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Employees: 4,454
Size Solareast (603366.SS) is a China Industrials company (Building Products) with a market value of $1.07B, the 2180th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥8.99 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.5%, against -20.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.9%); the operating margin is -1.8% (peer median 7.5%).
Valuation It trades at 1.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.7× (11th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 40% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +37 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 6.6 points below its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥4.58B | CN¥4.07B | CN¥5.06B | CN¥4.80B | CN¥3.87B |
| Revenue growth | — | -20% | +5% | +24% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.28B | CN¥1.02B | CN¥1.12B | CN¥1.31B | CN¥1.07B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥69.9M | CN¥103M | CN¥228M | CN¥198M |
| Net income | CN¥223M | CN¥175M | CN¥212M | CN¥209M | CN¥259M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥223M | CN¥79.9M | -CN¥850M | CN¥447M | -CN¥50.0M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥41.7M | CN¥328M | CN¥920M | CN¥190M | CN¥157M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.35B | CN¥1.12B | CN¥736M | CN¥500M | CN¥329M |
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| Measure | 603366.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +23.1% | -3.0% | highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +7.5% | -20.1% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -32.9% | -40.4% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.3% | +1.9% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -1.8% | 7.5% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.6× | 1.7× | 11th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 39.8% | 6.6% | most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.9% | +3.7% | 8th highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +36.9 pp | +1.8 pp | most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -6.6 pp | -2.9 pp | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solareast 603366.SS | China | $1.07B | +8% | 0% | -2% | 1.6× | 39.8% | +2.9% |
| Suzhou Huaya Intelligence Technology 003043.SZ | China | $990M | -20% | +2% | 11% | 6.4× | 27.6% | +22.3% |
| Zehnder ZEHN.SW | Switzerland | $983M | +10% | +2% | 8% | 1.1× | 2.5% | +1.5% |
| Apogee Enterprises APOG | United States | $956M | +25% | +3% | 9% | 0.9× | -0.3% | +2.7% |
| Guangzhou Guangri Stock 600894.SS | China | $956M | -20% | +2% | 0% | 0.6× | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| Quanex Building Products NX | United States | $949M | +2% | +1% | 6% | 0.9× | 6.0% | +16.6% |
| Zhenjiang Dongfang Electric Heating Technology 300217.SZ | China | $944M | -17% | -23% | 0% | 1.9× | 22.5% | +6.5% |
| Takara standard 7981.T | Japan | $1.20B | +2% | +2% | 7% | 0.5× | -5.5% | +5.7% |
| Jiangsu Seagull Cooling Tower 603269.SS | China | $943M | +40% | +8% | 11% | 3.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Preformed Line Products PLPC | United States | $1.28B | -24% | +16% | 10% | 1.6× | 10.2% | +7.5% |
| Arrow Home 001322.SZ | China | $887M | -14% | -12% | -2% | 1.2× | 15.8% | -0.1% |
| Samhyun 437730.KS | South Korea | $860M | -31% | -18% | -17% | 13.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Center International 603098.SS | China | $847M | -26% | -30% | 4% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries 603992.SS | China | $1.38B | -35% | +18% | 8% | 2.5× | 13.5% | +5.2% |
| Arctech Solar 688408.SS | China | $820M | -38% | -19% | -1% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Southeast Space Frame 002135.SZ | China | $764M | -46% | -4% | 2% | 0.9× | -12.0% | +0.3% |
| James Halstead JHD.L | United Kingdom | $762M | +4% | -1% | 18% | 1.9× | -4.7% | -0.5% |
| Century Plyboards (India) CENTURYPLY.NS | India | $1.50B | -20% | +26% | 10% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical 603111.SS | China | $749M | -16% | -1% | 8% | 0.9× | -7.1% | +4.8% |
| Yimikang Tech 300249.SZ | China | $739M | -38% | +29% | 2% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| NPK International NPKI | United States | $725M | -42% | +19% | 18% | 2.5× | 15.5% | -10.9% |