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Shanghai Jahwa United Co. Ltd. Class A600315.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Consumer Staples›Household/Personal Care

One of China's oldest personal-care companies, selling skincare, baby care and household brands including Herborist and Liushen.

≈ A legacy Chinese personal-care conglomerateMomentum strong 64
Mkt cap
$1.74B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$25.2M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
18.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-3.7 pp
WACC 8.5%
Hurdle
+19 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
126 days
12 Mar 2027
Close · CNYCN¥17.46
1D-0.7%
1W+4.0%
1M-5.6%
3M-5.3%
6M-13.4%
YTD-22.5%
1Y-34.5%
ATR %3.1%
52w lowhigh37.6% off high

What Shanghai Jahwa United does

One of China's oldest personal-care companies, selling skincare, baby care and household brands including Herborist and Liushen.

In one line: A legacy Chinese personal-care conglomerate.

Products and services

  • Herborist skincare
  • Liushen personal care
  • Baby care products
  • Household products

Customers

  • Retail consumers nationwide

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer staples
  • Personal care
  • Skincare, baby care…

What could go right

  • Turnaround potential from brand/channel revamp

What could go wrong

  • Market-share losses to newer domestic brands
  • Slow e-commerce transition

Moat: narrow (brand). Century-old heritage brands though losing share to faster-growing domestic and multinational rivals.

Headquarters: Shanghai, China · Founded: 1898 · Employees: 3,173

Named competitors

Shanghai Jahwa United at a glance

Size Shanghai Jahwa United (600315.SS) is a China Consumer Staples company (Household/Personal Care) with a market value of $1.74B, the 1421st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥17.46 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.4%, against -3.2% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.0%); the operating margin is 2.2% (peer median 9.2%).

Valuation It trades at 18.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 20.3× (9th cheapest of 21).

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 -2%, so the hurdle is +19 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 3.7 points below its cost of capital (8.5% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 12 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 96600315.SS 84
Six months, rebased to 100: Shanghai Jahwa United against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Shanghai Jahwa United financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥6.72BCN¥6.28BCN¥5.65BCN¥6.56BCN¥7.07B
Revenue growth—+11%-14%-7%—
Gross profitCN¥4.40BCN¥3.77BCN¥3.10BCN¥3.71BCN¥3.87B
EBITDAn/aCN¥299MCN¥68.6MCN¥485MCN¥757M
Net incomeCN¥669MCN¥268M-CN¥833MCN¥500MCN¥472M
Free cash flowCN¥496MCN¥902MCN¥261MCN¥114MCN¥760M
Capital expenditureCN¥87.3MCN¥76.8MCN¥96.2MCN¥119MCN¥114M
Total debtCN¥483MCN¥603MCN¥662MCN¥967MCN¥1.17B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Shanghai Jahwa United 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

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%0%EMAMILTD7956300957ENR69931618903013710027904927ICOS00300660398319282049222698483650EPCPGHH2145051900600315.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Shanghai Jahwa United is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×40×EMAMILTD7956300957ENR69931618903013710027904927ICOS00300660398319282049222698483650EPCPGHH2145051900600315.SSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Shanghai Jahwa United is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%EMAMILTD7956300957ENR16189030137100279049270030062698483650EPCPGHH2145600315.SSGrowth 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. Shanghai Jahwa United is the large dot.

Shanghai Jahwa United competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (600315.SS vs 603605.SS vs 300957.SZ vs ULVR.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Shanghai Jahwa United 600315.SS$1.74B-13%+9%2%18.1×17.1%
Proya Cosmetics 603605.SS$2.97B-19%+2%13%11.1×-4.8%
Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology 300957.SZ$1.84B-28%+7%9%21.2×4.5%
Unilever ULVR.L$143B+15%-20%20%18.4×8.0%

How Shanghai Jahwa United 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.

Shanghai Jahwa United against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure600315.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-5.6%+2.7%7th lowest of 21
6-month return-13.4%-3.2%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-37.6%-27.1%6th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+9.0%+3.0%7th highest of 21
Operating margin2.2%9.2%3rd lowest of 21
Forward P/E18.1×20.3×9th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)17.1%2.0%3rd most demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)-2.1%+6.5%2nd lowest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+19.2 pp-4.9 ppmost demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital-3.7 pp+5.7 pp2nd lowest of 21

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
Shanghai Jahwa United 600315.SSChina$1.74B-13%+9%2%18.1×17.1%-2.1%
Emami EMAMILTD.NSIndia$1.80B-15%+3%20%21.4×21.7%+5.6%
Pigeon 7956.TJapan$1.66B+30%+7%13%26.3×-1.3%+1.9%
Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology 300957.SZChina$1.84B-28%+7%9%21.2×4.5%+15.3%
Energizer ENRUnited States$1.63B+26%+2%16%7.2×-5.2%+1.5%
Blue Moon 6993.HKHong Kong$1.88B-15%-2%-2%93.6×n/an/a
Kolmar Korea 161890.KSSouth Korea$1.89B+23%+13%10%13.0×-0.9%+15.5%
Harbin Fuerjia Technology 301371.SZChina$1.58B-30%+28%20%22.5×8.7%+3.6%
AMOREPACIFIC 002790.KSSouth Korea$1.55B-3%+9%9%8.4×-17.9%-1.3%
Pola Orbis 4927.TJapan$1.96B+8%+1%10%28.8×-3.1%-0.7%
Intercos ICOS.MIItaly$1.50B+16%-5%9%19.5×4.5%+11.5%
Chongqing Baiya Sanitary Products 003006.SZChina$1.49B+25%0%3%41.2×30.6%+22.8%
Guangdong Marubi Biotechnology 603983.SSChina$1.45B-4%-6%2%37.0×n/an/a
Cosmax 192820.KSSouth Korea$2.13B+21%+16%8%16.6×n/an/a
KOSE 4922.TJapan$2.16B+7%+3%4%27.2×n/an/a
Softcare 2698.HKHong Kong$2.20B-5%+25%25%14.4×8.7%+20.9%
d'Alba Global 483650.KSSouth Korea$1.32B-37%+55%21%13.6×-2.2%+53.0%
Edgewell Personal Care EPCUnited States$1.29B+32%-7%6%12.4×4.1%+2.7%
Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care PGHH.NSIndia$2.40B-29%-2%24%27.3×15.4%+7.4%
Shanghai Chicmax Cosmetics 2145.HKHong Kong$1.22B-52%+23%8%15.0×-5.9%+21.2%
LG H&h 051900.KSSouth Korea$2.56B-8%-3%3%18.5×-0.1%-4.1%

Questions

Who are Shanghai Jahwa United's main competitors?
Named competitors: Proya Cosmetics (603605.SS), Yunnan Botanee (300957.SZ), Unilever (ULVR.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Emami (EMAMILTD.NS), Pigeon (7956.T), Yunnan Botanee Bio-Technology (300957.SZ), Energizer (ENR), Blue Moon (6993.HK), Kolmar Korea (161890.KS).
Is Shanghai Jahwa United expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 18.1× against a peer median of 20.3×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 17% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -2%, so the hurdle is +19 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.
How has Shanghai Jahwa United stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -13.4% against -3.2% for the median peer; over one year -34.5%.

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.