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Liaoning Port Company Limited Class A601880.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Other Transportation

Operator of Liaoning province's ports (Dalian, Yingkou) handling container, bulk and oil cargo in Northeast China.

Momentum strong 74
Mkt cap
$4.54B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
28%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$20.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
+1.3 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-9 pp
Req g minus delivered
Close · CNYCN¥1.48
1D0.0%
1W+1.4%
1M0.0%
3M-3.9%
6M-9.8%
YTD-7.5%
1Y-18.2%
ATR %2.0%
52w lowhigh19.1% off high

What Liaoning Port does

Operator of Liaoning province's ports (Dalian, Yingkou) handling container, bulk and oil cargo in Northeast China.

Charges shipping lines and cargo owners fees per container or tonne handled, plus storage and loading fees, so income follows trade volumes through its northeast Chinese ports, notably grain, ore, coal and oil. The 2022 merger of Dalian Port and Yingkou Port put the region's two main ports under one operator.

Products and services

  • Container handling
  • Bulk/dry cargo handling
  • Oil/tank terminal

Customers

  • Shipping lines
  • Cargo owners/traders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrials
  • Transportation infrastructure
  • Port operation

What could go right

  • Northeast Asia/China trade volumes
  • Port consolidation efficiency gains

What could go wrong

  • Trade volume cyclicality
  • Heavy capex/regulated tariffs

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Consolidated monopoly operator of Liaoning's main ports after the 2022 merger of Dalian and Yingkou ports.

Headquarters: Dalian, Liaoning, China · Employees: 10,561

Named competitors

Liaoning Port at a glance

Size Liaoning Port (601880.SS) is a China Industrials company (Other Transportation) with a market value of $4.54B, the 563rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥1.48 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.8%, against -0.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 3.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.3%); the operating margin is 20.8% (peer median 15.4%).

Valuation It trades at 3.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.7× (9th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.3 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 100601880.SS 90
Six months, rebased to 100: Liaoning Port against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Liaoning Port financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥11.1BCN¥11.3BCN¥11.1BCN¥12.2BCN¥12.2B
Revenue growth—+3%-9%0%—
Gross profitCN¥4.99BCN¥3.19BCN¥2.32BCN¥3.34BCN¥3.16B
EBITDAn/aCN¥4.90BCN¥4.21BCN¥4.54BCN¥4.36B
Net incomeCN¥1.38BCN¥1.31BCN¥1.14BCN¥1.34BCN¥1.32B
Free cash flowCN¥5.04BCN¥5.37BCN¥3.86BCN¥2.89BCN¥320M
Capital expenditureCN¥544MCN¥490MCN¥638MCN¥668MCN¥3.41B
Total debtCN¥9.97BCN¥10.2BCN¥13.0BCN¥10.9BCN¥12.8B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Liaoning Port competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%0%+5%+10%6005152633S5860001260100005769041CAAPOMAB9023WWIALX60122897061199ENAVLYFT600004000582KBHL601880.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Liaoning Port is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%5×10×6005152633S5860001260100005769041CAAPOMAB9023WWIALX60122897061199ENAVLYFT000582KBHL601880.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →EV / Sales →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Liaoning Port is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%2633S58600012601000CAAPOMAB9023ALX97061199ENAV600004KBHL601880.SSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Liaoning Port is the large dot.

Liaoning Port competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (601880.SS vs 600717.SS vs 601326.SS vs 601000.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq g
Liaoning Port 601880.SS$4.54B-10%-3%21%3.1×-10.7%
Tianjin Port 600717.SS$1.89B-2%-8%18%1.5×-14.6%
Qinhuangdao Port 601326.SS$2.70B-5%+2%23%2.9×-10.9%
Tangshan Port 601000.SS$4.27B+3%+10%39%3.7×-11.0%
Qingdao Port International 601298.SS$8.98B+10%+4%31%2.6×-12.0%
Rizhao Port 600017.SS$1.26B-7%+3%13%3.8×n/a

How Liaoning Port 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.

Liaoning Port against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure601880.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return0.0%+2.1%7th lowest of 21
6-month return-9.8%-0.5%5th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-19.1%-18.0%9th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-3.5%+8.3%4th lowest of 21
Operating margin20.8%15.4%9th highest of 21
EV / Sales3.1×3.7×9th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-10.7%-2.3%3rd least demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)-1.3%+11.0%2nd lowest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-9.3 pp-21.3 pp7th most demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.3 pp+0.5 pp8th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Liaoning Port 601880.SSChina$4.54B-10%-3%21%3.1×-10.7%-1.3%
Hainan Airport Infrastructure 600515.SSChina$4.56B-26%+25%-5%10.2×n/an/a
Taiwan High Speed Rail 2633.TWTaiwan$4.36B-3%+4%39%7.1×0.8%+6.9%
SATS S58.SISingapore$4.34B+15%+9%9%1.4×-0.2%+45.6%
Anhui Expressway 600012.SSChina$4.29B+13%-14%42%6.5×-5.4%+18.0%
Tangshan Port 601000.SSChina$4.27B+3%+10%39%3.7×-11.0%-6.2%
Zhejiang Expressway 0576.HKHong Kong$4.86B-13%+18%33%3.7×n/an/a
Kintetsu 9041.TJapan$4.23B+5%+2%5%1.0×n/an/a
Corporacion America Airports CAAPUnited States$4.00B-3%+16%23%2.0×-6.3%+26.4%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV Sponsored ADR OMABUnited States$5.21B+2%+21%53%6.0×-5.1%+27.2%
Tokyo Metro 9023.TJapan$5.31B-8%+3%21%3.9×4.8%+7.4%
Wilh. Wilhelmsen WWI.OLNorway$3.87B+23%-4%10%2.8×6.2%+11.0%
Atlas Arteria ALX.AXAustralia$3.78B-21%+2%-20%43.6×-3.5%+8.9%
Guangzhou Port 601228.SSChina$3.54B-3%-18%11%3.4×n/an/a
Japan Airport Terminal 9706.TJapan$3.46B+16%+8%17%2.3×-2.3%+40.7%
COSCO SHIPPING Ports 1199.HKHong Kong$3.32B+18%+12%14%3.8×8.7%+10.9%
ENAV ENAV.MIItaly$3.19B+8%+3%9%3.0×13.8%+6.0%
Lyft LYFTUnited States$6.47B+19%+11%-2%0.9×-6.1%+21.7%
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport 600004.SSChina$3.18B-6%+9%11%1.7×-12.5%+8.8%
Beibu Gulf Port 000582.SZChina$3.14B-25%-1%21%4.2×n/an/a
Kobenhavns Lufthavne A/S KBHL.CODenmark$6.60B-6%+9%34%9.3×6.7%+28.5%

Questions

Who are Liaoning Port's main competitors?
Named competitors: Tianjin Port Holdings (600717.SS), Qinhuangdao Port (601326.SS), Tangshan Port Group (601000.SS), Qingdao Port International (601298.SS), Rizhao Port (600017.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hainan Airport Infrastructure (600515.SS), Taiwan High Speed Rail (2633.TW), SATS (S58.SI), Anhui Expressway (600012.SS), Tangshan Port (601000.SS), Zhejiang Expressway (0576.HK).
Is Liaoning Port expensive compared with its peers?
On ev / sales it trades at 3.1× against a peer median of 3.7×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is -9 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Liaoning Port stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.8% against -0.5% for the median peer; over one year -18.2%.

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.