Employees: 184
Size Sesoda (1708.TW) is a Taiwan Materials company (Chemicals: Agricultural) with a market value of $335M, the 608th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$44.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.7%, against -28.1% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.1%); the operating margin is 17.8% (peer median 2.8%).
Valuation It trades at 1.9× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.5× (5th 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 +9%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.2 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NT$6.50B | NT$6.16B | NT$6.37B | NT$5.88B | NT$8.03B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | +8% | -27% | — |
| Gross profit | NT$2.02B | NT$1.94B | NT$2.09B | NT$839M | NT$2.83B |
| EBITDA | NT$1.71B | NT$1.69B | NT$1.77B | NT$753M | NT$2.27B |
| Net income | NT$1.03B | NT$818M | NT$949M | -NT$28.5M | NT$1.20B |
| Free cash flow | NT$1.04B | NT$1.17B | NT$1.54B | NT$500M | NT$1.33B |
| Capital expenditure | NT$333M | NT$325M | NT$349M | NT$385M | NT$406M |
| Total debt | NT$3.09B | NT$3.20B | NT$4.53B | NT$5.03B | NT$4.49B |
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| Measure | 1708.TW | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -21.6% | -13.2% | lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +10.7% | -28.1% | highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -30.7% | -36.8% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.5% | +8.1% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 2.8% | highest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 1.9× | 1.5× | 5th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.6% | 2.3% | 2nd least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +8.8% | +7.5% | 4th highest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -16.4 pp | -2.2 pp | 2nd least demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.2 pp | -0.8 pp | 3rd highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.3× | 10.8× | 2nd cheapest of 7 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.8× | 1.3× | 5th least indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesoda 1708.TW | Taiwan | $335M | +11% | +4% | 18% | 1.9× | -7.6% | +8.8% |
| BSM Chemical 300796.SZ | China | $326M | -33% | -5% | 1% | 2.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Shaanxi Meibang Pharmaceutical 605033.SS | China | $347M | -26% | +15% | 7% | 2.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Yingde Greatchem Chemicals 300804.SZ | China | $348M | -29% | -9% | 1% | 3.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong CYNDA Chemical (Group) 603086.SS | China | $322M | -32% | -4% | 1% | 1.2× | n/a | n/a |
| National Fertilizers NFL.NS | India | $321M | -21% | +23% | 3% | 0.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Cheerwin 6601.HK | Hong Kong | $321M | -23% | +25% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Lanfeng Biochemical 002513.SZ | China | $310M | -33% | +5% | -14% | 1.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang XinNong Chemical 002942.SZ | China | $370M | -29% | +13% | 9% | 1.7× | 10.7% | -1.4% |
| Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products JUBLCPL.NS | India | $302M | +3% | +20% | 9% | 1.4× | 24.3% | +23.6% |
| Anhui Liuguo Chemical 600470.SS | China | $376M | -31% | -2% | -7% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Flag Chemical Industry 300575.SZ | China | $383M | -19% | +21% | 1% | 1.3× | 0.5% | +7.5% |
| Suli 603585.SS | China | $384M | -33% | +9% | 9% | 1.5× | 2.3% | +12.3% |
| NACL Industries NACLIND.NS | India | $290M | -35% | +12% | 5% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Rallis India RALLIS.NS | India | $389M | -28% | +7% | 10% | 1.2× | 20.1% | +3.6% |
| Sino-Agri Leading Biosciences 603970.SS | China | $403M | -24% | +5% | 2% | 0.4× | -9.0% | +11.1% |
| Grupa Azoty Spolka Akcyjna ATT.WA | Poland | $406M | -24% | -3% | -4% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture 002496.SZ | China | $409M | -15% | +40% | -31% | 6.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Epigral EPIGRAL.NS | India | $418M | -33% | +13% | 15% | 1.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Haili Chemical Industry 600731.SS | China | $459M | -19% | -24% | 11% | 1.5× | -5.8% | -3.6% |
| Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical 002391.SZ | China | $461M | -28% | -2% | 3% | 1.8× | n/a | n/a |