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Gotion High-tech Co.

002074.SZ
44
Electrical Equipment & Parts · Industrials
Price
¥27.69
-0.20 (-0.72%)
Market Cap
¥50.25B
Exchange
Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 28, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Share count rising — dilution

+8.5% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.66B (2021) → 1.81B (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Gotion High-tech is a Chinese company that makes batteries, mainly lithium-ion battery packs used in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Its customers include major automakers in China and globally, and it supplies batteries for electric cars, buses, and grid-scale storage projects. Volkswagen Group is a significant strategic investor, which has raised the company's international profile.

Gotion earns revenue by manufacturing and selling battery cells, modules, and packs to automakers and energy companies. It is headquartered in Hefei, China, and has been expanding production capacity both domestically and overseas, including planned facilities in Europe and the United States. While the Volkswagen partnership and growing global demand for EV batteries support its expansion, Gotion operates in an intensely competitive market with thin margins — its operating margin sits near 1% — and faces risks from battery technology shifts, raw material price swings, and increasing competition from larger rivals like CATL and BYD.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+55.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+406.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

¥2.4B/ year

Rising (+13% vs prior year)

5.4% of revenue

In line with sector average (4%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

44.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~18 months

¥27.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue accelerating

Gotion High-tech Co. grew revenue 55% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
14.5%
Thin — 14.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
4.4%
Thin — 4.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
0.6%
Weak — 0.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+40.7%
Fast-growing sales (+40.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+151.9%
Earnings growing fast (+151.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
111%
Turns 111% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-22.9%
Burning cash (-22.9%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
2.45
Heavy debt load (2.45)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
0.40x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.4x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.7x
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.7

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-13.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.36%
Small dividend — 0.36% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-13.5%
Dividend cut (-13.5% YoY) — warning sign

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