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Goldwin Inc.8111.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Consumer Discretionary›Apparel/Footwear

Japanese sportswear company operating The North Face Japan license plus its own Goldwin and Ellesse/Speedo Japan brands.

≈ Japan's licensed operator of The North FaceMomentum neutral 54
Mkt cap
$1.93B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
58%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$6.50M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+16.5 pp
WACC 5.6%
Hurdle
-15 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
89 days
3 Feb 2027
Close · JPY¥2,172
1D-5.2%
1W+5.4%
1M+3.1%
3M-4.8%
6M-1.0%
YTD-13.5%
1Y-17.1%
ATR %2.7%
52w lowhigh32.1% off high

What Goldwin does

Japanese sportswear company operating The North Face Japan license plus its own Goldwin and Ellesse/Speedo Japan brands.

Pays licence royalties to brand owners but sells in its own name: it designs and sells the products itself in Japan, through its own shops, outdoor retailers and online. One licence, The North Face, carries most of the business, so earnings depend on that arrangement with the brand owner.

In one line: Japan's licensed operator of The North Face.

Products and services

  • The North Face Japan (licensed)
  • Goldwin-brand apparel
  • Ellesse/Speedo Japan (licensed)

Customers

  • Outdoor/sportswear retail consumers in Japan

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Apparel
  • Outdoor/sportswear brand licensing…

What could go right

  • Outdoor/athleisure demand growth in Japan
  • The North Face brand expansion in Asia

What could go wrong

  • License renewal/royalty cost risk
  • Fashion trend dependency

Moat: narrow (brand, distribution). Exclusive long-term Japan licenses for The North Face and other global brands, tightly distributed.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan · Founded: 1950 · Employees: 1,536

Named competitors

Goldwin at a glance

Size Goldwin (8111.T) is a Japan Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear) with a market value of $1.93B, the 499th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥2,172 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 1.0%, against -0.4% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.0%); the operating margin is 17.6% (peer median 9.0%).

Valuation It trades at 12.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.9× (10th cheapest of 21).

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 +9%, so the hurdle is -15 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 16.5 points above its cost of capital (5.6% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1008111.T 98
Six months, rebased to 100: Goldwin against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Goldwin financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥137B¥138B¥132B¥127B¥115B
Revenue growth—+4%+4%+10%—
Gross profit¥73.0B¥72.9B¥68.9B¥67.2B¥60.0B
EBITDA¥26.8B¥28.4B¥24.2B¥25.9B¥23.7B
Net income¥23.2B¥24.1B¥24.4B¥24.3B¥21.0B
Free cash flown/a¥20.2B¥22.4B¥16.6B¥18.5B
Capital expendituren/a¥6.05B¥2.01B¥1.99B¥1.77B
Total debt¥974M¥4.54B¥2.63B¥2.85B¥4.00B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Goldwin 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

0%+20%+40%0%+10%VSTS38322099108022WWWUA11177099041477002563002832081660330618360099700551GIIIPGIL8111.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Goldwin is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%10×20×30×VSTS38322099108022WWWUA1117709904147700256300283208166033061836009970NEWA-B0551GIIIPGIL8111.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Goldwin is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%-20%0%20%VSTS99108022WWW99041477002563002832081660330605511361PGIL8111.TGrowth 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. Goldwin is the large dot.

Goldwin competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (8111.T vs 9983.T vs 7936.T)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Goldwin 8111.T$1.93B-1%+4%18%12.7×-6.3%
Fast Retailing 9983.T$155B+6%+17%18%41.2×23.8%
Asics 7936.T$20.7B+10%+28%19%27.1×14.1%

How Goldwin 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.

Goldwin against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure8111.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.1%+7.5%7th lowest of 21
6-month return-1.0%-0.4%11th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-32.1%-20.1%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.3%+7.0%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin17.6%9.0%3rd highest of 21
Forward P/E12.7×12.9×10th cheapest of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-6.3%-5.9%8th least demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+8.7%+6.8%5th highest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-15.1 pp-9.8 pp5th least demanding of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+16.5 pp+5.1 pp3rd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA9.5×7.0×7th most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA-2.0×-0.1×2nd least indebted of 19

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
Goldwin 8111.TJapan$1.93B-1%+4%18%12.7×-6.3%+8.7%
Vestis VSTSUnited States$1.88B+54%0%4%20.0×15.8%+1.3%
F&F 383220.KSSouth Korea$1.80B-3%+7%25%5.1×n/an/a
Feng Tay Enterprise 9910.TWTaiwan$2.08B0%-4%7%15.0×-5.9%+3.9%
Mizuno 8022.TJapan$2.10B+27%+10%9%15.9×4.9%+11.5%
Wolverine World Wide WWWUnited States$1.75B+28%+7%9%12.1×9.1%+0.9%
Under Armour UAUnited States$2.23B-19%-3%1%83.9×n/an/a
Youngone 111770.KSSouth Korea$2.27B-13%+15%14%5.5×n/an/a
Pou Chen 9904.TWTaiwan$2.29B0%-7%3%7.3×5.9%+0.1%
Makalot Industrial 1477.TWTaiwan$1.59B+1%-2%14%12.8×-8.0%+6.7%
Zhejiang Semir Garment 002563.SZChina$2.42B-1%+4%7%14.8×-8.1%-0.1%
BIEM.L.FDLKK Garment 002832.SZChina$2.46B+42%+23%15%20.4×0.0%+13.3%
Misto 081660.KSSouth Korea$1.51B-5%+8%13%6.4×-13.9%+7.4%
JNBY Design 3306.HKHong Kong$1.47B+7%+12%20%9.4×-7.4%+6.9%
Stella International 1836.HKHong Kong$1.47B-10%+2%8%11.8×-9.5%+6.8%
YoungoneHoldings 009970.KSSouth Korea$1.42B-11%+14%15%6.5×n/an/a
New Wave NEWA-B.STSweden$1.36B+4%+9%11%14.4×n/an/a
Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) 0551.HKHong Kong$2.75B-7%-3%3%13.6×2.4%-0.9%
G-III Apparel GIIIUnited States$1.35B-1%-9%8%13.0×-9.5%+7.5%
361 Degrees International 1361.HKHong Kong$1.34B-11%+13%14%6.1×-20.3%+16.0%
Pearl Global Industries PGIL.NSIndia$1.31B+51%+14%8%36.9×25.0%+27.5%

Questions

Who are Goldwin's main competitors?
Named competitors: Descente Ltd (private or unlisted), Fast Retailing (Uniqlo) (9983.T), ASICS Corporation (7936.T). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Vestis (VSTS), F&F (383220.KS), Feng Tay Enterprise (9910.TW), Mizuno (8022.T), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Under Armour (UA).
Is Goldwin expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.7× against a peer median of 12.9×, 10th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -15 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Goldwin stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -1.0% against -0.4% for the median peer; over one year -17.1%.

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.