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Nissin Foods Co., Ltd.1475.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Consumer Staples›Food: Specialty/Candy
Momentum neutral 56
Mkt cap
$834M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
24%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$87,256
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
19.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+13.1 pp
WACC 5.3%
Hurdle
-16 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
5 days
11 Nov 2026
Close · HKDHK$6.27
1D+0.2%
1W-0.4%
1M-5.0%
3M-6.4%
6M-14.0%
YTD-14.7%
1Y-9.8%
ATR %1.8%
52w lowhigh35.3% off high

What Nissin Foods does

Employees: 3,592

Nissin Foods at a glance

Size Nissin Foods (1475.HK) is a Hong Kong Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $834M, the 638th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$6.27 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 14.0%, against -7.8% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.5%); the operating margin is 12.5% (peer median 6.4%).

Valuation It trades at 19.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.3× (7th most expensive of 16).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.1 points above its cost of capital (5.3% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 911475.HK 87
Six months, rebased to 100: Nissin Foods against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nissin Foods financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$4.06BHK$4.00BHK$3.81BHK$3.83BHK$4.07B
Revenue growth—+5%-1%-6%—
Gross profitHK$1.46BHK$1.39BHK$1.31BHK$1.30BHK$1.30B
EBITDAn/aHK$479MHK$459MHK$483MHK$472M
Net incomeHK$350MHK$331MHK$201MHK$330MHK$313M
Free cash flown/aHK$382MHK$354MHK$357MHK$230M
Capital expendituren/aHK$163MHK$99.1MHK$248MHK$243M
Total debtHK$2.32MHK$3.42MHK$16.1MHK$9.67MHK$8.38M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nissin Foods competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%0%+10%ORKLAINDIA49580030004914002481603609280360WEST007310605338300138002956F03GAEL002650HNDFDS603777605339002166BECTORFOOD1475.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nissin Foods is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%20×40×ORKLAINDIA49580030004914603609280360007310605338300138002956F03GAELHNDFDS002166BECTORFOOD1475.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Nissin Foods is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%ORKLAINDIA4958002481603609280360007310002956F03002650603777BECTORFOOD1475.HKGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Nissin Foods is the large dot.

Nissin Foods competitors and peer comparison

How Nissin 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.

Nissin Foods against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure1475.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.0%+0.4%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-14.0%-7.8%7th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-35.3%-23.9%3rd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+1.4%+6.5%5th lowest of 21
Operating margin12.5%6.4%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E19.0×17.3×7th most expensive of 16
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-13.0%4.8%least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+2.6%+9.7%4th lowest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-15.6 pp-9.9 pp3rd least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+13.1 pp-0.6 pp3rd 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
Nissin Foods 1475.HKHong Kong$834M-14%+1%13%19.0×-13.0%+2.6%
Orkla India ORKLAINDIA.NSIndia$826M-12%+6%14%22.8×13.4%+5.3%
T. Hasegawa 4958.TJapan$847M+12%+7%12%17.1×-4.8%+7.9%
Jinzai Food 003000.SZChina$810M-17%+14%8%17.7×n/an/a
Takasago International 4914.TJapan$809M+9%+1%3%13.3×n/an/a
Yan Tai Shuang Ta Food 002481.SZChina$803M-4%+5%2%n/a17.7%+1.2%
Wellhope Foods 603609.SSChina$870M-8%+7%0%53.8×54.2%+8.5%
Lotte Wellfood 280360.KSSouth Korea$796M+2%+7%4%8.8×0.4%+15.2%
Westrock Coffee WESTUnited States$878M+9%+39%0%n/an/an/a
Otoki 007310.KSSouth Korea$879M-13%+4%5%9.4×-6.5%+7.2%
Zhongyin Babi Food 605338.SSChina$753M-10%+2%17%17.3×-4.5%+13.8%
Chenguang Biotech 300138.SZChina$946M+13%-4%6%16.1×-1.0%+10.9%
Guilin Seamild Foods 002956.SZChina$947M-14%+21%11%23.3×9.0%+17.0%
Food Empire F03.SISingapore$952M-22%+14%16%12.7×-9.9%+14.9%
Gujarat Ambuja Exports GAEL.NSIndia$729M-8%+16%10%11.3×n/an/a
Jiajia Food 002650.SZChina$983M-25%-3%-11%n/a1.2%-10.0%
Hindustan Foods HNDFDS.NSIndia$704M0%+18%6%32.4×n/an/a
Shanghai Laiyifen 603777.SSChina$693M-15%+5%-6%n/a27.2%-0.9%
Namchow Food Group (Shanghai) 605339.SSChina$1.01B-2%-5%-1%n/an/an/a
Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients 002166.SZChina$691M-29%+7%10%24.8×8.4%+21.1%
Mrs. Bector's Food Specialities BECTORFOOD.NSIndia$681M+3%+12%8%36.0×38.4%+18.5%

Questions

Which companies are Nissin Foods's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Orkla India (ORKLAINDIA.NS), T. Hasegawa (4958.T), Jinzai Food (003000.SZ), Takasago International (4914.T), Yan Tai Shuang Ta Food (002481.SZ), Wellhope Foods (603609.SS), Lotte Wellfood (280360.KS), Westrock Coffee (WEST).
Is Nissin Foods expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 19.0× against a peer median of 17.3×, 7th most expensive of 16 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Nissin Foods stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -14.0% against -7.8% for the median peer; over one year -9.8%.

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.