Chinese casual-apparel group best known for owning Balabala, China's largest children's clothing brand.
Chinese casual-apparel group best known for owning Balabala, China's largest children's clothing brand.
Sells through a large network of stores run by franchisees plus a smaller group of directly operated stores and online platforms; the company designs and outsources production. Kidswear is the larger and steadier part, while the adult Semir line is more fashion-driven and cyclical. Founder Qiu Guanghe controls it.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Balabala's leading market share in China's kidswear category is hard for rivals to match.
Headquarters: Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China · Founded: 1996 · Employees: 2,986
Size Zhejiang Semir Garment (002563.SZ) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $2.42B, the 1063rd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥5.99 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 1.2%, against +2.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 4.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.1%); the operating margin is 7.5% (peer median 9.1%).
Valuation It trades at 14.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.7× (10th most expensive of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is 0%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.3 points above its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 6 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥15.7B | CN¥15.0B | CN¥14.6B | CN¥13.6B | CN¥13.3B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +7% | +2% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥7.40B | CN¥6.31B | CN¥5.97B | CN¥5.59B | CN¥5.06B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.79B | CN¥1.89B | CN¥1.85B | CN¥1.27B |
| Net income | CN¥1.05B | CN¥892M | CN¥1.14B | CN¥1.12B | CN¥637M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥2.17B | CN¥1.09B | CN¥820M | CN¥1.69B | CN¥1.07B |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥512M | CN¥614M | CN¥411M | CN¥261M | CN¥111M |
| Total debt | CN¥3.00B | CN¥3.62B | CN¥3.29B | CN¥2.67B | CN¥4.01B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Semir Garment 002563.SZ | $2.42B | -1% | +4% | 7% | 14.8× | -8.1% |
| HLA 600398.SS | $4.47B | -6% | +7% | 11% | 14.3× | -13.1% |
| Anta Sports 2020.HK | $28.2B | +2% | +17% | 21% | 12.5× | -0.7% |
| Ningbo Peacebird Fashion 603877.SS | $839M | -15% | -2% | 4% | 26.6× | -13.1% |
| Fast Retailing 9983.T | $155B | +6% | +17% | 18% | 41.2× | 23.8% |
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| Measure | 002563.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +9.3% | +5.1% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -1.2% | +2.0% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.3% | -22.6% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +4.0% | +2.1% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 9.1% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 14.8× | 13.7× | 10th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -8.1% | 1.2% | 3rd least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -0.1% | +6.5% | 2nd lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -8.0 pp | -10.0 pp | 8th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +8.3 pp | +4.5 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Semir Garment 002563.SZ | China | $2.42B | -1% | +4% | 7% | 14.8× | -8.1% | -0.1% |
| BIEM.L.FDLKK Garment 002832.SZ | China | $2.46B | +42% | +23% | 15% | 20.4× | 0.0% | +13.3% |
| Pou Chen 9904.TW | Taiwan | $2.29B | 0% | -7% | 3% | 7.3× | 5.9% | +0.1% |
| Youngone 111770.KS | South Korea | $2.27B | -13% | +15% | 14% | 5.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Under Armour UA | United States | $2.23B | -19% | -3% | 1% | 83.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) 0551.HK | Hong Kong | $2.75B | -7% | -3% | 3% | 13.6× | 2.4% | -0.9% |
| Mizuno 8022.T | Japan | $2.10B | +27% | +10% | 9% | 15.9× | 4.9% | +11.5% |
| Feng Tay Enterprise 9910.TW | Taiwan | $2.08B | 0% | -4% | 7% | 15.0× | -5.9% | +3.9% |
| Star Shine 1440.HK | Hong Kong | $2.85B | +34% | -33% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Eclat Textile 1476.TW | Taiwan | $2.88B | +3% | 0% | 20% | 13.7× | -8.9% | +6.2% |
| Steven Madden SHOO | United States | $2.89B | -3% | +18% | 9% | 17.5× | 5.9% | +16.1% |
| Hugo Boss BOSS.DE | Germany | $2.90B | +8% | -5% | 8% | 15.4× | -6.6% | +17.0% |
| Crystal International 2232.HK | Hong Kong | $2.92B | +23% | +4% | 10% | 11.4× | -5.3% | +6.0% |
| Goldwin 8111.T | Japan | $1.93B | -1% | +4% | 18% | 12.7× | -6.3% | +8.7% |
| Vestis VSTS | United States | $1.88B | +54% | 0% | 4% | 20.0× | 15.8% | +1.3% |
| F&F 383220.KS | South Korea | $1.80B | -3% | +7% | 25% | 5.1× | n/a | n/a |
| FIGS FIGS | United States | $3.29B | +37% | +25% | 10% | 54.0× | 25.5% | +19.1% |
| Wolverine World Wide WWW | United States | $1.75B | +28% | +7% | 9% | 12.1× | 9.1% | +0.9% |
| Columbia Sportswear COLM | United States | $3.61B | +12% | 0% | 8% | 16.2× | 4.6% | +6.3% |
| Makalot Industrial 1477.TW | Taiwan | $1.59B | +1% | -2% | 14% | 12.8× | -8.0% | +6.7% |
| Misto 081660.KS | South Korea | $1.51B | -5% | +8% | 13% | 6.4× | -13.9% | +7.4% |