Chinese vehicle maker under the state Dongfeng Motor Group, producing commercial and passenger vehicles.
Chinese vehicle maker under the state Dongfeng Motor Group, producing commercial and passenger vehicles.
Moat: none (distribution). State-backed distribution but competes in a crowded China vehicle market.
Headquarters: Shiyan, China · Employees: 3,982
Size Dongfeng Automobile (600006.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $1.53B, the 1611th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.09 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.1%, against -15.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.5%); the operating margin is -13.4% (peer median 1.9%).
Valuation It trades at 1.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.9× (8th cheapest of 20).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 15.0 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥9.45B | CN¥8.85B | CN¥10.9B | CN¥12.0B | CN¥12.1B |
| Revenue growth | — | -19% | -9% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥131M | -CN¥178M | CN¥113M | CN¥344M | CN¥924M |
| EBITDA | n/a | -CN¥1.16B | -CN¥899M | -CN¥433M | -CN¥102M |
| Net income | -CN¥562M | -CN¥480M | CN¥29.2M | CN¥200M | CN¥285M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥1.69B | -CN¥548M | -CN¥2.70B | -CN¥168M | CN¥73.4M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥610M | CN¥782M | CN¥616M | CN¥203M | CN¥203M |
| Total debt | CN¥4.22B | CN¥3.46B | CN¥3.31B | CN¥4.94B | CN¥3.88B |
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| Measure | 600006.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.5% | -1.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -24.1% | -15.9% | 8th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -38.1% | -41.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.2% | +11.5% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -13.4% | 1.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.3× | 1.9× | 8th cheapest of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -15.0 pp | -0.5 pp | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dongfeng Automobile 600006.SS | China | $1.53B | -24% | -5% | -13% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Sanyang Motor 2206.TW | Taiwan | $1.43B | +8% | -3% | 8% | 1.4× | 1.2% | +9.0% |
| Xuzhou Handler Special Vehicle 300201.SZ | China | $1.64B | -9% | +18% | 22% | 5.4× | 22.0% | -3.3% |
| Jiangling Motors 000550.SZ | China | $1.70B | -12% | +7% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lucid LCID | United States | $1.30B | -48% | +67% | -259% | 4.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Ola Electric Mobility OLAELEC.NS | India | $1.81B | -3% | -49% | -83% | 9.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Blue Bird BLBD | United States | $1.82B | -18% | +13% | 12% | 1.1× | 3.7% | +11.0% |
| Zhejiang Taotao Vehicles 301345.SZ | China | $1.91B | -54% | +53% | 25% | 2.3× | 2.2% | +23.3% |
| Tianjin FUJI-TA Bicycle Industrial 603468.SS | China | $1.19B | n/a | +3% | 8% | 1.1× | 13.5% | +4.9% |
| Brilliance China Automotive 1114.HK | Hong Kong | $1.15B | -40% | +18% | -30% | 1.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Tianrun Industry Technology 002283.SZ | China | $1.14B | -39% | +31% | 9% | 1.7× | 6.1% | -1.7% |
| Aerosun 600501.SS | China | $1.10B | -28% | +10% | -5% | 3.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Giant Manufacturing 9921.TW | Taiwan | $1.06B | +29% | -15% | 2% | 0.6× | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| China Railway Materials 000927.SZ | China | $2.20B | -14% | +1% | 2% | 0.6× | 6.3% | -5.0% |
| Thule THULE.ST | Sweden | $2.39B | -6% | +2% | 17% | 2.6× | 9.3% | +5.9% |
| Xiamen King Long Motor 600686.SS | China | $967M | -42% | -3% | 2% | 0.4× | -1.1% | +12.0% |
| Breton Technology 1333.HK | Hong Kong | $915M | +5% | +16% | -24% | 9.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai New Power Automotive Technology 600841.SS | China | $914M | -39% | +15% | -5% | 0.7× | 2.1% | -23.6% |
| Zhejiang Qianjiang Motorcycle 000913.SZ | China | $896M | -16% | 0% | 2% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Olectra Greentech OLECTRA.NS | India | $891M | -19% | +38% | 12% | 3.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Force Motors FORCEMOT.NS | India | $2.64B | -8% | +16% | 12% | 2.4× | 25.2% | +35.4% |