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Arcplus Group Plc Class A600629.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Engineering & Construction

Shanghai-based architecture and engineering design institute providing building design and consulting services.

≈ A Chinese AECOM/HOK for architectural design servicesMomentum neutral 59
Mkt cap
$2.43B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
47%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$78.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
38.4×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-5.6 pp
WACC 6.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
168 days
23 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥14.07
1D-1.1%
1W+3.6%
1M-14.1%
3M+0.4%
6M-17.2%
YTD-22.2%
1Y-49.1%
ATR %6.8%
52w lowhigh43.4% off high

What Arcplus does

Shanghai-based architecture and engineering design institute providing building design and consulting services.

Is paid design and consulting fees by project, often tied to construction cost and collected in stages as drawings are delivered, so revenue follows new building starts and public projects. It grew out of state design institutes in Shanghai.

In one line: A Chinese AECOM/HOK for architectural design services.

Products and services

  • Architectural design services
  • Engineering consulting

Customers

  • Property developers
  • Government construction projects

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Engineering & construction
  • Architecture/design services
  • Building design and consulting

What could go right

  • Urban redevelopment and infrastructure design demand

What could go wrong

  • Property sector slowdown reduces design commissions

Moat: narrow (brand, process know-how). Long-established state design-institute brand with deep local project relationships.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Employees: 9,311

Named competitors

  • AECOM ACM
  • China IPPR International Engineering private or unlisted
  • Tus-Design Group private or unlisted

Arcplus at a glance

Size Arcplus (600629.SS) is a China Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $2.43B, the 1058th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥14.07 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.2%, against -6.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 25.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.9%); the operating margin is -3.2% (peer median 5.8%).

Valuation It trades at 38.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.5× (most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.6 points below its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 94600629.SS 79
Six months, rebased to 100: Arcplus against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Arcplus financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥5.71BCN¥6.95BCN¥8.44BCN¥9.02BCN¥8.01B
Revenue growth—-18%-6%+13%—
Gross profitCN¥1.17BCN¥1.13BCN¥1.53BCN¥1.76BCN¥1.59B
EBITDAn/aCN¥267MCN¥545MCN¥708MCN¥647M
Net income-CN¥45.5MCN¥71.6MCN¥392MCN¥425MCN¥385M
Free cash flow-CN¥39.8MCN¥155MCN¥149MCN¥386MCN¥317M
Capital expenditureCN¥43.9MCN¥89.9MCN¥128MCN¥114MCN¥185M
Total debtCN¥935MCN¥1.08BCN¥1.27BCN¥1.40BCN¥1.53B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Arcplus competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-10%0%+10%AFGWBDKPILHEIJM600820GBFTRE1860CEMPROARE1893GREKLRNBCCBDTIRB6691ENOMGNSPEAB-B600629.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Arcplus is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%10×20×30×AFGWBDKPILHEIJM600820GBFTRE1860CEMPROARE1893GRENBCCBDTIRB6691ENOPEAB-B600629.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Arcplus is the large dot.

Arcplus competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600629.SS vs ACM)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Arcplus 600629.SS$2.43B-17%-25%-3%38.4×n/a
Aecom ACM$8.59B-17%-4%5%11.0×7.3%

How Arcplus 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.

Arcplus against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600629.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-14.1%+1.3%3rd lowest of 21
6-month return-17.2%-6.9%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-43.4%-24.1%4th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-25.2%+8.9%lowest of 21
Operating margin-3.2%5.8%lowest of 21
Forward P/E38.4×14.5×most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-5.6 pp+4.4 pp2nd 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
Arcplus 600629.SSChina$2.43B-17%-25%-3%38.4×n/an/a
AF Gruppen AFG.OLNorway$2.42B+13%+11%5%16.2×-9.7%+3.4%
Webuild WBD.MIItaly$2.39B-22%+2%-1%6.5×-2.1%+24.4%
Kalpataru Projects International KPIL.NSIndia$2.48B+6%+15%6%18.6×14.9%+16.0%
Koninklijke Heijmans HEIJM.ASNetherlands$2.55B-7%+11%6%13.5×3.9%+9.7%
Shanghai Tunnel Engineering 600820.SSChina$2.56B-9%-9%6%8.0×-0.6%+1.4%
Bilfinger GBF.DEGermany$2.57B-31%+6%5%15.5×-6.7%+9.4%
Tecnicas Reunidas TRE.MCSpain$2.57B-5%+33%4%13.5×-2.5%+12.9%
Toda 1860.TJapan$2.58B-3%+10%6%11.1×-0.8%+5.0%
Cemindia Projects CEMPRO.NSIndia$2.58B+36%+10%9%32.8×42.2%+29.9%
Aecon ARE.TOCanada$2.59B-4%+23%2%26.3×5.1%+8.3%
Penta-Ocean Construction 1893.TJapan$2.25B-29%+7%7%8.9×n/an/a
Grenergy Renovables GRE.MCSpain$2.24B-40%+8%23%18.9×n/an/a
Keller KLR.LUnited Kingdom$2.63B+24%+10%7%11.8×4.4%+8.4%
Nbcc (india) NBCC.NSIndia$2.23B-19%+4%6%26.0×40.1%+12.9%
Bird Construction BDT.TOCanada$2.70B+28%+7%4%21.5×6.1%+17.7%
IRB Infrastructure Developers IRB.NSIndia$2.18B-21%-14%27%16.0×9.2%+4.2%
Yankey Engineering 6691.TWTaiwan$2.16B-16%+63%16%9.7×2.8%+33.1%
Elecnor ENO.MCSpain$2.76B-30%+7%4%17.0×-4.9%+12.3%
Morgan Sindall MGNS.LUnited Kingdom$2.77B-7%+11%5%11.7×-4.7%+10.6%
Peab PEAB-B.STSweden$2.80B+5%+4%4%11.4×6.6%-0.4%

Questions

Who are Arcplus's main competitors?
Named competitors: AECOM (ACM), China IPPR International Engineering (private or unlisted), Tus-Design Group (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes AF Gruppen (AFG.OL), Webuild (WBD.MI), Kalpataru Projects International (KPIL.NS), Koninklijke Heijmans (HEIJM.AS), Shanghai Tunnel Engineering (600820.SS), Bilfinger (GBF.DE).
Is Arcplus expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 38.4× against a peer median of 14.5×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Arcplus stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -17.2% against -6.9% for the median peer; over one year -49.1%.

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.