Employees: 1,022
Size Liaoning Shenhua (600653.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Motor Vehicles) with a market value of $450M, the 4108th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥1.54 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 16.3%, against -21.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 42.0% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.6%); the operating margin is -2.8% (peer median 1.9%).
Valuation It trades at 1.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.1× (8th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 36% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -12%, so the hurdle is +48 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.3 points below its cost of capital (5.9% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.50B | CN¥3.66B | CN¥4.17B | CN¥5.14B | CN¥5.94B |
| Revenue growth | — | -12% | -19% | -14% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥215M | CN¥109M | CN¥206M | CN¥288M | CN¥349M |
| EBITDA | n/a | -CN¥27.5M | CN¥77.3M | CN¥44.7M | CN¥71.6M |
| Net income | -CN¥145M | -CN¥178M | CN¥38.6M | -CN¥199M | -CN¥173M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥31.9M | CN¥6.85M | CN¥26.2M | -CN¥3.14M | CN¥64.9M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥48.5M | CN¥63.5M | CN¥50.3M | CN¥71.9M | CN¥88.6M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.20B | CN¥1.80B | CN¥2.03B | CN¥1.93B | CN¥2.05B |
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| Measure | 600653.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.2% | -11.7% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -16.3% | -21.8% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -30.6% | -44.3% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -42.0% | -3.6% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -2.8% | 1.9% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.6× | 1.1× | 8th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 35.7% | 3.1% | most demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -11.9% | +7.3% | lowest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +47.5 pp | -4.1 pp | most demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -6.3 pp | -3.4 pp | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liaoning Shenhua 600653.SS | China | $450M | -16% | -42% | -3% | 1.6× | 35.7% | -11.9% |
| Anhui Ankai Automobile 000868.SZ | China | $468M | -26% | -1% | -4% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen China Bicycle Company (Holdings) 000017.SZ | China | $469M | -1% | -39% | 6% | 5.8× | 31.4% | +44.2% |
| Aston Martin Lagonda Global AML.L | United Kingdom | $474M | -26% | 0% | -12% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Amotiv AOV.AX | Australia | $476M | -19% | +3% | 16% | 1.1× | -4.7% | +13.0% |
| WINBO-Dongjian Automotive Technology 300978.SZ | China | $522M | -24% | -8% | 11% | 1.7× | 2.2% | +6.7% |
| Miller Industries MLR | United States | $526M | -4% | -21% | 3% | 0.6× | 4.0% | +3.9% |
| Eson Precision Ind 5243.TW | Taiwan | $382M | -31% | -11% | 10% | 0.8× | -7.0% | +4.1% |
| Yulon Nissan Motor 2227.TW | Taiwan | $379M | -21% | -24% | -5% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Yueda Investment 600805.SS | China | $559M | -17% | -4% | 0% | 2.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Hirata 6258.T | Japan | $564M | -14% | +9% | 11% | 0.9× | 4.1% | +7.8% |
| Merida Industry 9914.TW | Taiwan | $573M | +9% | -16% | 6% | 0.8× | -4.9% | -0.3% |
| Joy Kie 300994.SZ | China | $345M | -29% | -3% | 2% | 0.6× | 9.9% | +8.0% |
| Jilin Liyuan Precision Manufacturing 002501.SZ | China | $591M | -25% | -9% | -55% | 15.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Phoenix Enterprise (Group)Co 600679.SS | China | $617M | -6% | +1% | 3% | 1.9× | 10.0% | +9.4% |
| KMC (Kuei Meng) International 5306.TW | Taiwan | $325M | +6% | -2% | 22% | 2.0× | -8.8% | -5.3% |
| BAIC Motor 1958.HK | Hong Kong | $629M | -55% | -20% | 2% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle 603787.SS | China | $318M | -23% | -12% | -3% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| United Alloy-Tech 3162.TWO | Taiwan | $317M | -18% | +26% | 1% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Her Chee Industrial 8937.TWO | Taiwan | $314M | -36% | +333% | -45% | 27.8× | n/a | n/a |
| KG Mobility 003620.KS | South Korea | $311M | -52% | +25% | 1% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |