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Chinese maker of precipitated silica, a reinforcing additive used mainly in low-rolling-resistance ('green') tires.
Chinese maker of precipitated silica, a reinforcing additive used mainly in low-rolling-resistance ('green') tires.
Sells precipitated silica by the tonne to tire makers after qualification of each grade, so a customer typically buys steadily once approved. Demand rides on the shift to low-rolling-resistance green tires, which use silica instead of some carbon black.
Moat: narrow (process know-how, customer qualification). Tire-grade silica must be qualified by tire makers; process control affects tire performance.
Headquarters: Nantong, Jiangsu, China · Employees: 917
Size Quechen Silicon Chemical (605183.SS) is a China Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $926M, the 2454th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥14.90 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 12.2%, against -25.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 18.9% (peer median 5.5%).
Valuation It trades at 2.4× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.2× (8th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 2% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -14 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.4 points above its cost of capital (7.5% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.35B | CN¥2.21B | CN¥2.19B | CN¥1.80B | CN¥1.74B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +21% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥753M | CN¥744M | CN¥720M | CN¥511M | CN¥481M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥677M | CN¥652M | CN¥463M | CN¥420M |
| Net income | CN¥358M | CN¥497M | CN¥541M | CN¥413M | CN¥380M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥67.9M | CN¥61.4M | CN¥230M | CN¥185M | CN¥241M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥346M | CN¥524M | CN¥365M | CN¥218M | CN¥196M |
| Total debt | CN¥189M | CN¥159M | CN¥149M | CN¥129M | CN¥132M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quechen Silicon Chemical 605183.SS | $926M | -12% | +7% | 19% | 2.4× | 2.0% |
| Evonik Industries EVK.DE | $11.0B | +19% | +2% | 10% | 0.9× | -6.2% |
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| Measure | 605183.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -9.3% | -12.6% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -12.2% | -25.9% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -37.7% | -44.9% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.5% | +5.8% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 5.5% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.4× | 3.2× | 8th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.0% | 23.4% | 2nd least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +16.1% | +3.2% | 3rd highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -14.1 pp | +15.9 pp | least demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.4 pp | -3.5 pp | 4th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quechen Silicon Chemical 605183.SS | China | $926M | -12% | +7% | 19% | 2.4× | 2.0% | +16.1% |
| Green Plains GPRE | United States | $927M | -27% | -22% | 7% | 0.7× | -1.0% | +1.8% |
| Jiangsu Chengxing Phosph-Chemicals 600078.SS | China | $928M | -29% | +27% | 13% | 1.7× | 2.6% | +2.9% |
| Changzhou Tronly New Electronic Materials 300429.SZ | China | $923M | -37% | +14% | -14% | 6.3× | 56.6% | +5.0% |
| Rastar Environmental Protection Materials 300834.SZ | China | $933M | -9% | -23% | 1% | 5.9× | 43.9% | 0.0% |
| Guangzhou Human New Material Science & Technology 301683.SZ | China | $918M | -25% | +20% | 38% | 4.0× | 11.3% | n/a |
| Zhejiang Oceanking Development 603213.SS | China | $938M | +1% | -17% | 0% | 3.0× | 38.3% | +17.9% |
| Shenzhen Wote Advanced Materials 002886.SZ | China | $906M | -15% | +10% | 4% | 3.2× | 31.3% | +12.2% |
| Sichuan Xinjinlu 000510.SZ | China | $906M | -32% | -4% | -15% | 3.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Longkou Union Chemical 301209.SZ | China | $904M | -39% | -3% | 9% | 11.4× | 36.9% | +1.6% |
| Henan Jindan Lactic Acid Technology 300829.SZ | China | $900M | +52% | +5% | 3% | 3.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Boai NKY Medical 300109.SZ | China | $896M | -32% | -17% | 15% | 5.0× | 19.9% | +3.9% |
| Sudarshan Chemical Industries SUDARSCHEM.NS | India | $893M | +10% | +90% | 4% | 0.8× | 27.0% | +39.5% |
| Compass Minerals International CMP | United States | $962M | -18% | +5% | 8% | 1.3× | 8.1% | +2.8% |
| Guangdong Sinoplast Adv Matl 301686.SZ | China | $962M | n/a | +7% | 19% | 8.0× | n/a | n/a |
| TETRA Technologies TTI | United States | $891M | -39% | +6% | 7% | 1.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical 600955.SS | China | $978M | -39% | +18% | -8% | 0.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiujiang Shanshui Technology 301190.SZ | China | $983M | +32% | +54% | 19% | 5.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Wansheng 603010.SS | China | $872M | -25% | +19% | -26% | 1.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Hangjin Technology 000818.SZ | China | $988M | -35% | -29% | -8% | 3.2× | 18.9% | +3.2% |
| Hanking Gold International 3788.HK | Hong Kong | $862M | -26% | -19% | 8% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |