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Employees: 2,300
Size Qingdao Topscomm Communication (603421.SS) is a China Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $523M, the 3749th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.36 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 34.5%, against -25.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 39.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +16.5%); the operating margin is -49.8% (peer median 5.7%).
Valuation It trades at 3.0× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.1× (6th most expensive 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 -7%, so the hurdle is +12 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 22.7 points below its cost of capital (7.3% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.15B | CN¥1.49B | CN¥3.07B | CN¥3.62B | CN¥3.10B |
| Revenue growth | — | -51% | -15% | +17% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥348M | CN¥322M | CN¥1.05B | CN¥1.39B | CN¥1.29B |
| EBITDA | n/a | -CN¥469M | -CN¥82.8M | CN¥225M | CN¥206M |
| Net income | -CN¥576M | -CN¥637M | -CN¥242M | CN¥131M | CN¥119M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥171M | CN¥35.9M | CN¥207M | CN¥204M | -CN¥484M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥4.54M | CN¥9.95M | CN¥26.9M | CN¥84.4M | CN¥200M |
| Total debt | CN¥799M | CN¥834M | CN¥847M | CN¥1.48B | CN¥1.45B |
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| Measure | 603421.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -12.3% | -13.6% | 10th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -34.5% | -25.9% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -52.8% | -47.7% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -39.2% | +16.5% | lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -49.8% | 5.7% | lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 3.0× | 2.1× | 6th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 5.8% | 14.8% | 3rd least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -6.5% | +7.2% | lowest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +12.3 pp | +2.5 pp | 4th most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -22.7 pp | -0.5 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qingdao Topscomm Communication 603421.SS | China | $523M | -35% | -39% | -50% | 3.0× | 5.8% | -6.5% |
| Veken Technology 600152.SS | China | $523M | -56% | +15% | -7% | 2.2× | n/a | n/a |
| SEBANG GLOBAL BATTERY 004490.KS | South Korea | $525M | -18% | -2% | 6% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Zaptec ZAP.OL | Norway | $519M | +31% | +34% | 10% | 2.3× | -2.8% | +47.5% |
| Shanghai Smart Control 001266.SZ | China | $528M | -16% | +25% | 5% | 3.5× | 24.4% | +6.1% |
| Shenyu Communication Technology 300563.SZ | China | $529M | -40% | +2% | 7% | 3.8× | 16.2% | +6.4% |
| Ceepower 300062.SZ | China | $532M | -27% | +19% | -7% | 3.3× | 6.6% | +4.1% |
| Guoxia Technology 2655.HK | Hong Kong | $513M | -66% | +78% | 9% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Harbin Jiuzhou 300040.SZ | China | $513M | -26% | -3% | 9% | 5.3× | 17.6% | +2.6% |
| Ram Ratna Wires RAMRAT.NS | India | $508M | +13% | +72% | 4% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen UUGreenPower 301590.SZ | China | $507M | -55% | -12% | -11% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Ballard Power Systems BLDP.TO | Canada | $541M | -66% | +45% | -47% | 0.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Sanyou 300932.SZ | China | $544M | -21% | +14% | 6% | 1.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Mustang Battery 605378.SS | China | $544M | -32% | -11% | 2% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| V-Marc India VMARCIND.NS | India | $503M | +93% | +218% | 10% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Deren Electronic 002055.SZ | China | $502M | -9% | -6% | 4% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Dinghan Technology 300011.SZ | China | $494M | -26% | -2% | -1% | 2.7× | 31.5% | +7.2% |
| Cinderson Tech (Suzhou) 603344.SS | China | $555M | -30% | +7% | 6% | 1.0× | 7.0% | +9.3% |
| SEMCNS 252990.KS | South Korea | $492M | -20% | +66% | 29% | 5.9× | 14.8% | +16.8% |
| Nantong Xingqiu Graphite 688633.SS | China | $490M | -47% | +44% | 31% | 2.0× | -6.5% | +7.6% |
| Weihai Honglin Electronic 301439.SZ | China | $559M | -24% | +18% | 5% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |