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Anta Sports2020.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Consumer Discretionary›Apparel/Footwear

China's largest domestic sportswear group, owning the Anta brand plus FILA China and international brands including Amer Sports (Salomon, Arc'teryx).

≈ A Chinese Nike, having also acquired a global outdoor/ski brand portfolioMomentum leader 86
Mkt cap
$28.2B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$103M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+10.1 pp
WACC 8.9%
Hurdle
-18 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
138 days
24 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$79.65
1D+0.5%
1W+7.1%
1M+11.6%
3M+6.9%
6M+2.3%
YTD+0.6%
1Y-3.9%
ATR %3.0%
52w lowhigh9.0% off high

What Anta Sports does

China's largest domestic sportswear group, owning the Anta brand plus FILA China and international brands including Amer Sports (Salomon, Arc'teryx).

Has shifted from selling to distributors toward running its own retail, which gives it control over pricing and what is on the shelves. It built its portfolio by buying FILA's China rights in 2009 and leading the 2019 purchase of Amer Sports, in which it holds a large interest.

In one line: A Chinese Nike, having also acquired a global outdoor/ski brand portfolio.

Products and services

  • Anta-branded sportswear
  • FILA China
  • Amer Sports (Salomon, Arc'teryx, Wilson)
  • Descente China

Customers

  • Consumers (sportswear/outdoor)

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer discretionary
  • Apparel & footwear
  • Athletic apparel, footwear & outdoor…

What could go right

  • China sportswear consumption growth
  • Amer Sports global brand expansion

What could go wrong

  • China consumer discretionary spending slowdown
  • Brand-portfolio integration risk

Moat: narrow (brand, distribution, scale). Multi-brand portfolio and China's largest sportswear retail network give scale and shelf-space advantages.

Headquarters: Jinjiang, China · Founded: 1991 · Employees: 69,100

Named competitors

Anta Sports at a glance

Size Anta Sports (2020.HK) is a Hong Kong Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $28.2B, the 56th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$79.65 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.3%, against +5.7% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 15 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 16.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 20.5% (peer median 15.1%).

Valuation It trades at 12.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.7× (3rd cheapest of 15).

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 +17%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.1 points above its cost of capital (8.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1082020.HK 103
Six months, rebased to 100: Anta Sports against the median of its 14 peers (local-currency closes).

Anta Sports financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$95.2BHK$87.0BHK$76.8BHK$68.9BHK$62.4B
Revenue growth—+13%+11%+10%—
Gross profitHK$59.2BHK$53.7BHK$47.6BHK$43.0BHK$37.4B
EBITDAHK$27.0BHK$24.3BHK$21.3BHK$20.6BHK$15.8B
Net incomeHK$18.0BHK$14.7BHK$16.9BHK$11.3BHK$8.83B
Free cash flowHK$22.9BHK$19.9BHK$14.3BHK$20.3BHK$12.2B
Capital expenditureHK$3.16BHK$2.95BHK$3.75BHK$1.46BHK$2.02B
Total debtn/aHK$37.2BHK$31.7BHK$24.1BHK$22.4B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Anta Sports 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

0%+20%0%+20%+40%ADSNXTRL79367453NKEMONCLULUONONDECKLEVI2313VFC3009792020.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Anta Sports is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×ADSNXTRL79367453NKEMONCLULUONONDECKLEVI2313VFC3009792020.HKRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Anta Sports is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%ADSNXTRL7936NKELULUONONDECKLEVI2313VFC3009792020.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. Anta Sports is the large dot.

Anta Sports competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2020.HK vs NKE vs 2331.HK vs 1368.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Anta Sports 2020.HK$28.2B+2%+17%21%12.5×-0.7%
Nike NKE$57.3B-13%-1%9%30.4×7.0%
Li Ning 2331.HK$5.10B-21%+7%13%14.4×-5.4%
Xtep International 1368.HK$1.27B-16%+10%10%7.7×-10.3%
adidas ADS.DE$33.2B+19%+8%9%18.3×3.5%

How Anta Sports 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.

Anta Sports against its 14 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2020.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+11.6%+10.4%7th highest of 15
6-month return+2.3%+5.7%7th lowest of 15
Distance from 52-week high-9.0%-17.3%5th highest of 15
Revenue growth (TTM)+16.6%+5.6%4th highest of 15
Operating margin20.5%15.1%3rd highest of 15
Forward P/E12.5×18.7×3rd cheapest of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-0.7%8.2%5th least demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+16.9%+13.7%4th highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-17.6 pp-5.8 pp4th least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+10.1 pp+13.2 pp6th lowest of 15
EV / EBITDA8.1×10.9×4th cheapest of 13
Net debt / EBITDA-0.5×0.4×5th least indebted of 13

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
Anta Sports 2020.HKHong Kong$28.2B+2%+17%21%12.5×-0.7%+16.9%
adidas ADS.DEGermany$33.2B+19%+8%9%18.3×3.5%+6.1%
Next NXT.LUnited Kingdom$23.8B+24%+13%19%18.8×12.5%+14.3%
Ralph Lauren RLUnited States$22.4B+5%+15%17%18.6×11.0%+13.0%
Asics 7936.TJapan$20.7B+10%+28%19%27.1×14.1%+19.8%
Ryohin Keikaku 7453.TJapan$16.4B+31%+18%11%32.4×9.5%+15.3%
Nike NKEUnited States$57.3B-13%-1%9%30.4×7.0%+0.8%
Moncler MONC.MIItaly$13.8B-11%+3%29%19.5×10.8%+16.8%
Lululemon Athletica LULUUnited States$12.8B-16%+2%18%13.4×-8.9%+20.3%
On Holding AG Class A ONONUnited States$12.3B+6%+29%14%20.0×22.0%+51.6%
Deckers Brands DECKUnited States$11.6B-14%+6%23%11.0×-3.3%+16.5%
Levi Strauss & LEVIUnited States$8.77B+1%+5%13%14.6×5.2%+7.1%
Shenzhou Intl 2313.HKHong Kong$8.08B-7%+2%16%11.8×-4.5%+5.4%
V.F VFCUnited States$8.01B+7%-2%8%16.6×11.1%+0.8%
Huali Industrial 300979.SZChina$7.09B+6%-10%14%19.7×-4.4%+12.4%

Questions

Who are Anta Sports's main competitors?
Named competitors: Nike (NKE), Li Ning (2331.HK), Xtep International (1368.HK), Adidas (ADS.DE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes adidas (ADS.DE), Next (NXT.L), Ralph Lauren (RL), Asics (7936.T), Ryohin Keikaku (7453.T), Nike (NKE).
Is Anta Sports expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.5× against a peer median of 18.7×, 3rd cheapest of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is -18 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Anta Sports stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +2.3% against +5.7% for the median peer; over one year -3.9%.

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.