Employees: 368
Size Shanghai Holystar Information Technology (688330.SS) is a China Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $615M, the 3365th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥29.27 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 27.6%, against -20.8% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.8%); the operating margin is 20.8% (peer median 0.3%).
Valuation It trades at 13.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.5× (3rd cheapest of 12).
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 -6%, so the hurdle is +4 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 3.5 points below its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥713M | CN¥647M | CN¥974M | CN¥979M | CN¥1.07B |
| Revenue growth | — | -34% | 0% | -8% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥251M | CN¥323M | CN¥434M | CN¥424M | CN¥527M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥235M | CN¥204M | CN¥168M | CN¥318M |
| Net income | CN¥533M | CN¥638M | CN¥223M | CN¥195M | CN¥318M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥650M | CN¥633M | CN¥261M | CN¥156M | -CN¥115M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥42.8M | CN¥39.9M | CN¥81.9M | CN¥78.0M | CN¥130M |
| Total debt | CN¥214M | CN¥91.3M | CN¥124M | CN¥199M | CN¥321M |
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| Measure | 688330.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -17.6% | -7.8% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -27.6% | -20.8% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -51.0% | -44.7% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.5% | +5.8% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 20.8% | 0.3% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.7× | 26.5× | 3rd cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -2.1% | 25.1% | least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -6.5% | +4.1% | 2nd lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +4.4 pp | +16.7 pp | 5th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.5 pp | -6.2 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Holystar Information Technology 688330.SS | China | $615M | -28% | -5% | 21% | 13.7× | -2.1% | -6.5% |
| Phenix Optics 600071.SS | China | $614M | -25% | +7% | 2% | n/a | 23.0% | +4.7% |
| Unusual Machines UMAC | United States | $618M | -11% | +314% | -94% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Uroica Precision Information Engineering 300099.SZ | China | $618M | -39% | -16% | 15% | 20.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Vapel Power Supply Technology 301516.SZ | China | $622M | -26% | +32% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hangzhou Shenhao Technology 300853.SZ | China | $623M | -5% | +125% | -21% | 403.6× | 53.7% | -12.4% |
| HIWIN Mikrosystem 4576.TW | Taiwan | $605M | -29% | +34% | 15% | 26.5× | 26.1% | +2.1% |
| Wecome Intelligent Manufacturing 603070.SS | China | $624M | -24% | -8% | 0% | n/a | 25.6% | +2.3% |
| Ningbo Techmation 603015.SS | China | $601M | -16% | +5% | 0% | n/a | 50.6% | +2.0% |
| Shenzhen Liande Automatic Equipment 300545.SZ | China | $600M | -37% | -18% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Saimo Technology 300466.SZ | China | $631M | -14% | -6% | 0% | n/a | 57.8% | -2.8% |
| Rongcheer Industrial Technology (Suzhou) 301360.SZ | China | $598M | -13% | +101% | 12% | n/a | 28.4% | +11.7% |
| OPTEX 6914.T | Japan | $632M | -6% | +14% | 14% | 12.0× | 1.9% | +13.6% |
| Adlink Technology 6166.TW | Taiwan | $593M | +14% | +27% | 10% | 15.3× | 5.0% | +4.1% |
| Guangzhou KingTeller Technology 002177.SZ | China | $590M | -31% | -9% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NanJing GOVA Technology 688539.SS | China | $589M | -43% | -9% | -18% | 49.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai W-Ibeda High Tech.Group 688071.SS | China | $586M | +39% | +10% | -6% | 87.0× | 25.1% | +11.0% |
| COSCO SHIPPING Technology 002401.SZ | China | $646M | -16% | -4% | -2% | 17.4× | 12.2% | +3.5% |
| Nihon Dengi 1723.T | Japan | $653M | -35% | +2% | 26% | 11.2× | -0.4% | +6.4% |
| Donghua Testing Technology 300354.SZ | China | $574M | -23% | -7% | 18% | 35.0× | 22.6% | +20.9% |
| Shanghai Aohua Photoelectricity Endoscope 688212.SS | China | $572M | -19% | +21% | -4% | 647.1× | n/a | n/a |