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Huayu Automotive Systems Company Limited Class A600741.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Discretionary›Auto Parts: OEM

SAIC Motor's parts arm and China's largest auto-parts group, making components across interiors, chassis and electronics via joint ventures.

≈ China's Magna InternationalMomentum leader 82
Mkt cap
$7.87B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
33%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$42.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
7.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+5.3 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-22 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
139 days
25 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥16.64
1D+0.3%
1W+3.5%
1M+9.8%
3M-0.2%
6M-10.8%
YTD-16.8%
1Y-15.3%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh21.1% off high

What Huayu Automotive Systems does

SAIC Motor's parts arm and China's largest auto-parts group, making components across interiors, chassis and electronics via joint ventures.

Supplies parts mostly to its parent SAIC Motor and to the SAIC-Volkswagen and SAIC-GM joint ventures, so volumes follow how well SAIC group cars sell. SAIC is also its controlling shareholder.

In one line: China's Magna International.

Products and services

  • Interior/exterior components
  • Chassis systems
  • Automotive electronics
  • Powertrain components

Customers

  • SAIC Motor
  • SAIC-Volkswagen/SAIC-GM joint ventures
  • Other domestic automakers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Auto Parts: OEM
  • Diversified Tier 1 auto-parts…

What could go right

  • SAIC and JV production volumes
  • EV component content growth

What could go wrong

  • SAIC customer concentration
  • Automaker pricing pressure

Moat: narrow (scale, customer qualification, installed base). Scale and long-standing JV ties to SAIC and global partners like Bosch/Delphi give supply-chain entrenchment.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 1990 · Employees: 54,621

Named competitors

Huayu Automotive Systems at a glance

Size Huayu Automotive Systems (600741.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $7.87B, the 314th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥16.64 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.8%, against -9.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.2%); the operating margin is 3.1% (peer median 8.4%).

Valuation It trades at 7.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.2× (2nd cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -16% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -22 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.3 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 25 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 92600741.SS 90
Six months, rebased to 100: Huayu Automotive Systems against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Huayu Automotive Systems financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥183BCN¥184BCN¥169BCN¥168BCN¥158B
Revenue growth—+8%+1%+7%—
Gross profitCN¥26.9BCN¥21.2BCN¥19.2BCN¥21.0BCN¥20.7B
EBITDAn/aCN¥12.8BCN¥11.2BCN¥11.6BCN¥11.3B
Net incomeCN¥6.85BCN¥7.21BCN¥6.70BCN¥7.21BCN¥7.20B
Free cash flowCN¥6.26BCN¥7.46BCN¥5.78BCN¥9.58BCN¥7.35B
Capital expenditureCN¥5.64BCN¥4.75BCN¥4.51BCN¥4.90BCN¥5.20B
Total debtCN¥30.9BCN¥32.8BCN¥30.2BCN¥28.8BCN¥23.2B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Huayu Automotive Systems competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%UNOMINDAHLE002920ALV5334600418ALSN301550DCI7259000559TREL-B002625SONACOMSSHA0BRELEA601689CUMMINSIND603179600741.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Huayu Automotive Systems is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%20×40×60×UNOMINDAHLE002920ALV5334600418ALSN301550DCI7259000559TREL-B002625SONACOMSSHA0BRELEA601689CUMMINSIND603179600741.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Huayu Automotive Systems is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%UNOMINDAHLEALVDCI7259000559SONACOMSSHA0BRE601689CUMMINSIND600741.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. Huayu Automotive Systems is the large dot.

Huayu Automotive Systems competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600741.SS vs MG.TO vs 600660.SS vs 601689.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Huayu Automotive Systems 600741.SS$7.87B-11%+1%3%7.9×-15.5%
Magna International MG.TO$16.1B+4%0%6%8.2×0.1%
Fuyao Glass Industry 600660.SS$21.0B-5%+5%22%16.2×-3.2%
Ningbo Tuopu 601689.SS$11.7B-26%+11%9%29.9×15.3%

How Huayu Automotive Systems 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.

Huayu Automotive Systems against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600741.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+9.8%+1.3%7th highest of 21
6-month return-10.8%-9.1%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-21.1%-29.3%8th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.3%+6.2%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin3.1%8.4%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E7.9×22.2×2nd cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-15.5%9.6%least demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+6.6%+7.7%6th lowest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-22.2 pp-2.6 ppleast demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.3 pp+1.6 pp5th highest of 21

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
Huayu Automotive Systems 600741.SSChina$7.87B-11%+1%3%7.9×-15.5%+6.6%
UNO Minda UNOMINDA.NSIndia$8.11B+16%+19%8%53.6×46.9%+25.0%
HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA HLE.DEGermany$8.26B-7%-1%5%34.7×2.4%+6.1%
Huizhou Desay SV Automotive 002920.SZChina$7.12B-23%+12%7%17.5×n/an/a
Autoliv ALVUnited States$8.89B+2%+4%10%11.0×2.6%+7.7%
Niterra 5334.TJapan$9.01B+5%+16%19%9.9×4.0%+11.3%
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile 600418.SSChina$6.48B-60%+23%-2%44.4×n/an/a
Allison Transmission ALSNUnited States$9.65B-6%+71%20%11.0×2.6%+7.7%
Zhejiang Sling Intelligent Drive 301550.SZChina$6.34B+14%+7%19%230.9×n/an/a
Donaldson DCIUnited States$9.77B-2%+5%16%19.5×8.3%+6.4%
Aisin 7259.TJapan$9.78B-14%+6%4%10.0×-0.3%+7.7%
Wanxiang Qianchao 000559.SZChina$6.24B-22%-4%8%36.7×21.2%+4.2%
Trelleborg TREL-B.STSweden$10.1B+19%+2%19%22.9×9.6%+2.6%
Kuang-Chi Technologies 002625.SZChina$6.05B-52%-7%20%21.6×n/an/a
Sona BLW Precision Forgings SONACOMS.NSIndia$5.94B+56%+42%17%63.7×48.2%+23.6%
Schaeffler SHA0.DEGermany$5.83B-45%-1%2%18.4×10.7%+13.3%
Brembo BRE.MIItaly$5.62B-11%-3%7%13.7×17.3%+10.9%
Lear LEAUnited States$5.31B-21%+4%4%6.9×-1.3%+6.4%
Ningbo Tuopu 601689.SSChina$11.7B-26%+11%9%29.9×15.3%+35.4%
Cummins India CUMMINSIND.NSIndia$11.9B-25%+15%19%43.5×39.5%+22.7%
Jiangsu Xinquan Automotive Trim 603179.SSChina$5.07B+5%+12%6%33.5×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Huayu Automotive Systems's main competitors?
Named competitors: Magna International (MG.TO), Fuyao Glass (600660.SS), Ningbo Tuopu Group (601689.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes UNO Minda (UNOMINDA.NS), HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA (HLE.DE), Huizhou Desay SV Automotive (002920.SZ), Autoliv (ALV), Niterra (5334.T), Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (600418.SS).
Is Huayu Automotive Systems expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 7.9× against a peer median of 22.2×, 2nd cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -16% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -22 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Huayu Automotive Systems stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -10.8% against -9.1% for the median peer; over one year -15.3%.

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.