Dry goods! Analysis of Market Competition Pattern of Leading Enterprises in China Shield Machine Industry in 2021 China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry

Related companies in shield machine industry:(600528), (600820), (688425), (002204), CCCC Tianhe, northern heavy industries, Sansan Industry, etc.

Core data of this article:Output of shield machines of leading enterprises, number of patents of shield machines of leading enterprises, operating income of shield machines of leading enterprises, etc.

1. China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry: Comparison of shield machine business layout.

China Railway Industry was established in 1999 and listed for the first time in 2001. In 2017, the company reorganized and integrated Zhongqiao, China Railway Baoqiao, China Railway Science and Technology and China Railway Equipment. China Railway Equipment, a subsidiary of the company, is a frontier enterprise of shield machine in China, and has developed the first domestic shield machine with intellectual property rights in China. From 2017 to 2021, a number of key projects of the company signed contracts continuously, and the main economic indicators grew by leaps and bounds.

Tiejian Heavy Industry was established in 2006 and listed in 2021. The company has been deeply involved in the field of high-end underground equipment manufacturing, and many shield machine products have reached the international leading level. It has become the world’s leading underground engineering equipment industrial base, a new model industrial base for intelligent manufacturing of tunnel excavation equipment and a mass customization enterprise for rail transit equipment.

2. Comparison of business layout and operation status of China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-Shield Machine: China Railway Industry is slightly better.

1) China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-shield machine product comparison: Railway Construction Heavy Industry has more specifications.

From the product specifications and types of shield machines of China Railway Industry and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry, the maximum excavation diameter of earth pressure shield machines and slurry shield machines of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry is higher, and at the same time, there are more types of cutter head drives, and generally speaking, the product specifications are more.

2) China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-shield machine output comparison: China Railway Industry leads.

Judging from the change of shield machine output, the shield machine output of China Railway Industry has been greater than that of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry from 2017 to 2020. According to the Statistics of China Full-face Tunnel Boring Machine Manufacturing Industry in 2020 issued by China Construction Machinery Industry Association, China Railway Industry will produce 190 shield machines (excluding TBM) and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry will produce 152 shield machines (excluding TBM) in 2020.

3) Comparison of China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-Shield Machine R&D: China Railway Industry has a high investment scale.

Judging from the R&D proportion of China Railway Industry and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry, the R&D investment scale of China Railway Industry is significantly higher than that of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry. In 2020, China Railway Industry invested a total of 1.214 billion yuan in R&D funds, and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry invested a total of 553 million yuan in R&D funds. However, judging from the proportion of R&D investment in the company’s revenue, the investment ratio of Railway Construction Heavy Industry is 7.27% slightly higher than that of China Railway Industry (5.00%).

4) China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-shield machine patent comparison: China Railway Industry is absolutely leading.

From the comparison of global shield machine patents, as of October 2021, China Railway Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Industry, ranked first in the world, with a total of 1044 shield machine patents, significantly more than the number of shield machine patents of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry.

Note: The number of joint applications is not excluded.

5) Comparison of China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-Shield Machine Planning: The two have different emphases.

From the different points of shield machine business development planning between China Railway Industry and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry, the development of China Railway Industry pays more attention to the research and development of core parts and intelligent manufacturing of shield machines. The development of Railway Construction Heavy Industry focuses more on market deepening and innovation in Industry-University-Research.

3. Comparison of China Railway Industry VS Railway Construction Heavy Industry-Shield Machine Business Performance: China Railway Industry has a leading revenue scale and Railway Construction Heavy Industry has strong profitability.

First of all, from the perspective of the company’s total revenue, the company size of China Railway Industry is much higher than that of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry. In 2020, the total revenue of China Railway Industry Corporation will be 24.292 billion yuan, while that of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation will be 7.611 billion yuan. Judging from the changing trend, the total revenue of China Railway Industry showed an obvious growth trend from 2018 to 2020, while China Railway Construction Heavy Industry fluctuated to a certain extent.

In terms of shield machine business, according to the statistics of China Construction Machinery Industry Association’s Excavation Machinery Branch, in 2019-2020, China Railway Industry and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry’s sales revenue of roadheader business was higher than that of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry. In 2020, the total operating income of the roadheader business of China Railway Industry is 8.099 billion yuan, and the operating income of the roadheader business of Railway Construction Heavy Industry is 6.801 billion yuan.

Judging from the gross profit margin of TBM-related business of China Railway Industry and China Railway Construction Heavy Industry, the gross profit margin of TBM-related business of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry is higher than that of China Railway Industry from 2017 to 2020. In 2020, the gross profit margin of shield-related business of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry is about 36.9%, and that of China Railway Industry is about 28.8%.

4. Forward-looking view: China Railway Industry is the "king of shield" in China.

In the shield machine industry, it is generally a business model of fixed production by sales, and the company’s shield machine output determines the company’s main market share. In addition, in terms of technology, the shield machine industry belongs to the high-end equipment manufacturing industry and has high technology-driven characteristics, so the technical level of the company’s shield machine is also the main factor affecting the competitiveness of the company’s shield machine. Based on the above analysis results, it is predicted that China Railway Industry has advantages in shield machine output, R&D investment and the number of technology patents, and is currently the "leader" of shield machine manufacturing enterprises in China.

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