China Automotive Systems, Inc.

CAASdata completeness 100%3 fiscal years on file
i. The business — what you’d actually own
FigureFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$576.4M1$650.9M1$765.7M1
Net income$37.7M2$30M2$42.8M2
Operating cash flow$19.9M3$9.78M3$111.6M3
Capital expenditure$18.2M4$43.7M4$37.2M4
Free cash flow (derived)$1.67M3−$33.9M3$74.4M3
Total debt$145.1M5$162.7M6
Cash & equivalents$155.2M7$57M8$142M8
Diluted shares30.2M30.2M30.2M

Superscripts are receipts. Each links to the SEC filing the number came from (full list at the bottom).

ii. Your slice — ownership made literal
If you owned
shares
You’d own
0.000033%
of the whole company
Your share of last year’s profit
$14.2
Your share of its debt
$53.92
Your share of free cash flow
$24.67
iii. What it’s worth — engine v0.1.0
DCF · Growth Exit 10Y
$0.41
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears10
  • fcfGrowth5.0%
  • fcfBase$1.67M
DCF · Growth Exit 5Y
$0.32
assumptions (10)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • terminalGrowth2.5%
  • projectionYears5
  • fcfGrowth5.0%
  • fcfBase$1.67M
Earnings Power Value
$13.15
assumptions (8)
  • riskFreeRate4.5%
  • equityRiskPremium5.0%
  • beta100.0%
  • equityWeight85.0%
  • costOfDebtSpread1.5%
  • taxRate21.0%
  • normalizedEarnings$37.7M
  • growthAssumed0.0%
Graham Number
$20.62
assumptions (1)
  • grahamMultiplier2250.0%

Different models answer different questions — which to trust when →

iv. The price question — last, on purpose
What does today’s price assume?
Type a price. The ledger answers.
Or set your own belief
FCF growth, next 5 years5.0%
Discount rate (WACC)8.78%
Terminal growth2.5%
At your growth, a share is worth $0.32

Default growth 5.0%= this company’s own filed history (median-to-median FCF CAGR, clamped 0–20%). Your adjustments are recorded anonymously. They become the “what do owners actually believe” dataset.

Sources — the receipts
  1. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (Revenues)
  2. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (NetIncomeLoss)
  3. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities)
  4. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment)
  5. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (LongTermDebtCurrent)
  6. 20-F · period ending 2025-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (ShortTermBorrowings)
  7. 20-F · period ending 2023-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents)
  8. 20-F · period ending 2024-12-31 · accession 0001104659-26-046434 (CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue)