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Employees: 1,377
Size China Television Media (600088.SS) is a China Communication Services company (Movies/Entertainment) with a market value of $786M, the 2817th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥13.17 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.9%, against -0.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.0%); the operating margin is 2.2% (peer median 6.0%).
Valuation It trades at 4.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.4× (7th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 31% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +25 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 0.6 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.07B | CN¥1.03B | CN¥1.13B | CN¥1.11B | CN¥1.15B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | +1% | -3% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥162M | CN¥117M | CN¥134M | CN¥141M | -CN¥2.40M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥52.5M | CN¥87.9M | CN¥91.6M | -CN¥44.7M |
| Net income | -CN¥25.6M | -CN¥18.0M | CN¥43.8M | CN¥237M | -CN¥64.9M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥44.5M | -CN¥33.0M | CN¥94.2M | CN¥18.0M | -CN¥103M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥8.99M | CN¥8.14M | CN¥17.8M | CN¥23.8M | CN¥21.5M |
| Total debt | CN¥101M | CN¥109M | CN¥97.4M | CN¥97.4M | CN¥115M |
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| Measure | 600088.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +0.6% | +2.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -9.9% | -0.5% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -34.2% | -36.4% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.3% | +3.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 6.0% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 4.5× | 2.4× | 7th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 31.1% | 5.4% | 2nd most demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +5.9% | +25.2% | 4th lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +25.2 pp | -22.0 pp | 2nd most demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -0.6 pp | -1.6 pp | 9th highest of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Television Media 600088.SS | China | $786M | -10% | -3% | 2% | 4.5× | 31.1% | +5.9% |
| Marcus MCS | United States | $813M | +49% | +9% | 6% | 1.3× | 9.2% | +26.1% |
| Omnijoi Media 300528.SZ | China | $820M | -7% | -1% | -26% | 8.4× | n/a | n/a |
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media PSM.DE | Germany | $830M | -16% | -8% | 6% | 0.7× | -11.8% | -1.9% |
| Juventus Football Club JUVE.MI | Italy | $738M | -22% | -1% | -28% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Sunriver Culture Tourism 600576.SS | China | $838M | -11% | +16% | 17% | 5.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Baination Pictures 300291.SZ | China | $874M | -2% | +217% | -134% | 6.5× | 24.5% | +1.5% |
| Fuji Kyuko 9010.T | Japan | $887M | +17% | +2% | 16% | 3.2× | 5.0% | +11.9% |
| Hollywood Bowl BOWL.L | United Kingdom | $658M | +17% | +9% | 24% | 2.7× | -4.4% | +25.8% |
| Huayi Brothers Media 300027.SZ | China | $648M | -14% | -24% | -125% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Cineplex CGX.TO | Canada | $641M | +26% | -2% | 9% | 1.9× | 3.2% | +25.2% |
| ZEAL Network TIMA.DE | Germany | $969M | -18% | +12% | 27% | 3.5× | -7.5% | +20.2% |
| SJM 0880.HK | Hong Kong | $974M | -49% | -16% | 6% | 2.5× | n/a | n/a |
| COVER 5253.T | Japan | $633M | +11% | +4% | 14% | 1.8× | 11.4% | +53.8% |
| Angel Studios ANGX | United States | $633M | +1% | +233% | -30% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| CJ CGV 079160.KS | South Korea | $629M | +5% | +12% | 5% | 1.2× | 8.2% | +31.3% |
| JYP Entertainment 035900.KS | South Korea | $1.01B | -34% | +15% | 18% | 1.2× | -17.4% | +41.6% |
| Ciwen Media 002343.SZ | China | $610M | +38% | -55% | -35% | 18.0× | 32.0% | -9.9% |
| Six Flags Entertainment FUN | United States | $1.02B | -55% | -3% | 11% | 2.1× | 5.4% | +76.4% |
| Shochiku 9601.T | Japan | $1.03B | +14% | +4% | 5% | 2.1× | 13.5% | +13.4% |
| CA Cultural Technology 1566.HK | Hong Kong | $1.03B | +9,743% | -2% | 7% | 25.4× | n/a | n/a |