Who are Founder Securities's main competitors?

Named competitors: CITIC Securities (600030.SS), Huatai Securities (601688.SS), GF Securities (000776.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Everbright Securities (6178.HK), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Nordnet (SAVE.ST), ASX (ASX.AX), XP Inc. Class A (XP), Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX.NS).

Is Founder Securities expensive compared with its peers?

On forward p/e it trades at 11.7× against a peer median of 13.6×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.

How has Founder Securities stock performed?

Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.9% against -10.3% for the median peer; over one year -15.3%.

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Founder Securities Co., Ltd. Class A601901.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Mid-tier Chinese brokerage linked to Peking University's Founder Group, offering brokerage, investment banking and asset management.

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Mkt cap

$8.52B

US dollars, full cap

Free float

46%

of shares outstanding

$/day

$46.0M

20-day average traded

Fwd P/E

11.7×

forward earnings

ROIC−WACC

n/a

WACC 5.0%

Hurdle

n/a

no reverse DCF

Next earnings

140 days

26 Mar 2027

Close · CNYCN¥6.90

1D0.0%

1W+7.0%

1M+4.5%

3M-3.1%

6M-3.9%

YTD-11.5%

1Y-15.3%

ATR %2.0%

52w lowhigh18.3% off high

What Founder Securities does

Mid-tier Chinese brokerage linked to Peking University's Founder Group, offering brokerage, investment banking and asset management.

Products and services

Retail brokerage
Investment banking
Asset management

Customers

Retail investors
corporate issuers

Where it sits in the supply chain

Financial services
Securities brokerage
Brokerage, investment banking, asset…

What could go right

Trading-volume growth

What could go wrong

Trading-volume cyclicality
Ownership/governance overhang

Moat: none (brand). Mid-tier brokerage without a clearly differentiated franchise versus larger national peers.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 1993 · Employees: 7,403

Named competitors

CITIC Securities 600030.SS
Huatai Securities 601688.SS
GF Securities 000776.SZ

Founder Securities at a glance

Size Founder Securities (601901.SS) is a China Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $8.52B, the 291st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥6.90 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 3.9%, against -10.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 21.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.4%); the operating margin is 46.6% (peer median 35.6%).

Valuation It trades at 11.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (9th cheapest of 21).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

Six months, rebased to 100: Founder Securities against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Founder Securities financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
	TTM	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022
Revenue	CN¥12.5B	CN¥15.1B	CN¥13.5B	CN¥11.3B	CN¥11.9B
Revenue growth	—	+12%	+20%	-5%	—
Gross profit	CN¥9.97B	CN¥12.1B	CN¥10.5B	CN¥8.73B	CN¥9.10B
EBITDA	n/a	CN¥7.00B	CN¥5.80B	CN¥4.97B	CN¥4.62B
Net income	CN¥4.50B	CN¥3.97B	CN¥2.21B	CN¥2.15B	CN¥2.15B
Free cash flow	CN¥7.69B	CN¥835M	CN¥120M	-CN¥8.54B	-CN¥5.70B
Capital expenditure	CN¥289M	CN¥231M	CN¥210M	CN¥233M	CN¥294M
Total debt	CN¥136B	CN¥121B	CN¥123B	CN¥113B	CN¥76.3B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Founder 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

Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Founder Securities is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Founder Securities is the large dot.

Founder Securities competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (601901.SS vs 600030.SS vs 601688.SS vs 000776.SZ)
Company	Market cap	6M return	Revenue growth	Op. margin	Forward P/E	Req g
Founder Securities 601901.SS	$8.52B	-4%	-21%	47%	11.7×	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

How Founder 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.

Founder Securities against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure	601901.SS	Peer median	Rank in peer set
1-month return	+4.5%	0.0%	7th highest of 21
6-month return	-3.9%	-10.3%	8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high	-18.3%	-26.0%	7th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)	-21.4%	+8.4%	lowest of 21
Operating margin	46.6%	35.6%	5th highest of 21
Forward P/E	11.7×	13.6×	9th cheapest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
Company	Market	Market cap	6M return	Revenue growth	Op. margin	Forward P/E	Req g	Delivered g
Founder Securities 601901.SS	China	$8.52B	-4%	-21%	47%	11.7×	n/a	n/a
Everbright Securities 6178.HK	Hong Kong	$8.59B	-20%	+15%	42%	6.0×	n/a	n/a
Virtu Financial VIRT	United States	$8.37B	+5%	+28%	38%	7.8×	n/a	n/a
Nordnet SAVE.ST	Sweden	$8.70B	+13%	+11%	58%	23.7×	n/a	n/a
ASX ASX.AX	Australia	$9.02B	+15%	+3%	65%	24.2×	n/a	n/a
XP Inc. Class A XP	United States	$7.83B	-21%	+17%	32%	6.7×	n/a	n/a
Multi Commodity Exchange of India MCX.NS	India	$9.51B	+16%	+122%	79%	50.8×	n/a	n/a
Mirae Asset Sec 006800.KS	South Korea	$7.57B	-66%	+5%	114%	4.0×	n/a	n/a
Investec INVP.L	United Kingdom	$7.34B	+3%	-4%	37%	7.1×	n/a	n/a
Orient Securities 600958.SS	China	$10.00B	-10%	-5%	28%	11.1×	n/a	n/a
Houlihan Lokey HLI	United States	$10.1B	-5%	0%	20%	18.0×	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
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
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
Freedom FRHC	United States	$11.4B	+28%	+8%	29%	39.7×	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
Zheshang Securities 601878.SS	China	$6.03B	-10%	-4%	32%	13.0×	n/a	n/a

Questions

Who are Founder Securities's main competitors?: Named competitors: CITIC Securities (600030.SS), Huatai Securities (601688.SS), GF Securities (000776.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Everbright Securities (6178.HK), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Nordnet (SAVE.ST), ASX (ASX.AX), XP Inc. Class A (XP), Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX.NS).
Is Founder Securities expensive compared with its peers?: On forward p/e it trades at 11.7× against a peer median of 13.6×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has Founder Securities stock performed?: Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -3.9% against -10.3% for the median peer; over one year -15.3%.