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Jiangxi's state publishing group; also owns a mobile-games subsidiary alongside textbook and general-book publishing.
Jiangxi's state publishing group; also owns a mobile-games subsidiary alongside textbook and general-book publishing.
Controlled by Jiangxi's state-owned publishing group. Textbooks supplied to schools in the province carry a steady, licence-protected base, with general books alongside, while the mobile-games subsidiary brings less predictable income that depends on hit titles.
In one line: A Chinese state publisher with a mobile-gaming side business.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Provincial textbook publishing licence plus a diversified, less-regulated gaming earnings stream.
Headquarters: Nanchang, Jiangxi, China · Employees: 6,837
Size Chinese Universe Publishing & Media (600373.SS) is a China Communication Services company (Publishing: Books/Magazines) with a market value of $1.57B, the 1565th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥7.79 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.1%, against +0.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.7% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.2%); the operating margin is -4.0% (peer median 7.4%).
Valuation It trades at 26.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.1× (5th most expensive of 18).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.9 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 19 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥7.32B | CN¥7.74B | CN¥9.29B | CN¥10.9B | CN¥10.2B |
| Revenue growth | — | -17% | -15% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.90B | CN¥2.14B | CN¥3.46B | CN¥4.50B | CN¥3.75B |
| EBITDA | -CN¥44.1M | CN¥58.8M | CN¥1.03B | CN¥1.85B | CN¥1.42B |
| Net income | CN¥278M | CN¥280M | CN¥744M | CN¥2.21B | CN¥1.93B |
| Free cash flow | CN¥510M | CN¥148M | CN¥320M | CN¥2.02B | CN¥2.44B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥162M | CN¥256M | CN¥405M | CN¥271M | CN¥150M |
| Total debt | CN¥4.06B | CN¥3.70B | CN¥3.98B | CN¥4.07B | CN¥3.90B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Universe Publishing & Media 600373.SS | $1.57B | -6% | -5% | -4% | 26.0× | n/a |
| Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media 601928.SS | $3.60B | 0% | -13% | 7% | 15.4× | -7.9% |
| 37 Interactive Entertainment Network Technology 002555.SZ | $5.29B | -24% | -10% | 14% | 14.2× | 5.0% |
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.
| Measure | 600373.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.7% | +7.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -6.1% | +0.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -35.6% | -15.9% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.7% | -3.2% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -4.0% | 7.4% | lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 26.0× | 14.1× | 5th most expensive of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -7.9 pp | +4.0 pp | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Universe Publishing & Media 600373.SS | China | $1.57B | -6% | -5% | -4% | 26.0× | n/a | n/a |
| China Publishing & Media 601949.SS | China | $1.64B | -2% | -10% | 3% | 15.9× | 6.3% | -2.1% |
| Changjiang Publishing & Media 600757.SS | China | $1.67B | +6% | -3% | 11% | 9.9× | -9.5% | +1.2% |
| Southern Publishing & Media 601900.SS | China | $2.09B | +27% | -3% | 16% | 11.6× | -10.2% | +4.7% |
| China Science Publishing & Media 601858.SS | China | $2.31B | -23% | 0% | 10% | 31.4× | 25.2% | +3.6% |
| Heilongjiang Publishing & Media 605577.SS | China | $1.03B | +37% | +2% | 7% | n/a | 3.2% | -0.5% |
| Shandong Publishing & Media 601019.SS | China | $2.41B | +3% | -8% | 8% | 12.2× | -14.1% | +2.9% |
| Storytel STORY-B.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | +37% | +9% | 12% | 20.2× | 12.0% | +12.5% |
| John Wiley & Sons WLY | United States | $2.55B | +21% | 0% | 18% | 10.5× | 0.3% | -2.9% |
| Citic Press 300788.SZ | China | $958M | -6% | -2% | 1% | 42.0× | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| Zhejiang Publishing & Media 601921.SS | China | $2.71B | +7% | -7% | 10% | 14.0× | -12.6% | +1.5% |
| Central China Land Media 000719.SZ | China | $2.91B | +5% | -10% | 13% | 10.5× | -8.9% | -0.5% |
| Kadokawa 9468.T | Japan | $3.02B | -2% | +3% | 2% | 101.9× | 25.1% | +6.1% |
| China South Publishing & Media 601098.SS | China | $3.11B | +2% | -1% | 11% | 13.6× | -20.2% | +3.8% |
| China Literature 0772.HK | Hong Kong | $3.18B | -9% | +12% | 2% | 34.3× | 40.8% | -3.6% |
| Time Publishing & Media 600551.SS | China | $761M | -5% | -25% | 4% | 11.7× | -21.0% | +0.7% |
| Bloomsbury Publishing BMY.L | United Kingdom | $722M | +9% | -7% | 9% | 14.1× | 0.7% | +12.0% |
| Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media 601928.SS | China | $3.60B | 0% | -13% | 7% | 15.4× | -7.9% | +0.5% |
| Scholastic SCHL | United States | $685M | -7% | -3% | 1% | 20.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Dook Media 301025.SZ | China | $603M | -11% | -5% | 4% | n/a | 52.3% | -3.1% |
| Northern United Publishing & Media (Group) 601999.SS | China | $581M | -4% | -20% | 2% | n/a | 20.0% | -3.8% |