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Employees: 1,526
Size Ningbo Shenglong Automotive Powertrain System (603178.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Auto Parts: OEM) with a market value of $502M, the 3854th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥14.17 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 27.2%, against -13.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 6.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.1%); the operating margin is -9.6% (peer median 5.6%).
Valuation It trades at 2.2× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.3× (8th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 22% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +6%, so the hurdle is +16 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 9.1 points below its cost of capital (5.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 20 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.63B | CN¥1.67B | CN¥1.62B | CN¥1.45B | CN¥1.47B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +12% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥212M | CN¥41.0M | CN¥166M | CN¥174M | CN¥187M |
| EBITDA | n/a | -CN¥40.6M | CN¥72.8M | CN¥117M | CN¥168M |
| Net income | -CN¥135M | -CN¥211M | CN¥29.8M | CN¥53.3M | CN¥89.1M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥53.2M | CN¥48.6M | -CN¥99.5M | -CN¥49,310 | CN¥164M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥89.9M | CN¥119M | CN¥145M | CN¥150M | CN¥133M |
| Total debt | CN¥493M | CN¥476M | CN¥481M | CN¥404M | CN¥303M |
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| Measure | 603178.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -13.1% | -9.2% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -27.2% | -13.4% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -42.4% | -36.3% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -6.3% | +9.1% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -9.6% | 5.6% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.2× | 1.3× | 8th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 22.3% | 6.6% | 4th most demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.5% | +9.6% | 3rd lowest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +15.8 pp | -2.5 pp | 2nd most demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -9.1 pp | -1.0 pp | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ningbo Shenglong Automotive Powertrain System 603178.SS | China | $502M | -27% | -6% | -10% | 2.2× | 22.3% | +6.5% |
| Murakami 7292.T | Japan | $503M | +3% | +8% | 7% | 0.3× | -19.1% | +9.3% |
| Shinry Technologies 300745.SZ | China | $504M | -41% | +33% | -4% | 1.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Carthane 603037.SS | China | $504M | -8% | +15% | 9% | 3.9× | 25.0% | +10.7% |
| Guangzhou Tongda Auto Electric 603390.SS | China | $505M | -28% | +11% | 10% | 3.2× | 17.0% | +9.5% |
| Nantong Chaoda Equipment 301186.SZ | China | $505M | -38% | +5% | 7% | 4.0× | 21.6% | +11.9% |
| Zhejiang Tenchen Controls 603085.SS | China | $507M | -31% | +29% | 6% | 1.2× | 1.3% | +16.2% |
| Jee Technology 688162.SS | China | $496M | -25% | +15% | 1% | 0.7× | 36.1% | +23.7% |
| Hangzhou Zhengqiang 301119.SZ | China | $510M | -20% | +5% | 19% | 5.8× | 19.9% | +10.1% |
| Fiem Industries FIEMIND.NS | India | $513M | -19% | +17% | 11% | 1.6× | 21.3% | +18.2% |
| Tieliu 603926.SS | China | $515M | -32% | -4% | 4% | 1.4× | 6.6% | +9.6% |
| Hi-Lex 7279.T | Japan | $520M | -17% | +32% | 1% | 0.1× | 3.0% | +9.2% |
| T.RAD 7236.T | Japan | $485M | +17% | +6% | 7% | 0.5× | 5.0% | +7.5% |
| Futaba Industrial 7241.T | Japan | $524M | -5% | +2% | 3% | 0.2× | -3.8% | +7.7% |
| Press Kogyo 7246.T | Japan | $525M | +14% | +11% | 7% | 0.4× | -4.8% | +5.6% |
| Sharda Motor Industries SHARDAMOTR.NS | India | $526M | -5% | +26% | 10% | 1.4× | 16.7% | +14.4% |
| Martinrea International MRE.TO | Canada | $475M | -10% | -3% | 5% | 0.4× | -6.2% | +7.4% |
| Tachi-S 7239.T | Japan | $474M | +6% | -2% | 5% | 0.1× | -16.7% | +6.3% |
| Ningbo Fangzheng Automobile Mould 300998.SZ | China | $532M | -5% | +2% | -3% | 3.3× | 57.3% | +14.9% |
| Hyliion HYLN | United States | $534M | +22% | +163% | -649% | 51.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Wuhu Sanlian Forging 001282.SZ | China | $537M | -23% | +2% | 5% | 2.5× | n/a | n/a |