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Chinese maker of automated stringer and production equipment for solar cell and module manufacturing.
Chinese maker of automated stringer and production equipment for solar cell and module manufacturing.
Sells production-line equipment to solar cell and module makers, often recognising revenue only after the machines are installed and accepted, so earnings lag its order book. Demand comes in bursts when solar manufacturers add capacity and dries up when they cut back.
Moat: narrow (process know-how, installed base). Established equipment supplier relationships with major Chinese solar manufacturers.
Headquarters: Wuxi, China · Employees: 4,478
Size Wuxi Autowell Technology (688516.SS) is a China Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $2.22B, the 1148th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥47.00 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 42.5%, against -13.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 14.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.6%); the operating margin is 7.9% (peer median 9.2%).
Valuation It trades at 23.4× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.2× (9th cheapest of 18).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.5 points below its cost of capital (11.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.98B | CN¥6.36B | CN¥9.17B | CN¥6.25B | CN¥3.52B |
| Revenue growth | — | -31% | +47% | +78% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥2.25B | CN¥1.93B | CN¥2.89B | CN¥2.14B | CN¥1.33B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥641M | CN¥1.71B | CN¥1.56B | CN¥826M |
| Net income | CN¥518M | CN¥445M | CN¥1.26B | CN¥1.26B | CN¥713M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥153M | CN¥505M | CN¥68.8M | CN¥245M | CN¥335M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥647M | CN¥401M | CN¥686M | CN¥558M | CN¥257M |
| Total debt | CN¥4.49B | CN¥3.82B | CN¥3.98B | CN¥4.24B | CN¥1.56B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuxi Autowell Technology 688516.SS | $2.22B | -42% | -14% | 8% | 23.4× | n/a |
| Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment 300450.SZ | $7.88B | -41% | +28% | 10% | 22.9× | 10.4% |
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 | 688516.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +16.6% | -6.8% | highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -42.5% | -13.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -63.1% | -40.6% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -14.0% | +13.6% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.9% | 9.2% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 23.4× | 26.2× | 9th cheapest of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -4.5 pp | -0.0 pp | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wuxi Autowell Technology 688516.SS | China | $2.22B | -42% | -14% | 8% | 23.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Kunshan Kersen Science & Technology 603626.SS | China | $2.22B | +7% | -24% | -22% | 31.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Kalmar KALMAR.HE | Finland | $2.27B | -7% | +7% | 12% | 13.6× | -4.8% | -3.6% |
| Zhuhai Bojay Electronics 002975.SZ | China | $2.32B | -13% | +71% | 18% | 41.2× | 34.2% | +6.0% |
| Chervon 2285.HK | Hong Kong | $2.32B | +103% | -6% | 8% | 15.7× | 12.1% | +6.4% |
| Chengdu Xuguang Electronics 600353.SS | China | $2.32B | +8% | +13% | 7% | 64.5× | 53.1% | +12.8% |
| Shenyang Machine Tool 000410.SZ | China | $2.11B | -14% | +29% | -3% | n/a | 25.3% | +22.7% |
| Organo 6368.T | Japan | $2.36B | -14% | +10% | 19% | 12.1× | 12.8% | +12.0% |
| ROBOTIS 108490.KS | South Korea | $2.37B | -30% | +52% | -16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Burckhardt Compression BCHN.SW | Switzerland | $2.07B | -3% | -15% | 13% | 18.6× | -7.8% | +9.9% |
| Yantai Eddie Precision Machinery 603638.SS | China | $2.38B | -22% | +35% | 16% | 28.8× | 15.1% | +7.3% |
| Amber Enterprises India AMBER.NS | India | $2.39B | -28% | +15% | 5% | 59.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Chenbro Micom 8210.TW | Taiwan | $2.06B | -57% | +54% | 23% | 10.4× | 0.3% | +23.9% |
| Wonik IPS 240810.KS | South Korea | $2.39B | -43% | +9% | 8% | 14.7× | 29.4% | -3.6% |
| Guangdong Topstar Technology 300607.SZ | China | $2.05B | -1% | +20% | 7% | 88.9× | 31.0% | -1.8% |
| Munters MTRS.ST | Sweden | $2.40B | -34% | 0% | 9% | 26.2× | 12.4% | +16.0% |
| Miura 6005.T | Japan | $2.05B | -11% | +6% | 11% | 11.6× | -4.3% | +14.8% |
| Doosan Robotics 454910.KS | South Korea | $2.41B | -54% | +97% | -91% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Japan Steel Works 5631.T | Japan | $2.41B | -46% | -1% | 10% | 17.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Hongfuhan Technology 301086.SZ | China | $2.04B | -23% | +58% | 14% | 27.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Timken India TIMKEN.NS | India | $2.43B | -12% | +19% | 16% | 46.1× | 36.2% | +19.8% |