Employees: 10,454
Size Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences (603153.SS) is a China Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $820M, the 2697th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥13.55 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.3%, against -18.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 9.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.8%); the operating margin is 8.1% (peer median 8.6%).
Valuation It trades at 0.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.1× (10th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +13%, so the hurdle is -19 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.8 points above its cost of capital (5.8% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.02B | CN¥4.98B | CN¥4.91B | CN¥3.99B | CN¥3.54B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +23% | +13% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.99B | CN¥1.75B | CN¥1.71B | CN¥1.30B | CN¥1.12B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥521M | CN¥516M | CN¥398M | CN¥360M |
| Net income | CN¥376M | CN¥368M | CN¥362M | CN¥316M | CN¥276M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥304M | CN¥358M | CN¥259M | CN¥216M | CN¥117M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥101M | CN¥114M | CN¥181M | CN¥144M | CN¥101M |
| Total debt | CN¥412M | CN¥409M | CN¥454M | CN¥56.5M | CN¥48.1M |
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| Measure | 603153.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -0.3% | -8.1% | 6th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -22.3% | -18.4% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -31.6% | -34.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +9.7% | +2.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 8.6% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 0.9× | 1.1× | 10th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -6.2% | 5.6% | 4th least demanding of 11 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +12.6% | +4.9% | 2nd highest of 11 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -18.7 pp | +3.4 pp | 3rd least demanding of 11 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.8 pp | -2.1 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences 603153.SS | China | $820M | -22% | +10% | 8% | 0.9× | -6.2% | +12.6% |
| Chongqing Road & Bridge 600106.SS | China | $821M | -31% | -10% | 65% | 50.3× | 32.7% | -11.6% |
| Falcon's Beyond Global FBYD | United States | $831M | -41% | +181% | -67% | 39.8× | n/a | n/a |
| TSK Electronica y Electricidad TSK.MC | Spain | $831M | +10% | +1% | 6% | 0.6× | 9.9% | +0.9% |
| Shin Nippon Air Technologies 1952.T | Japan | $803M | -25% | +11% | 9% | 0.7× | 1.3% | +7.6% |
| Shenzhen Investment Holdings Bay Area Development 0737.HK | Hong Kong | $803M | -4% | +11% | 30% | 13.3× | 14.6% | -2.4% |
| G R Infraprojects GRINFRA.NS | India | $803M | -21% | +25% | 16% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Totetsu Kogyo 1835.T | Japan | $841M | -30% | 0% | 11% | 0.7× | -11.6% | +4.2% |
| Afcons Infrastructure AFCONS.NS | India | $841M | -36% | -15% | 4% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| China Nerin Engineering 603257.SS | China | $851M | -21% | -21% | 10% | 2.0× | 15.4% | +5.6% |
| Xinjiang Beixin Road & Bridge 002307.SZ | China | $861M | -19% | -22% | 8% | 4.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing New Space Technology 605178.SS | China | $861M | -18% | 0% | -51% | 16.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Next Geosolutions Europe NXT.MI | Italy | $861M | +22% | +68% | 17% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Urban Architecture Design 300983.SZ | China | $866M | +5% | -7% | -58% | 29.5× | n/a | n/a |
| FDC Consolidated FDC.AX | Australia | $763M | n/a | +13% | -1% | 0.4× | -6.2% | +12.9% |
| Shenzhen Tagen 000090.SZ | China | $883M | -11% | +1% | 0% | 0.8× | 13.8% | +5.6% |
| GMR Power and Urban Infra GMRP&UI.NS | India | $763M | -17% | +4% | 14% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Power Mech Projects POWERMECH.NS | India | $761M | -12% | +16% | 10% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Construction 601789.SS | China | $885M | -34% | +10% | 2% | 0.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shinnihon 1879.T | Japan | $759M | +6% | +7% | 14% | 0.3× | -21.3% | +6.3% |
| Costain COST.L | United Kingdom | $890M | +30% | -6% | 5% | 0.5× | 0.1% | +1.3% |