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Employees: 3,445
Size Changchun Engley Automobile Industry (601279.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $752M, the 2902nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥3.16 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.6%, against -19.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 15.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.8%); the operating margin is -5.8% (peer median 4.6%).
Valuation It trades at 1.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.8× (8th cheapest of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -3%, so the hurdle is +10 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.6 points below its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥3.69B | CN¥4.31B | CN¥4.67B | CN¥5.31B | CN¥5.07B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | -12% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥235M | CN¥336M | CN¥436M | CN¥560M | CN¥444M |
| EBITDA | CN¥243M | CN¥403M | CN¥496M | CN¥585M | CN¥396M |
| Net income | -CN¥187M | -CN¥84.5M | CN¥48.8M | CN¥102M | CN¥58.4M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥246M | CN¥256M | CN¥301M | -CN¥45.0M | -CN¥151M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥316M | CN¥381M | CN¥486M | CN¥580M | CN¥428M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.43B | CN¥1.71B | CN¥1.82B | CN¥2.25B | CN¥2.13B |
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| Measure | 601279.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -12.5% | -1.9% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -20.6% | -19.4% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -50.3% | -37.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -15.3% | +7.8% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -5.8% | 4.6% | lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.4× | 1.8× | 8th cheapest of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.1% | 14.6% | 5th least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -2.9% | +8.6% | 2nd lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +10.0 pp | +4.1 pp | 5th most demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -10.6 pp | -1.5 pp | lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.1× | 11.8× | 2nd most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.3× | 1.4× | 4th least indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changchun Engley Automobile Industry 601279.SS | China | $752M | -21% | -15% | -6% | 1.4× | 7.1% | -2.9% |
| China Yuchai International CYD | United States | $750M | -57% | +21% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fox Factory FOXF | United States | $748M | 0% | +2% | 5% | 0.9× | 14.6% | +10.5% |
| Shenzhen Dawei Innovation Technology 002213.SZ | China | $756M | -44% | +12% | 3% | 4.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Guizhou Guihang Automotive Components 600523.SS | China | $739M | -11% | +7% | 4% | 1.8× | 17.3% | +2.4% |
| Reach Machinery 301596.SZ | China | $733M | -8% | +16% | 14% | 6.0× | 32.5% | +9.5% |
| CIR S.p.A. - Compagnie Industriali Riunite CIR.MI | Italy | $776M | +12% | 0% | 6% | 0.9× | 2.3% | -0.2% |
| PWR PWH.AX | Australia | $776M | +24% | +31% | 16% | 6.9× | 41.7% | +16.6% |
| Shentong Technology 605228.SS | China | $726M | -28% | +7% | 11% | 2.2× | 7.1% | +4.9% |
| Zhejiang VIE Science & Technology 002590.SZ | China | $723M | -22% | +8% | 4% | 1.0× | 9.1% | +14.5% |
| Changzhou Tenglong Auto Parts 603158.SS | China | $719M | -22% | +9% | 4% | 1.3× | 25.1% | +18.7% |
| Chongqing Zhixin Industrial 603352.SS | China | $787M | -35% | +22% | 26% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Mitsuboshi Belting 5192.T | Japan | $716M | +4% | +5% | 10% | 0.9× | -1.1% | +7.3% |
| Jiangsu Pacific Precision Forging 300258.SZ | China | $789M | -20% | -8% | 2% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Zomax Transmission 603767.SS | China | $711M | -20% | +3% | 1% | 4.6× | 23.6% | -2.7% |
| Changhua 605018.SS | China | $710M | -21% | -7% | -1% | 2.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Nippon Seiki 7287.T | Japan | $800M | -14% | +6% | 4% | 0.3× | -1.7% | +8.6% |
| Guangdong Hongtu Technology (Holdings) 002101.SZ | China | $805M | -19% | -1% | 2% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Suprajit Engineering SUPRAJIT.NS | India | $701M | +11% | +18% | 7% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| S.J.S. Enterprises SJS.NS | India | $699M | +3% | +26% | 24% | 6.0× | 20.2% | +30.6% |
| Xuchang Yuandong Drive Shaft 002406.SZ | China | $699M | -24% | +31% | 13% | 1.9× | 2.1% | -6.3% |