Employees: 3,999
Size Jiangxi Guoguang Commercial Chains (605188.SS) is a China Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $908M, the 2501st largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥11.90 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 26.2%, against -5.3% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.0%); the operating margin is 1.4% (peer median 3.5%).
Valuation It trades at 2.1× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 0.4× (most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 27% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +5%, so the hurdle is +23 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 1.1 points above its cost of capital (7.2% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CN¥2.85B | CN¥2.81B | CN¥2.68B | CN¥2.41B | CN¥2.25B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | +11% | +7% | — |
| Gross profit | CN¥622M | CN¥520M | CN¥502M | CN¥501M | CN¥478M |
| EBITDA | n/a | CN¥152M | CN¥141M | CN¥156M | CN¥158M |
| Net income | CN¥15.2M | CN¥15.7M | CN¥2.67M | CN¥14.5M | CN¥18.8M |
| Free cash flow | CN¥41.0M | CN¥117M | -CN¥4.52M | CN¥178M | CN¥103M |
| Capital expenditure | CN¥100M | CN¥56.2M | CN¥149M | CN¥60.2M | CN¥116M |
| Total debt | CN¥650M | CN¥610M | CN¥637M | CN¥665M | CN¥633M |
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| Measure | 605188.SS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.4% | +2.6% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -26.2% | -5.3% | lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -57.9% | -20.8% | lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.9% | +2.0% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 3.5% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| EV / Sales | 2.1× | 0.4× | most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 27.5% | -3.8% | 2nd most demanding of 18 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.6% | +3.0% | 8th highest of 18 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +22.9 pp | -7.6 pp | 2nd most demanding of 18 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +1.1 pp | +2.6 pp | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiangxi Guoguang Commercial Chains 605188.SS | China | $908M | -26% | +3% | 1% | 2.1× | 27.5% | +4.6% |
| Jiajiayue 603708.SS | China | $874M | -12% | 0% | 2% | 0.4× | -12.7% | +1.5% |
| Axial Retailing 8255.T | Japan | $865M | +30% | +3% | 4% | 0.4× | -10.9% | +2.9% |
| BELC 9974.T | Japan | $852M | -8% | +5% | 4% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| WH Smith SMWH.L | United Kingdom | $851M | -10% | -31% | 8% | 1.3× | 9.1% | +8.8% |
| Sanjiang Shopping Club 601116.SS | China | $833M | -26% | -7% | 3% | 1.1× | n/a | n/a |
| United Super Markets 3222.T | Japan | $999M | -7% | +11% | 0% | 0.2× | 31.5% | +5.6% |
| Chengdu Hongqi Chain 002697.SZ | China | $1.01B | -5% | -1% | 5% | 0.5× | -17.5% | +1.1% |
| Toly Bread 603866.SS | China | $1.01B | -15% | -2% | 8% | 1.4× | 0.5% | -1.8% |
| Heiwado 8276.T | Japan | $749M | -2% | +2% | 3% | 0.2× | -3.8% | +0.7% |
| Fuji 8278.T | Japan | $1.11B | -1% | -1% | 1% | 0.2× | 2.6% | +20.9% |
| Aeon Hokkaido 7512.T | Japan | $719M | -4% | +3% | 2% | 0.4× | n/a | n/a |
| San-a 2659.T | Japan | $1.22B | -2% | +6% | 7% | 0.6× | -12.3% | +3.9% |
| Taiwan FamilyMart 5903.TWO | Taiwan | $1.23B | -4% | +7% | 2% | 0.3× | -2.4% | +5.2% |
| Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVC | United States | $659M | +8% | +2% | 5% | 0.7× | 10.6% | +5.1% |
| Valor 9956.T | Japan | $1.25B | -6% | +9% | 3% | 0.3× | -2.7% | +4.8% |
| Chongqing Chongbai Technology 600729.SS | China | $1.26B | -9% | -11% | 4% | 0.7× | -10.4% | -6.9% |
| Arcs 9948.T | Japan | $1.27B | +5% | +2% | 3% | 0.2× | -10.6% | +2.4% |
| Aryzta ARYN.SW | Switzerland | $1.28B | -26% | -3% | 7% | 0.9× | -6.6% | +3.0% |
| Grocery Outlet GO | United States | $1.29B | +59% | +5% | 4% | 0.7× | 4.4% | +8.4% |
| Maxvalu Tokai 8198.T | Japan | $621M | -10% | +1% | 3% | 0.1× | -20.0% | +1.6% |