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AVIC Airborne Systems Co. Ltd. Class A600372.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Aerospace & Defense

AVIC subsidiary making airborne avionics, fuel, hydraulic and environmental-control systems for Chinese military and civil aircraft.

≈ China's Honeywell Aerospace/Collins AerospaceMomentum strong 78
Mkt cap
$8.36B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$41.4M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
48.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-2.3 pp
WACC 6.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
129 days
15 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥11.54
1D0.0%
1W+6.1%
1M+3.4%
3M+0.3%
6M-11.2%
YTD-14.0%
1Y-4.5%
ATR %2.6%
52w lowhigh32.0% off high

What AVIC Airborne Systems does

AVIC subsidiary making airborne avionics, fuel, hydraulic and environmental-control systems for Chinese military and civil aircraft.

In one line: China's Honeywell Aerospace/Collins Aerospace.

Products and services

  • Avionics systems
  • Fuel & hydraulic systems
  • Environmental control systems

Customers

  • AVIC airframe programs
  • PLA Air Force
  • COMAC (civil aircraft)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Aerospace & Defense
  • Aircraft subsystems…

What could go right

  • COMAC production ramp
  • Military aircraft modernization

What could go wrong

  • Program delay risk (C919 ramp)
  • Customer concentration

Moat: narrow (customer qualification, regulatory licence). Sole-source qualified supplier on domestic military and COMAC civil aircraft programs.

Headquarters: Xi'an, China · Founded: 1993 · Employees: 32,798

Named competitors

AVIC Airborne Systems at a glance

Size AVIC Airborne Systems (600372.SS) is a China Industrials company (Aerospace & Defense) with a market value of $8.36B, the 298th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥11.54 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.2%, against -15.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 2.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +19.6%); the operating margin is 5.5% (peer median 10.1%).

Valuation It trades at 48.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 32.0× (6th most expensive of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.3 points below its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 15 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026600372.SS 87Peer median 84
Six months, rebased to 100: AVIC Airborne Systems against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

AVIC Airborne Systems financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥23.3BCN¥24.0BCN¥23.7BCN¥28.9BCN¥27.7B
Revenue growth—+1%-18%+4%—
Gross profitCN¥7.53BCN¥6.38BCN¥6.14BCN¥8.02BCN¥7.49B
EBITDAn/aCN¥2.89BCN¥2.67BCN¥3.61BCN¥3.36B
Net incomeCN¥1.02BCN¥1.07BCN¥1.04BCN¥1.89BCN¥1.35B
Free cash flow-CN¥2.72B-CN¥1.81B-CN¥3.92B-CN¥2.45B-CN¥2.42B
Capital expenditureCN¥2.29BCN¥2.11BCN¥2.00BCN¥1.44BCN¥1.55B
Total debtCN¥16.4BCN¥19.2BCN¥17.1BCN¥14.5BCN¥15.1B

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AVIC Airborne Systems competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%688002MRODRS047810LOAR000768HAG272210MOG-AKTOS002179600879BETAHIIHXLKRMNCRJOBY600372.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. AVIC Airborne Systems is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%50×100×688002MRODRS047810LOAR000768HAG272210MOG-AKTOS600879HIIKRMNCRAVAV600372.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. AVIC Airborne Systems is the large dot.

AVIC Airborne Systems competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600372.SS vs HON vs RTX vs SAF.PA)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
AVIC Airborne Systems 600372.SS$8.36B-11%-2%5%48.1×n/a
Honeywell Technologies HON$69.8B-1%-17%18%23.2×4.1%
RTX RTX$256B+8%+12%11%24.4×8.4%
Safran SAF.PA$138B+4%+14%13%28.5×22.2%

How AVIC Airborne Systems 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.

AVIC Airborne Systems against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600372.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.4%-2.8%8th highest of 21
6-month return-11.2%-15.4%10th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-32.0%-34.3%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-2.0%+19.6%3rd lowest of 21
Operating margin5.5%10.1%8th lowest of 21
Forward P/E48.1×32.0×6th most expensive of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-2.3 pp+0.4 pp7th lowest of 20

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
AVIC Airborne Systems 600372.SSChina$8.36B-11%-2%5%48.1×n/an/a
Raytron Technology 688002.SSChina$8.64B-15%+84%29%26.4×20.1%+32.1%
Melrose Industries MRO.LUnited Kingdom$7.80B-4%+9%11%13.4×15.3%-12.8%
Leonardo DRS DRSUnited States$9.08B-18%+9%11%23.1×4.6%+5.6%
Korea Aerospace 047810.KSSouth Korea$7.37B-39%+44%6%45.4×n/an/a
Loar LOARUnited States$7.05B+26%+30%25%52.2×29.1%+27.5%
AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry 000768.SZChina$9.92B+1%-34%3%55.7×n/an/a
Hensoldt HAG.DEGermany$10.0B+2%+15%10%41.3×12.2%+15.3%
Hanwha Systems 272210.KSSouth Korea$6.93B-57%+30%6%82.5×n/an/a
Moog MOG-AUnited States$10.3B+3%+16%12%27.8×15.1%+6.0%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions KTOSUnited States$6.59B-39%+26%2%36.4×n/an/a
Jonhon Optronic Technology 002179.SZChina$10.7B-7%+6%11%30.4×n/an/a
China Aerospace Times Electronics 600879.SSChina$6.43B-46%-13%1%130.0×n/an/a
BWX Technologies BWXTUnited States$11.0B-42%+18%10%23.8×19.6%+8.5%
BETA Technologies BETAUnited States$6.37B+45%+136%-1,033%n/an/an/a
Huntington Ingalls Industries HIIUnited States$11.4B-8%+13%5%14.4×5.3%+5.9%
Hexcel HXLUnited States$6.09B-16%+8%11%29.6×23.0%+4.5%
Karman KRMNUnited States$6.04B-25%+50%19%57.5×n/an/a
Crane CRUnited States$11.6B+11%+22%18%25.8×17.5%-3.5%
Joby Aviation JOBYUnited States$5.89B-45%+118,568%-754%n/an/an/a
AeroVironment AVAVUnited States$5.73B-33%+84%1%33.5×n/an/a

Questions

Who are AVIC Airborne Systems's main competitors?
Named competitors: Honeywell Aerospace (HON), Collins Aerospace (RTX) (RTX), Safran (SAF.PA). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Raytron Technology (688002.SS), Melrose Industries (MRO.L), Leonardo DRS (DRS), Korea Aerospace (047810.KS), Loar (LOAR), AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry (000768.SZ).
Is AVIC Airborne Systems expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 48.1× against a peer median of 32.0×, 6th most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has AVIC Airborne Systems stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -11.2% against -15.4% for the median peer; over one year -4.5%.

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.