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Hongta Securities Co Ltd Class A601236.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Yunnan-based full-service securities brokerage offering brokerage, wealth management, investment banking and asset management.

≈ A regional Chinese brokerage, akin to a small regional US broker-dealerMomentum strong 67
Mkt cap
$4.72B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
20%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$17.9M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
26.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
143 days
29 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥6.71
1D-0.7%
1W+4.5%
1M-4.0%
3M-6.4%
6M-10.5%
YTD-18.1%
1Y-25.5%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh26.9% off high

What Hongta Securities does

Yunnan-based full-service securities brokerage offering brokerage, wealth management, investment banking and asset management.

Earns commissions on customers' share trades, interest on margin loans to clients who borrow to buy, and fees on underwriting and money management, plus gains or losses on securities it holds itself, so results move with market turnover and sentiment more than with anything the firm controls.

In one line: A regional Chinese brokerage, akin to a small regional US broker-dealer.

Products and services

  • Retail brokerage
  • Wealth management
  • Investment banking/underwriting
  • Asset management

Customers

  • Retail investors
  • Corporate issuers
  • Institutional investors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Capital markets
  • Securities brokerage

What could go right

  • Trading-volume/margin-financing cycles
  • Wealth-management AUM growth

What could go wrong

  • Equity market trading-volume cycles
  • Commission-fee compression

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Brokerage licences are tightly regulated, but the business is largely commoditized among ~140 similar brokers.

Headquarters: Kunming, Yunnan, China · Employees: 1,159

Named competitors

Hongta Securities at a glance

Size Hongta Securities (601236.SS) is a China Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $4.72B, the 532nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥6.71 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 10.5%, against -12.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 4.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.9%); the operating margin is 39.4% (peer median 34.9%).

Valuation It trades at 26.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 10.3× (2nd most expensive of 19).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

85909510011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026601236.SS 89Peer median 87
Six months, rebased to 100: Hongta Securities against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hongta Securities financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.68BCN¥2.97BCN¥2.35BCN¥1.74BCN¥1.48B
Revenue growth—+26%+35%+17%—
Gross profitCN¥2.20BCN¥2.74BCN¥2.13BCN¥1.44BCN¥991M
EBITDAn/aCN¥2.09BCN¥1.50BCN¥833MCN¥395M
Net incomeCN¥935MCN¥1.21BCN¥764MCN¥312MCN¥38.5M
Free cash flow-CN¥2.74B-CN¥1.31BCN¥3.93B-CN¥8.38B-CN¥6.34B
Capital expenditureCN¥92.4MCN¥95.2MCN¥86.0MCN¥76.8MCN¥62.5M
Total debtCN¥34.3BCN¥26.8BCN¥25.5BCN¥16.9BCN¥17.7B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hongta 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

-40%-20%0%+20%-30%-20%-10%0%PIPRMC600109016360BGC601162002939000728601696071050600909000987IGGGLXYXTB600369000783MKTX601236.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hongta Securities is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%+100%0×20×40×60×PIPRMC600109016360BGC601162000728601696071050600909601990000987XTB600369MKTX601236.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Hongta Securities is the large dot.

Hongta Securities competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (601236.SS vs 600030.SS vs 601211.SS vs 000776.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Hongta Securities 601236.SS$4.72B-11%-4%39%26.8×n/a
CITIC Securities 600030.SS$56.4B-6%-16%54%10.2×n/a
Guotai Haitong Securities 601211.SS$40.4B+2%+3%44%8.9×n/a
GF Securities 000776.SZ$20.9B-10%+37%42%7.8×n/a

How Hongta 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.

Hongta Securities against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure601236.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-4.0%-3.4%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-10.5%-12.0%10th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-26.9%-32.9%7th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-4.3%+7.9%8th lowest of 21
Operating margin39.4%34.9%6th highest of 21
Forward P/E26.8×10.3×2nd most expensive of 19

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
Hongta Securities 601236.SSChina$4.72B-11%-4%39%26.8×n/an/a
Piper Sandler Companies PIPRUnited States$4.65B-19%+20%21%14.6×n/an/a
Moelis & MCUnited States$4.62B-13%+14%18%16.9×n/an/a
Sinolink Securities 600109.SSChina$4.60B-7%+10%30%11.8×n/an/a
SamsungSecu 016360.KSSouth Korea$4.87B-31%+19%71%4.0×n/an/a
BGC BGCUnited States$4.89B-8%+28%9%7.1×n/an/a
Tianfeng Securities 601162.SSChina$4.91B-9%-20%3%65.0×n/an/a
China Great Wall Securities 002939.SZChina$4.53B-16%-5%35%n/an/an/a
Guoyuan Securities 000728.SZChina$4.53B-6%-23%34%10.3×n/an/a
BOC International (China) 601696.SSChina$4.37B-16%+6%35%24.7×n/an/a
KIH 071050.KSSouth Korea$5.15B-49%+100%51%2.4×n/an/a
Huaan Securities 600909.SSChina$5.17B+23%-18%121%6.2×n/an/a
Nanjing Securities 601990.SSChina$4.30B-11%-9%37%24.1×n/an/a
Guangzhou Yuexiu Capital 000987.SZChina$5.20B-23%-44%11%7.6×n/an/a
IG Group Holdings plc IGG.LUnited Kingdom$4.23B-38%+16%40%8.7×n/an/a
Galaxy Digital GLXYUnited States$5.31B-55%+430%1%n/an/an/a
XTB Spolka Akcyjna XTB.WAPoland$3.98B+22%+63%48%9.6×n/an/a
Soochow Securities 601555.SSChina$5.64B-5%+3%36%10.3×n/an/a
Southwest Securities 600369.SSChina$3.90B-8%-13%27%20.6×n/an/a
Changjiang Securities 000783.SZChina$5.77B-13%+13%37%8.1×n/an/a
MarketAxess MKTXUnited States$5.83B+12%+3%39%19.5×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Hongta Securities's main competitors?
Named competitors: CITIC Securities (600030.SS), Guotai Junan Securities (601211.SS), Haitong Securities (private or unlisted), GF Securities (000776.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), Moelis & (MC), Sinolink Securities (600109.SS), SamsungSecu (016360.KS), BGC (BGC), Tianfeng Securities (601162.SS).
Is Hongta Securities expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 26.8× against a peer median of 10.3×, 2nd most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Hongta Securities stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -10.5% against -12.0% for the median peer; over one year -25.5%.

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.