Chinese fast-casual restaurant chain serving home-style Anhui/regional Chinese dishes via company-owned outlets.
Chinese fast-casual restaurant chain serving home-style Anhui/regional Chinese dishes via company-owned outlets.
In one line: A Chinese casual-dining chain for home-style Chinese food.
Moat: narrow (brand, scale). Recognizable brand and standardized menu/supply chain across a growing restaurant network.
Headquarters: Hefei, China · Founded: 2015 · Employees: 13,540
Size Xiaocaiyuan International (0999.HK) is a Hong Kong Consumer Discretionary company (Restaurants) with a market value of $1.17B, the 562nd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$7.80 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.6%, against +20.9% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 14.7% (peer median 5.5%).
Valuation It trades at 13.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.5× (2nd cheapest of 18).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -25 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 32.4 points above its cost of capital (6.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 31 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | HK$6.19B | HK$5.80B | HK$5.64B | HK$5.03B | HK$3.74B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +12% | +35% | — |
| Gross profit | HK$2.01B | HK$2.10B | HK$1.83B | HK$1.61B | HK$1.02B |
| EBITDA | HK$1.45B | HK$1.55B | HK$1.27B | HK$1.19B | HK$739M |
| Net income | HK$695M | HK$776M | HK$615M | HK$588M | HK$276M |
| Free cash flow | HK$654M | HK$842M | HK$663M | HK$624M | HK$394M |
| Capital expenditure | HK$539M | HK$435M | HK$346M | HK$343M | HK$112M |
| Total debt | n/a | HK$1.06B | HK$863M | HK$838M | HK$696M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaocaiyuan International 0999.HK | $1.17B | +16% | +3% | 15% | 13.1× | -9.6% |
| Green Tea 6831.HK | $332M | -59% | +24% | 13% | 3.7× | -21.0% |
| Yum China YUMC | $17.1B | +6% | +10% | 13% | 15.3× | -7.5% |
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.
| Measure | 0999.HK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -16.5% | +8.2% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +15.6% | +20.9% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -31.5% | -8.0% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.9% | +6.5% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 5.5% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.1× | 22.5× | 2nd cheapest of 18 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -9.6% | 7.7% | least demanding of 20 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +15.8% | +10.6% | 5th highest of 20 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -25.3 pp | -2.2 pp | least demanding of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +32.4 pp | +0.7 pp | highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 5.7× | 11.3× | cheapest of 17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.6× | 3.3× | 4th least indebted of 18 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaocaiyuan International 0999.HK | Hong Kong | $1.17B | +16% | +3% | 15% | 13.1× | -9.6% | +15.8% |
| BJ's Restaurants BJRI | United States | $1.18B | +30% | +4% | 3% | 22.5× | 26.8% | +12.4% |
| Domino's Pizza DOM.L | United Kingdom | $1.19B | +24% | +6% | 15% | 13.1× | 9.5% | +6.3% |
| Ohsho Food Service 9936.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | 0% | 7% | 27.5× | 4.2% | +7.7% |
| Westlife Foodworld WESTLIFE.NS | India | $1.08B | +31% | +10% | 5% | 343.5× | 49.0% | +21.7% |
| Ichibanya 7630.T | Japan | $1.06B | +21% | +8% | 6% | 57.3× | 12.2% | +8.2% |
| Guangzhou Restaurant 603043.SS | China | $1.31B | 0% | +9% | 11% | 17.3× | -3.5% | +10.4% |
| Doutor Nichires 3087.T | Japan | $1.03B | +33% | +8% | 7% | 16.3× | -4.7% | +10.6% |
| J D Wetherspoon JDW.L | United Kingdom | $1.33B | +69% | +5% | 5% | 19.6× | 7.7% | +23.7% |
| Biglari BH | United States | $1.01B | +5% | +8% | 5% | n/a | 22.1% | -1.8% |
| Sweetgreen SG | United States | $1.43B | +72% | -1% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cracker Barrel Old Country Store CBRL | United States | $1.45B | +106% | -5% | 0% | 30.3× | 14.0% | +3.3% |
| Arcos Dorados ARCO | United States | $1.45B | -23% | +11% | 6% | 9.1× | -3.5% | +18.7% |
| Domino's Pizza Enterprises DMP.AX | Australia | $1.48B | +48% | -11% | 5% | 16.9× | 17.9% | -1.4% |
| Monogatari 3097.T | Japan | $1.50B | +43% | +22% | 8% | 25.4× | 2.0% | +18.8% |
| Colowide 7616.T | Japan | $1.51B | +21% | +16% | 4% | n/a | 13.6% | +12.3% |
| Royal 8179.T | Japan | $887M | +5% | +7% | 5% | 24.6× | 5.7% | +14.4% |
| Wendy's WEN | United States | $1.55B | +12% | -1% | 13% | 17.9× | 2.4% | +4.7% |
| KOMEDA 3543.T | Japan | $859M | -4% | +13% | 17% | 19.2× | -0.7% | +14.7% |
| Kura Sushi 2695.T | Japan | $848M | -2% | +4% | 1% | 48.1× | 21.5% | +12.5% |
| Mos Food Services 8153.T | Japan | $845M | +10% | +6% | 5% | 30.3× | 2.2% | +7.4% |