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Employees: 4,665
Size Bestore (603719.SS) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $587M, the 3471st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥9.84 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.3%, against -7.9% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.2%); the operating margin is -0.3% (peer median 2.7%).
Valuation It trades at 140.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.9× (most expensive of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -7%, so the hurdle is +13 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 5.3 points above its cost of capital (9.2% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥5.78B | CN¥5.48B | CN¥7.11B | CN¥8.00B | CN¥9.39B |
| Revenue growth | — | -23% | -11% | -15% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥1.56B | CN¥999M | CN¥1.35B | CN¥1.69B | CN¥2.18B |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥179M | CN¥410M | CN¥621M | CN¥631M |
| Net income | -CN¥8.59M | -CN¥148M | -CN¥46.1M | CN¥180M | CN¥335M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥291M | CN¥376M | -CN¥112M | CN¥941M | -CN¥58.6M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥47.0M | CN¥52.1M | CN¥124M | CN¥339M | CN¥161M |
| Total debt | CN¥269M | CN¥540M | CN¥935M | CN¥1.21B | CN¥791M |
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| Measure | 603719.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.9% | -2.4% | 4th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -11.3% | -7.9% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -24.5% | -29.5% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.4% | +2.2% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 2.7% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 140.6× | 12.9× | most expensive of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.3% | -5.8% | 4th most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -7.0% | +4.0% | lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +13.2 pp | -12.0 pp | 2nd most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +5.3 pp | +0.9 pp | 6th highest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bestore 603719.SS | China | $587M | -11% | 0% | 0% | 140.6× | 6.3% | -7.0% |
| Maxvalu Tokai 8198.T | Japan | $621M | -10% | +1% | 3% | n/a | -20.0% | +1.6% |
| Village Super Market VLGEA | United States | $551M | -8% | +4% | 3% | n/a | -2.5% | +3.5% |
| Yinchuan Xinhua Commercial 600785.SS | China | $540M | -8% | -2% | 4% | 21.8× | 2.7% | +0.9% |
| Liqun Commercial 601366.SS | China | $528M | -9% | -25% | -4% | n/a | 2.9% | -4.2% |
| Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVC | United States | $659M | +8% | +2% | 5% | 12.9× | 10.6% | +5.1% |
| Zhongbai 000759.SZ | China | $521M | 0% | -22% | -11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Halows 2742.T | Japan | $500M | -7% | +6% | 5% | n/a | -12.8% | +8.2% |
| JM Holdings Co., Ltd. 3539.T | Japan | $493M | +12% | +7% | 5% | 10.2× | -12.4% | +8.9% |
| Aeon Hokkaido 7512.T | Japan | $719M | -4% | +3% | 2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Heiwado 8276.T | Japan | $749M | -2% | +2% | 3% | 13.3× | -3.8% | +0.7% |
| ARKO ARKO | United States | $445M | -42% | -2% | 2% | 39.7× | -4.2% | +13.8% |
| Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company 2517.HK | Hong Kong | $422M | -62% | +25% | 6% | 5.2× | -17.7% | +20.5% |
| Sanjiang Shopping Club 601116.SS | China | $833M | -26% | -7% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDL | United States | $413M | -30% | -44% | -1% | 6.1× | -20.2% | +15.6% |
| WH Smith SMWH.L | United Kingdom | $851M | -10% | -31% | 8% | 11.0× | 9.1% | +8.8% |
| BELC 9974.T | Japan | $852M | -8% | +5% | 4% | 10.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Axial Retailing 8255.T | Japan | $865M | +30% | +3% | 4% | 15.1× | -10.9% | +2.9% |
| Jiajiayue 603708.SS | China | $874M | -12% | 0% | 2% | 25.6× | -12.7% | +1.5% |
| Retail Partners 8167.T | Japan | $380M | +6% | +4% | 2% | n/a | -7.3% | +2.8% |
| Jiangxi Guoguang Commercial Chains 605188.SS | China | $908M | -26% | +3% | 1% | n/a | 27.5% | +4.6% |