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Chinese pet food maker selling dry/wet food and treats under Wanpy and Gambol brands, plus OEM export manufacturing.
Chinese pet food maker selling dry/wet food and treats under Wanpy and Gambol brands, plus OEM export manufacturing.
Combines two revenue streams: its own brands, sold online and through pet shops in China, which carry higher margins but need heavy marketing, and manufacturing for overseas brands, which fills factories at lower margins. The balance between the two shapes profitability.
In one line: A fast-growing Chinese peer to Freshpet/Champion Petfoods.
Moat: narrow (brand, scale). Leading domestic pet-food brand plus export manufacturing scale for global customers.
Headquarters: Jinan, China · Employees: 4,768
Size Gambol Pet (301498.SZ) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $2.25B, the 1132nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥37.51 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.6%, against +2.4% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 13.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.8%); the operating margin is 7.4% (peer median 11.4%).
Valuation It trades at 43.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.4× (most expensive of 20).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.9 points above its cost of capital (6.1% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 20 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥7.16B | CN¥6.76B | CN¥5.24B | CN¥4.32B | CN¥3.39B |
| Revenue growth | — | +29% | +21% | +27% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥3.00B | CN¥2.82B | CN¥2.17B | CN¥1.55B | CN¥1.07B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥1.00B | CN¥857M | CN¥612M | CN¥414M |
| Net income | CN¥374M | CN¥673M | CN¥625M | CN¥429M | CN¥267M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥654M | CN¥144M | CN¥39.4M | CN¥420M | CN¥127M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥1.05B | CN¥699M | CN¥680M | CN¥197M | CN¥180M |
| Total debt | CN¥1.55B | CN¥370M | CN¥186M | CN¥25.3M | CN¥200M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambol Pet 301498.SZ | $2.25B | -32% | +14% | 7% | 43.6× | n/a |
| Yantai China Pet Foods 002891.SZ | $1.39B | -15% | +21% | 4% | 32.6× | n/a |
| Petpal Pet Nutrition Technology 300673.SZ | $444M | -26% | +2% | 6% | 45.6× | 7.5% |
| Nestle NESN.SW | $266B | +11% | -2% | 16% | 19.0× | 1.3% |
| Colgate-Palmolive CL | $76.8B | +10% | +6% | 22% | 24.2× | -5.5% |
| General Mills GIS | $19.0B | +2% | -4% | 15% | 11.4× | -6.7% |
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 | 301498.SZ | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.5% | +4.1% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -31.6% | +2.4% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -52.3% | -13.7% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +13.5% | +2.8% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 11.4% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 43.6× | 19.4× | most expensive of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.9 pp | +3.3 pp | 9th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambol Pet 301498.SZ | China | $2.25B | -32% | +14% | 7% | 43.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Sichuan Teway Food 603317.SS | China | $2.24B | -18% | +22% | 21% | 20.4× | 2.9% | +7.8% |
| Weilong Delicious Global 9985.HK | Hong Kong | $2.22B | -20% | +13% | 25% | 9.6× | -6.3% | +11.1% |
| Yantai North Andre Juice 2218.HK | Hong Kong | $2.31B | +27% | -14% | 18% | 21.9× | 21.9% | +14.0% |
| Premier Foods PFD.L | United Kingdom | $2.34B | +3% | +2% | 18% | 12.6× | -1.3% | +4.4% |
| Kanematsu 8020.T | Japan | $2.35B | +2% | +4% | 5% | 9.6× | -2.4% | +10.5% |
| CALBEE 2229.T | Japan | $2.37B | +7% | +5% | 8% | 22.0× | -1.8% | +5.0% |
| Lotus 600186.SS | China | $2.37B | -18% | +21% | 13% | 35.2× | n/a | n/a |
| UTZ Brands UTZ | United States | $2.05B | +90% | +2% | 4% | 17.9× | 31.8% | +8.3% |
| Chongqing Fuling Zhacai 002507.SZ | China | $2.04B | -6% | +3% | 28% | 18.0× | -0.9% | +1.4% |
| Suedzucker SZU.DE | Germany | $2.57B | -5% | -5% | -3% | 34.2× | 0.7% | +4.6% |
| Nissui 1332.T | Japan | $1.97B | -16% | +8% | 4% | 10.8× | 0.9% | +8.7% |
| House Foods 2810.T | Japan | $2.58B | +49% | 0% | 6% | 27.2× | 5.0% | +4.9% |
| Robertet RBT.PA | France | $1.84B | +4% | 0% | 15% | 18.3× | -0.4% | +9.4% |
| Anhui Jinhe Industrial 002597.SZ | China | $1.83B | -8% | +22% | 4% | 19.4× | 10.3% | +6.0% |
| Cloetta CLA-B.ST | Sweden | $1.82B | +16% | 0% | 14% | 20.9× | -0.3% | +8.4% |
| Kotobuki Spirits 2222.T | Japan | $2.81B | +41% | +10% | 25% | 29.3× | 5.2% | +27.7% |
| Marzetti MZTI | United States | $2.86B | -8% | -1% | 11% | 15.6× | -2.4% | +5.6% |
| Tootsie Roll Industries TR | United States | $2.92B | -8% | +2% | 12% | n/a | 14.1% | +9.2% |
| Nongshim 004370.KS | South Korea | $1.74B | +8% | +5% | 6% | 11.8× | -16.1% | +5.9% |
| Corbion CRBN.AS | Netherlands | $1.73B | +37% | -3% | 8% | 19.6× | 11.5% | +5.1% |