Taiwan's largest food and beverage maker — instant noodles, dairy, drinks, bread — plus a stake in the 7-Eleven Taiwan convenience-store chain.
Taiwan's largest food and beverage maker — instant noodles, dairy, drinks, bread — plus a stake in the 7-Eleven Taiwan convenience-store chain.
Much of its sales come from retail, since President Chain Store, which runs 7-Eleven in Taiwan under licence, is consolidated into the group alongside its own food and beverage makers. A majority-owned listed arm in Hong Kong sells noodles and drinks in mainland China.
In one line: Taiwan's PepsiCo/General Mills, with a 7-Eleven stake.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution, scale). Leading Taiwan food/beverage brand with deep retail distribution, including its own convenience-store network.
Headquarters: Tainan, Taiwan · Founded: 1967
Size Uni-president Enterprises (1216.TW) is a Taiwan Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $13.2B, the 45th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$76.80 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 11.1%, against +6.8% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.2%); the operating margin is 5.2% (peer median 4.2%).
Valuation It trades at 17.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.0× (9th most expensive of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.3 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 11 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NT$684B | NT$673B | NT$658B | NT$581B | NT$525B |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | +13% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | NT$195B | NT$190B | NT$184B | NT$161B | NT$145B |
| EBITDA | NT$80.2B | NT$79.1B | NT$76.8B | NT$67.0B | NT$63.3B |
| Net income | NT$23.5B | NT$19.6B | NT$20.7B | NT$18.3B | NT$17.2B |
| Free cash flow | NT$49.4B | NT$39.2B | NT$43.9B | NT$50.1B | NT$37.4B |
| Capital expenditure | NT$29.7B | NT$34.2B | NT$38.8B | NT$27.3B | NT$21.5B |
| Total debt | NT$316B | NT$309B | NT$282B | NT$271B | NT$206B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-president Enterprises 1216.TW | $13.2B | +11% | +1% | 5% | 17.6× | 0.6% |
| Want Want China 0151.HK | $4.43B | -32% | +6% | 18% | 9.7× | n/a |
| Tingyi 0322.HK | $9.59B | +17% | +4% | 9% | 14.1× | -12.9% |
| President Chain Store 2912.TW | $6.62B | -6% | +5% | 4% | 17.0× | 3.3% |
| Nestle NESN.SW | $266B | +11% | -2% | 16% | 19.0× | 1.3% |
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 | 1216.TW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.6% | +6.6% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +11.1% | +6.8% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -7.5% | -10.3% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.2% | +3.2% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 4.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 17.6× | 17.0× | 9th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 0.6% | 1.4% | 11th least demanding of 21 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.5% | +4.7% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -8.0 pp | -7.0 pp | 10th least demanding of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.3 pp | +3.6 pp | 4th lowest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.4× | 8.2× | 10th most expensive of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0× | 2.4× | 8th least indebted of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-president Enterprises 1216.TW | Taiwan | $13.2B | +11% | +1% | 5% | 17.6× | 0.6% | +8.5% |
| Metro MRU.TO | Canada | $14.6B | +11% | +3% | 6% | 19.4× | -0.7% | +4.1% |
| Kesko KESKOA.HE | Finland | $11.3B | +23% | +6% | 5% | 20.6× | 4.8% | +3.2% |
| BBB Foods TBBB | United States | $10.8B | +72% | +52% | 1% | n/a | 49.9% | +37.1% |
| J Sainsbury SBRY.L | United Kingdom | $10.4B | +16% | -3% | 3% | 14.9× | 7.8% | +3.0% |
| Dino Polska DNP.WA | Poland | $9.36B | +31% | +14% | 6% | 22.2× | 17.9% | +27.1% |
| MIXUE 2097.HK | Hong Kong | $8.80B | -37% | +35% | 20% | 11.5× | -18.5% | +32.1% |
| Coles COL.AX | Australia | $21.0B | +7% | +3% | 4% | 24.4× | 5.5% | +3.3% |
| Zabka ZAB.WA | Poland | $8.11B | +41% | +14% | 8% | 25.3× | 6.3% | +19.3% |
| Empire EMP-A.TO | Canada | $7.85B | +7% | +2% | 4% | 13.6× | -2.7% | +2.5% |
| Guming 1364.HK | Hong Kong | $7.08B | -4% | +47% | 25% | 14.8× | -4.1% | +29.4% |
| President Chain Store 2912.TW | Taiwan | $6.62B | -6% | +5% | 4% | 17.0× | 3.3% | +6.3% |
| Axfood AXFO.ST | Sweden | $6.26B | +4% | +2% | 3% | 24.3× | 3.2% | +10.7% |
| Albertsons Companies ACI | United States | $6.02B | -20% | +2% | 2% | 7.0× | -3.0% | +3.6% |
| George Weston WN.TO | Canada | $29.0B | +15% | +4% | 9% | 21.0× | -7.3% | +3.9% |
| Seven & I 3382.T | Japan | $31.7B | +16% | -11% | 4% | 17.4× | 4.0% | +12.6% |
| Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize AD.AS | Netherlands | $33.3B | -6% | 0% | 4% | 12.7× | -7.0% | +4.3% |
| DFI Retail D01.SI | Singapore | $5.06B | -11% | -3% | 4% | 13.2× | -0.4% | -2.9% |
| Woolworths WOW.AX | Australia | $35.8B | +29% | +4% | 4% | 28.8× | 8.8% | +5.1% |
| Sprouts Farmers Market SFM | United States | $4.53B | -41% | +5% | 7% | 11.3× | -4.0% | +6.4% |
| Kroger KR | United States | $40.0B | +4% | +2% | 3% | 13.1× | -6.0% | +2.2% |