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MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Class A688802.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Information Technology›Semiconductors

Shanghai GPU startup building full-stack graphics processors for AI training, inference and rendering.

≈ China's Nvidia challenger (GPU/AI accelerator startup)Momentum weak 20
Mkt cap
$29.5B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$255M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
469.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 11.3%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
140 days
26 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥492.54
1D+1.1%
1W+9.4%
1M+5.3%
3M-25.9%
6M-35.0%
YTD-15.1%
1Yn/a
ATR %8.3%
52w lowhigh52.3% off high

What MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) does

Shanghai GPU startup building full-stack graphics processors for AI training, inference and rendering.

Sells GPU cards and server systems to Chinese data-centre and AI customers who want domestic alternatives to Nvidia parts, so orders depend on a small number of large buyers and on its chips being made available by outside foundries. It was founded in 2020 by former AMD engineers.

In one line: China's Nvidia challenger (GPU/AI accelerator startup).

Products and services

  • MXN-series inference GPUs
  • MXC-series training/general-purpose GPUs
  • MXG-series graphics rendering GPUs

Customers

  • Chinese cloud/AI data center operators
  • AI server integrators

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Semiconductors
  • GPU / AI accelerator chips
  • Full-stack GPU design for AI training…

What could go right

  • China AI chip localization amid export controls
  • Domestic hyperscaler AI infrastructure capex

What could go wrong

  • Foundry access constraints (TSMC/SMIC capacity, sanctions)
  • Intense competition among China GPU startups

Moat: narrow (IP / patents, process know-how). Founding team's roughly 20 years of high-performance GPU R&D experience is rare among Chinese chip startups.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 2020 · Employees: 925

Named competitors

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) at a glance

Size MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) (688802.SS) is a China Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $29.5B, the 61st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥492.54 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 35.0%, against -20.5% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 84.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +22.5%).

Valuation It trades at 469.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.4× (most expensive of 19).

Next results Next results expected around 26 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

5010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 76688802.SS 61
Six months, rebased to 100: MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥3.23BCN¥1.64BCN¥743MCN¥53.0MCN¥426,400
Revenue growth—+121%+1,301%+12,335%—
Gross profitn/aCN¥756MCN¥249M-CN¥108M-CN¥120M
EBITDAn/a-CN¥629M-CN¥1.17B-CN¥710M-CN¥670M
Net incomeCN¥195M-CN¥789M-CN¥1.41B-CN¥871M-CN¥777M
Free cash flown/a-CN¥1.38B-CN¥2.53B-CN¥1.17B-CN¥889M
Capital expendituren/aCN¥195MCN¥394MCN¥167MCN¥232M
Total debtCN¥51.7MCN¥62.0MCN¥592MCN¥212MCN¥23.5M

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MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) 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

-50%-25%0%+25%-40%-20%0%6723MCHPALAB68834768800860398634436887952303ON2408COHR688072FSLRGFS300394SWKS688802.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+200%+400%+600%0×200×400×6723MCHPALAB68834768800860398634432408688820688802.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) is the large dot.

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (688802.SS vs NVDA vs 688795.SS vs 688256.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) 688802.SS$29.5B-35%+84%n/a469.5×n/a
Nvidia NVDA$4.50T-13%+83%65%15.5×26.3%
Moore Threads Technology 688795.SS$25.1B-53%+226%-9%n/an/a
Cambricon Technologies 688256.SS$75.7B-30%+104%33%87.3×n/a

How MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) 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.

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure688802.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+5.3%-22.7%2nd highest of 21
6-month return-35.0%-20.5%7th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-52.3%-53.1%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+84.1%+22.5%6th highest of 20
Forward P/E469.5×16.4×most expensive of 19

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
MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) 688802.SSChina$29.5B-35%+84%n/a469.5×n/an/a
Renesas Electronics 6723.TJapan$27.9B-23%+26%24%9.9×12.2%+13.0%
Microchip Technology MCHPUnited States$31.7B-41%+21%16%14.5×34.2%-2.8%
Astera Labs ALABUnited States$33.1B-5%+115%26%28.0×n/an/a
Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor 688347.SSChina$25.5B+23%+18%-2%234.7×n/an/a
Montage Technology 688008.SSChina$25.5B-13%+33%42%43.7×39.7%+24.5%
Giga Device Semiconductor 603986.SSChina$25.3B-23%+166%50%10.9×16.5%+15.4%
Global Unichip 3443.TWTaiwan$25.1B+29%+104%13%50.1×n/an/a
Moore Threads Technology 688795.SSChina$25.1B-53%+226%-9%n/an/an/a
United Micro Electronics 2303.TWTaiwan$34.9B+11%+13%21%13.7×14.2%+6.1%
ON Semiconductor ONUnited States$24.6B-39%+3%19%14.3×20.0%+2.7%
Nanya Technology 2408.TWTaiwan$35.8B+34%+586%71%2.9×0.6%+1.8%
Shanghai Enflame Technology 688801.SSChina$23.8Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
STMicroelectronics STMPA.PAFrance$37.7B-32%+10%7%31.4×34.0%+3.1%
Coherent COHRUnited States$38.0B-42%+23%14%16.6×n/an/a
SJ Semiconductor 688820.SSChina$22.9B-21%+1%n/a136.4×n/an/a
Piotech 688072.SSChina$21.7B+23%+24%14%55.5×43.5%+71.7%
First Solar FSLRUnited States$21.6B-9%-1%39%9.2×12.4%+14.0%
GlobalFoundries GFSUnited States$21.2B-48%+1%12%16.2×24.9%+7.0%
Suzhou TFC Optical Communication 300394.SZChina$19.9B-44%+26%51%36.3×44.8%+42.7%
Skyworks Solutions SWKSUnited States$19.3B+24%-3%9%14.3×39.4%-5.0%

Questions

Who are MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai)'s main competitors?
Named competitors: Nvidia (NVDA), Moore Threads (688795.SS), Cambricon Technologies (688256.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Renesas Electronics (6723.T), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Astera Labs (ALAB), Hua Hong Grace Semiconductor (688347.SS), Montage Technology (688008.SS), Giga Device Semiconductor (603986.SS).
Is MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 469.5× against a peer median of 16.4×, most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -35.0% against -20.5% for the median peer.

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.