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China CYTS Tours Holding Co., Ltd. Class A600138.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Discretionary›Other Consumer Services
Momentum neutral 54
Mkt cap
$737M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
77%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.24M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
43.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-1.6 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-8 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
140 days
26 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥6.79
1D-1.0%
1W+4.5%
1M-1.4%
3M-6.7%
6M-24.6%
YTD-31.3%
1Y-30.4%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh35.9% off high

What China CYTS Tours does

Employees: 5,790

China CYTS Tours at a glance

Size China CYTS Tours (600138.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Other Consumer Services) with a market value of $737M, the 2956th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥6.79 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.6%, against -10.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 15.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.6%); the operating margin is 3.1% (peer median 13.1%).

Valuation It trades at 43.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.7× (2nd most expensive of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.6 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

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

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 92600138.SS 76
Six months, rebased to 100: China CYTS Tours against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

China CYTS Tours financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥12.6BCN¥11.3BCN¥9.94BCN¥9.62BCN¥6.41B
Revenue growth—+14%+3%+50%—
Gross profitCN¥2.20BCN¥1.97BCN¥2.00BCN¥2.03BCN¥736M
EBITDAn/aCN¥914MCN¥912MCN¥1.04BCN¥9.17M
Net income-CN¥3.06MCN¥83.5MCN¥160MCN¥194M-CN¥334M
Free cash flowCN¥765MCN¥810MCN¥151MCN¥637M-CN¥912M
Capital expenditureCN¥54.0MCN¥143MCN¥152MCN¥284MCN¥613M
Total debtCN¥6.45BCN¥6.72BCN¥6.61BCN¥6.22BCN¥6.98B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

China CYTS Tours competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%002707000888002033600593APEI000796MAD0308TRIP603402002638EDR1851WEBTRNALVDM0020597085SATS600138.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. China CYTS Tours is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%20×40×60×80×002707000888002033APEIMAD0308TRIP603402WEBTRNALVDM70852373SATS600138.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. China CYTS Tours is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%002707000888002033APEIMADTRIP603402EDR1851WEBTRNALVDM2373SATS600138.SSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. China CYTS Tours is the large dot.

China CYTS Tours competitors and peer comparison

How China CYTS Tours 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.

China CYTS Tours against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600138.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.4%-0.4%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-24.6%-10.4%6th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-35.9%-37.2%11th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+15.0%+3.6%5th highest of 21
Operating margin3.1%13.1%5th lowest of 21
Forward P/E43.9×15.7×2nd most expensive of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)1.5%1.3%9th least demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+9.7%+21.3%lowest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-8.2 pp-22.9 ppmost demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital-1.6 pp+4.7 pp5th lowest of 19

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
China CYTS Tours 600138.SSChina$737M-25%+15%3%43.9×1.5%+9.7%
UTour 002707.SZChina$740M-15%-9%2%76.6×9.7%+33.8%
Emei Shan Tourism 000888.SZChina$789M-16%-8%15%21.7×3.2%+15.1%
Lijiang Yulong Tourism 002033.SZChina$687M-12%+8%37%18.3×0.8%+14.8%
Dalian Sunasia Tourism 600593.SSChina$793M+19%+5%32%n/an/an/a
American Public Education APEIUnited States$682M-34%+4%10%14.5×0.4%+15.1%
Caissa Tourism 000796.SZChina$805M-36%+42%-10%n/an/an/a
Mader MAD.AXAustralia$806M-29%+15%9%15.7×5.2%+26.9%
China Travel International Investment Hong Kong 0308.HKHong Kong$809M0%-7%11%23.4×5.4%+15.7%
TripAdvisor TRIPUnited States$820M-38%-4%5%10.1×-6.6%+25.6%
Shaanxi Tourism Culture Industry 603402.SSChina$832M-36%-18%54%18.7×-15.9%+27.6%
Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic 002638.SZChina$849M-16%-24%-34%n/an/an/a
eDreams ODIGEO EDR.MCSpain$637M+59%-3%12%15.5×2.9%+44.2%
China Gingko Education 1851.HKHong Kong$629M+56%+14%38%n/a5.9%+16.9%
Webbeds WEB.AXAustralia$871M+45%+20%25%15.7×4.5%+50.3%
Trainline TRN.LUnited Kingdom$887M-5%+1%27%7.9×-8.0%+46.5%
Voyageurs du Monde ALVDM.PAFrance$896M+28%+4%8%18.1×1.8%+46.3%
Yunnan Tourism 002059.SZChina$606M-19%-24%-62%n/an/an/a
Curves 7085.TJapan$601M+27%+16%18%16.7×-0.7%+11.9%
Beauty Farm Medical & Health Industry 2373.HKHong Kong$585M-9%+23%16%8.7×-16.4%+14.0%
Sats SATS.OLNorway$937M+10%+5%18%15.2×-5.9%+10.6%

Questions

Which companies are China CYTS Tours's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: UTour (002707.SZ), Emei Shan Tourism (000888.SZ), Lijiang Yulong Tourism (002033.SZ), Dalian Sunasia Tourism (600593.SS), American Public Education (APEI), Caissa Tourism (000796.SZ), Mader (MAD.AX), China Travel International Investment Hong Kong (0308.HK).
Is China CYTS Tours expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 43.9× against a peer median of 15.7×, 2nd most expensive of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has China CYTS Tours stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -24.6% against -10.4% for the median peer; over one year -30.4%.

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.