Employees: 1,703
Size Qingdao Citymedia (600229.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $636M, the 3279th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥6.42 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.6%, against -11.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 11.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.0%); the operating margin is -22.2% (peer median 3.8%).
Valuation It trades at 1.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.2× (9th most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 26.2 points below its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.88B | CN¥1.98B | CN¥2.43B | CN¥2.69B | CN¥2.55B |
| Revenue growth | — | -18% | -10% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥385M | CN¥382M | CN¥616M | CN¥768M | CN¥774M |
| EBITDA | -CN¥346M | -CN¥121M | CN¥115M | CN¥305M | CN¥351M |
| Net income | -CN¥460M | -CN¥397M | CN¥84.9M | CN¥408M | CN¥336M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥6.11M | CN¥74.0M | CN¥110M | CN¥338M | CN¥322M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥23.4M | CN¥23.8M | CN¥9.98M | CN¥19.5M | CN¥16.4M |
| Total debt | CN¥93.7M | CN¥103M | CN¥144M | CN¥198M | CN¥226M |
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| Measure | 600229.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +13.2% | -0.7% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +1.6% | -11.3% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -11.6% | -31.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -11.9% | +5.0% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -22.2% | 3.8% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.6× | 1.2× | 9th most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -26.2 pp | -0.3 pp | lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qingdao Citymedia 600229.SS | China | $636M | +2% | -12% | -22% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| V-Mart Retail VMART.NS | India | $636M | +14% | +18% | 6% | 1.7× | 36.5% | +28.6% |
| Kid KID.OL | Norway | $640M | +23% | +5% | 11% | 2.0× | 5.0% | +5.7% |
| ValueMax T6I.SI | Singapore | $631M | -21% | +32% | 20% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Commercial Mansion Grand Orient 600327.SS | China | $652M | +24% | -28% | 1% | 1.9× | 13.2% | -16.3% |
| Betterware de Mexico, S.A.P.I. de C.V BWMX | United States | $655M | -1% | +28% | 17% | 1.1× | -9.2% | +17.0% |
| Zhongsheng Hldg 0881.HK | Hong Kong | $656M | -70% | -5% | 0% | 0.2× | 48.7% | +1.4% |
| IDOM 7599.T | Japan | $601M | -28% | +17% | 3% | 0.3× | -6.7% | +8.1% |
| Hubei Three Gorges Tourism 002627.SZ | China | $684M | -14% | +8% | 13% | 4.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Fujian Zhangzhou Development 000753.SZ | China | $686M | -31% | -21% | -3% | 4.2× | 38.9% | -2.4% |
| Vats Liquor Chain Store Management Joint Stock 300755.SZ | China | $689M | -19% | -22% | 0% | 0.8× | 19.4% | +3.6% |
| ZJAMP 002758.SZ | China | $585M | -18% | +23% | 2% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| EVgo EVGO | United States | $576M | -7% | +31% | -27% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| ME Group International MEGP.L | United Kingdom | $568M | -17% | +1% | 25% | 1.4× | -11.6% | +11.1% |
| Wickes WIX.L | United Kingdom | $717M | +36% | +4% | 4% | 0.7× | 2.2% | +4.0% |
| Musti MUSTI.HE | Finland | $558M | -9% | -8% | 1% | 1.4× | 40.3% | +12.3% |
| Halfords HFD.L | United Kingdom | $744M | +65% | +5% | 3% | 0.4× | 4.7% | +6.9% |
| Matas A/S MATAS.CO | Denmark | $542M | -19% | +4% | 6% | 0.9× | -1.0% | +16.1% |
| Sa Sa International 0178.HK | Hong Kong | $536M | +47% | +11% | 5% | 1.0× | 3.1% | +7.6% |
| Pan German Universal Motors 2247.TW | Taiwan | $532M | +2% | -22% | 3% | 0.4× | -8.1% | +5.4% |
| Sunny Loan Top 600830.SS | China | $531M | -21% | +11% | 35% | 13.4× | n/a | n/a |