Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 9 needed).
- 10y median
- CNY 2.0B
- Worst year
- CNY 661M
- Latest · 2025
- CNY 4.0B
# Founder Securities (601901.SHG) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/601901.SHG Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:36:18.362Z. Financial observations: FY2015–FY2025. Listing currency: CNY. Reporting currency: CNY. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: CNY 6.75 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low CNY 2.50 per share, central CNY 2.77 per share, high CNY 3.09 per share. Buy at or below the central value CNY 2.77 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:36:18.362Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 4.4% at the stated quote. About 4.4% 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: pass - Financial history: 10 years - Profitable years in the last ten: 10 - Required profitable years: 9 - Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.41× Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: CNY 2.6B - FY2017: CNY 1.5B - FY2018: CNY 661M - FY2019: CNY 1.0B - FY2020: CNY 1.1B - FY2021: CNY 1.8B - FY2022: CNY 2.1B - FY2023: CNY 2.2B - FY2024: CNY 2.2B - FY2025: CNY 4.0B ### moat: fail - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - median return on common equity below threshold - return on tangible common equity below 5% in more than one year - Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 5.0% - Required median return: 12.0% - Return uses tangible common equity: Yes - Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 3.0% - Years with reported combined ratio: 0 Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 8.4% - FY2017: 4.4% - FY2018: 2.0% - FY2019: 3.0% - FY2020: 3.1% - FY2021: 5.0% - FY2022: 5.6% - FY2023: 5.3% - FY2024: 5.1% - FY2025: 8.6% ### economics: pass - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 9.4% - Book return interval: 10 years - Starting book value per share: CNY 3.63 - Ending book value per share: CNY 5.57 Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 9.2% - FY2017: 15.1% - FY2018: 7.2% - FY2019: 17.5% - FY2020: -1.2% - FY2021: 14.1% - FY2022: 2.7% - FY2023: 7.8% - FY2024: 13.0% - FY2025: 10.3% ### management: pass - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: -0.1% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: -0.3% - Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -0.1% - Five-year share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: -0.3% - Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0 - Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 10.04× - Book value created per share: CNY 1.94 - Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: CNY 0.19 Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations. - FY2015: 100 - FY2016: 102 - FY2017: 101 - FY2018: 99 - FY2019: 93 - FY2020: 101 - FY2021: 95 - FY2022: 99 - FY2023: 99 - FY2024: 98 - FY2025: 99 ### accounting: pass - Financial accounting warning count: 0 - Known restatement years: 0 ## Holders ## Price story Down 28% since Sep 2024 · net income +79.9% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:07.192Z; price observation 2026-10-15. The price assumes profits grow 6.1% a year forever ### Net income · FY2025 net income +79.9%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2016: CNY 2.6B - FY2017: CNY 1.5B - FY2018: CNY 661M - FY2019: CNY 1.0B - FY2020: CNY 1.1B - FY2021: CNY 1.8B - FY2022: CNY 2.1B - FY2023: CNY 2.2B - FY2024: CNY 2.2B - FY2025: CNY 4.0B ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in capital markets; annual sales are CNY 10.5 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:18.362Z); FY2025: revenue 10515357096.99. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 601901.SHG: Founder Securities Co., Ltd. engages in the securities business in the People's Republic of China. The company offers wealth management services, including securities brokerage, institutional business, credit business, distribution of financial products, futures brokerage, and other businesses. It also provides investment banking services, such as equity and bond financing, mergers and acquisitions, recommendation and listing, and financial consultancy and other services. In addition, the company offers asset management services comprising securities assets and public fund management, private equity investment management, futures asset management, and other businesses. Further, it offers investment and trading services; and research and consulting services for institutional clients. Founder Securities Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Changsha, the People's Republic of China. ### Why customers stay It earns 5% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:18.362Z); 10-year return on tangible equity observations [[2016,0.08356821351221727],[2017,0.04437963723885399],[2018,0.020142782205698102],[2019,0.029839999346902762],[2020,0.031495862654632605],[2021,0.04963678077924826],[2022,0.05609358704938696],[2023,0.05318333090124504],[2024,0.05084319489114863],[2025,0.08622968342602615]]; median 0.050239987835198445. 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 2026-10-16T07:36:18.362Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,3138164514.67],[2017,2205011491.71],[2018,1637117102.35],[2019,2483620996.02],[2020,1199496014.55],[2021,863009493.54],[2022,900189126.56],[2023,898272445],[2024,1760110164.46],[2025,2397176576.88]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 32.8% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); 601901.SHG SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 32.773 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes profits grow 6.1% a year forever. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:36:18.362Z); Price 6.75; FX 1; original perpetual distributable cash 0.2625837703569752; discount 0.1; growth 0.06109870068785553. Same book-value model and 4× ceiling; no ten-year operating fade applies. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (CNY per share) - 2016-10: CNY 7.49 per share - 2016-11: CNY 8.53 per share - 2016-12: CNY 7.60 per share - 2017-01: CNY 7.75 per share - 2017-02: CNY 8.48 per share - 2017-03: CNY 8.11 per share - 2017-04: CNY 8.44 per share - 2017-05: CNY 9.01 per share - 2017-06: CNY 9.93 per share - 2017-07: CNY 8.91 per share - 2017-08: CNY 9.12 per share - 2017-09: CNY 8.60 per share - 2017-10: CNY 7.85 per share - 2017-11: CNY 7.62 per share - 2017-12: CNY 6.89 per share - 2018-01: CNY 7.04 per share - 2018-02: CNY 6.49 per share - 2018-03: CNY 6.20 per share - 2018-04: CNY 5.92 per share - 2018-05: CNY 5.87 per share - 2018-06: CNY 6.69 per share - 2018-07: CNY 6.79 per share - 2018-08: CNY 5.96 per share - 2018-09: CNY 5.52 per share - 2018-10: CNY 5.44 per share - 2018-11: CNY 5.47 per share - 2018-12: CNY 5.31 per share - 2019-01: CNY 6.12 per share - 2019-02: CNY 7.44 per share - 2019-03: CNY 7.68 per share - 2019-04: CNY 7.43 per share - 2019-05: CNY 7.17 per share - 2019-06: CNY 7.11 per share - 2019-07: CNY 6.94 per share - 2019-08: CNY 6.63 per share - 2019-09: CNY 6.89 per share - 2019-10: CNY 6.73 per share - 2019-11: CNY 6.69 per share - 2019-12: CNY 8.67 per share - 2020-01: CNY 8.04 per share - 2020-02: CNY 7.32 per share - 2020-03: CNY 7.18 per share - 2020-04: CNY 7.12 per share - 2020-05: CNY 6.92 per share - 2020-06: CNY 7.08 per share - 2020-07: CNY 8.58 per share - 2020-08: CNY 8.77 per share - 2020-09: CNY 8.40 per share - 2020-10: CNY 9.29 per share - 2020-11: CNY 9.02 per share - 2020-12: CNY 10.37 per share - 2021-01: CNY 9.71 per share - 2021-02: CNY 8.60 per share - 2021-03: CNY 8.70 per share - 2021-04: CNY 9.21 per share - 2021-05: CNY 10.15 per share - 2021-06: CNY 9.36 per share - 2021-07: CNY 8.78 per share - 2021-08: CNY 8.53 per share - 2021-09: CNY 8.18 per share - 2021-10: CNY 8.16 per share - 2021-11: CNY 7.75 per share - 2021-12: CNY 7.84 per share - 2022-01: CNY 7.35 per share - 2022-02: CNY 7.18 per share - 2022-03: CNY 6.74 per share - 2022-04: CNY 6.12 per share - 2022-05: CNY 6.26 per share - 2022-06: CNY 6.71 per share - 2022-07: CNY 6.57 per share - 2022-08: CNY 6.95 per share - 2022-09: CNY 6.55 per share - 2022-10: CNY 6.33 per share - 2022-11: CNY 6.78 per share - 2022-12: CNY 6.38 per share - 2023-01: CNY 6.94 per share - 2023-02: CNY 6.97 per share - 2023-03: CNY 6.97 per share - 2023-04: CNY 7.00 per share - 2023-05: CNY 6.98 per share - 2023-06: CNY 6.54 per share - 2023-07: CNY 7.24 per share - 2023-08: CNY 7.22 per share - 2023-09: CNY 7.40 per share - 2023-10: CNY 7.58 per share - 2023-11: CNY 8.68 per share - 2023-12: CNY 8.06 per share - 2024-01: CNY 6.92 per share - 2024-02: CNY 7.62 per share - 2024-03: CNY 8.18 per share - 2024-04: CNY 8.99 per share - 2024-05: CNY 8.24 per share - 2024-06: CNY 7.73 per share - 2024-07: CNY 7.77 per share - 2024-08: CNY 6.95 per share - 2024-09: CNY 9.34 per share - 2024-10: CNY 8.68 per share - 2024-11: CNY 8.57 per share - 2024-12: CNY 8.33 per share - 2025-01: CNY 7.78 per share - 2025-02: CNY 7.90 per share - 2025-03: CNY 7.79 per share - 2025-04: CNY 7.45 per share - 2025-05: CNY 7.61 per share - 2025-06: CNY 7.91 per share - 2025-07: CNY 8.12 per share - 2025-08: CNY 8.64 per share - 2025-09: CNY 8.14 per share - 2025-10: CNY 8.23 per share - 2025-11: CNY 7.75 per share - 2025-12: CNY 7.80 per share - 2026-01: CNY 7.86 per share - 2026-02: CNY 7.68 per share - 2026-03: CNY 6.79 per share - 2026-04: CNY 7.18 per share - 2026-05: CNY 6.89 per share - 2026-06: CNY 7.20 per share - 2026-07: CNY 7.10 per share - 2026-08: CNY 6.88 per share - 2026-09: CNY 6.71 per share - 2026-10: CNY 6.74 per share ## Annual estimated value (CNY per share) - FY2016: low CNY 1.70 per share, central CNY 2.12 per share, high CNY 2.83 per share - FY2017: low CNY 1.43 per share, central CNY 1.79 per share, high CNY 2.39 per share - FY2018: low CNY 2.40 per share, central CNY 2.64 per share, high CNY 2.93 per share - FY2019: low CNY 1.73 per share, central CNY 1.94 per share, high CNY 2.19 per share - FY2020: low CNY 1.44 per share, central CNY 1.59 per share, high CNY 1.78 per share - FY2021: low CNY 1.82 per share, central CNY 2.01 per share, high CNY 2.25 per share - FY2022: low CNY 1.88 per share, central CNY 2.10 per share, high CNY 2.37 per share - FY2023: low CNY 1.92 per share, central CNY 2.14 per share, high CNY 2.42 per share - FY2024: low CNY 2.29 per share, central CNY 2.53 per share, high CNY 2.82 per share - FY2025: low CNY 2.40 per share, central CNY 2.65 per share, high CNY 2.96 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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601901 · SHG
CSI 300
Not a wonderful business
1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.
Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 9 needed).
Earned a median 5% on tangible equity (minimum 12%), and the second-worst year 3% (minimum 5%).
Book value plus dividends grew 9.4% a year (minimum 7%).
Ordinary share growth was -0.1% over the full period and -0.3% over five years (either must be at most 2% a year).
0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).
Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), three-year average earnings per share 0.34 CNY.
| Value range | CNY 2.50 – CNY 3.09 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value CNY 2.77 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 6.75 / 2.77 = -144.0% |
| Return / year | About 4.4% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Book CNY 5.82/share; ROE 5.0%; first payout CNY 0.26/share, growing 0.5% perpetually (4× book payout cap applied). |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |