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China Railway Hi-tech Industry Corp. Ltd. Class A600528.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery

Maker of railway track-laying and maintenance machinery, tied to China's state railway construction group.

Momentum strong 76
Mkt cap
$2.37B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
49%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$11.2M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-0.5 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-7 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · CNYCN¥7.11
1D+0.6%
1W+2.0%
1M+4.0%
3M-5.0%
6M-8.7%
YTD-13.1%
1Y-17.7%
ATR %1.6%
52w lowhigh25.9% off high

What China Railway Hi-tech Industry does

Maker of railway track-laying and maintenance machinery, tied to China's state railway construction group.

Products and services

  • Track-laying machines
  • Rail maintenance equipment

Customers

  • China State Railway Group
  • Railway construction contractors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Rail equipment
  • Track construction machinery

What could go right

  • China rail network expansion/maintenance

What could go wrong

  • Rail capex cycle

Moat: narrow (customer qualification). Qualified supplier to China's state railway system for specialized track equipment.

Headquarters: China · Employees: 11,537

Named competitors

China Railway Hi-tech Industry at a glance

Size China Railway Hi-tech Industry (600528.SS) is a China Industrials company (Trucks/Construction/Farm Machinery) with a market value of $2.37B, the 1081st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥7.11 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.7%, against -13.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 8.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.4%); the operating margin is 4.6% (peer median 7.0%).

Valuation It trades at 0.7× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.9× (7th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.5 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026600528.SS 91Peer median 85
Six months, rebased to 100: China Railway Hi-tech Industry against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

China Railway Hi-tech Industry financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥26.1BCN¥27.6BCN¥28.9BCN¥30.0BCN¥28.8B
Revenue growth—-5%-4%+4%—
Gross profitCN¥5.32BCN¥4.89BCN¥5.24BCN¥5.46BCN¥4.98B
EBITDAn/aCN¥2.25BCN¥2.48BCN¥2.37BCN¥2.46B
Net incomeCN¥1.26BCN¥1.30BCN¥1.77BCN¥1.74BCN¥1.88B
Free cash flowCN¥296MCN¥277MCN¥117M-CN¥484MCN¥495M
Capital expenditureCN¥1.09BCN¥881MCN¥589MCN¥1.19BCN¥834M
Total debtCN¥6.66BCN¥6.56BCN¥6.75BCN¥6.47BCN¥7.66B

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China Railway Hi-tech Industry competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%CADLRTRN0027796432000528600710GRSE301039NFI60076100068026727006317003601038CRAFTSMANCAF6884853105600528.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. China Railway Hi-tech Industry is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×5×10×CADLRTRN0027796432000528600710GRSE3010396007612672700631CRAFTSMAN6884853105600528.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. China Railway Hi-tech Industry is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%6432000528600710301039NFI60076100068026727006317003601038CAF31056269600528.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 Railway Hi-tech Industry is the large dot.

China Railway Hi-tech Industry competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600528.SS vs 688425.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
China Railway Hi-tech Industry 600528.SS$2.37B-9%-8%5%0.7×-4.0%
China Railway Construction Heavy Industry 688425.SS$3.29B-13%-1%12%2.4×1.9%

How China Railway Hi-tech Industry 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 Railway Hi-tech Industry against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600528.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.0%+1.3%5th highest of 21
6-month return-8.7%-13.2%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-25.9%-33.1%8th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-8.3%+13.4%lowest of 21
Operating margin4.6%7.0%6th lowest of 21
EV / Sales0.7×0.9×7th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-4.0%-2.6%7th least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+2.6%+9.2%4th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-6.7 pp-10.0 pp5th most demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital-0.5 pp+1.0 pp8th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
China Railway Hi-tech Industry 600528.SSChina$2.37B-9%-8%5%0.7×-4.0%+2.6%
Cadeler A/S CADLR.OLNorway$2.41B-14%+53%36%4.6×n/an/a
Trinity Industries TRNUnited States$2.30B-20%-2%13%3.5×n/an/a
ZHEJIANG ZHONGJIAN TECHNOLOGY 002779.SZChina$2.26B+2%+28%-17%12.2×n/an/a
Takeuchi Mfg.Co 6432.TJapan$2.21B+4%+12%16%1.3×4.0%+14.9%
Guangxi Liugong Machinery 000528.SZChina$2.58B-13%+10%6%0.8×-3.5%+5.0%
Sumec 600710.SSChina$2.18B-9%+14%4%0.2×-17.2%+3.6%
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers GRSE.NSIndia$2.60B-31%+40%10%3.3×n/an/a
CIMC Vehicles (Group) 301039.SZChina$2.07B-18%+6%4%0.4×-4.3%-5.2%
NFI NFI.TOCanada$2.06B+13%+15%2%0.8×12.0%+9.3%
Anhui Heli 600761.SSChina$2.06B-14%+13%7%0.6×-6.7%+9.2%
Shantui Construction Machinery 000680.SZChina$2.06B-22%+14%10%1.1×-4.4%+15.6%
Hd Ce 267270.KSSouth Korea$2.80B-56%+115%8%0.5×-9.6%+9.6%
Sany Heavy Equipment International 0631.HKHong Kong$2.82B-46%+19%6%0.8×1.4%+26.1%
Mitsui ES 7003.TJapan$1.98B-45%+12%11%1.0×16.0%-11.3%
First Tractor 601038.SSChina$1.95B+2%+12%6%1.2×-1.6%+7.5%
Craftsman Automation CRAFTSMAN.NSIndia$2.90B+21%+36%10%3.2×n/an/a
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles CAF.MCSpain$2.92B+21%+12%6%0.6×1.0%+10.2%
Beijing Jiuzhouyigui Environmental Technology 688485.SSChina$1.91B+29%+9%2%38.1×n/an/a
Nisshinbo 3105.TJapan$1.87B-9%+2%7%0.8×3.6%+1.9%
Modec 6269.TJapan$3.03B-46%+17%9%0.3×-21.3%+18.6%

Questions

Who are China Railway Hi-tech Industry's main competitors?
Named competitors: China Railway Construction Heavy Industry (688425.SS), Plasser & Theurer (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Cadeler A/S (CADLR.OL), Trinity Industries (TRN), ZHEJIANG ZHONGJIAN TECHNOLOGY (002779.SZ), Takeuchi Mfg.Co (6432.T), Guangxi Liugong Machinery (000528.SZ), Sumec (600710.SS).
Is China Railway Hi-tech Industry expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 0.7× against a peer median of 0.9×, 7th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -7 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has China Railway Hi-tech Industry stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -8.7% against -13.2% for the median peer; over one year -17.7%.

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.