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Youcare Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. Class A688658.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Health Care›Pharmaceuticals: Major
Momentum weak 22
Mkt cap
$776M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
55%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$21.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
28.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-11.4 pp
WACC 7.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
168 days
23 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥11.50
1D-1.2%
1W+8.1%
1M-12.8%
3M-5.7%
6M-41.3%
YTD-49.1%
1Y-46.1%
ATR %5.7%
52w lowhigh64.2% off high

What Youcare Pharmaceutical does

Employees: 2,870

Youcare Pharmaceutical at a glance

Size Youcare Pharmaceutical (688658.SS) is a China Health Care company (Pharmaceuticals: Major) with a market value of $776M, the 2841st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥11.50 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 41.3%, against -9.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.9%); the operating margin is -13.2% (peer median 8.8%).

Valuation It trades at 28.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.8× (3rd most expensive of 8).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 11.4 points below its cost of capital (7.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 91688658.SS 57
Six months, rebased to 100: Youcare Pharmaceutical against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Youcare Pharmaceutical financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥2.36BCN¥2.42BCN¥3.75BCN¥4.16BCN¥4.50B
Revenue growth—-35%-10%-8%—
Gross profitCN¥1.37BCN¥1.11BCN¥2.06BCN¥2.52BCN¥2.83B
EBITDAn/a-CN¥25.3MCN¥385MCN¥379MCN¥406M
Net income-CN¥318M-CN¥262MCN¥124MCN¥185MCN¥335M
Free cash flow-CN¥8.08MCN¥209MCN¥79.9MCN¥288M-CN¥668M
Capital expenditureCN¥104MCN¥135MCN¥359MCN¥497MCN¥548M
Total debtCN¥861MCN¥738MCN¥915MCN¥678MCN¥558M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Youcare Pharmaceutical competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-25%0%+25%+50%-20%0%+20%0864506885660570600479COLL3007053001LXRXSUVENANNXSANOFIGUD002940006120ALMS002907688488688658.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Youcare Pharmaceutical is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%0×50×100×086450688566COLL300705SANOFIGUD688488688658.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Youcare Pharmaceutical is the large dot.

Youcare Pharmaceutical competitors and peer comparison

How Youcare Pharmaceutical compares with its peers

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.

Youcare Pharmaceutical against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure688658.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-12.8%-0.4%5th lowest of 20
6-month return-41.3%-9.5%lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-64.2%-32.1%lowest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)-7.3%+3.9%5th lowest of 19
Operating margin-13.2%8.8%4th lowest of 19
Forward P/E28.8×17.8×3rd most expensive of 8
ROIC minus cost of capital-11.4 pp+0.2 pp3rd lowest of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Youcare Pharmaceutical 688658.SSChina$776M-41%-7%-13%28.8×n/an/a
DongKook Pharmaceutical 086450.KSSouth Korea$776M-1%+13%10%12.4×-6.3%+10.6%
Jiangsu Jibeier Pharmaceutical 688566.SSChina$777M-8%+9%24%11.9×11.5%+11.3%
China Traditional Chinese Medicine 0570.HKHong Kong$771M-29%-16%0%n/an/an/a
Bambusa Therapeutics BBTXUnited States$783Mn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Zhuzhou Qianjin Pharmaceutical 600479.SSChina$787M-3%+4%11%n/a-1.4%0.0%
Collegium Pharmaceutical COLLUnited States$788M-36%+14%20%3.4×-7.0%+20.3%
Hunan Jiudian Pharmaceutical 300705.SZChina$789M-18%-5%13%17.8×-1.1%+26.1%
Katakura Industries 3001.TJapan$791M+46%0%16%n/a0.2%+0.5%
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals LXRXUnited States$792M-11%-29%-131%n/an/an/a
Suven Life Sciences SUVEN.NSIndia$792M+20%+17%-4,228%n/an/an/a
Annexon ANNXUnited States$796M-26%n/an/an/an/an/a
HPGC Renmintongtai Pharmaceutical 600829.SSChina$753M-11%+4%2%n/a4.9%+5.3%
Sanofi India SANOFI.NSIndia$800M-3%-6%26%19.9×16.5%-8.7%
Knight Therapeutics GUD.TOCanada$800M+37%+42%5%76.4×9.5%+17.7%
Zhejiang Anglikang Pharmaceutical 002940.SZChina$801M-19%-6%10%n/a18.2%+2.1%
SK Discovery 006120.KSSouth Korea$804M+11%+20%3%n/an/an/a
Alumis ALMSUnited States$805M-27%-63%-5,480%n/an/an/a
Guizhou Xinbang Pharmaceutical 002390.SZChina$805M-10%-13%4%n/a-3.0%-0.8%
Chongqing Pharscin Pharmaceutical 002907.SZChina$808M-7%+8%10%n/a10.7%-1.4%
Jiangsu Aidea Pharmaceutical 688488.SSChina$743M-32%+7%8%123.9×33.8%+19.8%

Questions

Which companies are Youcare Pharmaceutical's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: DongKook Pharmaceutical (086450.KS), Jiangsu Jibeier Pharmaceutical (688566.SS), China Traditional Chinese Medicine (0570.HK), Bambusa Therapeutics (BBTX), Zhuzhou Qianjin Pharmaceutical (600479.SS), Collegium Pharmaceutical (COLL), Hunan Jiudian Pharmaceutical (300705.SZ), Katakura Industries (3001.T).
Is Youcare Pharmaceutical expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 28.8× against a peer median of 17.8×, 3rd most expensive of 8 in its peer set.
How has Youcare Pharmaceutical stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -41.3% against -9.5% for the median peer; over one year -46.1%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.