Chinese (SSE) Publishing Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 18, 2025

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies30

7D-2.2%
3M-1.0%
1Y13.9%
YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Publishing industry has remained flat, although notably Guangdong Guangzhou Daily Media declined by 14%. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 14% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 28% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Chinese Publishing Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Thu, 18 Sep 2025	CN¥303.3b	CN¥118.2b	CN¥11.4b	36.3x	26.7x	2.6x
Sat, 16 Aug 2025	CN¥308.6b	CN¥122.0b	CN¥11.2b	36.2x	27.6x	2.5x
Mon, 14 Jul 2025	CN¥314.7b	CN¥122.1b	CN¥11.2b	37x	28.1x	2.6x
Wed, 11 Jun 2025	CN¥310.2b	CN¥122.1b	CN¥11.2b	37.2x	27.7x	2.5x
Fri, 09 May 2025	CN¥304.1b	CN¥121.9b	CN¥11.2b	33.7x	27.2x	2.5x
Sun, 06 Apr 2025	CN¥305.8b	CN¥103.1b	CN¥10.5b	36.1x	29.1x	3x
Tue, 04 Mar 2025	CN¥298.7b	CN¥124.8b	CN¥14.4b	22.8x	20.7x	2.4x
Thu, 30 Jan 2025	CN¥303.9b	CN¥124.8b	CN¥14.4b	24.5x	21.1x	2.4x
Sat, 28 Dec 2024	CN¥316.7b	CN¥124.8b	CN¥14.4b	25.7x	22x	2.5x
Mon, 25 Nov 2024	CN¥308.5b	CN¥124.8b	CN¥14.4b	26.8x	21.4x	2.5x
Wed, 23 Oct 2024	CN¥318.5b	CN¥125.9b	CN¥15.2b	18.5x	20.9x	2.5x
Fri, 20 Sep 2024	CN¥267.1b	CN¥126.9b	CN¥15.7b	15.7x	17x	2.1x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024	CN¥271.6b	CN¥126.4b	CN¥16.0b	27x	16.9x	2.1x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024	CN¥264.0b	CN¥126.9b	CN¥16.7b	25.9x	15.8x	2.1x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024	CN¥286.9b	CN¥126.9b	CN¥16.7b	27.8x	17.2x	2.3x
Sat, 11 May 2024	CN¥301.0b	CN¥126.8b	CN¥16.5b	29.9x	18.3x	2.4x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024	CN¥310.9b	CN¥126.2b	CN¥16.0b	34.1x	19.5x	2.5x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024	CN¥322.0b	CN¥126.2b	CN¥14.8b	32.7x	21.8x	2.6x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024	CN¥273.1b	CN¥125.5b	CN¥14.5b	33.4x	18.8x	2.2x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023	CN¥300.6b	CN¥125.5b	CN¥14.5b	39.7x	20.7x	2.4x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023	CN¥324.0b	CN¥125.5b	CN¥14.5b	38.3x	22.3x	2.6x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023	CN¥293.0b	CN¥125.4b	CN¥14.1b	36.7x	20.7x	2.3x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023	CN¥313.3b	CN¥125.5b	CN¥14.0b	38.4x	22.3x	2.5x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023	CN¥306.3b	CN¥123.9b	CN¥13.8b	39.1x	22.2x	2.5x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023	CN¥326.0b	CN¥123.9b	CN¥13.8b	42x	23.6x	2.6x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023	CN¥396.7b	CN¥123.9b	CN¥13.8b	50.3x	28.7x	3.2x
Sun, 14 May 2023	CN¥381.1b	CN¥123.7b	CN¥13.8b	52.5x	27.7x	3.1x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023	CN¥285.9b	CN¥121.7b	CN¥13.0b	31.3x	22x	2.3x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023	CN¥247.5b	CN¥121.7b	CN¥13.0b	25.3x	19x	2x
Sat, 04 Feb 2023	CN¥229.2b	CN¥121.0b	CN¥13.0b	23.7x	17.6x	1.9x
Mon, 02 Jan 2023	CN¥220.4b	CN¥120.6b	CN¥13.2b	21.5x	16.7x	1.8x
Wed, 30 Nov 2022	CN¥222.3b	CN¥120.6b	CN¥13.2b	23.9x	16.8x	1.8x
Fri, 28 Oct 2022	CN¥194.9b	CN¥121.0b	CN¥13.9b	20.2x	14x	1.6x
Sun, 25 Sep 2022	CN¥203.5b	CN¥120.5b	CN¥14.2b	21.3x	14.3x	1.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio

14.3x

Sun, 25 Sep 2022

Current Industry PE

Investors are optimistic on the Chinese Publishing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 26.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 21.2x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.4x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Publishing industry have declined 7.2% per year over the last three years.
Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
This means that although sales have remained flat, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.