Chinese maker of optical fiber preforms and advanced optical materials, affiliated with the YOFC fiber-optic group.
Chinese maker of optical fiber preforms and advanced optical materials, affiliated with the YOFC fiber-optic group.
Moat: narrow (process know-how, scale). Preform manufacturing is capital- and know-how-intensive, a smaller group of qualified domestic producers.
Headquarters: Wuhan, Hubei, China · Employees: 1,086
Size Yangtze Optical Electronic (688143.SS) is a China Industrials company (Electrical Products) with a market value of $1.59B, the 1552nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥106.81 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 55.6%, against -39.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — highest of 18 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 24.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +25.6%); the operating margin is 2.1% (peer median 8.8%).
Valuation It trades at 296.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.9× (most expensive of 13).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.6 points below its cost of capital (13.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 16 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥519M | CN¥397M | CN¥331M | CN¥220M | CN¥313M |
| Revenue growth | — | +20% | +50% | -30% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥224M | CN¥172M | CN¥135M | CN¥104M | CN¥162M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥39.7M | CN¥27.7M | CN¥8.52M | CN¥92.0M |
| Net income | CN¥15.5M | CN¥23.9M | CN¥17.9M | CN¥15.6M | CN¥80.7M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥118M | -CN¥195M | -CN¥188M | -CN¥64.2M | -CN¥3.15M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥183M | CN¥216M | CN¥155M | CN¥84.8M | CN¥36.1M |
| Total debt | CN¥342M | CN¥313M | CN¥105M | CN¥36.9M | CN¥41.0M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangtze Optical Electronic 688143.SS | $1.59B | +56% | +25% | 2% | 296.7× | n/a |
| Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock 6869.HK | $17.6B | -63% | +77% | 34% | 7.4× | -8.4% |
| Hengtong Optic-Electric 600487.SS | $14.9B | -38% | +21% | 9% | 11.8× | n/a |
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.
| Measure | 688143.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -33.4% | -16.2% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +55.6% | -39.2% | highest of 18 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -58.1% | -60.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +24.6% | +25.6% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 8.8% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 296.7× | 20.9× | most expensive of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -11.6 pp | -3.9 pp | 4th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangtze Optical Electronic 688143.SS | China | $1.59B | +56% | +25% | 2% | 296.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Hammond Power Solutions HPS-A.TO | Canada | $1.60B | -41% | +51% | 11% | 13.7× | 9.4% | +22.8% |
| ERock EROC | United States | $1.56B | n/a | +43% | -19% | 35.8× | 12.5% | +42.5% |
| Hangzhou Gold Electronic Equipment 301669.SZ | China | $1.56B | n/a | +37% | 9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sinfonia Technology 6507.T | Japan | $1.56B | -39% | +9% | 15% | 14.2× | 15.4% | +8.0% |
| Long Young Electronic (Kunshan) 301389.SZ | China | $1.55B | -41% | +103% | 17% | 55.4× | 46.5% | +3.3% |
| Hainan Drinda New Energy Technology 2865.HK | Hong Kong | $1.62B | -65% | +1% | -13% | n/a | 29.6% | +53.8% |
| Shenzhen SDG Information 000070.SZ | China | $1.55B | -33% | +27% | -1% | n/a | 28.4% | -1.3% |
| Aerospace Hi-Tech 000901.SZ | China | $1.63B | -43% | -21% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Hi-tech Spring Material Technology 301292.SZ | China | $1.54B | -46% | +46% | 11% | 31.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Victory Electric 001393.SZ | China | $1.53B | n/a | +31% | 11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cswind 112610.KS | South Korea | $1.52B | -31% | -8% | 7% | 11.6× | -0.5% | +23.8% |
| Googol Technology 301510.SZ | China | $1.65B | -30% | +66% | 21% | n/a | 50.5% | +14.1% |
| Iljin Electric 103590.KS | South Korea | $1.52B | -65% | +24% | 9% | 11.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Hopewind Electric 603063.SS | China | $1.52B | -50% | -5% | 9% | 24.6× | 14.6% | +12.3% |
| Opple Lighting 603515.SS | China | $1.67B | -26% | +1% | 9% | 17.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Up-Shine Lighting 301362.SZ | China | $1.50B | -39% | +15% | 7% | 29.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Roshow Technology 002617.SZ | China | $1.68B | -24% | +4% | 8% | n/a | 17.9% | +5.2% |
| Shanghai Electric Wind Power 688660.SS | China | $1.50B | -39% | +69% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Zhaolong Interconnect Technology Co. Limited 300913.SZ | China | $1.49B | -45% | +29% | 12% | 44.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Inox Wind INOXWIND.NS | India | $1.49B | -39% | +17% | 15% | 15.4× | n/a | n/a |