20B+19%+9%15%12.1×-7.0%+7.2%
Dongfang Electronics 000682.SZChina$2.06B-21%+14%7%13.7×8.9%+17.4%
Acer 2353.TWTaiwan$2.63B+4%+15%2%16.4×n/an/a
Infleqtion INFQUnited States$2.00B-27%n/a-315%n/an/an/a
Willfar Information Technology 688100.SSChina$1.98B-28%-9%20%22.4×17.0%+15.5%
MiTAC 3706.TWTaiwan$2.98B-16%+44%4%8.8×n/an/a
Venture V03.SISingapore$3.22B-21%+1%10%16.4×-1.3%-3.4%
PCI Technology 600728.SSChina$1.58B-7%+11%0%55.3×23.0%+18.8%
NCR Atleos NATLUnited States$3.49B+7%+2%14%9.6×-9.2%+1.8%
XGD 300130.SZChina$1.49B-20%+21%12%17.9×3.8%+3.8%
IQM Quantum Computers Oyj Sponsored ADR IQMXUnited States$1.49Bn/an/a-492%n/an/an/a
IQM Quantum Computers IQMX.HEFinland$1.41Bn/an/a-492%n/an/an/a
RGTI RGTIUnited States$3.92B-38%+68%-728%n/an/an/a
SDIC Intelligence Information Technology 300188.SZChina$1.35B-15%-15%-53%n/an/an/a
QBTS QBTSUnited States$4.05B-25%-44%-1,373%n/an/an/a
Kontron KTN.DEGermany$1.31B-19%-7%7%11.5×4.2%+5.1%
Sichuan Furong Technology 603327.SSChina$1.30B-26%+22%6%n/an/an/a
Compal Electronics 2324.TWTaiwan$4.15B+8%-4%1%12.9×n/an/a
Raspberry PI RPI.LUnited Kingdom$1.29B-27%+71%9%32.2×14.4%+17.2%
Qisda 2352.TWTaiwan$1.28B+7%0%1%24.3×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Lakala Payment's main competitors?
Named competitors: XGD Inc (300130.SZ), PAX Global Technology (0327.HK), Ant Group (private or unlisted), Yeahka (9923.HK), Newland Payment Technology (000997.SZ), Lianlian Digitech (2598.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Getac (3005.TW), Dongfang Electronics (000682.SZ), Acer (2353.TW), Infleqtion (INFQ), Willfar Information Technology (688100.SS), MiTAC (3706.TW).
Is Lakala Payment expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 17.4× against a peer median of 16.4×, 6th most expensive of 14 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 0%, so the hurdle is +14 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 Lakala Payment stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -25.2% against -19.6% for the median peer; over one year -16.9%.

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.