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Employees: 4,004
Size Ligao Foods (300973.SZ) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $604M, the 3398th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥24.20 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.7%, against -8.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 6th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.7%); the operating margin is 6.8% (peer median 7.0%).
Valuation It trades at 17.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.1× (6th cheapest of 16).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.2 points above its cost of capital (9.8% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 4 May 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥4.50B | CN¥4.33B | CN¥3.82B | CN¥3.48B | CN¥2.90B |
| Revenue growth | — | +13% | +10% | +20% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.44B | CN¥1.20B | CN¥1.13B | CN¥1.03B | CN¥880M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥619M | CN¥523M | CN¥238M | CN¥276M |
| Net income | CN¥205M | CN¥305M | CN¥268M | CN¥73.0M | CN¥144M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥23.4M | CN¥7.11M | -CN¥135M | -CN¥78.0M | -CN¥236M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥454M | CN¥498M | CN¥594M | CN¥385M | CN¥579M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.43B | CN¥1.30B | CN¥1.12B | CN¥1.20B | CN¥142M |
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| Measure | 300973.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.5% | -0.2% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -18.7% | -8.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -49.0% | -27.0% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.5% | +5.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 7.0% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 17.1× | 18.1× | 6th cheapest of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.2 pp | +2.2 pp | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligao Foods 300973.SZ | China | $604M | -19% | +5% | 7% | 17.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiahe Foods Industry 605300.SS | China | $623M | -17% | -7% | 1% | 25.0× | 18.9% | +3.7% |
| YouYou Foods 603697.SS | China | $627M | -7% | +30% | 11% | 18.7× | 2.5% | +7.8% |
| Zhongjing Food 300908.SZ | China | $579M | -31% | +6% | 19% | 19.7× | 6.9% | +8.3% |
| Gift 9279.T | Japan | $635M | +31% | +24% | 11% | 31.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Apple Flavor & Fragrance 603020.SS | China | $570M | -7% | +3% | 4% | n/a | 16.4% | -1.5% |
| John B. Sanfilippo & Son JBSS | United States | $643M | -29% | +3% | 7% | 11.4× | -8.2% | +6.5% |
| Haoxiangni Health Food 002582.SZ | China | $558M | -21% | -17% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ganyuan Foods 002991.SZ | China | $552M | -22% | 0% | 10% | 17.1× | 4.8% | +12.4% |
| Vadilal Industries VADILALIND.NS | India | $541M | +53% | +31% | 16% | n/a | 17.3% | +26.5% |
| Mrs. Bector's Food Specialities BECTORFOOD.NS | India | $681M | +3% | +12% | 8% | 36.0× | 38.4% | +18.5% |
| Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients 002166.SZ | China | $691M | -29% | +7% | 10% | 24.8× | 8.4% | +21.1% |
| Shanghai Laiyifen 603777.SS | China | $693M | -15% | +5% | -6% | n/a | 27.2% | -0.9% |
| Kameda Seika 2220.T | Japan | $525M | -8% | +17% | 6% | 18.0× | 0.3% | +6.0% |
| Hindustan Foods HNDFDS.NS | India | $704M | 0% | +18% | 6% | 32.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Riken Vitamin 4526.T | Japan | $516M | +29% | +3% | 7% | 11.8× | -3.9% | +4.4% |
| Gujarat Ambuja Exports GAEL.NS | India | $729M | -8% | +16% | 10% | 11.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Baolingbao Biology 002286.SZ | China | $500M | -15% | +9% | 6% | 18.1× | 10.0% | +6.0% |
| Zhongyin Babi Food 605338.SS | China | $753M | -10% | +2% | 17% | 17.3× | -4.5% | +13.8% |
| Nitto Fuji Flour Milling 2003.T | Japan | $472M | +14% | 0% | 6% | n/a | 3.0% | +5.2% |
| Ganso 603886.SS | China | $464M | +1% | +5% | 6% | 11.4× | -11.0% | -1.9% |