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Guodian Nanjing Automation Co., Ltd. Class A600268.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Electrical Products

Maker of power grid automation and relay-protection equipment, affiliated with state generator China Energy (Guodian).

Momentum weak 23
Mkt cap
$1.48B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
44%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$14.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+6.8 pp
WACC 8.3%
Hurdle
-14 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · CNYCN¥9.70
1D-0.2%
1W+7.4%
1M-5.9%
3M-14.6%
6M-35.2%
YTD-7.4%
1Y-19.4%
ATR %3.0%
52w lowhigh44.4% off high

What Guodian Nanjing Automation does

Maker of power grid automation and relay-protection equipment, affiliated with state generator China Energy (Guodian).

Wins most orders through tenders run by the grid companies and big power generators, and its affiliate China Energy group, a major generator, is also an in-house customer for plant automation, so grid and plant investment budgets set its order flow.

Products and services

  • Relay protection systems
  • Grid dispatch automation

Customers

  • State Grid Corporation of China
  • China Energy power plants

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Power equipment
  • Grid automation & relay protection
  • Power plants & substations

What could go right

  • Grid investment cycles

What could go wrong

  • State Grid/China Energy capex cycles
  • Price competition

Moat: narrow (parent backing, customer qualification). Guodian/China Energy affiliation and grid-certified equipment sustain qualified-vendor status.

Headquarters: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China · Founded: 1958 · Employees: 3,846

Named competitors

Guodian Nanjing Automation at a glance

Size Guodian Nanjing Automation (600268.SS) is a China Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $1.48B, the 1659th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.70 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 35.2%, against -38.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 4.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.5%); the operating margin is 8.6% (peer median 6.8%).

Valuation It trades at 15.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.5× (7th cheapest of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.8 points above its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026600268.SS 62Peer median 61
Six months, rebased to 100: Guodian Nanjing Automation against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Guodian Nanjing Automation financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥9.31BCN¥9.61BCN¥8.96BCN¥7.58BCN¥6.97B
Revenue growth—+7%+18%+9%—
Gross profitCN¥2.68BCN¥2.34BCN¥1.94BCN¥1.68BCN¥1.53B
EBITDAn/aCN¥1.07BCN¥822MCN¥666MCN¥591M
Net incomeCN¥522MCN¥480MCN¥341MCN¥227MCN¥152M
Free cash flowCN¥879MCN¥846MCN¥1.02BCN¥822MCN¥407M
Capital expenditureCN¥91.0MCN¥52.6MCN¥57.6MCN¥60.9MCN¥52.2M
Total debtCN¥211MCN¥476MCN¥459MCN¥860MCN¥805M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Guodian Nanjing Automation competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-60%-40%-20%0%-50%-25%0%+25%300446INOXWIND3009130028656886603013626030631035901126106622300376002276301292000070688063ARE&M6507600268.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Guodian Nanjing Automation is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%20×40×300446INOXWIND3009133013626030631035901126106622300376002276301292688063301389600268.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Guodian Nanjing Automation is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%300446002865603063112610002276000070301389600268.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. Guodian Nanjing Automation is the large dot.

Guodian Nanjing Automation competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600268.SS vs 600406.SS vs 601126.SS vs 002028.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Guodian Nanjing Automation 600268.SS$1.48B-35%-5%9%15.2×-0.1%
NARI Technology 600406.SS$28.6B-8%+12%13%21.7×2.5%
Beijing Sifang Automation 601126.SS$3.94B-44%+9%9%27.8×25.3%
Sieyuan Electric 002028.SZ$13.4B-42%+35%16%23.1×11.1%

How Guodian Nanjing Automation 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.

Guodian Nanjing Automation against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600268.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.9%-11.8%9th highest of 21
6-month return-35.2%-38.9%8th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-44.4%-56.8%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-4.6%+15.5%4th lowest of 21
Operating margin8.6%6.8%8th highest of 21
Forward P/E15.2×15.5×7th cheapest of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-0.1%15.0%2nd least demanding of 9
Growth delivered (Del g)+13.9%+13.9%5th highest of 9
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-14.0 pp-4.1 pp4th least demanding of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital+6.8 pp-5.4 pp3rd highest of 21

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
Guodian Nanjing Automation 600268.SSChina$1.48B-35%-5%9%15.2×-0.1%+13.9%
Aerospace Intelligent Manufacturing Technology 300446.SZChina$1.48B-38%-14%5%21.3×2.1%+133.1%
Inox Wind INOXWIND.NSIndia$1.49B-39%+17%15%15.4×n/an/a
Zhejiang Zhaolong Interconnect Technology Co. Limited 300913.SZChina$1.49B-45%+29%12%44.1×n/an/a
Hainan Drinda New Energy Technology 002865.SZChina$1.49B-45%-4%-13%n/a19.3%+54.9%
Shanghai Electric Wind Power 688660.SSChina$1.50B-39%+69%-6%n/an/an/a
Up-Shine Lighting 301362.SZChina$1.50B-39%+15%7%29.5×n/an/a
Shenzhen Hopewind Electric 603063.SSChina$1.52B-50%-5%9%24.6×14.6%+12.3%
Iljin Electric 103590.KSSouth Korea$1.52B-65%+24%9%11.2×n/an/a
Cswind 112610.KSSouth Korea$1.52B-31%-8%7%11.6×-0.5%+23.8%
Daihen 6622.TJapan$1.43B+5%+5%8%11.4×n/an/a
East 300376.SZChina$1.43B-30%+9%3%9.3×n/an/a
Zhejiang Wanma 002276.SZChina$1.42B-25%+13%1%10.8×5.1%+15.6%
Beijing Victory Electric 001393.SZChina$1.53Bn/a+31%11%n/an/an/a
Shandong Hi-tech Spring Material Technology 301292.SZChina$1.54B-46%+46%11%31.8×n/an/a
Shenzhen SDG Information 000070.SZChina$1.55B-33%+27%-1%n/a28.4%-1.3%
Pylon Technologies 688063.SSChina$1.41B-50%+101%1%44.2×n/an/a
Amara Raja Energy & Mobility ARE&M.NSIndia$1.41B-19%+16%6%15.5×n/an/a
Vanchip (Tianjin) Technology 688153.SSChina$1.41B-31%0%-8%n/an/an/a
Long Young Electronic (Kunshan) 301389.SZChina$1.55B-41%+103%17%55.4×46.5%+3.3%
Sinfonia Technology 6507.TJapan$1.56B-39%+9%15%14.2×15.4%+8.0%

Questions

Who are Guodian Nanjing Automation's main competitors?
Named competitors: NARI Technology (600406.SS), Beijing Sifang Automation (601126.SS), Sieyuan Electric (002028.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Aerospace Intelligent Manufacturing Technology (300446.SZ), Inox Wind (INOXWIND.NS), Zhejiang Zhaolong Interconnect Technology Co. Limited (300913.SZ), Hainan Drinda New Energy Technology (002865.SZ), Shanghai Electric Wind Power (688660.SS), Up-Shine Lighting (301362.SZ).
Is Guodian Nanjing Automation expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.2× against a peer median of 15.5×, 7th cheapest of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 0% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +14%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Guodian Nanjing Automation stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -35.2% against -38.9% for the median peer; over one year -19.4%.

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.