China Automotive Systems, Inc.

CAAS Consumer Cyclical Auto Parts

China Automotive Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended December 2024) was $650.9 million, up 12.9% from fiscal 2023. In the quarter to June 2025, revenue grew 11.1%, EPS grew 4.17% and free cash flow grew 443.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

4.51 0.06 +1.35%
Market cap
$134.1M
P/E
4.6×
Fwd P/E
8.0×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.79
Beneish M
−1.96
Dividend safety
32/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24
Piotroski F-Score
5 4 6 7 4 9 8 8 5
P/E ratio
7.61 0.00 30.50 9.84 0.00 7.66 8.48 2.54 4.14
Altman Z-Score
1.99 1.70 1.54 1.60 1.51 1.57 1.82 1.89 1.79
P/S ratio
0.37 0.31 0.16 0.23 0.46 0.17 0.34 0.17 0.19
P/FCF ratio
0.00 6.48 0.00 0.00 4.59 4.46 6.17 107.13 0.00
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
4.06 3.42 3.32 3.51 2.95 3.43 3.58 4.12 3.49
Beneish M-Score
(2.25) (2.94) (2.41) (2.69) (2.92) (2.71) (2.65) (2.15) (1.96)
P/Operating CF
(137.27) 21.61 21.94 3.78 41.40 2.42 10.97 10.47 (18.29)
P/B ratio
0.56 0.50 0.25 0.32 0.61 0.25 0.55 0.26 0.32
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — 32
Price to Tangible BV
0.57 0.50 0.25 0.32 0.61 0.25 0.55 0.26 0.32
EV/Sales
0.33 0.27 0.07 0.17 0.32 0.00 0.18 0.03 0.21
EV/EBITDA
4.13 3.83 2.60 3.07 9.67 0.00 2.82 0.34 2.31
EV/Operating CF
12.92 2.71 2.89 2.44 2.34 (0.04) 1.95 0.99 14.30
EV/FCF
(5.73) 5.61 (2.85) (18.24) 3.18 (0.06) 3.22 22.05 (9.86)
Quick Ratio
1.13 1.04 1.06 1.04 0.96 0.98 0.98 1.03 0.94
Current Ratio
1.47 1.43 1.45 1.45 1.34 1.43 1.43 1.47 1.32
Net Debt/EBITDA
(0.54) (0.60) (2.95) (1.05) (4.27) (2.57) (2.59) (1.32) (0.19)
Debt/Assets
6.61% 10.23% 9.11% 8.68% 6.78% 6.92% 6.77% 6.46% 8.58%
Debt/Equity
0.14 0.24 0.21 0.19 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.19
Asset Turnover
0.75 0.74 0.70 0.64 0.61 0.70 0.74 0.78 0.81
Operating CF/Net income
0.53 (2.53) 5.27 3.04 (11.53) 2.56 2.27 0.53 0.33
Capex/Depreciation
(2.76) (1.63) (1.48) (1.92) (0.68) (0.36) (0.75) (1.01) (1.18)
Interest Coverage
35.09 10.99 (0.99) 2.04 (5.12) 1.46 5.48 38.44 22.20
ROE
7.34% (6.32%) 0.78% 3.24% (1.58%) 3.37% 6.38% 10.84% 7.91%
ROA
3.63% (2.87%) 0.34% 1.48% (0.73%) 1.55% 2.96% 5.09% 3.71%
ROIC
5.03% 4.22% (0.69%) 1.36% (1.96%) 1.36% 2.06% 8.41% 6.65%
Return on Tangible Assets
8.84% (6.78%) 0.86% 3.58% (1.90%) 3.99% 8.05% 13.37% 11.99%
Average Days of Receivables
242.29 215.08 188.58 197.13 204.63 154.16 154.62 170.61 192.61
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
6.00% 6.72% 6.76% 6.49% 6.16% 5.67% 6.82% 5.06% 4.25%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
7.36% 7.91% 7.80% 7.94% 10.08% 8.57% 8.13% 7.13% 7.00%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.03% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Graham Net Nets
0.88 0.79 1.42 0.92 0.45 1.47 0.74 1.72 1.15
Graham Number
12.37 0.00 4.16 8.42 0.00 9.27 12.87 18.51 16.96
Earnings Yield
13.15% (12.58%) 3.28% 10.16% (2.40%) 13.06% 11.79% 39.31% 24.15%
Free Cash Flow Yield
(15.44%) 15.43% (16.46%) (4.08%) 21.81% 22.40% 16.21% 0.93% (11.45%)
Revenue per Share
14.46 15.77 15.68 13.71 13.44 16.14 17.28 19.09 21.56
Operating CF per Share
0.37 1.55 0.40 0.96 1.85 0.92 1.57 0.66 0.32
Capex per Share
(1.20) (0.79) (0.79) (1.09) (0.48) (0.32) (0.62) (0.63) (0.79)
Free Cash Flow per Share
(0.83) 0.75 (0.39) (0.13) 1.36 0.60 0.95 0.03 (0.47)
Cash per Share
1.93 2.98 3.28 2.62 3.46 4.33 4.38 4.17 2.80
Shareholders Equity per Share
9.57 9.67 9.63 9.84 10.28 10.92 10.67 12.18 12.91
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
9.57 9.67 9.63 9.84 10.28 10.92 10.67 12.18 12.91
Free Cash Flow
(26.64) 23.83 (12.40) (4.05) 42.36 18.52 29.05 1.02 (14.17)
Working Capital
153.29 159.14 154.13 137.53 121.17 149.56 156.52 180.34 146.16
Capital Expenditures
(38.46) (25.07) (24.93) (34.35) (15.07) (9.75) (18.97) (18.89) (23.95)
Net Current Asset Value
152.15 121.36 109.76 90.72 87.49 121.51 133.20 165.44 141.85
EV/EBIT
6.64 6.89 0.00 11.94 0.00 0.00 11.76 0.50 3.47
Capex to Sales
0.08 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.04
Price to Operating Income
7.50 7.96 0.00 16.02 0.00 14.98 22.54 2.45 3.07
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.14 0.12 0.14 0.13 0.16 0.21 0.24 0.18 0.19
Cash ROIC
(6.51%) 5.03% (2.63%) (0.90%) 8.92% 3.56% 5.71% 0.19% (2.59%)
Accounts Receivable Turnover
1.59 1.66 1.80 1.76 1.79 2.24 2.44 2.33 2.12
Accounts Payable Turnover
1.78 1.79 1.91 1.86 1.76 1.88 1.93 1.93 1.98
Inventory Turnover
5.70 5.63 5.15 4.31 4.23 4.16 3.90 4.21 4.82
Average Days of Payables
214.32 211.57 178.05 185.11 226.93 195.44 192.34 195.84 197.28
Days of Inventory on Hand
65.17 69.77 74.59 82.24 88.98 99.83 91.82 86.80 75.84
Average Receivables
291.52 300.40 275.21 244.67 233.57 222.24 217.33 246.87 306.45
Average Payables
213.63 232.01 225.17 198.39 205.96 226.65 231.58 244.34 273.19
Average Inventory
66.81 73.63 83.62 85.48 85.63 102.41 114.36 112.31 112.48
Average Assets
619.70 674.53 703.93 675.33 683.86 712.16 715.56 740.40 808.51
Average Common Equity
306.59 306.01 305.48 307.19 314.48 328.14 331.86 347.32 378.80

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