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Employees: 6,150
Size Hefei Department Store (000417.SZ) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Department Stores) with a market value of $678M, the 3143rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.79 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.4%, against -9.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 9.3% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.0%); the operating margin is 1.1% (peer median 4.9%).
Valuation It trades at 24.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 28.0× (4th cheapest of 9).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is +2 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.2 points below its cost of capital (6.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 5 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥6.09B | CN¥6.65B | CN¥6.93B | CN¥6.58B | CN¥6.18B |
| Revenue growth | — | -4% | +5% | +6% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.51B | CN¥1.28B | CN¥1.41B | CN¥1.38B | CN¥1.35B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥635M | CN¥746M | CN¥666M | CN¥645M |
| Net income | CN¥383M | CN¥160M | CN¥191M | CN¥264M | CN¥171M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥176M | -CN¥254M | CN¥555M | CN¥388M | CN¥255M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥166M | CN¥185M | CN¥168M | CN¥485M | CN¥375M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.84B | CN¥2.01B | CN¥1.98B | CN¥2.21B | CN¥2.66B |
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| Measure | 000417.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.8% | -1.9% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -13.4% | -9.3% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -46.3% | -32.1% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -9.3% | -3.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 4.9% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 24.1× | 28.0× | 4th cheapest of 9 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.4% | 5.7% | 9th least demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.3% | -2.5% | 4th highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +2.1 pp | +3.3 pp | 8th least demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.2 pp | -3.0 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hefei Department Store 000417.SZ | China | $678M | -13% | -9% | 1% | 24.1× | 3.4% | +1.3% |
| Baida 600865.SS | China | $682M | +5% | +9% | 41% | n/a | 13.3% | -2.5% |
| Shanghai Join Buy 600838.SS | China | $628M | +9% | +6% | -28% | n/a | 22.2% | +0.4% |
| Guangzhou Grandbuy 002187.SZ | China | $600M | -8% | -49% | -2% | n/a | -5.3% | -2.0% |
| AEON Kyushu 2653.T | Japan | $597M | -3% | +3% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wushang 000501.SZ | China | $775M | -18% | -3% | 7% | 30.0× | 11.5% | -4.7% |
| Hangzhou Jiebai 600814.SS | China | $776M | -9% | -3% | 25% | 14.7× | -21.8% | -1.6% |
| Rainbow Digital Commercial 002419.SZ | China | $793M | -15% | -4% | 0% | 52.1× | -5.8% | -0.4% |
| Shanghai Yimin Commercial 600824.SS | China | $572M | -12% | -12% | -2% | n/a | 11.8% | -7.6% |
| Dashang 600694.SS | China | $827M | -10% | -4% | 12% | 12.2× | -18.9% | -5.1% |
| Matsuya 8237.T | Japan | $869M | +54% | -1% | 6% | 149.2× | 35.3% | -2.8% |
| Far Eastern Department Stores 2903.TW | Taiwan | $910M | -5% | -1% | 13% | n/a | 0.5% | -1.8% |
| Xinjiang Winka Times Department Store 603101.SS | China | $502M | -36% | +5% | 9% | 22.6× | -4.2% | +2.6% |
| Kintetsu Department Store 8244.T | Japan | $491M | +16% | -1% | 5% | n/a | -6.2% | -10.5% |
| Nanjing Central Emporium (Group) Stocks 600280.SS | China | $480M | -9% | -10% | -2% | n/a | 17.4% | -8.1% |
| Wing On Co. International 0289.HK | Hong Kong | $457M | -16% | -2% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Zhongbai 600857.SS | China | $444M | +4% | -56% | 4% | n/a | 51.6% | -9.2% |
| Shanghai Xujiahui Commercial 002561.SZ | China | $436M | -14% | -6% | -9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store 600682.SS | China | $1.07B | -22% | -11% | -16% | n/a | 5.7% | +2.4% |
| Shoppers Stop SHOPERSTOP.NS | India | $428M | +2% | +9% | 4% | 210.3× | 17.1% | +23.6% |
| Zhongxing Shenyang Commercial Building 000715.SZ | China | $423M | -13% | -6% | 16% | 26.1× | -12.3% | -2.8% |