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Gfc, Ltd.4506.TWOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Industrials›Industrial Machinery
Momentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$608M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
42%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$282,034
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
17.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+155.9 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
-16 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
11 days
17 Nov 2026
Close · TWDNT$113.50
1D-0.9%
1W-3.0%
1M-3.4%
3M-7.3%
6M-4.6%
YTD-5.0%
1Y-11.3%
ATR %1.3%
52w lowhigh11.7% off high

What Gfc does

No business profile yet.

Gfc at a glance

Size Gfc (4506.TWO) is a Taiwan Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $608M, the 385th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$113.50 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.6%, against -13.6% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +10.6%); the operating margin is 22.4% (peer median 9.7%).

Valuation It trades at 17.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 21.5× (5th cheapest of 11).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 155.9 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20264506.TWO 96Peer median 92
Six months, rebased to 100: Gfc against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gfc financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$6.33BNT$6.02BNT$5.49BNT$5.27BNT$4.74B
Revenue growth—+10%+4%+11%—
Gross profitNT$2.06BNT$1.93BNT$1.69BNT$1.50BNT$1.38B
EBITDANT$1.48BNT$1.37BNT$1.17BNT$1.04BNT$914M
Net incomeNT$1.37BNT$1.15BNT$989MNT$895MNT$848M
Free cash flowNT$1.51BNT$1.52BNT$1.16BNT$1.14BNT$890M
Capital expenditureNT$37.9MNT$37.4MNT$25.4MNT$37.9MNT$43.0M
Total debtNT$123MNT$107MNT$103MNT$99.8MNT$102M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gfc competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%+50%-40%-20%0%3010817995688665LSC301028627700290361046037266884193015910025590899704573300907300272MANINDS0012234506.TWO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gfc is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%+150%0×100×200×300×79956886656277002903610468841908997068774506.TWORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gfc is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%0%20%7995688665LSC627760372668841900255908997030027268774506.TWOGrowth 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. Gfc is the large dot.

Gfc competitors and peer comparison

How Gfc 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.

Gfc against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure4506.TWOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-3.4%-12.5%5th highest of 21
6-month return-4.6%-13.6%9th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-11.7%-41.1%3rd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+3.8%+10.6%7th lowest of 21
Operating margin22.4%9.7%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E17.2×21.5×5th cheapest of 11
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-9.7%10.4%least demanding of 11
Growth delivered (Del g)+6.5%+8.5%3rd lowest of 11
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-16.2 pp+3.4 pp2nd least demanding of 11
ROIC minus cost of capital+155.9 pp-4.1 pphighest of 21
EV / EBITDA10.2×10.4×5th cheapest of 9
Net debt / EBITDA-3.4×-0.2×3rd least indebted of 10

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
Gfc 4506.TWOTaiwan$608M-5%+4%22%17.2×-9.7%+6.5%
Yanpai Filtration Technology 301081.SZChina$607M+9%+16%3%n/an/an/a
Robotphoenix Intelligent Technology 6871.HKHong Kong$606Mn/a+45%-38%n/an/an/a
Valqua 7995.TJapan$611M-6%+15%15%10.2×11.3%+5.5%
Cubic Sensor and Instrument 688665.SSChina$603M-19%+6%12%24.1×30.0%+27.3%
London Security LSC.LUnited Kingdom$602M+16%+12%13%n/a-7.1%+9.9%
Xiamen Dingrongyan Technology 301028.SZChina$614M-25%+15%16%n/an/an/a
Hosokawa Micron 6277.TJapan$601M+7%-1%5%14.6×14.6%+7.8%
Yuhuan CNC Machine Tool 002903.SZChina$616M-28%-26%-18%335.0×n/an/a
Shibaura Machine 6104.TJapan$597M+2%-22%2%41.3×n/an/a
Zhejiang Langdi 603726.SSChina$597M-14%-9%10%n/a9.6%+5.4%
Nextool Technology 688419.SSChina$621M-14%+36%24%23.7×34.4%+11.8%
Nanjing Comptech Composites 301591.SZChina$593M+18%+10%14%n/an/an/a
Jiangsu Yawei Machine Tool 002559.SZChina$624M-25%+7%2%25.9×24.8%+6.9%
VM Inc. 089970.KSSouth Korea$590M-44%+150%27%12.6×-0.3%+9.2%
GMT Global 4573.TWOTaiwan$589M-14%-3%-19%n/an/an/a
Kangping Technology (Suzhou) 300907.SZChina$588M+33%+37%6%n/an/an/a
Canature Health Technology 300272.SZChina$587M-30%+4%9%n/a3.4%+9.3%
Man Industries (India) MANINDS.NSIndia$629M+49%+11%11%19.2×n/an/a
OK Science & Technology 001223.SZChina$629M-19%+10%-5%n/an/an/a
Obara 6877.TJapan$630M+12%+17%17%10.6×-0.2%+6.9%

Questions

Which companies are Gfc's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Yanpai Filtration Technology (301081.SZ), Robotphoenix Intelligent Technology (6871.HK), Valqua (7995.T), Cubic Sensor and Instrument (688665.SS), London Security (LSC.L), Xiamen Dingrongyan Technology (301028.SZ), Hosokawa Micron (6277.T), Yuhuan CNC Machine Tool (002903.SZ).
Is Gfc expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 17.2× against a peer median of 21.5×, 5th cheapest of 11 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -10% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is -16 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Gfc stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -4.6% against -13.6% for the median peer; over one year -11.3%.

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.