Huatai Securities Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of 601688 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

601688 (CN¥16.53) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (CN¥17.7)

Is 601688 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 601688 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 601688 (CN¥16.53) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CN¥17.7)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 601688 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 601688?

Key metric: As 601688 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 601688. This is calculated by dividing 601688's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 601688's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	9.8x
Earnings	CN¥15.10b
Market Cap	CN¥139.23b

601688 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	n/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	n/a
PEG Ratio	3.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 601688's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 601688 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	20x
601211 Guotai Junan Securities	16.3x	14.4%	CN¥145.1b
600999 China Merchants Securities	17.4x	13.2%	CN¥149.8b
000776 GF Securities	16x	15.1%	CN¥105.9b
000166 Shenwan Hongyuan Group	30.3x	21.3%	CN¥117.0b
601688 Huatai Securities	9.8x	3.0%	CN¥139.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 601688 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the peer average (20x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 601688's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CN Capital Markets Industry?

0 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies available in this PE range

0 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 601688 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the CN Capital Markets industry average (30.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 601688's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

601688 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	9.8x
Fair PE Ratio	30.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 601688 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 601688 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	CN¥16.53	CN¥23.27 +40.8%	22.9%	CN¥33.80	CN¥16.83	n/a	12
Dec ’25	CN¥17.97	CN¥22.92 +27.5%	23.6%	CN¥33.80	CN¥16.83	n/a	12
Nov ’25	CN¥17.67	CN¥22.13 +25.3%	24.5%	CN¥33.80	CN¥16.83	n/a	12
Oct ’25	CN¥17.60	CN¥17.10 -2.8%	13.6%	CN¥22.04	CN¥13.10	n/a	13
Sep ’25	CN¥12.58	CN¥17.46 +38.8%	12.1%	CN¥22.04	CN¥13.10	n/a	12
Aug ’25	CN¥13.28	CN¥17.84 +34.4%	12.3%	CN¥22.04	CN¥13.10	n/a	12
Jul ’25	CN¥12.50	CN¥17.86 +42.9%	12.2%	CN¥22.04	CN¥13.10	n/a	12
Jun ’25	CN¥13.58	CN¥18.09 +33.2%	11.3%	CN¥22.04	CN¥13.10	n/a	13
May ’25	CN¥13.77	CN¥18.01 +30.8%	9.0%	CN¥20.13	CN¥14.00	n/a	13
Apr ’25	CN¥14.26	CN¥17.84 +25.1%	11.7%	CN¥20.70	CN¥13.63	n/a	13
Mar ’25	CN¥14.82	CN¥18.13 +22.4%	12.4%	CN¥21.00	CN¥13.63	n/a	13
Feb ’25	CN¥13.87	CN¥18.31 +32.0%	12.3%	CN¥21.00	CN¥13.63	n/a	12
Jan ’25	CN¥13.95	CN¥17.97 +28.8%	15.7%	CN¥21.00	CN¥11.67	CN¥17.59	11
Dec ’24	CN¥14.47	CN¥18.00 +24.4%	14.9%	CN¥20.70	CN¥11.67	CN¥17.97	12
Nov ’24	CN¥16.05	CN¥17.92 +11.6%	15.3%	CN¥20.70	CN¥11.67	CN¥17.67	12
Oct ’24	CN¥15.81	CN¥17.72 +12.1%	15.7%	CN¥20.70	CN¥11.67	CN¥17.60	12
Sep ’24	CN¥16.16	CN¥17.28 +6.9%	16.6%	CN¥20.70	CN¥11.67	CN¥12.58	13
Aug ’24	CN¥16.56	CN¥16.42 -0.8%	20.9%	CN¥20.70	CN¥9.49	CN¥13.28	13
Jul ’24	CN¥13.77	CN¥16.42 +19.3%	20.9%	CN¥20.70	CN¥9.49	CN¥12.50	13
Jun ’24	CN¥13.74	CN¥16.49 +20.0%	20.4%	CN¥20.70	CN¥9.49	CN¥13.58	13
May ’24	CN¥14.05	CN¥16.52 +17.6%	20.5%	CN¥20.70	CN¥9.49	CN¥13.77	14
Apr ’24	CN¥12.77	CN¥16.32 +27.8%	21.6%	CN¥21.80	CN¥9.49	CN¥14.26	13
Mar ’24	CN¥12.79	CN¥16.41 +28.3%	21.3%	CN¥21.20	CN¥9.49	CN¥14.82	13
Feb ’24	CN¥13.22	CN¥16.37 +23.8%	21.6%	CN¥21.20	CN¥9.49	CN¥13.87	13
Jan ’24	CN¥12.74	CN¥16.28 +27.8%	21.3%	CN¥21.20	CN¥9.49	CN¥13.95	13

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/04 04:47
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/03 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. is covered by 44 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Judy Zhang	BNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Susie Liu	BofA Global Research
Yung Chen	CCB International Securities Limited