Chinese battery manufacturer supplying electric-vehicle batteries, energy storage systems and related battery materials and recycling services.
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, production, and sale of electric vehicle and energy storage system batteries in China and internationally. The company offers power battery systems, including cells, modules/battery boxes, and battery packs, as well as lithium iron phosphate, ternary high-voltage medium-nickel, ternary high-nickel, super hybrid, sodium-ion, and condensed matter batteries; energy storage battery systems, such as cells, battery cabinets, energy storage containers, and system integration; and battery material products comprising lithium salts, precursors, and cathode materials. It also processes, purifies, and synthesizes metal materials, which include nickel, cobalt, manganese, lithium, phosphorus, iron, aluminum, copper, and other materials from spent batteries. In addition, the company provides passenger vehicles solutions, such as electric private and operating vehicles, as well as hybrid; commercial application solutions comprising road passenger transport, urban delivery, heavy-duty transport, urban street cleaning, construction machinery, two-wheeled vehicle, vessel, and special vehicle; energy storage solutions on power generation, transmission and distribution, and consumption; and battery recycling solutions. Further, it is involved in investment activities. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Ningde, China.
Company profile record
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd Class A
Common Stock · Industrials · Electrical Components & Equipment
Company
- Company / asset
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd Class A
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Electrical Components & Equipment
- HQ
- 🇨🇳 China
- Head office
- No. 2, Xingang Road, Ningde, China, 352100
Leadership & scale
- Full-time employees
- 185.8K
- Fiscal year end
- December
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- --
- P/E
- --
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- CNY 147.8B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- CNY 22.5B
- Dividend Yield
- 1.9%
- Revenue (FY 25)
- CNY 423.7B
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- 3750.HKEX
- Listing
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Dividend Tax: 0%
- Ticker Currency
- HKD
- Income Statement Currency
- CNY
- Balance Sheet Currency
- CNY
- Cash Flow Currency
- CNY
- EPS Currency
- CNY
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- CNE100006WS8
- Asset ID
- equity_1aae93c5-7941-565d-8186-d034f25770cd
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
No history available.
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
--
-- latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
--
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
--
Latest reported short interest / float
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Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
The company's earnings engine has rebounded strongly from past commodity price swings. In fiscal 2025, total revenue expanded seventeen percent to CNY 424 billion while net profit leaped forty-two percent to CNY 72.2 billion, demonstrating superior operating efficiency as raw material costs fell. Strong momentum continued into the first half of 2026, highlighted by second-quarter revenue accelerating fifty-seven percent year-over-year to CNY 148 billion. Behind these impressive headlines lies a crucial change in business mix: high-margin grid energy storage shipments are growing much faster than passenger vehicle batteries. Crucially, reported profits represent real cash, with full-year 2025 free cash flow reaching an extraordinary CNY 90.9 billion, giving management immense financial muscle to reward shareholders while competitors struggle near breakeven.
The company's earnings engine has rebounded strongly from past commodity price swings. In fiscal 2025, total revenue expanded seventeen percent to CNY 424 billion while net profit leaped forty-two percent to CNY 72.2 billion, demonstrating superior operating efficiency as raw material costs fell. Strong momentum continued into the first half of 2026, highlighted by second-quarter revenue accelerating fifty-seven percent year-over-year to CNY 148 billion. Behind these impressive headlines lies a crucial change in business mix: high-margin grid energy storage shipments are growing much faster than passenger vehicle batteries. Crucially, reported profits represent real cash, with full-year 2025 free cash flow reaching an extraordinary CNY 90.9 billion, giving management immense financial muscle to reward shareholders while competitors struggle near breakeven.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: CNY 423.7B | Max: CNY 423.7B | Min: CNY -4.7B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 29x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Profitability has structurally expanded despite aggressive discounting across the electric car sector. Gross profit margins widened from nineteen percent in 2023 to over twenty-six percent in 2025, while operating margin expanded to twenty-one percent. This resilience stems from automated factory efficiency, high product yields, and internal supply-chain integration that keeps cell production costs well below rivals. The growing contribution of high-specification batteries and utility-scale energy storage systems plays a decisive role in protecting profitability. While tier-two battery assemblers face single-digit margins, this enterprise captures premium pricing through superior battery life and safety, proving that its technological moat reliably defends profit margins across varying economic cycles.
Profitability has structurally expanded despite aggressive discounting across the electric car sector. Gross profit margins widened from nineteen percent in 2023 to over twenty-six percent in 2025, while operating margin expanded to twenty-one percent. This resilience stems from automated factory efficiency, high product yields, and internal supply-chain integration that keeps cell production costs well below rivals. The growing contribution of high-specification batteries and utility-scale energy storage systems plays a decisive role in protecting profitability. While tier-two battery assemblers face single-digit margins, this enterprise captures premium pricing through superior battery life and safety, proving that its technological moat reliably defends profit margins across varying economic cycles.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 26.3% | Max: 42.1% | Min: 9.4%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
26.3%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
21.1%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
17.0%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
21.4%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 2,140,861,165.04 | 410,334,017.55 | -99,524,055.06 |
| 2017-12-31 | 3,071,714,439.32 | 595,692,012.29 | -726,739,016.9 |
| 2018-12-31 | 4,303,962,998.98 | 492,301,629.65 | 681,248,695.78 |
| 2019-12-31 | 6,578,738,649.43 | 655,216,522.99 | 552,437,951.72 |
| 2020-12-31 | 7,705,894,027.57 | 855,028,943.34 | 785,229,229.86 |
| 2021-12-31 | 20,496,194,339.62 | 2,504,924,213.84 | -135,182,720.13 |
| 2022-12-31 | 47,622,317,101.45 | 4,453,502,028.99 | 1,883,126,840.58 |
| 2023-12-31 | 56,467,189,436.62 | 6,214,260,281.69 | 8,338,201,112.68 |
| 2024-12-31 | 49,590,760,821.92 | 6,951,326,301.37 | 9,015,123,561.64 |
| 2025-12-31 | 60,615,426,895.57 | 10,329,224,892.7 | 13,000,775,965.67 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 29.05 | Trailing four quarters |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 42.13 | 21.59 | 19.17 | -4.65 |
| 2017-12-31 | 35.05 | 24.16 | 19.39 | -23.66 |
| 2018-12-31 | 30.32 | 14.08 | 11.44 | 15.83 |
| 2019-12-31 | 27.38 | 12.58 | 9.96 | 8.4 |
| 2020-12-31 | 26.52 | 13.83 | 11.1 | 10.19 |
| 2021-12-31 | 24.84 | 15.21 | 12.22 | -0.66 |
| 2022-12-31 | 19.48 | 11.21 | 9.35 | 3.95 |
| 2023-12-31 | 19.14 | 13.4 | 11.01 | 14.77 |
| 2024-12-31 | 23.84 | 17.69 | 14.02 | 18.18 |
| 2025-12-31 | 26.27 | 21.13 | 17.04 | 21.45 |
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