Zhejiang dairy company selling fresh milk and baked goods through its own branded fresh-milk bar retail chain.
Zhejiang dairy company selling fresh milk and baked goods through its own branded fresh-milk bar retail chain.
Raises or buys milk and sells it fresh, mostly through its own-brand and franchised milk-bar shops, so store count and sales per store drive growth. Fresh milk's short shelf life keeps sales close to its production base in East China.
In one line: A regional dairy-cafe chain, like a mini Dean Foods with retail stores.
Moat: narrow (distribution, brand). Vertically integrated dairy-to-retail model with its own branded store network in home region.
Headquarters: Huzhou, China · Employees: 4,170
Size Zhejiang Yiming Food (605179.SS) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy) with a market value of $1.27B, the 1880th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥21.12 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 22.4%, against -7.0% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 0.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.7%); the operating margin is 2.1% (peer median 2.5%).
Valuation It trades at 3.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 1.0× (5th most expensive of 21).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.8 points above its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 27 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.83B | CN¥2.89B | CN¥2.73B | CN¥2.62B | CN¥2.41B |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +4% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥825M | CN¥685M | CN¥649M | CN¥659M | CN¥529M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥313M | CN¥297M | CN¥300M | CN¥162M |
| Net income | CN¥38.6M | CN¥51.2M | CN¥28.9M | CN¥22.2M | -CN¥129M |
| Free cash flow | -CN¥37.2M | CN¥290M | CN¥140M | CN¥108M | CN¥63.9M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥324M | CN¥175M | CN¥220M | CN¥193M | CN¥261M |
| Total debt | CN¥710M | CN¥653M | CN¥696M | CN¥671M | CN¥706M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Yiming Food 605179.SS | $1.27B | +22% | 0% | 2% | 3.1× | n/a |
| Bright Dairy & Food 600597.SS | $1.43B | -6% | -3% | 0% | 0.4× | 18.8% |
| New Hope Dairy 002946.SZ | $2.22B | -13% | +7% | 9% | 1.4× | 1.9% |
| Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial 600887.SS | $29.3B | +15% | +2% | 9% | 2.1× | -0.1% |
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| Measure | 605179.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -12.8% | +1.1% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +22.4% | -7.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -45.3% | -23.1% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +0.4% | +1.7% | 9th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 2.5% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 3.1× | 1.0× | 5th most expensive of 21 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.8 pp | -2.5 pp | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhejiang Yiming Food 605179.SS | China | $1.27B | +22% | 0% | 2% | 3.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Scandi Standard SCST.ST | Sweden | $1.35B | +38% | +8% | 5% | 1.0× | 1.8% | +7.2% |
| MEGMILK SNOW BRAND 2270.T | Japan | $1.36B | +12% | 0% | 3% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Bega Cheese BGA.AX | Australia | $1.36B | +23% | +7% | 3% | 0.6× | 18.4% | +12.7% |
| Shandong Oriental Ocean Sci-Tech 002086.SZ | China | $1.17B | +94% | +6% | -35% | 21.3× | n/a | n/a |
| NewPrinces NWL.MI | Italy | $1.16B | +40% | +81% | 1% | 0.3× | 0.6% | +44.5% |
| Umios 1333.T | Japan | $1.14B | -10% | +3% | 3% | 0.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Bright Dairy & Food 600597.SS | China | $1.43B | -6% | -3% | 0% | 0.4× | 18.8% | -1.1% |
| Jinzi Ham 002515.SZ | China | $1.06B | -15% | -2% | -11% | 19.7× | n/a | n/a |
| HUANLEJIA Food 300997.SZ | China | $1.06B | -17% | +4% | 7% | 4.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Fraser & Neave F99.SI | Singapore | $1.53B | -8% | -3% | 10% | 1.6× | 0.1% | +4.8% |
| Itoham Yonekyu 2296.T | Japan | $1.53B | -13% | +3% | 3% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Milkground Food Tech 600882.SS | China | $1.55B | -1% | +26% | 4% | 1.6× | 11.1% | +14.7% |
| Beijing Sanyuan Foods 600429.SS | China | $973M | -29% | 0% | -1% | 1.2× | 24.8% | -2.8% |
| Zhejiang Huatong Meat Products 002840.SZ | China | $957M | -37% | -16% | -10% | 1.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Kwality Walls (India) KWIL.NS | India | $950M | +32% | n/a | -13% | 4.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan New Wellful 600975.SS | China | $902M | -14% | -14% | -33% | 2.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Austevoll Seafood AUSS.OL | Norway | $1.79B | -8% | -1% | 7% | 1.0× | 2.5% | +11.9% |
| Hilton Food HFG.L | United Kingdom | $889M | +39% | +7% | 1% | 0.2× | 18.5% | +8.7% |
| Savencia SAVE.PA | France | $871M | -11% | -2% | 3% | 0.3× | -3.8% | +6.2% |
| Bell Food BELL.SW | Switzerland | $1.98B | +42% | +2% | 3% | 0.5× | 2.9% | +4.0% |