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Xining Special Steel Co., Ltd. Class A600117.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Materials›Steel

Qinghai-based regional steelmaker producing special and flat steel products for construction and manufacturing.

Momentum weak 36
Mkt cap
$976M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
59%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.12M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.08×
price to book
ROE
-27.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
16.4%
what the price asks
Close · CNYCN¥2.00
1D-1.5%
1W+3.1%
1M-7.4%
3M-13.0%
6M-23.4%
YTD-29.6%
1Y-38.6%
ATR %2.9%
52w lowhigh38.6% off high

What Xining Special Steel does

Qinghai-based regional steelmaker producing special and flat steel products for construction and manufacturing.

Products and services

  • Special steel bar
  • Flat steel

Customers

  • Construction companies
  • Machinery manufacturers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Materials
  • Steel
  • Regional special steel

What could go right

  • Western China infrastructure demand

What could go wrong

  • Steel overcapacity and price cycles

Moat: none (scale). Commodity regional steel; margins track input costs and local demand.

Headquarters: Xining, China · Employees: 3,931

Named competitors

Xining Special Steel at a glance

Size Xining Special Steel (600117.SS) is a China Materials company (Steel) with a market value of $976M, the 2339th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥2.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.4%, against -22.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is -21.4% (peer median 5.2%).

Valuation It trades at 2.08× book value against a peer median of 1.83× (9th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 16.4%; Xining Special Steel delivers -27.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026600117.SS 76Peer median 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Xining Special Steel against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Xining Special Steel financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥5.92BCN¥5.91BCN¥5.64BCN¥4.86BCN¥7.74B
Revenue growth—+5%+16%-37%—
Gross profit-CN¥796M-CN¥451M-CN¥516M-CN¥845M-CN¥150M
EBITDA-CN¥718M-CN¥461M-CN¥227M-CN¥703M-CN¥401M
Net income-CN¥988M-CN¥900M-CN¥863MCN¥1.69B-CN¥1.15B
Free cash flow-CN¥178MCN¥28.6M-CN¥143M-CN¥391MCN¥309M
Capital expenditureCN¥40.9MCN¥44.4MCN¥31.5MCN¥30.7MCN¥81.6M
Total debtCN¥2.18BCN¥3.60BCN¥3.42BCN¥3.68BCN¥11.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Xining Special Steel competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-40%-20%0%+20%HANZALIF5482SID002488JAYNECOIND688231301261002366BEC601121301522BCI3001292015002478600117.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Xining Special Steel is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-20%0%20%20×40×HANZALIF5482SID002110002488601686JAYNECOIND688231301261002366BEC601121301522BCI3001292015002478600117.SSReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Xining Special Steel is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-20%0%20%40%-20%0%20%40%HANZALIF5482SID002110002488601686JAYNECOIND688231301261BEC601121301522600117.SSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Xining Special Steel is the large dot.

Xining Special Steel competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600117.SS vs 600019.SS vs 000932.SZ vs 600507.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Xining Special Steel 600117.SS$976M-23%0%-28%2.08×16.4%
Baoshan Iron & Steel 600019.SS$19.9B-3%+6%4%0.65×3.8%
Hunan Valin Steel 000932.SZ$3.49B-27%-7%1%0.43×3.1%
Fangda Special Steel Technology 600507.SS$1.38B-32%+8%3%0.91×5.1%

How Xining Special Steel 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.

Xining Special Steel against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600117.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.4%-6.5%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-23.4%-22.8%9th lowest of 20
Return on equity-27.6%4.6%lowest of 20
Price / book2.08×1.83×9th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies16.4%12.4%6th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-27.7%4.6%lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Xining Special Steel 600117.SSChina$976M-23%0%-28%2.08×16.4%-27.7%
Hanza HANZA.STSweden$978M-11%+72%12%2.21×23.1%12.5%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty LIF.TOCanada$981M-23%-15%12%2.18×12.9%12.1%
Aichi Steel 5482.TJapan$970M-17%+4%5%0.64×6.4%4.8%
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional Sponsored ADR SIDUnited States$984M-38%+9%-20%0.48×8.0%-20.4%
Sansteel MinGuang Co., Ltd., Fujian 002110.SZChina$993M-20%-7%-4%0.36×3.4%-4.1%
Zhejiang Jingu 002488.SZChina$939M-45%+11%1%1.92×15.3%1.4%
Tianjin You Fa Steel Pipe Group Stock 601686.SSChina$1.03B-15%-2%5%1.00×6.6%5.5%
Jayaswal Neco Industries JAYNECOIND.NSIndia$920M-22%+18%23%2.62×40.8%23.4%
Jiangsu Longda Superalloy 688231.SSChina$919M-34%+54%5%2.12×22.3%4.6%
Hengong Precision Equipment 301261.SZChina$1.04B-9%+34%9%4.11×27.6%8.9%
RongFa Nuclear Equipment 002366.SZChina$898M-29%-15%-2%2.41×13.1%-1.7%
BRC Asia BEC.SISingapore$894M-9%+23%21%2.15×6.4%20.7%
Xinjiang Baodi Mining 601121.SSChina$887M-23%+23%7%1.32×9.4%6.8%
ZhongHe Shangda Aeronautic Materials 301522.SZChina$1.09B-39%+5%4%3.74×43.3%4.1%
BCI Minerals BCI.AXAustralia$1.09B+45%n/a2%1.88×16.3%2.4%
Jiangsu Shagang 002075.SZChina$1.09B-25%-4%4%1.10×8.5%3.8%
TSP Wind Power 300129.SZChina$1.10B-42%-26%0%1.29×11.8%0.2%
Feng Hsin Steel 2015.TWTaiwan$1.11B+4%-12%11%1.62×6.9%11.0%
Vedanta Iron And Steel VISL.NSIndia$1.11Bn/an/an/a1.79×14.4%n/a
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube 002478.SZChina$847M-40%+2%4%0.80×6.3%4.0%

Questions

Who are Xining Special Steel's main competitors?
Named competitors: Baoshan Iron & Steel (600019.SS), Hunan Valin Steel (000932.SZ), Fangda Special Steel (600507.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hanza (HANZA.ST), Labrador Iron Ore Royalty (LIF.TO), Aichi Steel (5482.T), Companhia Siderurgica Nacional Sponsored ADR (SID), Sansteel MinGuang Co., Ltd., Fujian (002110.SZ), Zhejiang Jingu (002488.SZ).
Is Xining Special Steel expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.08× against a peer median of 1.83×, 9th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 16.4%; Xining Special Steel delivers -27.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Xining Special Steel stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -23.4% against -22.8% for the median peer; over one year -38.6%.

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.