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About China Literature

China Literature Ltd is an investment holding company. The company along with its subsidiaries provides online reading services, copyright commercialization, writer cultivation and brokerage, and operation of text work reading. It generates its revenue from Online reading through self-owned platform products. it operates in two segments: Online business and Intellectual property operations and others. The Online business segment that derives the majority of revenue comprises online paid reading, online advertising, and game publishing. The Intellectual property operations and other segment include licensing and distribution of film and television properties, copyrights licensing, sales of adaptation rights and scripts, sales of physical books, and in-house online games operations.

Founded

2013

HQ

Employees

1.7K

Website

ir.yuewen.com

Sectors

Content ProductionPublishing

Financials (LTM)

Revenue: $1B

EBITDA: $72M

EV

$2B

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China Literature Financials

China Literature reported last 12-month revenue of $1B and EBITDA of $72M.

In the same LTM period, China Literature generated $528M in gross profit, $72M in EBITDA, and had net loss of ($28M).

China Literature P&L

In the most recent fiscal year, China Literature reported revenue of $1B and EBITDA of $26M.

China Literature expects next 12-month revenue of XXX and NTM EBITDA of XXX

China Literature Stock Performance

China Literature has current market cap of $4B, and enterprise value of $2B.

China Literature's stock price is $3.43.

China Literature Valuation Multiples

China Literature trades at 2.2x EV/Revenue multiple, and 33.3x EV/EBITDA.

China Literature Financial Valuation Multiples

As of April 20, 2026, China Literature has market cap of $4B and EV of $2B.

Equity research analysts estimate China Literature's 2025E EV/Revenue multiple at XXX and 2025E EV/EBITDA multiple at XXX

China Literature has a P/E ratio of (123.2x).

China Literature Margins & Growth Rates

China Literature's revenue in the last 12 month grew by 8%.

China Literature's revenue per employee in the last FY averaged $0.7M, while opex per employee averaged $0.3M for the same period.

China Literature's rule of 40 is 25% (metric relevant for SaaS companies only, counted as combined revenue growth rate and EBITDA margin).

China Literature's rule of X is 38% (created by Bessemer, rule of X is another metric to measure SaaS companies, ~1.5x stronger vs. the traditional Rule of 40, counted as revenue growth rate multiplied by 2.5 plus EBITDA margin).

China Literature Public Comps

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China Literature M&A Activity

China Literature acquired XXX companies to date.

Last acquisition by China Literature was on XXXXXXXX, XXXXX. China Literature acquired XXXXXXXX for XXX (EV/Revenue multiple of XXX).

China Literature Investment Activity

China Literature invested in XXX companies to date.

China Literature made its latest investment on XXXXXXXX, XXXXX. China Literature invested in XXXXXXXX for XXX (EV/Revenue multiple of XXX).