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Yantai China Pet Foods Co. Ltd. Class A002891.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Staples›Food: Specialty/Candy

Chinese pet food maker and major exporter of treats/pet snacks to US and European retailers, also building domestic brands.

≈ A Chinese pet-food OEM/exporter feeding into brands sold at US retailersMomentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$1.39B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
31%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$22.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
32.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+1.1 pp
WACC 5.1%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
174 days
29 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥28.70
1D+1.3%
1W+9.9%
1M+3.3%
3M-11.0%
6M-14.7%
YTD-44.5%
1Y-45.2%
ATR %3.9%
52w lowhigh53.0% off high

What Yantai China Pet Foods does

Chinese pet food maker and major exporter of treats/pet snacks to US and European retailers, also building domestic brands.

Makes treats and food to the order of overseas pet-food brands and retailers, which specify the recipe and sell under their own labels, so export orders and the dollar-yuan rate matter. At home it sells under its own Wanpy brand, which earns a brand margin the contract work does not.

In one line: A Chinese pet-food OEM/exporter feeding into brands sold at US retailers.

Products and services

  • Pet treats/snacks (export)
  • Wet/dry pet food
  • Domestic branded pet food

Customers

  • Overseas pet food brands/retailers
  • Domestic pet owners

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer staples
  • Pet food
  • OEM export + domestic branded pet food

What could go right

  • Export order growth
  • Rising domestic pet ownership

What could go wrong

  • US/EU trade tariff risk
  • FX exposure on export sales

Moat: narrow (customer qualification, scale). Established export manufacturing relationships and quality certifications with Western pet-food buyers.

Headquarters: Yantai, China · Employees: 4,312

Named competitors

Yantai China Pet Foods at a glance

Size Yantai China Pet Foods (002891.SZ) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $1.39B, the 1757th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥28.70 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 14.7%, against -17.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 21.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.3%); the operating margin is 3.8% (peer median 6.4%).

Valuation It trades at 32.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.9× (5th most expensive of 21).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.1 points above its cost of capital (5.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026002891.SZ 86Peer median 85
Six months, rebased to 100: Yantai China Pet Foods against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Yantai China Pet Foods financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥6.22BCN¥5.22BCN¥4.46BCN¥3.74BCN¥3.24B
Revenue growth—+17%+19%+15%—
Gross profitCN¥1.75BCN¥1.50BCN¥1.23BCN¥957MCN¥620M
EBITDAn/aCN¥574MCN¥588MCN¥514MCN¥262M
Net incomeCN¥212MCN¥365MCN¥394MCN¥233MCN¥106M
Free cash flow-CN¥720MCN¥118MCN¥294MCN¥61.2M-CN¥226M
Capital expenditureCN¥798MCN¥419MCN¥242MCN¥407MCN¥349M
Total debtCN¥2.10BCN¥1.56BCN¥1.21BCN¥1.43BCN¥1.09B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Yantai China Pet Foods competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%0%+10%CCLFLO03366030270025570546MANORAMA200122012811BIKAJI6050160022162602ITM600929004990NOMDJJSF002891.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Yantai China Pet Foods is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%20×40×CCLFLO03366030270025570546MANORAMA20012811BIKAJI605016002216ITM600929004990300783JJSF002891.SZRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Yantai China Pet Foods is the large dot.

Yantai China Pet Foods competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (002891.SZ vs 301498.SZ vs 300673.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Yantai China Pet Foods 002891.SZ$1.39B-15%+21%4%32.6×n/a
Gambol Pet 301498.SZ$2.25B-32%+14%7%43.6×n/a
Petpal Pet Nutrition Technology 300673.SZ$444M-26%+2%6%45.6×7.5%

How Yantai China Pet Foods compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Yantai China Pet Foods against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure002891.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.3%+1.7%7th highest of 21
6-month return-14.7%-17.2%10th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-53.0%-23.9%2nd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+21.2%+5.3%4th highest of 21
Operating margin3.8%6.4%6th lowest of 21
Forward P/E32.6×19.9×5th most expensive of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital+1.1 pp+0.2 pp9th highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Yantai China Pet Foods 002891.SZChina$1.39B-15%+21%4%32.6×n/an/a
CCL Products (India) CCL.NSIndia$1.37B-20%+24%13%25.8×17.9%+29.1%
Flowers Foods FLOUnited States$1.42B-20%+2%6%8.8×-7.6%+3.7%
Huabao International 0336.HKHong Kong$1.34B-25%+13%3%25.3×16.2%-2.7%
Qianhe Condiment & Food 603027.SSChina$1.43B-21%-6%14%23.9×3.1%+8.8%
Chacha Food 002557.SZChina$1.46B-17%+8%8%15.8×n/an/a
Fufeng 0546.HKHong Kong$1.31B-37%+1%4%7.4×n/an/a
Manorama Industries MANORAMA.NSIndia$1.31B+22%+60%24%39.3×33.4%+46.9%
NIPPN 2001.TJapan$1.50B+8%+2%5%11.3×n/an/a
Morinaga & 2201.TJapan$1.28B-8%+3%9%12.3×-5.7%+7.1%
Kagome 2811.TJapan$1.51B+3%+3%7%24.0×2.2%+10.0%
Bikaji Foods International BIKAJI.NSIndia$1.27B-29%+14%10%37.4×38.6%+17.5%
Shandong Bailong Chuangyuan Bio-Tech 605016.SSChina$1.24B-28%+19%32%18.4×8.8%+22.5%
Sanquan Foods 002216.SZChina$1.56B-18%+7%5%18.1×2.6%-1.1%
Nisshin OilliO 2602.TJapan$1.22B+13%+8%3%18.0×3.1%+10.5%
Italmobiliare ITM.MIItaly$1.20B-8%+8%14%12.0×n/an/a
Snowsky Salt Industry 600929.SSChina$1.20B-29%+32%1%54.7×n/an/a
Lotte 004990.KSSouth Korea$1.18B-27%+1%2%69.5×n/an/a
Nomad Foods NOMDUnited States$1.64B+24%+3%13%7.3×-4.1%+3.6%
Three Squirrels 300783.SZChina$1.66B-12%-13%2%21.5×19.5%+0.8%
J & J Snack Foods JJSFUnited States$1.68B+18%-5%6%24.1×6.8%+9.1%

Questions

Who are Yantai China Pet Foods's main competitors?
Named competitors: Gambol Pet Group (301498.SZ), Petpal Pet Nutrition (300673.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes CCL Products (India) (CCL.NS), Flowers Foods (FLO), Huabao International (0336.HK), Qianhe Condiment & Food (603027.SS), Chacha Food (002557.SZ), Fufeng (0546.HK).
Is Yantai China Pet Foods expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 32.6× against a peer median of 19.9×, 5th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Yantai China Pet Foods stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -14.7% against -17.2% for the median peer; over one year -45.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.