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L&K Engineering (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. Class A603929.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Industrials›Engineering & Construction

Chinese engineering contractor building cleanroom and purification systems for semiconductor fabs and biopharma plants.

≈ A smaller cleanroom-engineering specialist like Taikisha/ExyteMomentum laggard 1
Mkt cap
$2.99B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
88%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$68.1M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 10.5%
Hurdle
-32 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
126 days
12 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥93.52
1D-3.8%
1W-0.6%
1M-32.1%
3M-31.6%
6M-50.3%
YTD-2.1%
1Y+139.1%
ATR %8.2%
52w lowhigh67.2% off high

What L&K Engineering (Suzhou) does

Chinese engineering contractor building cleanroom and purification systems for semiconductor fabs and biopharma plants.

Paid by project: it designs and builds cleanroom halls and the air-handling and purification systems inside them, booking revenue as work progresses. A few large fab and pharmaceutical plant contracts therefore decide results in any year, and orders arrive when customers commit to new factories.

In one line: A smaller cleanroom-engineering specialist like Taikisha/Exyte.

Products and services

  • Cleanroom design-build
  • HVAC/purification systems

Customers

  • Chinese semiconductor fabs
  • Biopharma manufacturers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Industrial construction
  • Cleanroom/purification engineering
  • Semiconductor fab and pharma cleanrooms

What could go right

  • China semiconductor fab capex cycle

What could go wrong

  • Customer concentration in a handful of large fab projects

Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification). Specialized cleanroom engineering expertise qualified by fab and pharma customers.

Headquarters: Suzhou, China · Employees: 849

Named competitors

L&K Engineering (Suzhou) at a glance

Size L&K Engineering (Suzhou) (603929.SS) is a China Industrials company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $2.99B, the 862nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥93.52 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 50.3%, against -9.7% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 42.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 24.8% (peer median 4.7%).

Valuation It trades at 14.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.2× (9th most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +40%, so the hurdle is -32 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Next results Next results expected around 12 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

5010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 90603929.SS 46
Six months, rebased to 100: L&K Engineering (Suzhou) against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

L&K Engineering (Suzhou) financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥5.81BCN¥4.91BCN¥5.38BCN¥3.20BCN¥3.04B
Revenue growth—-9%+68%+5%—
Gross profitCN¥1.56BCN¥1.20BCN¥717MCN¥444MCN¥318M
EBITDAn/aCN¥1.05BCN¥698MCN¥309MCN¥178M
Net incomeCN¥1.24BCN¥892MCN¥636MCN¥287MCN¥151M
Free cash flowCN¥1.02BCN¥1.66BCN¥1.60BCN¥521MCN¥250M
Capital expenditureCN¥8.42MCN¥5.10MCN¥3.09MCN¥5.15MCN¥17.0M
Total debtCN¥0CN¥0CN¥128,461CN¥2.67MCN¥92.6M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

L&K Engineering (Suzhou) competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%BRAVLGNACMESOLAR196323861959600170VEI6009700552PEAB-BMGNSVNTENOBDTWORKLRATE603929.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. L&K Engineering (Suzhou) is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%10×15×20×BRAVLGNACMESOLAR196323861959600170VEI60097019510552PEAB-BDOWMGNSVNTENOBDTWOR603929.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. L&K Engineering (Suzhou) is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%+60%0%25%50%BRAVLGN19596001706009701951PEAB-BDOWVNTENOBDT603929.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. L&K Engineering (Suzhou) is the large dot.

L&K Engineering (Suzhou) competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (603929.SS vs 1979.T vs 2404.TW vs 6196.TW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
L&K Engineering (Suzhou) 603929.SS$2.99B-50%+43%25%14.8×7.5%
Taikisha 1979.T$1.32B-5%-1%8%10.6×-13.3%
United Integrated Services 2404.TW$5.11B-9%+72%18%9.7×-11.4%
Marketech International 6196.TW$2.68B+8%+44%7%13.0×6.3%
Acter 5536.TWO$2.39B-26%+28%16%10.0×-6.0%
Takasago Thermal Engineering 1969.T$3.13B-21%+2%11%10.8×3.8%

How L&K Engineering (Suzhou) 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.

L&K Engineering (Suzhou) against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure603929.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-32.1%-2.2%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-50.3%-9.7%2nd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-67.2%-25.2%2nd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+42.8%+4.8%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin24.8%4.7%2nd highest of 21
Forward P/E14.8×12.2×9th most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)7.5%3.1%3rd most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+39.5%+7.5%2nd highest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-32.0 pp-8.3 pp2nd least demanding of 17

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
L&K Engineering (Suzhou) 603929.SSChina$2.99B-50%+43%25%14.8×7.5%+39.5%
Bravida BRAV.STSweden$3.00B+30%+4%6%19.0×5.3%+5.9%
Legence LGNUnited States$3.02B-72%+69%3%12.2×29.7%+69.2%
ACME Solar ACMESOLAR.NSIndia$2.95B+32%+54%66%29.6×n/an/a
Jgc 1963.TJapan$2.94B-18%-15%6%10.0×n/an/a
SINOPEC Engineering (Group) 2386.HKHong Kong$3.05B-13%+14%2%9.0×n/an/a
Kraftia 1959.TJapan$3.10B-29%+5%12%10.8×2.8%+4.0%
Shanghai Construction 600170.SSChina$2.89B-20%-22%1%16.7×-10.4%-2.3%
Veidekke VEI.OLNorway$3.13B+25%+8%5%17.1×-3.5%+2.5%
Sinoma International Engineering 600970.SSChina$3.15B-14%+3%5%9.2×-8.3%+10.3%
EXEO 1951.TJapan$2.84B-22%+18%7%12.2×-5.0%+6.6%
China Communications Services 0552.HKHong Kong$3.19B-19%0%2%5.7×n/an/a
Peab PEAB-B.STSweden$2.80B+5%+4%4%11.4×6.6%-0.4%
Downer EDI DOW.AXAustralia$3.21B-6%-7%4%15.8×11.1%-3.4%
Morgan Sindall MGNS.LUnited Kingdom$2.77B-7%+11%5%11.7×-4.7%+10.6%
Ventia Services VNT.AXAustralia$3.24B-2%-1%7%16.1×-1.4%+13.7%
Elecnor ENO.MCSpain$2.76B-30%+7%4%17.0×-4.9%+12.3%
Bird Construction BDT.TOCanada$2.70B+28%+7%4%21.5×6.1%+17.7%
Worley WOR.AXAustralia$3.39B-16%-5%4%12.6×5.2%+2.3%
Keller KLR.LUnited Kingdom$2.63B+24%+10%7%11.8×4.4%+8.4%
Alten ATE.PAFrance$3.43B+43%0%8%11.4×3.5%+11.9%

Questions

Who are L&K Engineering (Suzhou)'s main competitors?
Named competitors: Taikisha (1979.T), Exyte (private or unlisted), United Integrated Services (2404.TW), Marketech International (6196.TW), Acter Group (5536.TWO), Takasago Thermal Engineering (1969.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Bravida (BRAV.ST), Legence (LGN), ACME Solar (ACMESOLAR.NS), Jgc (1963.T), SINOPEC Engineering (Group) (2386.HK), Kraftia (1959.T).
Is L&K Engineering (Suzhou) expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.8× against a peer median of 12.2×, 9th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +40%, so the hurdle is -32 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has L&K Engineering (Suzhou) stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -50.3% against -9.7% for the median peer; over one year +139.1%.

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.