COSCO SHIPPING Holdings (CICOF) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Oct 2, 2026: fair value of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings $5.91, price $2.17, upside +172.4%, quality 57 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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- Good quality? Yes
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COSCO SHIPPING Holdings
CICOF · USClearly undervaluedStrong Fair Value upside, but quality is only moderate.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 3, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $0.0724 – $2.24 · fair‑value band $4.53 – $7.68 · the $2.17 price screens below the $5.91 fair value. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 3, 2026.
Company profile
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping business in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business, Terminal Business, and Other Businesses segments.
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COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd., an investment holding company, engages in the container shipping business in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Mainland China, and internationally. It operates through Container Shipping Business, Terminal Business, and Other Businesses segments. The company offers routes and maritime container transportation services, logistics and port service, and digital supply chain service for enterprises in cross-border e-commerce, home appliances, photovoltaic, automobile, and other industries. It also provides management and financing services; freight forwarding and transportation; property lease; shipping agency; vessel chartering; marine; document services; vessel management and manning; cargo and liner agency; asset management; technical services, container maintenance, container yard warehousing services; multimodal transport; terminal operations; and supply chain management services. In addition, the company engages in the operation of rail terminals. As of December 31, 2025, it operated container fleet of 590 ships with a total capacity of approximately 3.60 million TEUs. The company was formerly known as China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and changed its name to COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. in November 2016. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Tianjin, China.
Stock analysis
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings (CICOF) currently trades at $2.17, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $5.91, implying the stock looks roughly 63.3% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of $7.92 per share, and 25 of the 26 models we run sit above the $2.17 price.
Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at $1.49, and 1 of the 26 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is medium.
Scenario range: $4.53 (bear) to $7.68 (bull), the price of $2.17 sits below it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 57/100 (solid quality), in the Industrials sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue growth is inconsistent: the periods point in different directions, so there is no trend to rely on.
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings reported revenue of 214B CNY in FY2025 versus 334B CNY in FY2021, a compound −10.5%/yr. Reported net income was 30.1B CNY in FY2025, compounding −23.8%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $33.7B · P/E ratio 6.4 · P/S ratio 0.90 · EPS (TTM) $0.2900 · Net margin 14.1% · Return on equity 9.9% · Return on assets (EBIT) 17.9% · Operating margin 12.9%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 38 out of 100 (medium confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 3% below its 52-week high and 41% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at 44% fair-value upside, at 172%, CICOF screens cheaper than that median.
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Of which business quality 56 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 78
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Marine Shipping · 226 stocks
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