Fabless designer of video-interface bridge chips (HDMI, DisplayPort, MIPI) for TVs, monitors, laptops and cameras.
Fabless designer of video-interface bridge chips (HDMI, DisplayPort, MIPI) for TVs, monitors, laptops and cameras.
In one line: A small Chinese video-interface chip designer, similar niche to Parade Technologies.
Moat: none (process know-how). Fabless interface-chip designer in a competitive niche against larger global interface IC makers.
Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Employees: 256
Size Lontium Semiconductor (688486.SS) is a China Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $1.14B, the 2054th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥41.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 27.9%, against -34.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 19.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.3%); the operating margin is 22.6% (peer median 1.6%).
Valuation It trades at 27.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 37.8× (5th cheapest of 14).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.9 points above its cost of capital (10.9% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥623M | CN¥565M | CN¥463M | CN¥322M | CN¥240M |
| Revenue growth | — | +22% | +44% | +34% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥324M | CN¥279M | CN¥236M | CN¥154M | CN¥134M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥168M | CN¥133M | CN¥83.1M | CN¥71.6M |
| Net income | CN¥165M | CN¥172M | CN¥144M | CN¥103M | CN¥69.2M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥6.43M | CN¥54.0M | CN¥121M | CN¥81.3M | CN¥28.0M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥141M | CN¥84.7M | CN¥28.8M | CN¥33.6M | CN¥12.6M |
| Total debt | CN¥0 | CN¥293,825 | CN¥937,003 | CN¥1.04M | CN¥1.48M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lontium Semiconductor 688486.SS | $1.14B | -28% | +19% | 23% | 27.9× | n/a |
| Parade Technologies 4966.TWO | $915M | -31% | -3% | 14% | 13.2× | 3.8% |
| Realtek Semiconductor 2379.TW | $11.0B | +33% | +12% | 11% | 19.9× | 8.4% |
| Novatek Microelectronics 3034.TW | $9.16B | +18% | +2% | 20% | 14.1× | -4.2% |
| Synaptics SYNA | $4.63B | -7% | +11% | -3% | 21.6× | 34.6% |
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 | 688486.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -9.9% | -20.0% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -27.9% | -34.4% | 7th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -40.0% | -58.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +19.3% | +11.3% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 22.6% | 1.6% | highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 27.9× | 37.8× | 5th cheapest of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +13.9 pp | -8.6 pp | 4th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lontium Semiconductor 688486.SS | China | $1.14B | -28% | +19% | 23% | 27.9× | n/a | n/a |
| BASiC Semiconductor 9971.HK | Hong Kong | $1.15B | n/a | +4% | -104% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fujiyama Power Systems UTLSOLAR.NS | India | $1.14B | +23% | +72% | 17% | 18.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Axera Semiconductor 0600.HK | Hong Kong | $1.15B | -34% | +19% | -135% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sino Wealth Electronic 300327.SZ | China | $1.13B | -18% | +7% | 1% | 25.7× | 58.7% | +4.9% |
| CCore Technology 688262.SS | China | $1.13B | -43% | +104% | -51% | 372.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Epiworld International 2726.HK | Hong Kong | $1.17B | -34% | -21% | -11% | n/a | 42.8% | +17.4% |
| Wafer Works (Shanghai) 688584.SS | China | $1.11B | -6% | -1% | 7% | 74.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Hana Micron 067310.KS | South Korea | $1.18B | -39% | +54% | 14% | 6.1× | 0.4% | +23.3% |
| Guangdong Fuxin Technology 688662.SS | China | $1.10B | +19% | +15% | 13% | 73.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics 002079.SZ | China | $1.10B | -31% | +12% | 2% | 42.7× | 32.5% | +17.1% |
| Zhuhai Aerospace Microchips Science & Technology 300053.SZ | China | $1.10B | -40% | +10% | -114% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wuxi Chipown Micro-electronics 688508.SS | China | $1.09B | -35% | +12% | -4% | 36.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Eastcompeace Technology 002017.SZ | China | $1.08B | -34% | +4% | 10% | n/a | 30.4% | +4.5% |
| Jilin Sino-Microelectronics 600360.SS | China | $1.21B | -15% | +11% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nuvoton Technology 4919.TW | Taiwan | $1.22B | -46% | 0% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Focus Lightings Tech 300708.SZ | China | $1.07B | -14% | -38% | 9% | 28.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Semitronix 301095.SZ | China | $1.07B | -35% | +29% | 0% | 59.8× | 58.0% | +42.7% |
| FADU 440110.KS | South Korea | $1.23B | -58% | +137% | -9% | 44.5× | 43.1% | +156.1% |
| Scientech 3583.TW | Taiwan | $1.07B | -46% | +9% | 14% | 16.0× | 10.4% | +26.0% |
| GCS 4991.TWO | Taiwan | $1.06B | -61% | +52% | 20% | 37.8× | 39.2% | +8.2% |