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Vobile Group Ltd.3738.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

Provides digital content fingerprinting, piracy monitoring and rights-management services for film studios and media firms.

≈ A smaller, media-rights version of a YouTube Content ID vendorMomentum neutral 49
Mkt cap
$844M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
84%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.85M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
18.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-6.2 pp
WACC 12.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
140 days
26 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$2.58
1D-3.0%
1W+12.9%
1M-19.1%
3M+0.6%
6M-16.9%
YTD-37.4%
1Y-49.2%
ATR %6.6%
52w lowhigh61.5% off high

What Vobile does

Provides digital content fingerprinting, piracy monitoring and rights-management services for film studios and media firms.

Charges studios and platforms subscription or usage fees for software that detects and tracks copies of their content online, and the software is usually embedded in customer workflows once deployed. The fingerprint database grows as clients add titles.

In one line: A smaller, media-rights version of a YouTube Content ID vendor.

Products and services

  • Content fingerprinting (VDNA)
  • Piracy monitoring & takedown
  • Rights management data services

Customers

  • Film studios
  • TV/media rights holders
  • Streaming platforms

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Media technology
  • Content protection / digital rights…
  • Content ID & monitoring services

What could go right

  • Streaming/UGC growth raising piracy-detection demand

What could go wrong

  • Pricing pressure from studios
  • New anti-piracy tech entrants

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, installed base, switching costs). Large proprietary fingerprint database of licensed content is costly to replicate.

Headquarters: Santa Clara, US / Hong Kong · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 579

Named competitors

  • Audible Magic private or unlisted
  • Friend MTS private or unlisted
  • MarkMonitor private or unlisted

Vobile at a glance

Size Vobile (3738.HK) is a Hong Kong Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $844M, the 634th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$2.58 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 16.9%, against -17.7% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 20.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +21.1%); the operating margin is 12.8% (peer median 2.6%).

Valuation It trades at 18.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.4× (4th cheapest of 14).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.2 points below its cost of capital (12.9% WACC).

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

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 813738.HK 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Vobile against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Vobile financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$3.22BHK$2.87BHK$2.40BHK$2.00BHK$1.44B
Revenue growth—+20%+20%+39%—
Gross profitHK$1.45BHK$1.29BHK$1.05BHK$850MHK$591M
EBITDAHK$579MHK$514MHK$393MHK$269MHK$232M
Net incomeHK$288MHK$199MHK$143M-HK$7.82MHK$42.0M
Free cash flow-HK$11.2MHK$15.2M-HK$92.3M-HK$9.31M-HK$16.1M
Capital expenditureHK$684MHK$433MHK$225MHK$210MHK$105M
Total debtn/aHK$2.03BHK$1.02BHK$696MHK$1.13B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Vobile 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

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%328130603383PAR300075603776DSP300523PRL3005254776PSAN3009253002924180300043FQT688095BKSY3738.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Vobile is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%20×40×603383PAR300075DSP300523PRL30052547763009254180FQT6880950021233738.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Vobile is the large dot.

Vobile competitors and peer comparison

How Vobile 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.

Vobile against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure3738.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.1%+1.0%lowest of 21
6-month return-16.9%-17.7%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-61.5%-40.7%lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+20.3%+21.1%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin12.8%2.6%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E18.8×26.4×4th cheapest of 14
ROIC minus cost of capital-6.2 pp-6.3 pp11th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA13.6×8.9×2nd most expensive of 6
Net debt / EBITDA1.8×-0.6×3rd most indebted of 7

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
Vobile 3738.HKHong Kong$844M-17%+20%13%18.8×n/an/a
Lunit 328130.KSSouth Korea$846M-25%+24%-76%n/an/an/a
Fujian Apex Software 603383.SSChina$848M-15%-8%25%27.8×16.4%+10.7%
PAR Technology PARUnited States$850M+43%+19%-10%17.7×n/an/a
Beijing eGOVA 300075.SZChina$851M-29%-5%-102%25.4×n/an/a
Youon Technology 603776.SSChina$852M+3%+34%-28%n/a16.7%-14.0%
Viant Technology DSPUnited States$854M+7%+22%36%50.8×-4.6%+15.8%
Beijing Global Safety Technology 300523.SZChina$855M-14%+29%-11%34.9×n/an/a
Propel PRL.TOCanada$830M+28%+24%17%7.6×n/an/a
Fujian Boss Software 300525.SZChina$861M-24%-5%8%26.4×5.4%+12.1%
Cybozu 4776.TJapan$862M+43%+20%27%16.8×-2.8%+19.0%
PSI Software PSAN.DEGermany$822M-1%+2%-5%n/an/an/a
Shenzhen Farben Information Technology 300925.SZChina$867M-27%+22%1%45.7×n/an/a
Wutong 300292.SZChina$821M-20%-4%4%n/a14.2%+2.9%
Appier 4180.TJapan$869M+50%+28%7%30.7×19.5%+37.3%
Rastar 300043.SZChina$870M-20%-43%20%n/a10.6%+3.7%
Frequentis FQT.DEGermany$870M-15%+34%9%19.0×-7.6%+14.1%
Fujian Fuxin Software Development Joint Stock 688095.SSChina$817M-22%+27%8%41.3×19.2%+17.9%
BlackSky Technology BKSYUnited States$873M-46%+4%-43%n/an/an/a
Montnets Cloud Technology 002123.SZChina$875M-21%-30%-11%22.8×n/an/a
Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software Technology 688562.SSChina$878M-21%+24%-5%n/an/an/a

Questions

Who are Vobile's main competitors?
Named competitors: Audible Magic (private or unlisted), Friend MTS (private or unlisted), MarkMonitor (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Lunit (328130.KS), Fujian Apex Software (603383.SS), PAR Technology (PAR), Beijing eGOVA (300075.SZ), Youon Technology (603776.SS), Viant Technology (DSP).
Is Vobile expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 18.8× against a peer median of 26.4×, 4th cheapest of 14 in its peer set.
How has Vobile stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -16.9% against -17.7% for the median peer; over one year -49.2%.

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.