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Guotai Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. Class A601211.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Financials›Investment Managers

China's largest brokerage by assets after the 2025 Guotai Junan–Haitong merger, spanning brokerage, investment banking and trading.

≈ A Chinese Morgan Stanley by scaleMomentum strong 76
Mkt cap
$40.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
63%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$210M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
8.9×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
140 days
26 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥16.46
1D-1.3%
1W+3.8%
1M-0.8%
3M-10.1%
6M+2.1%
YTD-19.9%
1Y-12.3%
ATR %2.6%
52w lowhigh26.4% off high

What Guotai Haitong Securities does

China's largest brokerage by assets after the 2025 Guotai Junan–Haitong merger, spanning brokerage, investment banking and trading.

Earns commissions on share trades, underwriting fees from helping companies raise money, interest on margin loans to clients and gains on its own trading, so revenue follows trading volume and market mood. It was created in 2025 when Guotai Junan absorbed Haitong Securities. This is the Shanghai-listed share.

In one line: A Chinese Morgan Stanley by scale.

Products and services

  • Retail & institutional brokerage
  • Investment banking
  • Asset management
  • Proprietary trading

Customers

  • Retail investors
  • corporate issuers
  • institutional clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Securities brokerage
  • Brokerage, investment banking, asset…

What could go right

  • China capital-market trading growth
  • Merger cost/revenue synergies

What could go wrong

  • Merger-integration execution risk
  • Trading-volume cyclicality

Moat: narrow (scale, brand). Combined scale from the Guotai Junan-Haitong merger makes it China's largest brokerage by assets.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 2025 · Employees: 26,228

Named competitors

Guotai Haitong Securities at a glance

Size Guotai Haitong Securities (601211.SS) is a China Financials company (Investment Managers) with a market value of $40.4B, the 42nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥16.46 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.1%, against +6.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.6%); the operating margin is 44.5% (peer median 26.1%).

Valuation It trades at 8.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 11.7× (3rd cheapest of 21).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 107601211.SS 101
Six months, rebased to 100: Guotai Haitong Securities against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Guotai Haitong Securities financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥79.1BCN¥98.2BCN¥50.4BCN¥43.3BCN¥37.0B
Revenue growth—+95%+16%+17%—
Gross profitCN¥53.1BCN¥81.3BCN¥41.4BCN¥36.0BCN¥30.4B
EBITDAn/aCN¥52.4BCN¥28.6BCN¥23.1BCN¥21.5B
Net incomeCN¥30.6BCN¥27.4BCN¥12.3BCN¥8.66BCN¥11.0B
Free cash flowCN¥162BCN¥85.0BCN¥59.5BCN¥9.44BCN¥52.8B
Capital expenditureCN¥2.04BCN¥1.64BCN¥1.16BCN¥1.17BCN¥1.78B
Total debtCN¥1.12TCN¥1.00TCN¥463BCN¥421BCN¥357B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Guotai Haitong Securities 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

-10%0%+10%-10%0%+10%EQTAMPNTRSARES8604APOPFG6066TROWAMUNPGHNPS6099KKRBAMTPGBENCVCBN601211.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Guotai Haitong Securities is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%+100%10×20×EQTAMPNTRSRJFARES86046066PGHNPS6099KKRBAMTPGCVC601211.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Guotai Haitong Securities is the large dot.

Guotai Haitong Securities competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (601211.SS vs 600030.SS vs 601688.SS vs 000776.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Guotai Haitong Securities 601211.SS$40.4B+2%+3%44%8.9×n/a
CITIC Securities 600030.SS$56.4B-6%-16%54%10.2×n/a
Huatai Securities 601688.SS$22.7B-7%-6%38%8.3×n/a
GF Securities 000776.SZ$20.9B-10%+37%42%7.8×n/a
China Merchants Securities 600999.SS$20.1B+3%-8%76%6.8×n/a

How Guotai Haitong Securities 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.

Guotai Haitong Securities against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure601211.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.8%+3.4%5th lowest of 21
6-month return+2.1%+6.1%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-26.4%-14.3%6th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+3.4%+8.6%5th lowest of 21
Operating margin44.5%26.1%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E8.9×11.7×3rd cheapest 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
Guotai Haitong Securities 601211.SSChina$40.4B+2%+3%44%8.9×n/an/a
Eqt EQT.STSweden$39.2B+1%-18%59%22.6×n/an/a
Ameriprise Financial AMPUnited States$43.5B+8%+9%28%10.0×n/an/a
Northern Trust NTRSUnited States$31.3B+8%+7%24%13.7×n/an/a
Raymond James Financial RJFUnited States$31.3B+6%+10%21%11.4×n/an/a
Ares Management ARESUnited States$30.0B+7%+7%27%20.5×n/an/a
Nomura 8604.TJapan$26.5B+15%+12%12%9.0×n/an/a
Apollo Global Management APOUnited States$68.9B-12%+11%11%11.5×n/an/a
Principal Financial PFGUnited States$23.6B+10%+5%15%11.3×n/an/a
CSC Financial 6066.HKHong Kong$23.5B-15%+3%49%5.5×n/an/a
T. Rowe Price TROWUnited States$23.1B+4%+7%36%10.8×n/an/a
Amundi AMUN.PAFrance$21.7B+9%+1%23%11.9×n/an/a
Partners PGHN.SWSwitzerland$21.3B-24%+9%56%16.7×n/an/a
Pershing Square PSUnited States$20.6B+24%+67%37%84.9×n/an/a
China Merchants Securities 6099.HKHong Kong$20.2B-10%+98%34%4.5×n/an/a
KKR & KKRUnited States$86.6B-6%+32%23%11.4×n/an/a
Brookfield Asset Management BAMUnited States$86.7B+6%+120%62%26.6×n/an/a
TPG TPGUnited States$17.9B+4%+21%17%13.8×n/an/a
Franklin Resources BENUnited States$17.1B+10%+8%15%10.6×n/an/a
CVC Capital Partners CVC.ASNetherlands$16.9B+10%+14%57%18.1×n/an/a
Brookfield BN.TOCanada$102B-8%+1%25%13.5×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Guotai Haitong Securities's main competitors?
Named competitors: CITIC Securities (600030.SS), Huatai Securities (601688.SS), GF Securities (000776.SZ), China Merchants Securities (600999.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Eqt (EQT.ST), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Northern Trust (NTRS), Raymond James Financial (RJF), Ares Management (ARES), Nomura (8604.T).
Is Guotai Haitong Securities expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 8.9× against a peer median of 11.7×, 3rd cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Guotai Haitong Securities stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +2.1% against +6.1% for the median peer; over one year -12.3%.

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.