Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co., Ltd.

XSSC:601816 Stock Report

Market Cap: CN¥270.6b

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Valuation

Is 601816 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 601816 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 601816 (CN¥5.51) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CN¥11.16)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 601816 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 601816?

Key metric: As 601816 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 601816. This is calculated by dividing 601816's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 601816's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.4x
EarningsCN¥12.65b
Market CapCN¥270.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 601816's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 601816 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24x
601006 Daqin Railway
13x10.4%CN¥122.0b
001213 China Railway Special Cargo Logistics
30.9xn/aCN¥18.7b
000557 Ningxia Western Venture IndustrialLtd
31.5xn/aCN¥8.5b
600125 China Railway Tielong Container Logistics
20.5x21.2%CN¥8.2b
601816 Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway
21.4x11.6%CN¥270.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 601816 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.4x) compared to the peer average (23.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 601816's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Transportation Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
601816 21.4xIndustry Avg. 14.1xNo. of Companies21PE01020304050+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 601816 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.4x) compared to the Asian Transportation industry average (14.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 601816'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.

601816 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.4x
Fair PE Ratio25.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 601816 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.1x).


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 601816 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCN¥5.55
CN¥6.40
+15.3%
6.1%CN¥7.00CN¥5.80n/a11
Nov ’25CN¥5.54
CN¥6.43
+16.0%
6.4%CN¥7.00CN¥5.80n/a11
Oct ’25CN¥6.04
CN¥6.52
+7.9%
7.8%CN¥7.44CN¥5.80n/a11
Sep ’25CN¥5.43
CN¥6.67
+22.9%
8.3%CN¥7.44CN¥5.87n/a11
Aug ’25CN¥5.85
CN¥6.63
+13.3%
7.6%CN¥7.40CN¥5.87n/a11
Jul ’25CN¥5.42
CN¥6.63
+22.3%
7.4%CN¥7.40CN¥5.87n/a10
Jun ’25CN¥5.06
CN¥6.63
+31.0%
7.4%CN¥7.40CN¥5.87n/a10
May ’25CN¥5.09
CN¥6.70
+31.7%
7.5%CN¥7.50CN¥6.10n/a9
Apr ’25CN¥5.07
CN¥6.74
+33.0%
6.6%CN¥7.50CN¥6.14n/a10
Mar ’25CN¥5.00
CN¥6.74
+34.9%
6.6%CN¥7.50CN¥6.14n/a10
Feb ’25CN¥4.93
CN¥6.67
+35.4%
8.4%CN¥7.50CN¥5.50n/a10
Jan ’25CN¥4.92
CN¥6.66
+35.4%
8.1%CN¥7.30CN¥5.50n/a10
Dec ’24CN¥5.07
CN¥6.66
+31.4%
8.1%CN¥7.30CN¥5.50n/a10
Nov ’24CN¥4.97
CN¥6.66
+34.1%
8.1%CN¥7.30CN¥5.50CN¥5.5410
Oct ’24CN¥5.13
CN¥6.88
+34.1%
8.7%CN¥7.75CN¥5.50CN¥6.0411
Sep ’24CN¥5.14
CN¥7.03
+36.8%
9.7%CN¥8.00CN¥5.50CN¥5.4311
Aug ’24CN¥5.53
CN¥7.00
+26.5%
9.6%CN¥8.00CN¥5.50CN¥5.8512
Jul ’24CN¥5.26
CN¥7.00
+33.1%
9.5%CN¥8.00CN¥5.50CN¥5.4211
Jun ’24CN¥5.47
CN¥6.87
+25.6%
10.6%CN¥8.00CN¥5.50CN¥5.0611
May ’24CN¥5.43
CN¥6.27
+15.4%
11.6%CN¥7.75CN¥5.39CN¥5.0911
Apr ’24CN¥5.22
CN¥6.08
+16.5%
9.6%CN¥7.05CN¥5.39CN¥5.0711
Mar ’24CN¥5.24
CN¥5.88
+12.1%
9.1%CN¥7.00CN¥5.30CN¥5.0010
Feb ’24CN¥4.92
CN¥5.63
+14.3%
13.0%CN¥7.00CN¥4.00CN¥4.9310
Jan ’24CN¥4.92
CN¥5.49
+11.7%
12.5%CN¥6.90CN¥4.00CN¥4.9210
Dec ’23CN¥4.87
CN¥5.57
+14.5%
12.7%CN¥6.90CN¥4.00CN¥5.0710
Nov ’23CN¥4.68
CN¥5.55
+18.6%
12.8%CN¥6.90CN¥4.00CN¥4.9710

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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