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Employees: 1,319
Size Nanjing COSMOS Chemical (300856.SZ) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $757M, the 2881st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥10.61 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.0%, against -23.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 12.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 11.5% (peer median 9.8%).
Valuation It trades at 35.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.3× (5th most expensive of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.5 points above its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.72B | CN¥1.47B | CN¥2.25B | CN¥2.38B | CN¥1.75B |
| Revenue growth | — | -35% | -5% | +36% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥599M | CN¥384M | CN¥936M | CN¥1.11B | CN¥605M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥317M | CN¥815M | CN¥948M | CN¥520M |
| Net income | CN¥122M | CN¥108M | CN¥562M | CN¥734M | CN¥388M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥82.0M | -CN¥215M | CN¥154M | CN¥153M | CN¥31.2M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥251M | CN¥512M | CN¥686M | CN¥656M | CN¥262M |
| Total debt | CN¥729M | CN¥704M | CN¥666M | CN¥627M | CN¥2.67M |
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| Measure | 300856.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.7% | -12.0% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -24.0% | -23.8% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -37.1% | -42.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +12.3% | +4.6% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 9.8% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 35.0× | 17.3× | 5th most expensive of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.3% | 27.0% | 5th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.0% | +8.7% | 5th lowest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -4.7 pp | +15.3 pp | 4th least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.5 pp | -2.1 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanjing COSMOS Chemical 300856.SZ | China | $757M | -24% | +12% | 12% | 35.0× | 3.3% | +8.0% |
| Poly Plastic Masterbatch (SuZhou) 300905.SZ | China | $758M | -59% | +10% | 11% | n/a | 29.1% | +17.2% |
| Clean Science & Technology CLEAN.NS | India | $753M | -24% | +5% | 26% | 26.6× | 31.8% | +13.2% |
| Shandong Longhua New Material 301149.SZ | China | $751M | -39% | +33% | 2% | 8.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Westlake Chemical Partners LP WLKP | United States | $747M | -9% | +9% | 29% | 12.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Riken Technos 4220.T | Japan | $771M | +46% | +6% | 11% | 10.4× | -4.8% | +8.3% |
| Hebei Cangzhou Dahua 600230.SS | China | $738M | -36% | -1% | 4% | 16.6× | -0.4% | +22.6% |
| Sino-High (China) 301076.SZ | China | $736M | -24% | +4% | 14% | 57.1× | 43.8% | +9.1% |
| Sichuan Lutianhua Company Limited By Shares 000912.SZ | China | $785M | -31% | -5% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Jihua 603980.SS | China | $788M | +22% | +2% | 2% | n/a | 27.0% | -3.6% |
| Cybrid Technologies 603212.SS | China | $725M | -19% | -9% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kornit Digital KRNT | United States | $724M | +4% | +4% | -17% | 86.4× | 36.2% | +0.9% |
| Pan Asian Microvent Tech (Jiangsu) 688386.SS | China | $792M | -40% | +37% | 18% | 40.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Allied Industrial 301419.SZ | China | $723M | +10% | +19% | 14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Toyobo 3101.T | Japan | $793M | -1% | +2% | 7% | 13.6× | 2.0% | +4.6% |
| Malion New Materials 300586.SZ | China | $720M | -42% | +4% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Yuanli Chemical 603217.SS | China | $720M | -25% | +8% | 10% | 18.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Grascent 301688.SZ | China | $720M | n/a | +12% | n/a | n/a | 47.1% | n/a |
| Hangzhou Greenda Electronic Materials 603931.SS | China | $797M | -31% | -4% | 20% | 39.7× | 21.4% | +1.4% |
| DL 000210.KS | South Korea | $718M | -37% | +5% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Jiaao Enprotech Stock 603822.SS | China | $718M | -19% | +101% | 19% | 9.7× | -7.5% | +31.6% |