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Eastern Communications Co., Ltd. Class A600776.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Telecommunications Equipment

Chinese telecom-equipment maker of optical transmission and wireless network equipment for carriers.

Momentum weak 25
Mkt cap
$1.72B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
42%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$20.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-13.5 pp
WACC 10.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Close · CNYCN¥11.11
1D+2.6%
1W+10.2%
1M-8.6%
3M-13.1%
6M-33.1%
YTD-32.7%
1Y-11.5%
ATR %4.5%
52w lowhigh59.0% off high

What Eastern Communications does

Chinese telecom-equipment maker of optical transmission and wireless network equipment for carriers.

Products and services

  • Optical transmission equipment
  • Wireless network equipment

Customers

  • Telecom carriers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Information Technology
  • Telecom equipment
  • Optical transmission & wireless network…

What could go right

  • Domestic 5G/fiber network build-out

What could go wrong

  • Competition from Huawei/ZTE scale

Moat: none (scale). Faces intense competition from larger vendors like Huawei and ZTE in carrier equipment.

Headquarters: Hangzhou, China · Employees: 1,814

Named competitors

Eastern Communications at a glance

Size Eastern Communications (600776.SS) is a China Information Technology company (Telecommunications Equipment) with a market value of $1.72B, the 1437th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥11.11 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 33.1%, against -20.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 7.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.9%); the operating margin is -4.6% (peer median 2.9%).

Valuation It trades at 3.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.7× (7th most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.5 points below its cost of capital (10.2% WACC).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 79600776.SS 65
Six months, rebased to 100: Eastern Communications against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Eastern Communications financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.73BCN¥2.47BCN¥2.89BCN¥2.93BCN¥3.22B
Revenue growth—-14%-1%-9%—
Gross profitCN¥282MCN¥208MCN¥236MCN¥301MCN¥320M
EBITDAn/a-CN¥53.5M-CN¥78.9MCN¥14.1MCN¥30.2M
Net incomeCN¥256MCN¥358MCN¥151MCN¥153MCN¥135M
Free cash flow-CN¥258MCN¥107M-CN¥48.7M-CN¥14.6MCN¥194M
Capital expenditureCN¥125MCN¥21.6MCN¥87.9MCN¥137MCN¥92.0M
Total debtCN¥94.7MCN¥141MCN¥112MCN¥125MCN¥10.3M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Eastern Communications 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

-60%-40%-20%0%-20%0%+20%603516335560034500081030063800288196110008390013086814603118489790603712002792002583300045001270ARLO600776.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Eastern Communications is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0×10×20×60351633550901600345000810300638CALX00288196110008390013086814603118603712002792002583300045001270600776.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Eastern Communications is the large dot.

Eastern Communications competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600776.SS vs 000063.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Eastern Communications 600776.SS$1.72B-33%+7%-5%3.5×n/a
ZTE 000063.SZ$19.0B-23%+14%1%1.2×19.0%

How Eastern Communications 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.

Eastern Communications against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600776.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.6%-5.7%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-33.1%-20.1%6th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-59.0%-44.8%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+7.4%+13.9%9th lowest of 21
Operating margin-4.6%2.9%5th lowest of 21
EV / Sales3.5×2.7×7th most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-13.5 pp-2.2 pp2nd lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Eastern Communications 600776.SSChina$1.72B-33%+7%-5%3.5×n/an/a
Beijing Tricolor Technology 603516.SSChina$1.72B-60%-11%-20%33.8×n/an/a
FS.COM 3355.HKHong Kong$1.63B-27%+14%23%3.0×-11.0%+19.4%
Shenzhen SDMC Technology 0901.HKHong Kong$1.61Bn/a+33%10%2.9×n/an/a
Wuhan Yangtze Communication Industry 600345.SSChina$1.85B-23%+13%-8%11.2×n/an/a
Skyworth Digital 000810.SZChina$1.85B-15%+28%1%1.4×n/an/a
Fibocom Wireless 300638.SZChina$1.88B-10%+3%2%1.7×n/an/a
Calix CALXUnited States$1.89B-29%+23%5%1.5×23.1%+13.1%
MeiG Smart Technology 002881.SZChina$1.92B+8%+24%7%2.8×n/an/a
Shanghai Longcheer Technology 9611.HKHong Kong$1.97B-14%+7%0%0.5×n/an/a
CITIC Guoan Information Industry 000839.SZChina$1.45B-17%+14%7%2.9×11.3%+7.0%
Shenzhen KTC Technology 001308.SZChina$2.09B+3%0%3%1.2×n/an/a
Furuno Electric 6814.TJapan$1.42B-1%+14%13%1.4×7.4%+11.3%
Shenzhen Gongjin Electronics 603118.SSChina$1.42B-18%+21%2%1.0×n/an/a
Hanwha Vision 489790.KSSouth Korea$1.41B-56%+20%11%0.9×n/an/a
Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting 603712.SSChina$1.41B-25%+27%-17%5.0×n/an/a
Tongyu Communication 002792.SZChina$2.12B-38%+2%-4%11.0×n/an/a
Hytera Communications 002583.SZChina$2.17B-20%+4%7%2.6×n/an/a
Hwa Create 300045.SZChina$1.35B-39%-7%-20%14.5×n/an/a
Zhejiang Chengchang Technology 001270.SZChina$1.34B-37%-1%27%20.9×44.0%+18.3%
Arlo Technologies ARLOUnited States$1.33B-19%+16%3%2.0×32.6%+8.2%

Questions

Who are Eastern Communications's main competitors?
Named competitors: ZTE (000063.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Beijing Tricolor Technology (603516.SS), FS.COM (3355.HK), Shenzhen SDMC Technology (0901.HK), Wuhan Yangtze Communication Industry (600345.SS), Skyworth Digital (000810.SZ), Fibocom Wireless (300638.SZ).
Is Eastern Communications expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 3.5× against a peer median of 2.7×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Eastern Communications stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -33.1% against -20.1% for the median peer; over one year -11.5%.

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.