Average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 819.4% around their average (limit 35%).
- 10y median
- 1.7%
- Worst year
- -18.3%
- Latest · 2025
- 4.6%
# China CSSC Holdings (600150.SHG) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/600150.SHG Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z. Financial observations: FY1996–FY2025. Listing currency: CNY. Reporting currency: CNY. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: fail; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: CNY 35.45 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low CNY 30.84 per share, central CNY 33.79 per share, high CNY 36.37 per share. Buy at or below the central value CNY 33.79 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 9.3% at the stated quote. About 9.3% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; CN 10-year bond 1.7% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: fail - 3 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - negative average operating margin - operating margin variation exceeds 0.35 - Financial history: 10 years - Years with declining revenue: 3 - Years with a net loss: 2 - Operating margin variation: 8.19× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: -0.12× - FY2017: -0.18× - FY2018: 0.04× - FY2019: 0.03× - FY2020: 0.00× - FY2021: 0.00× - FY2022: 0.01× - FY2023: 0.04× - FY2024: 0.05× - FY2025: 0.05× ### moat: fail - Years with nonpositive invested capital use equity plus debt and leases; positive earnings with no positive capital are shown above 100%. - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: 3.2% - ROIC, second-lowest year: -8.9% - Typical minus recent gross margin: -2.4 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 7.1% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 9.5% - Years with nonpositive capital: 2 - Capital spending / revenue: 2.0% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 12.2% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: -8.9% - FY2017: -15.8% - FY2018: 8.5% - FY2019: 14.1% - FY2020: 1.3% - FY2021: 2.0% - FY2022: 1.9% - FY2023: 4.3% - FY2024: 6.0% - FY2025: 35.8% ### economics: pass - Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 1.19× - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: CNY 18B - Net income, five-year total: CNY 15B - Return on incremental invested capital: 143.7% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: -2.1 pp - Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -18.6 pp - Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 18.5% Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations. - FY2021: 5.13× - FY2022: 5.69× - FY2023: 0.99× - FY2024: 1.07× - FY2025: 1.11× ### management: fail - Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years) - buybacks unrelated to price (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: -8.9% vs 6.0% - Per-share earnings: -1.67 to 0.66 (three-year endpoint medians) - five-year and ten-year diluted share growth both above threshold - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 15.1% - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 8.8% - Market cap gain: CNY 172B - Cumulative retained earnings: CNY 15B - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 15.1% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 8.8% - $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016 - $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025 - Per-share value change: CNY 2.33 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: CNY -1.67 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: CNY 0.66 - Average buyback yield: 0.1% - Buyback history: 1 years - Debt-funded buybacks: No - Acquisition spending: CNY 10B - Cumulative net income, 10 years: CNY 13B - ROIC, first three-year median: -8.9% - ROIC, last three-year median: 6.0% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: CNY -1.89 - FY2017: CNY -1.67 - FY2018: CNY 0.36 - FY2019: CNY 1.47 - FY2020: CNY 0.07 - FY2021: CNY 0.06 - FY2022: CNY 0.04 - FY2023: CNY 0.66 - FY2024: CNY 0.61 - FY2025: CNY 1.24 ### accounting: pass - Sloan accruals: 0.0% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.51× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Operating cash / earnings: 0.99× - Accounting red flags: 0 - Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.07× Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 2.6% - FY2017: -19.8% - FY2018: -3.9% - FY2019: 3.8% - FY2020: -0.4% - FY2021: -1.1% - FY2022: 0.1% - FY2023: -8.6% - FY2024: -0.9% - FY2025: 0.0% ## Holders ## Price story Price needs cash profits to grow 4.2% a year for ten years · sales +93.4% Story as of 2026-10-16T09:59:59.096Z; price observation 2026-10-15. Price needs cash profits to grow 4.2% a year for ten years ### Sales · FY2024–2025 sales +93.4%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: CNY 21B - FY2017: CNY 17B - FY2018: CNY 17B - FY2019: CNY 52B - FY2020: CNY 55B - FY2021: CNY 60B - FY2022: CNY 59B - FY2023: CNY 75B - FY2024: CNY 79B - FY2025: CNY 152B ### Gross margin · FY2025 gross margin 12.6%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2018: 9.3% - FY2019: 6.4% - FY2020: 6.9% - FY2021: 7.3% - FY2022: 4.5% - FY2023: 8.6% - FY2024: 9.5% - FY2025: 12.6% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in aerospace & defense; annual sales are CNY 152 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2025: revenue 151977991216.09; grossProfit 19119407324.56; margin = grossProfit / revenue. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 600150.SHG: China CSSC Holdings Limited engages in the shipbuilding and repair businesses in China. It also offers ship and electromechanical equipment; and provides marine engineering services. China CSSC Holdings Limited was founded in 1998 and is based in Shanghai, China. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 8.6% to 12.6% during 2023–25; it earns 3.2% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 8.6%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 9.5%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 12.6%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,-0.08900662683819986],[2017,-0.1579282672561707],[2018,0.08502726633050597],[2019,0.14074865306229092],[2020,0.013216058466153409],[2021,0.02000242686995482],[2022,0.01886985235388259],[2023,0.043426118456788614],[2024,0.05974885629435661],[2025,0.3581653718470273]]; median 0.03171427266337172. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 304173630.12; owner earnings 1012922775.88. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 762346807.86; owner earnings 2743054192.14. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 2102908560.92; owner earnings 364583052.0799999. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 1179964715.08; owner earnings 1097592927.39. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 1429734655.37; owner earnings 981700879.5260001. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2023: growth capex 64994067.130000114; upkeep 2356813000; owner earnings 2934280338.364. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.022149917402315207. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2024: growth capex 0; upkeep 1642327000; owner earnings 3881175231.8653164. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 3445076324.08; owner earnings 8729126387.326. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,762577254.32],[2017,859782413.66],[2018,275123239.04],[2019,147458594],[2020,706310023.2],[2021,156535006],[2022,134172862],[2023,694375287.13],[2024,1260256000],[2025,1837588185.55]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 48.6% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 600150.SHG SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 48.563 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes cash profits grow 4.2% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 17.5%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:34:05.691Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.04695202317917413. Price 35.45; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2015 owner earnings/share 0.2752094390744914 → FY2025 1.3791533035582717. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (CNY per share) - 2016-10: CNY 22.53 per share - 2016-11: CNY 23.84 per share - 2016-12: CNY 27.61 per share - 2017-01: CNY 28.06 per share - 2017-02: CNY 29.30 per share - 2017-03: CNY 28.30 per share - 2017-04: CNY 26.66 per share - 2017-05: CNY 22.31 per share - 2017-06: CNY 22.87 per share - 2017-07: CNY 23.14 per share - 2017-08: CNY 25.29 per share - 2017-09: CNY 24.67 per share - 2017-10: CNY 24.67 per share - 2017-11: CNY 24.67 per share - 2017-12: CNY 24.67 per share - 2018-01: CNY 24.67 per share - 2018-02: CNY 24.67 per share - 2018-03: CNY 19.06 per share - 2018-04: CNY 17.10 per share - 2018-05: CNY 12.49 per share - 2018-06: CNY 9.69 per share - 2018-07: CNY 11.06 per share - 2018-08: CNY 11.65 per share - 2018-09: CNY 11.56 per share - 2018-10: CNY 11.06 per share - 2018-11: CNY 13.41 per share - 2018-12: CNY 13.13 per share - 2019-01: CNY 12.39 per share - 2019-02: CNY 14.85 per share - 2019-03: CNY 20.30 per share - 2019-04: CNY 23.81 per share - 2019-05: CNY 19.51 per share - 2019-06: CNY 23.60 per share - 2019-07: CNY 25.07 per share - 2019-08: CNY 24.32 per share - 2019-09: CNY 22.01 per share - 2019-10: CNY 20.44 per share - 2019-11: CNY 20.13 per share - 2019-12: CNY 21.76 per share - 2020-01: CNY 21.41 per share - 2020-02: CNY 19.25 per share - 2020-03: CNY 18.43 per share - 2020-04: CNY 18.69 per share - 2020-05: CNY 18.04 per share - 2020-06: CNY 17.44 per share - 2020-07: CNY 20.71 per share - 2020-08: CNY 20.89 per share - 2020-09: CNY 18.46 per share - 2020-10: CNY 17.82 per share - 2020-11: CNY 19.24 per share - 2020-12: CNY 17.69 per share - 2021-01: CNY 15.98 per share - 2021-02: CNY 15.52 per share - 2021-03: CNY 15.33 per share - 2021-04: CNY 15.60 per share - 2021-05: CNY 17.18 per share - 2021-06: CNY 16.51 per share - 2021-07: CNY 14.79 per share - 2021-08: CNY 23.89 per share - 2021-09: CNY 25.10 per share - 2021-10: CNY 22.55 per share - 2021-11: CNY 23.96 per share - 2021-12: CNY 24.79 per share - 2022-01: CNY 20.35 per share - 2022-02: CNY 21.91 per share - 2022-03: CNY 17.28 per share - 2022-04: CNY 15.66 per share - 2022-05: CNY 18.62 per share - 2022-06: CNY 18.98 per share - 2022-07: CNY 23.39 per share - 2022-08: CNY 25.04 per share - 2022-09: CNY 22.65 per share - 2022-10: CNY 26.52 per share - 2022-11: CNY 25.09 per share - 2022-12: CNY 22.28 per share - 2023-01: CNY 23.71 per share - 2023-02: CNY 23.89 per share - 2023-03: CNY 23.40 per share - 2023-04: CNY 25.91 per share - 2023-05: CNY 28.82 per share - 2023-06: CNY 32.91 per share - 2023-07: CNY 33.38 per share - 2023-08: CNY 28.39 per share - 2023-09: CNY 27.90 per share - 2023-10: CNY 25.88 per share - 2023-11: CNY 27.64 per share - 2023-12: CNY 29.44 per share - 2024-01: CNY 30.59 per share - 2024-02: CNY 35.50 per share - 2024-03: CNY 37.00 per share - 2024-04: CNY 36.50 per share - 2024-05: CNY 37.14 per share - 2024-06: CNY 40.71 per share - 2024-07: CNY 40.98 per share - 2024-08: CNY 38.37 per share - 2024-09: CNY 41.77 per share - 2024-10: CNY 36.75 per share - 2024-11: CNY 35.32 per share - 2024-12: CNY 35.96 per share - 2025-01: CNY 33.58 per share - 2025-02: CNY 30.86 per share - 2025-03: CNY 30.50 per share - 2025-04: CNY 29.28 per share - 2025-05: CNY 30.67 per share - 2025-06: CNY 32.54 per share - 2025-07: CNY 34.33 per share - 2025-08: CNY 37.38 per share - 2025-09: CNY 34.60 per share - 2025-10: CNY 35.90 per share - 2025-11: CNY 34.37 per share - 2025-12: CNY 33.26 per share - 2026-01: CNY 33.54 per share - 2026-02: CNY 37.75 per share - 2026-03: CNY 30.84 per share - 2026-04: CNY 41.76 per share - 2026-05: CNY 37.38 per share - 2026-06: CNY 33.79 per share - 2026-07: CNY 35.18 per share - 2026-08: CNY 34.08 per share - 2026-09: CNY 39.10 per share - 2026-10: CNY 39.15 per share ## Annual estimated value (CNY per share) - FY2016: low CNY 12.76 per share, central CNY 13.12 per share, high CNY 13.60 per share - FY2017: low CNY 13.39 per share, central CNY 13.67 per share, high CNY 14.04 per share - FY2018: low CNY 12.37 per share, central CNY 12.65 per share, high CNY 13.03 per share - FY2019: low CNY 15.33 per share, central CNY 16.20 per share, high CNY 17.36 per share - FY2020: low CNY 13.26 per share, central CNY 13.40 per share, high CNY 13.57 per share - FY2021: low CNY 17.90 per share, central CNY 18.34 per share, high CNY 18.93 per share - FY2022: low CNY 15.85 per share, central CNY 16.23 per share, high CNY 16.74 per share - FY2023: low CNY 18.21 per share, central CNY 18.71 per share, high CNY 19.33 per share - FY2024: low CNY 12.45 per share, central CNY 12.81 per share, high CNY 13.30 per share - FY2025: low CNY 33.85 per share, central CNY 36.47 per share, high CNY 38.76 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates ## Sources Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. 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600150 · SHG
CSI 300
Not a wonderful business
3 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
Average operating margin was negative (must be zero or higher), and margins varied 819.4% around their average (limit 35%).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 3.2% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year -8.9% (minimum 10%).
Each $1 of profit left $1.19 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).
Share growth was 15.1% over ten years and 8.8% over five (either must be at most 1% a year).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 0% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · fail 2 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin -0.9%, three-year average owner earnings per share 0.9 CNY. Mean operating margin over the last ten years is negative.
| Value range | CNY 30.84 – CNY 36.37 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value CNY 33.79 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 35.45 / 33.79 = -4.9% |
| Return / year | About 9.3% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Owner cash CNY 1.06/share; 2.9% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash CNY 18.33/share today. |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |