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Xiamen International Airport Co., Ltd. Class A600897.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Other Transportation

Operator of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport in Fujian province.

Momentum strong 70
Mkt cap
$892M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
27%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$4.80M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+21.6 pp
WACC 6.2%
Hurdle
-28 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
168 days
23 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥14.26
1D+0.1%
1W+5.1%
1M-1.0%
3M-5.1%
6M-11.5%
YTD-17.1%
1Y-7.1%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh36.5% off high

What Xiamen International Airport does

Operator of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport in Fujian province.

Earns from airlines through charges on landing, parking and passengers, partly regulated by the aviation authority, and from shops, advertising and ground services at the terminal. Passenger traffic drives both, and everything depends on a single airport serving Xiamen.

Products and services

  • Airport aeronautical operations
  • Non-aeronautical (retail/duty-free) revenue

Customers

  • Airlines
  • Retail tenants
  • Air travelers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Transportation infrastructure
  • Airport operation

What could go right

  • Cross-strait/Southeast Asia air travel growth

What could go wrong

  • Air-travel demand cycles
  • Capex needs

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Licensed sole operator of Fujian's principal international airport.

Headquarters: Xiamen, China · Employees: 3,601

Named competitors

Xiamen International Airport at a glance

Size Xiamen International Airport (600897.SS) is a China Industrials company (Other Transportation) with a market value of $892M, the 2537th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥14.26 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.5%, against -10.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 33.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.3%); the operating margin is 27.5% (peer median 10.6%).

Valuation It trades at 12.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.1× (3rd cheapest of 9).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -28 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 21.6 points above its cost of capital (6.2% WACC).

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

Relative performance

85909510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026600897.SS 89Peer median 88
Six months, rebased to 100: Xiamen International Airport against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Xiamen International Airport financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.64BCN¥2.06BCN¥1.87BCN¥1.69BCN¥1.00B
Revenue growth—+10%+11%+68%—
Gross profitCN¥1.14BCN¥806MCN¥595MCN¥537MCN¥4.05M
EBITDAn/aCN¥920MCN¥650MCN¥685MCN¥185M
Net incomeCN¥535MCN¥518MCN¥431MCN¥354MCN¥28.1M
Free cash flowCN¥470MCN¥760MCN¥708MCN¥653MCN¥118M
Capital expenditureCN¥71.5MCN¥74.8MCN¥70.9MCN¥52.4MCN¥86.5M
Total debtCN¥267MCN¥146MCN¥193MCN¥256MCN¥173M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Xiamen International Airport competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-30%-20%-10%0%+10%0%+10%0694S613013390020236015180009000005576003686031286006119090601188000755SVI105260032600050700629031600897.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Xiamen International Airport is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%0×100×0694S6130133960312890901052600326600897.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Xiamen International Airport is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%0694S61301339002023601518000900000557603128600611SVI6003260062600897.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. Xiamen International Airport is the large dot.

Xiamen International Airport competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600897.SS vs 000089.SZ vs 600004.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Xiamen International Airport 600897.SS$892M-12%+33%28%12.1×-16.5%
Shenzhen Airport 000089.SZ$2.08B-5%+5%17%14.2×-6.4%
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 600004.SS$3.18B-6%+9%11%25.2×-12.5%

How Xiamen International Airport 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.

Xiamen International Airport against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600897.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.0%-0.4%10th lowest of 21
6-month return-11.5%-10.8%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-36.5%-23.9%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+33.0%+4.3%highest of 21
Operating margin27.5%10.6%5th highest of 21
Forward P/E12.1×15.1×3rd cheapest of 9
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-16.5%0.2%2nd least demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+11.4%+7.4%3rd highest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-28.0 pp-7.3 pp2nd least demanding of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+21.6 pp-1.3 pphighest 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
Xiamen International Airport 600897.SSChina$892M-12%+33%28%12.1×-16.5%+11.4%
Beijing Capital International Airport 0694.HKHong Kong$914M-21%+6%0%183.1×40.5%+8.7%
SBS Transit S61.SISingapore$866M-2%+2%4%19.0×-10.6%+4.3%
Jiangsu Tongxingbao Intelligent Transportation Tech 301339.SZChina$948M-17%+9%20%13.8×-4.9%+17.9%
Sichuan Haite High-Tech 002023.SZChina$948M-31%+14%-28%n/a31.4%+10.4%
Jilin Expressway 601518.SSChina$822M-1%-13%48%n/a-20.5%+10.0%
Xiandai Investment 000900.SZChina$822M-14%-6%20%n/a2.8%-14.7%
Ningxia Western Venture Industrial 000557.SZChina$807M-21%+7%9%n/a0.2%+8.3%
Guangxi Wuzhou Communications 600368.SSChina$1.01B+8%-40%48%n/an/an/a
CTS International Logistics 603128.SSChina$1.02B-5%+15%3%15.0×-5.1%+5.0%
Dazhong Transportation (Group) 600611.SSChina$1.02B-12%-12%-9%n/a5.8%-3.3%
Jiangsu Lianyungang Port 601008.SSChina$765M-13%+5%15%n/a1.9%+9.7%
AZ-COM Maruwa 9090.TJapan$760M-1%+9%5%15.2×n/an/a
Heilongjiang Transport Development 601188.SSChina$746M+13%-4%27%n/a0.4%+7.0%
Shanxi Hi-speed 000755.SZChina$1.07B-3%+3%47%n/a-7.2%+8.4%
StorageVault Canada SVI.TOCanada$1.09B-4%+9%23%n/a21.9%+16.6%
Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure 1052.HKHong Kong$699M-19%+9%36%6.2×0.1%+7.4%
Xizang Tianlu 600326.SSChina$1.24B-35%-8%0%26.3×24.9%-13.0%
Zhuhai Port 000507.SZChina$638M-9%0%12%n/a-2.0%+4.5%
Transport International 0062.HKHong Kong$592M-16%+1%6%n/a-8.6%+6.4%
Nishi-Nippon Railroad 9031.TJapan$1.37B0%+10%7%9.0×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Xiamen International Airport's main competitors?
Named competitors: Shenzhen Airport (000089.SZ), Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (600004.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Beijing Capital International Airport (0694.HK), SBS Transit (S61.SI), Jiangsu Tongxingbao Intelligent Transportation Tech (301339.SZ), Sichuan Haite High-Tech (002023.SZ), Jilin Expressway (601518.SS), Xiandai Investment (000900.SZ).
Is Xiamen International Airport expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.1× against a peer median of 15.1×, 3rd cheapest of 9 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -28 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Xiamen International Airport stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -11.5% against -10.8% for the median peer; over one year -7.1%.

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.