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Ecovacs Robotics Co., Ltd. Class A603486.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Discretionary›Electronics/Appliances

Chinese maker of robotic vacuum cleaners, window-cleaning robots and other smart home-cleaning devices.

≈ A smaller, China-based iRobotMomentum weak 36
Mkt cap
$4.22B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
31%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$33.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+6.1 pp
WACC 11.6%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
171 days
26 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥49.12
1D0.0%
1W+9.2%
1M+2.4%
3M-19.4%
6M-24.6%
YTD-39.1%
1Y-45.7%
ATR %3.9%
52w lowhigh49.8% off high

What Ecovacs Robotics does

Chinese maker of robotic vacuum cleaners, window-cleaning robots and other smart home-cleaning devices.

Sells robot vacuums and floor-cleaning devices under the Deebot and Tineco brands through online marketplaces, retailers and its own stores, in China and abroad, so sales respond to promotions, new-model launches and online-platform sales events. Window-cleaning and commercial robots are smaller lines.

In one line: A smaller, China-based iRobot.

Products and services

  • Robot vacuum/mop cleaners
  • Window-cleaning robots
  • Commercial cleaning robots

Customers

  • Retail consumers (global)
  • Commercial cleaning customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer appliances
  • Robotic vacuum/cleaning devices

What could go right

  • Global smart-home cleaning device adoption

What could go wrong

  • Intense price/feature competition

Moat: narrow (brand, IP / patents). Long-standing global smart-cleaning brand (Deebot) with navigation-technology patents.

Headquarters: Suzhou, China · Founded: 1998 · Employees: 10,730

Named competitors

Ecovacs Robotics at a glance

Size Ecovacs Robotics (603486.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Electronics/Appliances) with a market value of $4.22B, the 609th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥49.12 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 24.6%, against +7.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 10.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.4%); the operating margin is 6.9% (peer median 7.9%).

Valuation It trades at 14.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.7× (7th cheapest of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 16% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.1 points above its cost of capital (11.6% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 109603486.SS 76
Six months, rebased to 100: Ecovacs Robotics against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ecovacs Robotics financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥21.2BCN¥19.0BCN¥16.5BCN¥15.5BCN¥15.2B
Revenue growth—+15%+7%+1%—
Gross profitCN¥10.0BCN¥9.12BCN¥7.53BCN¥6.78BCN¥7.75B
EBITDAn/aCN¥2.00BCN¥1.18BCN¥756MCN¥1.82B
Net incomeCN¥1.71BCN¥1.76BCN¥806MCN¥612MCN¥1.70B
Free cash flowCN¥155MCN¥2.71BCN¥158MCN¥216MCN¥1.10B
Capital expenditureCN¥961MCN¥684MCN¥709MCN¥901MCN¥677M
Total debtCN¥2.90BCN¥2.15BCN¥2.87BCN¥2.47BCN¥2.31B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ecovacs Robotics competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%-20%0%+20%0921002429SK688169600060BRGCPPLUS00203202124077311070HWDN0022426033556887756952IMAXELUX-A1415THEON603486.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ecovacs Robotics is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%0×50×100×0921002429SK688169600060BRGCPPLUS02124077311070HWDN0022426033556887756952ELUX-ATHEON603486.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Ecovacs Robotics is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%0921SK688169600060BRG0020321070HWDN603355IMAX1415THEON603486.SSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Ecovacs Robotics is the large dot.

Ecovacs Robotics competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (603486.SS vs 688169.SS vs 1810.HK vs SN)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Ecovacs Robotics 603486.SS$4.22B-25%+10%7%14.5×16.2%
Beijing Roborock Technology 688169.SS$5.29B+17%+31%8%17.3×4.6%
Xiaomi-w 1810.HK$99.0B-2%+6%3%27.8×24.3%
SharkNinja SN$31.4B+100%+19%16%30.7×21.1%
Anker Innovations Technology 300866.SZ$8.83B-11%+22%11%19.5×5.8%

How Ecovacs Robotics 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.

Ecovacs Robotics against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure603486.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.4%+2.1%10th highest of 21
6-month return-24.6%+7.9%4th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-49.8%-16.1%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+10.3%+5.4%10th highest of 21
Operating margin6.9%7.9%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E14.5×17.7×7th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)16.2%0.7%3rd most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+21.4%+9.4%5th highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-5.2 pp-9.1 pp7th most demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+6.1 pp+3.7 pp8th highest of 21

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
Ecovacs Robotics 603486.SSChina$4.22B-25%+10%7%14.5×16.2%+21.4%
Hisense Home Appliances 0921.HKHong Kong$4.26B-24%-6%3%9.3×-13.5%+11.9%
Shenzhen MTC 002429.SZChina$4.30B-42%+3%7%22.1×n/an/a
Seb SK.PAFrance$3.55B+8%-1%8%12.1×-0.8%+3.3%
Beijing Roborock Technology 688169.SSChina$5.29B+17%+31%8%17.3×4.6%+32.8%
Hisense Visual Technology 600060.SSChina$5.31B+8%-2%5%12.8×-3.4%+8.0%
Breville BRG.AXAustralia$3.33B+13%+7%11%31.1×26.4%+8.8%
Aditya Infotech CPPLUS.NSIndia$5.37B+68%+36%13%69.9×n/an/a
Zhejiang Supor 002032.SZChina$5.37B-4%0%10%18.0×-2.8%+4.1%
Coway 021240.KSSouth Korea$5.56B+26%+14%18%10.8×n/an/a
Nikon 7731.TJapan$3.17B-12%-4%-2%45.4×n/an/a
TCL Electronics 1070.HKHong Kong$6.01B+3%+14%3%12.4×-2.3%+17.6%
Howden Joinery HWDN.LUnited Kingdom$6.12B+16%+4%15%16.6×14.9%+9.3%
Joyoung 002242.SZChina$2.87B+131%-7%-1%159.7×n/an/a
Kingclean Electric 603355.SSChina$2.79B+4%-2%8%35.9×4.4%+9.4%
Arashi Vision 688775.SSChina$6.41B-45%+74%-1%135.2×n/an/a
Casio Computer 6952.TJapan$2.74B+24%+12%11%15.9×0.2%+4.0%
IMAX IMAXUnited States$2.61B+35%+15%23%18.8×12.2%+24.5%
Electrolux ELUX-A.STSweden$2.50B+11%-3%-1%18.1×1.2%+2.6%
Cowell e 1415.HKHong Kong$2.38B-33%+15%7%9.8×-10.3%+36.2%
Theon International THEON.ASNetherlands$2.36B-10%+32%23%17.1×18.7%+52.2%

Questions

Who are Ecovacs Robotics's main competitors?
Named competitors: Beijing Roborock Technology (688169.SS), iRobot (private or unlisted), Xiaomi (1810.HK), SharkNinja (SN), Anker Innovations (300866.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Hisense Home Appliances (0921.HK), Shenzhen MTC (002429.SZ), Seb (SK.PA), Beijing Roborock Technology (688169.SS), Hisense Visual Technology (600060.SS), Breville (BRG.AX).
Is Ecovacs Robotics expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.5× against a peer median of 17.7×, 7th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 16% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +21%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Ecovacs Robotics stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -24.6% against +7.9% for the median peer; over one year -45.7%.

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.