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

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Insider Ownership 64.77%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 134.11
Revenue 696.27
Net Income 38.71
Free Cash Flow 17.18
Net Debt (30.25)
Current Ratio 1.40
Debt/Equity 0.18 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 4.65
Fwd P/E 7.95
P/S ratio 0.20
P/B ratio 0.33
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth 2.89%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.00%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 31.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 37.97%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 47.73%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 43.61%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 62.41%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.00
Annual Dividend Rate 0.00
Annual Dividend Yield 0.00%
total individual payouts
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2022 2023 2024 Q'25
Cash 134 126 85 102
Receivables 224 269 343 294
Inventory 112 112 113 117
Other 38 41 49 87
521 564 603 600
2022 2023 2024 Q'25
Payables 235 254 293 270
ST’ Debt 46 48 73 72
Other 6 9 4 27
364 384 456 429

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.38% 8.57% 9.34%
Cash Flow (14.29%) (20.25%) (29.81%)
Earnings (1.12%) 24.65% 39.47%
Book Value 2.72% 4.72% 4.98%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 167 176 — — —
’24 139 159 164 189 651
’23 142 137 138 159 576
’22 136 127 137 129 530
’21 130 121 108 139 498
’20 74 83 114 146 418
’19 109 106 101 116 431
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 18 31 — — —
’24 10 (1) 7 (7) 10
’23 (1) 1 11 9 20
’22 (4) 19 17 16 48
’21 (1) 6 (11) 34 28
’20 29 2 21 5 57
’19 (18) (8) 30 26 30
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 8 23 — — —
’24 6 (7) 0 (13) (14)
’23 (5) (3) 4 4 1
’22 (5) 12 14 8 29
’21 (4) 6 (13) 30 19
’20 28 0 18 (3) 42
’19 (27) (9) 17 16 (4)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.24 0.25 — — —
’24 0.27 0.24 0.18 0.30 0.99
’23 0.23 0.35 0.31 0.36 1.25
’22 0.00 0.31 0.24 0.14 0.69
’21 0.10 0.10 (0.01) 0.16 0.36
’20 0.00 (0.13) 0.08 (0.10) (0.16)
’19 0.05 0.08 0.13 0.06 0.32
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Trend 2025e 2026e 2027e
Price, $
Price, $ Low — 3.10 4.30 2.00 1.70 1.43 2.48 2.20 3.04 3.05

Analyst estimates 2025–2027

Powerpack
High — 7.96 6.05 5.23 5.00 13.69 8.75 8.13 9.70 4.97
People
People Employees — 4,505 5,319 4,711 4,039 4,688 3,949 4,093 4,095 4,370
Revenue/emp, $m — 0.10 0.09 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — 462 499 496 431 418 498 530 576 651
Gross margin, % — 17.51 16.96 13.18 14.68 13.25 14.47 15.75 18.00 16.77
EBT — 25 20 (3) 8 (12) 8 23 48 44
EBT margin, % — 5.39 4.08 (0.50) 1.75 (2.92) 1.69 4.35 8.37 6.78
Net income — 23 (19) 0 8 (10) 11 22 43 38
Depreciation — 14 15 17 18 22 27 25 19 20
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — 14.46 15.77 15.68 13.71 13.44 16.14 17.28 19.09 21.56
Earnings — 0.70 (0.61) 0.08 0.32 (0.16) 0.36 0.69 1.25 0.99
Cash flow — 0.37 1.55 0.40 0.96 1.85 0.92 1.57 0.66 0.32
Capex — (1.20) (0.79) (0.79) (1.09) (0.48) (0.32) (0.62) (0.63) (0.79)
Free cash flow — (0.83) 0.75 (0.39) (0.13) 1.36 0.60 0.95 0.03 (0.47)
Book value — 9.57 9.67 9.63 9.84 10.28 10.92 10.67 12.18 12.91
Shares, m — 32 32 32 31 31 31 31 30 30
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — 7.61 0.00 30.50 9.84 0.00 7.66 8.48 2.54 4.14
P/S — 0.37 0.31 0.16 0.23 0.46 0.17 0.34 0.17 0.19
P/B — 0.56 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/FCF — (5.73) 5.61 (2.85) (18.24) 3.18 (0.06) 3.22 22.05 (9.86)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — 12 49 13 30 57 28 48 20 10
Capex — (38) (25) (25) (34) (15) (10) (19) (19) (24)
Free cash flow — (27) 24 (12) (4) 42 19 29 1 (14)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — 153 159 154 138 121 150 157 180 146
Total debt — 42 73 63 57 48 50 48 50 73
Net debt — (20) (21) (41) (25) (59) (84) (86) (76) (12)
Shareholders’ equity — 306 306 305 310 319 337 327 368 390
Returns, %
Returns, % 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
ROE — 7.34 (6.32) 0.78 3.24 (1.58) 3.37 6.38 10.84 7.91
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2024 · latest quarter Jun 2025

Charts ten years each

China Automotive Systems, Inc. vs peers in Auto Parts (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
HLLY Holley Inc. $313.6M 29.9× 7.8× +3.21% (above 0%: growing) n/m +86.25% (above 0%: growing) 41.01% 1.61% Compare
STRT Strattec Security Corporation $247.0M 12.0× 15.9× −0.12% (below 0%: shrinking) −53.17% (below 0%: shrinking) −63.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 15.57% 4.06% Compare
MVST Microvast Holdings, Inc. $219.1M 3.1× 6.9× −4.46% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −132.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.54% (1.97%) Compare
MPAA Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. $196.0M — (loss-making) 15.0× −10.80% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −277.97% (below 0%: shrinking) 16.17% 2.10% Compare
SRI Stoneridge, Inc. $172.6M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +15.13% (above 0%: growing) n/m +35.32% (above 0%: growing) 20.31% (0.65%) Compare
CAAS China Automotive Systems, Inc. $134.1M 4.6× 8.0× +11.12% (above 0%: growing) +4.17% (above 0%: growing) +443.53% (above 0%: growing) 17.33% 7.37%
CVGI Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. $114.2M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +13.54% (above 0%: growing) n/m −107.86% (below 0%: shrinking) 12.67% 0.80% Compare
INVZ Innoviz Technologies Ltd. $83.9M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +85.53% (above 0%: growing) n/m −108.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 3.85% (101.86%) Compare
PRTS CarParts.com, Inc. $64.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −10.73% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +103.86% (above 0%: growing) 33.22% (2.38%) Compare
Median of peers $184.3M 12.0× 11.4× +1.54% — −85.70% 18.24% 0.08%

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China Automotive Systems, Inc. (CAAS) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $37.9 million, or $0.99 per share (basic), a net margin of 4.61%.
  • Strength: China Automotive Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2024 (year ended December 2024) was $650.9 million, up 12.9% from fiscal 2023.
  • China Automotive Systems, Inc. (CAAS) is an Auto Parts company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CAAS traded at $4.51, a market capitalization of $134.1 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 4.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 31% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • China Automotive Systems, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
  • Return on equity was 7.91% and debt-to-equity 0.18.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.79 (distress zone) for fiscal 2024.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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