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Employees: 2,905
Size Sobute New Materials (603916.SS) is a China Materials company (Construction Materials) with a market value of $573M, the 3536th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.23 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 23.5%, against -12.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 2.8% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.1%); the operating margin is 7.0% (peer median 6.4%).
Valuation It trades at 27.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.7× (3rd most expensive of 8).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -1%, so the hurdle is +2 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 2.1 points below its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥3.55B | CN¥3.54B | CN¥3.54B | CN¥3.55B | CN¥3.68B |
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | 0% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.33B | CN¥1.09B | CN¥1.08B | CN¥1.15B | CN¥1.17B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥510M | CN¥468M | CN¥533M | CN¥619M |
| Net income | CN¥130M | CN¥121M | CN¥95.9M | CN¥160M | CN¥288M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥362M | CN¥177M | CN¥345M | CN¥37.4M | -CN¥72.0M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥133M | CN¥207M | CN¥246M | CN¥338M | CN¥297M |
| Total debt | CN¥2.54B | CN¥2.67B | CN¥2.27B | CN¥2.41B | CN¥2.38B |
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| Measure | 603916.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -10.7% | -4.1% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -23.5% | -12.1% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.1% | -33.2% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -2.8% | -3.1% | 10th highest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 6.4% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 27.1× | 20.7× | 3rd most expensive of 8 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 1.5% | 5.0% | 6th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -0.5% | +4.9% | 5th lowest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.0 pp | +1.1 pp | 8th most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.1 pp | -3.9 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sobute New Materials 603916.SS | China | $573M | -24% | -3% | 7% | 27.1× | 1.5% | -0.5% |
| Stewards SWRD | United States | $555M | n/a | +30% | -100% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shinagawa Refra 5351.T | Japan | $551M | -3% | +25% | 7% | n/a | 0.5% | +12.2% |
| Longyan Kaolin Clay 605086.SS | China | $550M | -37% | -9% | 39% | 24.4× | 20.5% | +4.9% |
| Marshalls MSLH.L | United Kingdom | $597M | +40% | 0% | 8% | 11.8× | 8.2% | +6.1% |
| Sinosteel Luonai Materials Technology 688119.SS | China | $597M | -32% | -2% | -13% | n/a | 3.7% | -0.3% |
| Nichiha 7943.T | Japan | $599M | -10% | -3% | 7% | 13.0× | -3.7% | +3.5% |
| Hainan RuiZe New Building Material 002596.SZ | China | $544M | -16% | -16% | -16% | n/a | 35.7% | -16.7% |
| Universal Cement 1104.TW | Taiwan | $543M | -7% | -5% | 16% | n/a | -2.2% | +7.9% |
| Mitsui Matsushima 1518.T | Japan | $526M | +57% | +9% | 14% | n/a | 3.7% | +2.7% |
| Suncrete RMIX | United States | $646M | -47% | n/a | 1% | 61.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Qinglong Pipes Industry 002457.SZ | China | $507M | -12% | +4% | 6% | n/a | 0.0% | +5.1% |
| Wagners WGN.AX | Australia | $650M | -4% | +17% | 12% | 20.7× | 10.2% | +9.5% |
| Fujian Cement 600802.SS | China | $502M | +29% | -22% | -23% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tianjin Tianbao Infrastructure 000965.SZ | China | $476M | -23% | +65% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangxi Wannianqing Cement 000789.SZ | China | $471M | -21% | -28% | -9% | 98.5× | 24.3% | -18.3% |
| Jiangsu Baoli Asphalt 300135.SZ | China | $470M | -17% | -4% | -2% | n/a | 43.7% | -7.5% |
| Forterra FORT.L | United Kingdom | $445M | +11% | -5% | 10% | 16.5× | 6.4% | +5.7% |
| CHC Resources 9930.TW | Taiwan | $433M | -17% | -2% | 10% | n/a | -5.8% | +7.0% |
| Lionhead Technology Development 600539.SS | China | $427M | -30% | -5% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jilin Yatai (Group) 600881.SS | China | $776M | +3% | -15% | -21% | n/a | 5.0% | -20.1% |