Full-service Chinese brokerage under the state-owned China Everbright Group, offering brokerage, investment banking and asset management.
Full-service Chinese brokerage under the state-owned China Everbright Group, offering brokerage, investment banking and asset management.
Income comes from commissions on client trades, interest on margin loans to investors, underwriting fees on share and bond issues, and fees on funds it manages, so results track stock turnover and issuance more than any single product. State-owned China Everbright Group is the main shareholder.
Moat: none (brand). Mid-tier brokerage without a clearly differentiated franchise versus larger national peers.
Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 1996 · Employees: 7,763
Size Everbright Securities (601788.SS) is a China Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $8.70B, the 282nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥13.82 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.0%, against -7.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.6%); the operating margin is 36.3% (peer median 35.6%).
Valuation It trades at 14.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.0× (11th cheapest of 21).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥14.1B | CN¥16.3B | CN¥14.2B | CN¥14.0B | CN¥13.8B |
| Revenue growth | — | +15% | +1% | +2% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥11.4B | CN¥13.3B | CN¥11.4B | CN¥11.3B | CN¥10.9B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥7.70B | CN¥6.72B | CN¥6.19B | CN¥6.82B |
| Net income | CN¥4.35B | CN¥3.72B | CN¥3.06B | CN¥4.27B | CN¥3.19B |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥5.17B | CN¥15.2B | CN¥37.3B | CN¥16.0B | CN¥18.9B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥327M | CN¥269M | CN¥372M | CN¥506M | CN¥286M |
| Total debt | CN¥135B | CN¥125B | CN¥133B | CN¥112B | CN¥101B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everbright Securities 601788.SS | $8.70B | -9% | -4% | 36% | 14.6× | 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 |
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.
| Measure | 601788.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +2.9% | +2.9% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -9.0% | -7.1% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -28.2% | -25.2% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.4% | +6.6% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 36.3% | 35.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.6× | 15.0× | 11th cheapest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everbright Securities 601788.SS | China | $8.70B | -9% | -4% | 36% | 14.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Nordnet SAVE.ST | Sweden | $8.70B | +13% | +11% | 58% | 23.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Founder Securities 601901.SS | China | $8.52B | -4% | -21% | 47% | 11.7× | n/a | n/a |
| ASX ASX.AX | Australia | $9.02B | +15% | +3% | 65% | 24.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Virtu Financial VIRT | United States | $8.37B | +5% | +28% | 38% | 7.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Multi Commodity Exchange of India MCX.NS | India | $9.51B | +16% | +122% | 79% | 50.8× | n/a | n/a |
| XP Inc. Class A XP | United States | $7.83B | -21% | +17% | 32% | 6.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Orient Securities 600958.SS | China | $10.00B | -10% | -5% | 28% | 11.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Mirae Asset Sec 006800.KS | South Korea | $7.57B | -66% | +5% | 114% | 4.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Houlihan Lokey HLI | United States | $10.1B | -5% | 0% | 20% | 18.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Investec INVP.L | United Kingdom | $7.34B | +3% | -4% | 37% | 7.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jefferies Financial JEF | United States | $10.9B | -11% | +26% | 41% | 11.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Evercore EVR | United States | $10.9B | -17% | +37% | 22% | 14.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Guolian Minsheng Securities 601456.SS | China | $6.75B | -13% | +9% | 25% | 20.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Allfunds ALLFG.AS | Netherlands | $6.69B | +18% | +1% | 43% | 20.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Freedom FRHC | United States | $11.4B | +28% | +8% | 29% | 39.7× | n/a | n/a |
| StoneX SNEX | United States | $6.55B | -33% | +21% | 2% | 13.0× | n/a | n/a |
| NHIS 005940.KS | South Korea | $6.46B | -32% | +156% | 34% | 5.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Swissquote SQN.SW | Switzerland | $6.33B | -13% | +4% | 44% | 15.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhongtai Securities 600918.SS | China | $6.31B | -12% | -4% | 21% | 17.1× | n/a | n/a |
| TMX X.TO | Canada | $12.1B | +10% | +4% | 28% | 22.8× | n/a | n/a |