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China BAK Battery, Inc.
CBAT Industrials Electrical Equipment & Parts
China BAK Battery, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $195.2 million, up 10.5% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to March 2026, revenue grew 99.3%, EPS fell 400.0%, free cash flow grew 147.1% and total debt rose 87.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 1.20 | 1.20 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 1.44 | 0.92 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.57 |
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| High | 3.33 | 2.35 | 1.75 | 1.23 | 11.40 | 9.59 | 1.70 | 1.44 | 2.08 | 1.25 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 631 | 587 | 610 | 374 | 537 | 1,054 | 1,063 | 1,456 | 1,463 | 1,739 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.11 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 10 | 58 | 24 | 22 | 38 | 53 | 249 | 204 | 177 | 195 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | (16.69) | (17.47) | (13.50) | 2.80 | 7.22 | 9.70 | 7.28 | 15.52 | 23.65 | 9.44 | |||||
| EBT | (12) | (21) | (2) | (11) | (8) | 54 | (13) | (6) | 11 | (11) | |||||
| EBT margin, % | (115.53) | (36.77) | (8.01) | (48.90) | (20.89) | 102.20 | (5.05) | (2.96) | 6.31 | (5.71) | |||||
| Net income | 0 | (21) | (2) | (11) | (8) | 62 | (11) | (9) | 10 | (11) | |||||
| Depreciation | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 0.58 | 2.51 | 0.92 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 2.80 | 2.29 | 1.96 | 2.19 | ||||
| Earnings | (0.71) | (0.92) | (0.07) | (0.28) | (0.10) | 0.70 | (0.11) | (0.03) | 0.13 | (0.10) | |||||
| Cash flow | (0.78) | 0.27 | 0.33 | (0.54) | (0.08) | (0.05) | 0.17 | 0.52 | 0.44 | 0.54 | |||||
| Capex | (0.33) | (0.52) | (0.28) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.22) | (0.14) | (0.35) | (0.19) | (0.50) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (1.11) | (0.25) | 0.05 | (0.61) | (0.17) | (0.27) | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.05 | |||||
| Book value | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.85 | 1.61 | 1.40 | 1.27 | 1.34 | 1.23 | |||||
| Shares, m | 18 | 23 | 27 | 39 | 62 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 89 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.23 | 0.00 | ||||
| P/S | 3.76 | 0.61 | 0.41 | 2.02 | 8.35 | 2.59 | 0.35 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.38 | |||||
| P/B | 2.58 | 16.19 | 30.88 | 3.28 | 5.99 | 0.97 | 0.70 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.68 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 4.55 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 2.87 | 8.41 | 2.37 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.09 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (2.33) | (7.12) | 16.47 | (2.65) | (28.24) | (5.23) | 24.30 | 3.27 | 1.51 | 5.88 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | (14) | 6 | 9 | (21) | (5) | (4) | 15 | 47 | 40 | 49 | ||||
| Capex | (6) | (12) | (7) | (2) | (6) | (19) | (12) | (31) | (17) | (45) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (20) | (6) | 1 | (24) | (11) | (23) | 3 | 15 | 23 | 4 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (18) | (32) | (37) | (31) | (11) | 10 | 14 | (32) | (30) | (119) | ||||
| Total debt | 18 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | |||||
| Net debt | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | (7) | (26) | (37) | (59) | (65) | (72) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 13 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 141 | 124 | 113 | 120 | 109 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 0.00 | (17.51) | (1.38) | (9.65) | (6.55) | 30.33 | (3.73) | (0.93) | 4.04 | (2.57) | ||||
| ROIC | 0.00 | (121.02) | (121.53) | (19.33) | (11.65) | (6.39) | (8.26) | (8.30) | 9.98 | (30.39) | |||||
| ROE | 0.00 | (288.67) | (154.04) | (153.98) | (23.63) | 63.62 | (7.12) | (2.06) | 10.10 | (8.17) | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Mar 2026 · fundamentals updated 28 Sep 2026
Charts ten years each
China BAK Battery, Inc. vs peers in Electrical Equipment & 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. | $171.0M | 13.8× | 15.4× | +40.39% (above 0%: growing) | +7.27% (above 0%: growing) | −199.91% (below 0%: shrinking) | 34.33% | 25.79% | Compare |
| NEOV NeoVolta, Inc. | $143.4M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −99.72% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −1,293.55% (below 0%: shrinking) | (8,440.00%) | (75,445.93%) | Compare |
| SKYX SKYX Platforms Corp. | $136.8M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +9.58% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −56.37% (below 0%: shrinking) | 28.86% | (27.98%) | Compare |
| ULBI Ultralife Corporation | $101.8M | — (loss-making) | 8.0× | −1.27% (below 0%: shrinking) | +200.00% (above 0%: growing) | −84.80% (below 0%: shrinking) | 28.92% | 7.17% | Compare |
| CBAT China BAK Battery, Inc. | $101.1M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +99.26% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +147.06% (above 0%: growing) | 1.49% | (13.93%) | |
| OESX Orion Energy Systems, Inc. | $95.1M | — (loss-making) | 20.0× | +31.51% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +336.14% (above 0%: growing) | 34.62% | 8.20% | Compare |
| RFIL RF Industries, Ltd. | $79.4M | 31.2× | 50.1× | +21.07% (above 0%: growing) | +225.00% (above 0%: growing) | +453.33% (above 0%: growing) | 35.63% | 7.34% | Compare |
| TGEN Tecogen Inc. | $67.9M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −21.23% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +11.86% (above 0%: growing) | 37.83% | (37.42%) | Compare |
| NVX NOVONIX Limited Sponsored ADR | $54.4M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +76.13% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −1.34% (below 0%: shrinking) | (431.26%) | 0.00% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $98.5M | — | 17.7× | +15.33% | +200.00% | −28.85% | 31.63% | 3.59% |
China BAK Battery, Inc. (CBAT) key facts
- Strength: China BAK Battery, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $195.2 million, up 10.5% from fiscal 2024.
- China BAK Battery, Inc. (CBAT) is an Electrical Equipment & Parts company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, CBAT traded at $1.03, a market capitalization of $101.1 million.
- Return on equity was −8.17% and debt-to-equity 0.08.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is −0.32 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.
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