Chinese maker of vacuum equipment and components used in electronics and materials manufacturing.
Chinese maker of vacuum equipment and components used in electronics and materials manufacturing.
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Headquarters: Shenzhen, China · Employees: 405
Size Shenzhen CSL Vacuum Science & Technology (688785.SS) is a China Information Technology company (Electronic Equipment/Instruments) with a market value of $2.62B, the 989th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥258.33 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.5%, against -25.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 2.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +11.0%); the operating margin is 17.7% (peer median 8.8%).
Valuation It trades at 27.3× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 3.6× (most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points below its cost of capital (18.6% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥575M | CN¥527M | CN¥539M | CN¥323M | CN¥158M |
| Revenue growth | — | -2% | +67% | +105% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | CN¥231M | CN¥249M | CN¥140M | CN¥61.3M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥135M | CN¥162M | CN¥85.5M | CN¥26.6M |
| Net income | CN¥114M | CN¥114M | CN¥142M | CN¥79.8M | CN¥26.2M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | CN¥58.9M | CN¥17.0M | CN¥36.5M | CN¥1.24M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | CN¥25.9M | CN¥85.9M | CN¥10.2M | CN¥11.1M |
| Total debt | CN¥32.8M | CN¥17.9M | CN¥12.1M | CN¥2.07M | CN¥11.5M |
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| Measure | 688785.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -23.0% | -8.7% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -20.5% | -25.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -49.2% | -50.8% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -2.2% | +11.0% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 8.8% | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 27.3× | 3.6× | most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.0 pp | -1.3 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen CSL Vacuum Science & Technology 688785.SS | China | $2.62B | -21% | -2% | 18% | 27.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Suzhou HYC Technology 688001.SS | China | $2.59B | -31% | +19% | 6% | 7.1× | 37.6% | +5.9% |
| Ningbo Sanxing Medical Electric 601567.SS | China | $2.66B | -37% | -11% | 3% | 1.4× | 4.8% | +15.1% |
| Dexerials 4980.T | Japan | $2.55B | -4% | +5% | 35% | 3.5× | 15.0% | +11.6% |
| Focuslight Technologies 688167.SS | China | $2.71B | -44% | +22% | -9% | 19.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Vaisala VAIAS.HE | Finland | $2.54B | +22% | +2% | 16% | 3.6× | 9.7% | +9.5% |
| Oxford Nanopore Technologies ONT.L | United Kingdom | $2.71B | +75% | +15% | -55% | 8.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Kehua Data 002335.SZ | China | $2.81B | -41% | +5% | 5% | 2.3× | 16.7% | +14.4% |
| GeniuS Electronic Optical 3406.TW | Taiwan | $2.81B | +59% | +16% | 20% | 3.1× | 5.9% | +9.5% |
| Sineng Electric 300827.SZ | China | $2.35B | -25% | +29% | 12% | 2.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Ginlong Technologies 300763.SZ | China | $2.98B | -47% | +4% | 11% | 3.5× | 10.0% | +27.2% |
| Shanghai Lingang 600848.SS | China | $3.00B | -9% | -26% | 15% | 8.2× | 12.9% | +15.1% |
| Keli Sensing Technology (Ningbo) 603662.SS | China | $2.28B | -4% | +24% | 19% | 8.7× | 24.7% | +13.4% |
| Addsino 000547.SZ | China | $3.02B | -49% | -6% | -54% | 9.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Syntec Technology 7750.TW | Taiwan | $3.15B | -46% | +60% | 25% | 4.9× | 17.2% | +24.3% |
| GRG Banking Equipment 002152.SZ | China | $3.26B | -25% | 0% | 9% | 1.5× | 4.0% | +13.5% |
| Shenzhen SEICHI Technologies 688627.SS | China | $3.37B | -24% | +65% | 3% | 11.8× | n/a | n/a |
| ULVAC 6728.T | Japan | $2.01B | -34% | +7% | 7% | 0.9× | 14.1% | +8.0% |
| Diebold Nixdorf DBD | United States | $1.96B | -25% | +6% | 9% | 0.7× | -2.0% | -0.5% |
| Goodwe Technologies 688390.SS | China | $1.93B | -51% | +53% | 5% | 1.3× | 17.4% | +41.2% |
| Shenzhen Everbest Machinery Industry 002980.SZ | China | $1.90B | -16% | +64% | 23% | 10.2× | n/a | n/a |