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Employees: 1,572
Size YouYou Foods (603697.SS) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $627M, the 3322nd largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.86 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 6.6%, against -8.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 30.1% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.7%); the operating margin is 11.0% (peer median 6.9%).
Valuation It trades at 18.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.0× (7th most expensive of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +8%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.2 points above its cost of capital (7.5% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥1.85B | CN¥1.58B | CN¥1.17B | CN¥962M | CN¥1.02B |
| Revenue growth | — | +35% | +22% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥431M | CN¥397M | CN¥331M | CN¥274M | CN¥309M |
| EBITDA | CN¥238M | CN¥220M | CN¥176M | CN¥135M | CN¥195M |
| Net income | CN¥201M | CN¥186M | CN¥157M | CN¥116M | CN¥154M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥433M | CN¥391M | CN¥241M | CN¥19.5M | CN¥162M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥58.7M | CN¥39.0M | CN¥20.9M | CN¥10.5M | CN¥43.9M |
| Total debt | CN¥546M | CN¥397M | CN¥101M | CN¥11.9M | CN¥25.7M |
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| Measure | 603697.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.4% | -0.2% | 8th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -6.6% | -8.9% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -30.9% | -29.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +30.1% | +5.7% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 6.9% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.7× | 18.0× | 7th most expensive of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.5% | 8.4% | 6th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +7.8% | +6.5% | 8th highest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -5.3 pp | -5.7 pp | 8th most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +8.2 pp | +0.1 pp | 5th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.0× | 11.4× | 5th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -3.5× | 0.3× | 3rd least indebted of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouYou Foods 603697.SS | China | $627M | -7% | +30% | 11% | 18.7× | 2.5% | +7.8% |
| Jiahe Foods Industry 605300.SS | China | $623M | -17% | -7% | 1% | 25.0× | 18.9% | +3.7% |
| Gift 9279.T | Japan | $635M | +31% | +24% | 11% | 31.2× | n/a | n/a |
| John B. Sanfilippo & Son JBSS | United States | $643M | -29% | +3% | 7% | 11.4× | -8.2% | +6.5% |
| Ligao Foods 300973.SZ | China | $604M | -19% | +5% | 7% | 17.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhongjing Food 300908.SZ | China | $579M | -31% | +6% | 19% | 19.7× | 6.9% | +8.3% |
| Mrs. Bector's Food Specialities BECTORFOOD.NS | India | $681M | +3% | +12% | 8% | 36.0× | 38.4% | +18.5% |
| Apple Flavor & Fragrance 603020.SS | China | $570M | -7% | +3% | 4% | n/a | 16.4% | -1.5% |
| 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% |
| Hindustan Foods HNDFDS.NS | India | $704M | 0% | +18% | 6% | 32.4× | n/a | n/a |
| 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% |
| Gujarat Ambuja Exports GAEL.NS | India | $729M | -8% | +16% | 10% | 11.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Kameda Seika 2220.T | Japan | $525M | -8% | +17% | 6% | 18.0× | 0.3% | +6.0% |
| Zhongyin Babi Food 605338.SS | China | $753M | -10% | +2% | 17% | 17.3× | -4.5% | +13.8% |
| Riken Vitamin 4526.T | Japan | $516M | +29% | +3% | 7% | 11.8× | -3.9% | +4.4% |
| Baolingbao Biology 002286.SZ | China | $500M | -15% | +9% | 6% | 18.1× | 10.0% | +6.0% |
| Lotte Wellfood 280360.KS | South Korea | $796M | +2% | +7% | 4% | 8.8× | 0.4% | +15.2% |
| Yan Tai Shuang Ta Food 002481.SZ | China | $803M | -4% | +5% | 2% | n/a | 17.7% | +1.2% |