Employees: 905
Size Zhejiang Huayuan Auto Technology (301535.SZ) is a China Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $836M, the 2657th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥13.11 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 30.4%, against -20.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 65.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.5%); the operating margin is 12.0% (peer median 6.6%).
Valuation It trades at 6.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.6× (3rd most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 22% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is +5 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 1.8 points above its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥815M | CN¥759M | CN¥678M | CN¥551M | CN¥489M |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +23% | +12% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥226M | CN¥194M | CN¥205M | CN¥157M | CN¥134M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥128M | CN¥141M | CN¥106M | CN¥85.5M |
| Net income | CN¥90.8M | CN¥100M | CN¥107M | CN¥82.6M | CN¥76.8M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥157M | CN¥144M | CN¥25.0M | -CN¥29.4M | -CN¥5.92M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥22.1M | CN¥29.4M | CN¥19.8M | CN¥128M | CN¥74.1M |
| Total debt | CN¥74.8M | CN¥107M | CN¥190M | CN¥188M | CN¥170M |
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| Measure | 301535.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -3.7% | -7.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -30.4% | -20.8% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -57.2% | -48.3% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +65.8% | +12.5% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 6.6% | 7th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 6.7× | 3.6× | 3rd most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 22.2% | 21.4% | 4th most demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +17.2% | +10.4% | highest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +5.1 pp | +10.3 pp | 3rd least demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.8 pp | -2.2 pp | 4th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Huayuan Auto Technology 301535.SZ | China | $836M | -30% | +66% | 12% | 6.7× | 22.2% | +17.2% |
| Kennametal India KENNAMET.NS | India | $832M | +27% | +29% | 17% | 5.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Chongqing Millison Technologies 301307.SZ | China | $851M | -18% | +13% | -11% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu NanFang Precision 002553.SZ | China | $813M | -29% | +5% | 13% | 5.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu LiXing General Steel Ball 300421.SZ | China | $866M | -30% | +4% | 4% | 5.4× | 35.0% | +7.1% |
| HuiZhou Intelligence Technology 002122.SZ | China | $802M | -10% | +10% | -16% | 4.5× | n/a | n/a |
| J.Pond Precision Technology 301326.SZ | China | $791M | -60% | +15% | -6% | 4.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Golden Empire Precision Machinery Technology 603270.SS | China | $886M | -4% | +35% | 5% | 3.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Omnitech Engineering OMNI.NS | India | $785M | +40% | +49% | 23% | 15.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Newlife New Material 301323.SZ | China | $896M | -15% | +26% | 13% | 4.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Corun New Energy 600478.SS | China | $901M | -53% | +46% | 4% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningxia Guoyun New Energy 000595.SZ | China | $903M | -16% | +142% | 21% | 16.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Sunrise Elc Technology 002937.SZ | China | $908M | -42% | +12% | 8% | 2.9× | 21.4% | +11.2% |
| Troax TROAX.ST | Sweden | $908M | +46% | 0% | 8% | 3.6× | 28.3% | +11.1% |
| Lucky Harvest 002965.SZ | China | $923M | -21% | +18% | 0% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Changjiang & Jinggong Steel Building (Group) 600496.SS | China | $931M | -25% | +1% | 3% | 0.4× | -1.5% | +12.7% |
| Zhejiang JW Precision Machinery 300984.SZ | China | $931M | -29% | +9% | 4% | 4.4× | n/a | n/a |
| SKF India SKFINDIA.NS | India | $747M | -18% | -53% | 8% | 3.0× | 32.5% | +7.1% |
| Evergreen Steel 2211.TW | Taiwan | $943M | -24% | +9% | 21% | 2.1× | -9.2% | +10.4% |
| Hsino Tower 601096.SS | China | $961M | -31% | -7% | 3% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Gibraltar Industries ROCK | United States | $964M | -20% | +14% | 11% | 1.6× | 7.3% | +1.9% |