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Grace Fabric Technology Co., Ltd. Class A603256.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Discretionary›Textiles

Makes ultra-thin electronic-grade glass fiber fabric used to reinforce printed circuit boards and composite materials.

≈ A Chinese specialty glass-fiber-cloth maker feeding the PCB supply chainMomentum laggard 1
Mkt cap
$10.6B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
18%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$230M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
57.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+3.0 pp
WACC 15.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
174 days
29 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥75.75
1D-4.3%
1W-0.3%
1M-39.2%
3M-34.3%
6M-36.4%
YTD+105.8%
1Y+136.5%
ATR %10.6%
52w lowhigh75.1% off high

What Grace Fabric Technology does

Makes ultra-thin electronic-grade glass fiber fabric used to reinforce printed circuit boards and composite materials.

Weaves glass-fibre yarn into thin cloth, which laminate makers soak in resin and press into the base boards of printed circuit boards, so it is paid per metre of cloth, with the thinnest, highest-specification types earning the most. Output follows electronics and circuit-board demand, with AI servers a newer end use.

In one line: A Chinese specialty glass-fiber-cloth maker feeding the PCB supply chain.

Products and services

  • Thin/ultra-thin E-glass fabric
  • Fabric for composites (auto, aerospace)

Customers

  • PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturers
  • Composite material makers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Materials
  • Glass fiber & composites
  • Electronic-grade (E-glass) fabric for…

What could go right

  • AI server/advanced PCB demand growth

What could go wrong

  • Cyclical electronics/PCB demand
  • Glass-fiber price competition

Moat: narrow (process know-how, scale). Precision thin-fabric weaving for high-end PCB substrates is technically harder to replicate at scale.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 1998 · Employees: 1,289

Named competitors

Grace Fabric Technology at a glance

Size Grace Fabric Technology (603256.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Textiles) with a market value of $10.6B, the 235th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥75.75 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 36.4%, against -11.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 9 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 115.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.7%); the operating margin is 43.7% (peer median 8.9%).

Valuation It trades at 57.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.0× (most expensive of 9).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.0 points above its cost of capital (15.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10020011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 87603256.SS 58
Six months, rebased to 100: Grace Fabric Technology against the median of its 8 peers (local-currency closes).

Grace Fabric Technology financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.29BCN¥1.17BCN¥832MCN¥659MCN¥609M
Revenue growth—+40%+26%+8%—
Gross profitCN¥1.44BCN¥403MCN¥132MCN¥45.4MCN¥164M
EBITDAn/aCN¥359MCN¥141MCN¥33.7MCN¥94.7M
Net incomeCN¥807MCN¥202MCN¥22.8M-CN¥63.1MCN¥52.4M
Free cash flow-CN¥2.65B-CN¥517MCN¥153M-CN¥272MCN¥16.2M
Capital expenditureCN¥3.42BCN¥817MCN¥33.9MCN¥181MCN¥286M
Total debtCN¥2.76BCN¥1.23BCN¥849MCN¥888MCN¥837M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Grace Fabric Technology 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

-60%-40%-20%0%-40%-20%0%34020020806012330007030020646002956032253110603256.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Grace Fabric Technology is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%20×40×60×3402002080601233000703002064600295603225603256.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Grace Fabric Technology is the large dot.

Grace Fabric Technology competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (603256.SS vs 600176.SS vs 3110.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Grace Fabric Technology 603256.SS$10.6B-36%+115%44%57.2×n/a
China Jushi 600176.SS$16.6B-20%+27%34%13.5×14.6%
Nitto Boseki 3110.T$2.85B-58%+12%20%19.3×n/a

How Grace Fabric Technology 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.

Grace Fabric Technology against its 8 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure603256.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-39.2%-3.7%lowest of 9
6-month return-36.4%-11.9%3rd lowest of 9
Distance from 52-week high-75.1%-26.2%lowest of 9
Revenue growth (TTM)+115.2%+15.7%highest of 9
Operating margin43.7%8.9%highest of 9
Forward P/E57.2×13.0×most expensive of 9
ROIC minus cost of capital+3.0 pp+2.9 pp5th highest of 9

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Grace Fabric Technology 603256.SSChina$10.6B-36%+115%44%57.2×n/an/a
Toray Industries 3402.TJapan$11.1B+6%+6%6%16.6×5.5%+6.5%
Sinoma Science & Technology 002080.SZChina$8.76B-40%+18%9%19.5×n/an/a
Tongkun 601233.SSChina$8.35B-3%+21%5%6.8×-1.4%+15.4%
Hengyi Petrochemical 000703.SZChina$7.21B-30%+21%9%5.0×-6.6%+5.6%
Huafon Chemical 002064.SZChina$7.15B-18%+13%14%12.0×-0.3%+10.5%
Inner Mongolia ERDOS Resources 600295.SSChina$5.49B-5%+2%9%14.1×-9.2%+2.2%
Xinfengming 603225.SSChina$4.54B-2%+22%4%9.7×-3.9%+14.1%
Nitto Boseki 3110.TJapan$2.85B-58%+12%20%19.3×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Grace Fabric Technology's main competitors?
Named competitors: China Jushi (600176.SS), Nitto Boseki (3110.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Toray Industries (3402.T), Sinoma Science & Technology (002080.SZ), Tongkun (601233.SS), Hengyi Petrochemical (000703.SZ), Huafon Chemical (002064.SZ), Inner Mongolia ERDOS Resources (600295.SS).
Is Grace Fabric Technology expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 57.2× against a peer median of 13.0×, most expensive of 9 in its peer set.
How has Grace Fabric Technology stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -36.4% against -11.9% for the median peer; over one year +136.5%.

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.