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State-owned scientific and technical publisher under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, publishing academic books and journals.
State-owned scientific and technical publisher under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, publishing academic books and journals.
Earns from selling academic books and textbooks, much of it bought by universities and libraries, and from journals and database access sold by subscription or institutional licence. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, through its holding company, controls it, and the output of its institutes is a steady source of titles.
In one line: A Chinese Elsevier/Springer for domestic science publishing.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Affiliation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences gives it a trusted academic-publishing franchise.
Headquarters: Beijing, China · Employees: 1,478
Size China Science Publishing & Media (601858.SS) is a China Communication Services company (Publishing: Books/Magazines) with a market value of $2.31B, the 1104th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥19.49 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.2%, against +2.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.2%); the operating margin is 9.9% (peer median 7.4%).
Valuation It trades at 31.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.1× (4th most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 25% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is +22 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 5.1 points above its cost of capital (12.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥3.00B | CN¥3.00B | CN¥2.95B | CN¥2.87B | CN¥2.70B |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +3% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥822M | CN¥761M | CN¥756M | CN¥726M | CN¥696M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥386M | CN¥384M | CN¥374M | CN¥359M |
| Net income | CN¥452M | CN¥484M | CN¥433M | CN¥513M | CN¥469M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥668M | CN¥680M | CN¥378M | CN¥544M | CN¥476M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥37.9M | CN¥42.8M | CN¥46.5M | CN¥18.8M | CN¥45.8M |
| Total debt | CN¥21.0M | CN¥23.9M | CN¥34.3M | CN¥26.7M | CN¥28.4M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Science Publishing & Media 601858.SS | $2.31B | -23% | 0% | 10% | 31.4× | 25.2% |
| China Publishing & Media 601949.SS | $1.64B | -2% | -10% | 3% | 15.9× | 6.3% |
| Relx REL.L | $70.4B | +23% | +2% | 32% | 21.3× | 1.8% |
| Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA SPG.DE | $4.80B | +10% | +3% | 22% | 13.0× | -6.5% |
| John Wiley & Sons WLY | $2.55B | +21% | 0% | 18% | 10.5× | 0.3% |
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 | 601858.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -7.8% | +7.4% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.2% | +2.5% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -37.7% | -12.3% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.4% | -3.2% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 7.4% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 31.4× | 14.1× | 4th most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 25.2% | -3.1% | 4th most demanding of 19 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +3.6% | +0.9% | 6th highest of 19 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +21.6 pp | -8.4 pp | 4th most demanding of 19 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.1 pp | +4.0 pp | 7th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Science Publishing & Media 601858.SS | China | $2.31B | -23% | 0% | 10% | 31.4× | 25.2% | +3.6% |
| Shandong Publishing & Media 601019.SS | China | $2.41B | +3% | -8% | 8% | 12.2× | -14.1% | +2.9% |
| John Wiley & Sons WLY | United States | $2.55B | +21% | 0% | 18% | 10.5× | 0.3% | -2.9% |
| Southern Publishing & Media 601900.SS | China | $2.09B | +27% | -3% | 16% | 11.6× | -10.2% | +4.7% |
| Zhejiang Publishing & Media 601921.SS | China | $2.71B | +7% | -7% | 10% | 14.0× | -12.6% | +1.5% |
| Central China Land Media 000719.SZ | China | $2.91B | +5% | -10% | 13% | 10.5× | -8.9% | -0.5% |
| Kadokawa 9468.T | Japan | $3.02B | -2% | +3% | 2% | 101.9× | 25.1% | +6.1% |
| China South Publishing & Media 601098.SS | China | $3.11B | +2% | -1% | 11% | 13.6× | -20.2% | +3.8% |
| China Literature 0772.HK | Hong Kong | $3.18B | -9% | +12% | 2% | 34.3× | 40.8% | -3.6% |
| Changjiang Publishing & Media 600757.SS | China | $1.67B | +6% | -3% | 11% | 9.9× | -9.5% | +1.2% |
| China Publishing & Media 601949.SS | China | $1.64B | -2% | -10% | 3% | 15.9× | 6.3% | -2.1% |
| Chinese Universe Publishing & Media 600373.SS | China | $1.57B | -6% | -5% | -4% | 26.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media 601928.SS | China | $3.60B | 0% | -13% | 7% | 15.4× | -7.9% | +0.5% |
| Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA SPG.DE | Germany | $4.80B | +10% | +3% | 22% | 13.0× | -6.5% | +3.4% |
| Heilongjiang Publishing & Media 605577.SS | China | $1.03B | +37% | +2% | 7% | n/a | 3.2% | -0.5% |
| Storytel STORY-B.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | +37% | +9% | 12% | 20.2× | 12.0% | +12.5% |
| Citic Press 300788.SZ | China | $958M | -6% | -2% | 1% | 42.0× | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| Time Publishing & Media 600551.SS | China | $761M | -5% | -25% | 4% | 11.7× | -21.0% | +0.7% |
| Bloomsbury Publishing BMY.L | United Kingdom | $722M | +9% | -7% | 9% | 14.1× | 0.7% | +12.0% |
| Scholastic SCHL | United States | $685M | -7% | -3% | 1% | 20.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Dook Media 301025.SZ | China | $603M | -11% | -5% | 4% | n/a | 52.3% | -3.1% |