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Employees: 1,616
Size Nanjing Central Emporium (Group) Stocks (600280.SS) is a China Consumer Discretionary company (Department Stores) with a market value of $480M, the 3947th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥2.89 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.1%, against -13.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 9.9% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.2%); the operating margin is -2.4% (peer median 4.4%).
Valuation It trades at 4.6× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.6× (8th most expensive of 20).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -8%, so the hurdle is +25 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.7 points below its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.91B | CN¥2.06B | CN¥2.27B | CN¥2.41B | CN¥2.46B |
| Revenue growth | — | -9% | -6% | -2% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.07B | CN¥814M | CN¥1.02B | CN¥1.09B | CN¥1.04B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥350M | CN¥517M | CN¥529M | CN¥603M |
| Net income | -CN¥422M | -CN¥393M | -CN¥148M | -CN¥153M | -CN¥24.1M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥290M | CN¥312M | CN¥226M | CN¥462M | CN¥328M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥21.3M | CN¥46.9M | CN¥88.4M | CN¥62.8M | CN¥73.0M |
| Total debt | CN¥5.70B | CN¥5.80B | CN¥6.42B | CN¥6.37B | CN¥6.71B |
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| Measure | 600280.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.4% | -2.1% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -9.1% | -13.1% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -46.4% | -37.5% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -9.9% | -4.2% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -2.4% | 4.4% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 4.6× | 1.6× | 8th most expensive of 20 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.4% | -0.3% | 3rd most demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -8.1% | -2.5% | 4th lowest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +25.4 pp | +3.1 pp | 2nd most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.7 pp | -2.8 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanjing Central Emporium (Group) Stocks 600280.SS | China | $480M | -9% | -10% | -2% | 4.6× | 17.4% | -8.1% |
| Kintetsu Department Store 8244.T | Japan | $491M | +16% | -1% | 5% | 0.7× | -6.2% | -10.5% |
| Xinjiang Winka Times Department Store 603101.SS | China | $502M | -36% | +5% | 9% | 1.9× | -4.2% | +2.6% |
| Wing On Co. International 0289.HK | Hong Kong | $457M | -16% | -2% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningbo Zhongbai 600857.SS | China | $444M | +4% | -56% | 4% | 11.5× | 51.6% | -9.2% |
| Shanghai Xujiahui Commercial 002561.SZ | China | $436M | -14% | -6% | -9% | 8.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Shoppers Stop SHOPERSTOP.NS | India | $428M | +2% | +9% | 4% | 1.4× | 17.1% | +23.6% |
| Zhongxing Shenyang Commercial Building 000715.SZ | China | $423M | -13% | -6% | 16% | 1.5× | -12.3% | -2.8% |
| Shanghai Yimin Commercial 600824.SS | China | $572M | -12% | -12% | -2% | 4.7× | 11.8% | -7.6% |
| Changsha Tongcheng 000419.SZ | China | $399M | -16% | -21% | 6% | 1.6× | -0.3% | -3.3% |
| Nanning Department Store 600712.SS | China | $393M | -24% | -24% | -12% | 6.1× | n/a | n/a |
| AEON Kyushu 2653.T | Japan | $597M | -3% | +3% | 2% | 0.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Grandbuy 002187.SZ | China | $600M | -8% | -49% | -2% | 1.6× | -5.3% | -2.0% |
| INZONE 600858.SS | China | $376M | -17% | -2% | 6% | 0.9× | -15.7% | -0.6% |
| Shanghai Join Buy 600838.SS | China | $628M | +9% | +6% | -28% | 38.8× | 22.2% | +0.4% |
| Hefei Department Store 000417.SZ | China | $678M | -13% | -9% | 1% | 0.9× | 3.4% | +1.3% |
| Baida 600865.SS | China | $682M | +5% | +9% | 41% | 16.7× | 13.3% | -2.5% |
| Wenfeng Great World Chain Development 601010.SS | China | $328M | -48% | -22% | -4% | 1.2× | -5.4% | -8.6% |
| Dalian Friendship (Group) 000679.SZ | China | $316M | -18% | -5% | -15% | 5.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Wushang 000501.SZ | China | $775M | -18% | -3% | 7% | 2.1× | 11.5% | -4.7% |
| Hangzhou Jiebai 600814.SS | China | $776M | -9% | -3% | 25% | 1.3× | -21.8% | -1.6% |