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Employees: 1,838
Size Time Publishing & Media (600551.SS) is a China Communication Services company (Publishing: Books/Magazines) with a market value of $761M, the 2873rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥7.73 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.8%, against -2.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 25.3% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.8%); the operating margin is 4.3% (peer median 7.8%).
Valuation It trades at 11.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.2× (5th cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -21% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is -22 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.1 points above its cost of capital (6.5% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.62B | CN¥6.66B | CN¥8.29B | CN¥8.63B | CN¥7.64B |
| Revenue growth | — | -20% | -4% | +13% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥799M | CN¥777M | CN¥774M | CN¥852M | CN¥831M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥268M | CN¥310M | CN¥382M | CN¥350M |
| Net income | CN¥384M | CN¥410M | CN¥400M | CN¥555M | CN¥344M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥618M | CN¥759M | CN¥733M | CN¥374M | CN¥678M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥29.6M | CN¥37.5M | CN¥53.5M | CN¥51.3M | CN¥28.0M |
| Total debt | CN¥385M | CN¥260M | CN¥635M | CN¥1.02B | CN¥470M |
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| Measure | 600551.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.8% | +2.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -4.8% | -2.5% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -21.0% | -25.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -25.3% | -3.8% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 7.8% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.7× | 19.2× | 5th cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -21.0% | 9.6% | least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +0.7% | +1.2% | 9th lowest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -21.7 pp | +8.5 pp | 2nd least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +3.1 pp | -0.4 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Scholastic SCHL | United States | $685M | -7% | -3% | 1% | 20.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Citic Press 300788.SZ | China | $958M | -6% | -2% | 1% | 42.0× | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| 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% |
| Astro Century Education & Technology 300654.SZ | China | $580M | -4% | -3% | 4% | 132.0× | 48.9% | +7.3% |
| Arnoldo Mondadori Editore MN.MI | Italy | $579M | -5% | +2% | 9% | 8.8× | -4.9% | +4.6% |
| DuZhe Publishing&Media 603999.SS | China | $577M | 0% | -6% | 2% | n/a | 24.3% | -3.5% |
| Storytel STORY-B.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | +37% | +9% | 12% | 20.2× | 12.0% | +12.5% |
| Heilongjiang Publishing & Media 605577.SS | China | $1.03B | +37% | +2% | 7% | n/a | 3.2% | -0.5% |
| Inner Mongolia Xinhua Distribution 603230.SS | China | $554M | -3% | -27% | 1% | n/a | 34.7% | +3.6% |
| MPS MPSLTD.NS | India | $404M | +36% | +10% | 29% | 18.2× | 9.6% | +12.7% |
| Value Line VALU | United States | $398M | +22% | -5% | 11% | n/a | 33.3% | -3.7% |
| Thinkingdom Media 603096.SS | China | $383M | -9% | -7% | 13% | 29.1× | 6.9% | -5.9% |
| Future FUTR.L | United Kingdom | $372M | +5% | -8% | 16% | 3.1× | -6.8% | +16.8% |
| 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% |
| Wilmington WIL.L | United Kingdom | $339M | +12% | +18% | 20% | 10.3× | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| Promotora de Informaciones PRS.MC | Spain | $338M | -23% | 0% | 8% | 50.0× | n/a | n/a |