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Gift Holdings Inc.9279.TCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Japan · JPY·Consumer Staples›Food: Specialty/Candy
Momentum leader 93
Mkt cap
$635M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
49%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$3.03M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
31.2×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+14.7 pp
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
35 days
11 Dec 2026
Close · JPY¥5,120
1Dn/a
1W+2.0%
1M+3.1%
3M+24.9%
6M+30.6%
YTD+52.4%
1Y+51.5%
ATR %3.7%
52w lowhigh6.6% off high

What Gift does

Employees: 744

Gift at a glance

Size Gift (9279.T) is a Japan Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $635M, the 945th largest of 1,379 Japan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ¥5,120 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 30.6%, against -8.9% for the median peer and +1.8% for the Japan market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 23.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.7%); the operating margin is 11.2% (peer median 6.9%).

Valuation It trades at 31.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 18.0× (3rd most expensive of 16).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 14.7 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 11 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20269279.T 128Peer median 91
Six months, rebased to 100: Gift against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gift financials

Reported figures in JPY; fiscal year ends 2025-10-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue¥42.0B¥35.9B¥28.5B¥23.0B¥17.0B
Revenue growth—+26%+24%+35%—
Gross profit¥28.5B¥24.0B¥19.3B¥15.6B¥11.8B
EBITDA¥6.25B¥4.58B¥3.76B¥3.00B¥2.06B
Net income¥3.07B¥2.19B¥1.88B¥1.60B¥1.54B
Free cash flown/a-¥1.10B-¥788M¥926M¥635M
Capital expendituren/a¥5.19B¥4.06B¥1.61B¥1.51B
Total debt¥7.15B¥5.80B¥4.00B¥2.30B¥1.75B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gift 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

-20%0%+20%-20%-10%0%+10%JBSS603697605300300973BECTORFOOD002166603777300908HNDFDS603020002582GAEL002991VADILALIND605338222045262803600022869279.T6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gift is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×JBSS603697605300300973BECTORFOOD002166300908HNDFDSGAEL002991605338222045262803600022869279.TRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gift is the large dot.

Gift competitors and peer comparison

How Gift 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.

Gift against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure9279.TPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+3.1%-0.2%7th highest of 21
6-month return+30.6%-8.9%2nd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-6.6%-30.2%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+23.7%+5.7%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin11.2%6.9%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E31.2×18.0×3rd most expensive of 16
ROIC minus cost of capital+14.7 pp+0.1 pp2nd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA16.7×11.4×3rd most expensive of 12
Net debt / EBITDA0.6×-0.1×5th most indebted of 13

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
Gift 9279.TJapan$635M+31%+24%11%31.2×n/an/a
John B. Sanfilippo & Son JBSSUnited States$643M-29%+3%7%11.4×-8.2%+6.5%
YouYou Foods 603697.SSChina$627M-7%+30%11%18.7×2.5%+7.8%
Jiahe Foods Industry 605300.SSChina$623M-17%-7%1%25.0×18.9%+3.7%
Ligao Foods 300973.SZChina$604M-19%+5%7%17.1×n/an/a
Mrs. Bector's Food Specialities BECTORFOOD.NSIndia$681M+3%+12%8%36.0×38.4%+18.5%
Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients 002166.SZChina$691M-29%+7%10%24.8×8.4%+21.1%
Shanghai Laiyifen 603777.SSChina$693M-15%+5%-6%n/a27.2%-0.9%
Zhongjing Food 300908.SZChina$579M-31%+6%19%19.7×6.9%+8.3%
Hindustan Foods HNDFDS.NSIndia$704M0%+18%6%32.4×n/an/a
Apple Flavor & Fragrance 603020.SSChina$570M-7%+3%4%n/a16.4%-1.5%
Haoxiangni Health Food 002582.SZChina$558M-21%-17%-11%n/an/an/a
Gujarat Ambuja Exports GAEL.NSIndia$729M-8%+16%10%11.3×n/an/a
Ganyuan Foods 002991.SZChina$552M-22%0%10%17.1×4.8%+12.4%
Vadilal Industries VADILALIND.NSIndia$541M+53%+31%16%n/a17.3%+26.5%
Zhongyin Babi Food 605338.SSChina$753M-10%+2%17%17.3×-4.5%+13.8%
Kameda Seika 2220.TJapan$525M-8%+17%6%18.0×0.3%+6.0%
Riken Vitamin 4526.TJapan$516M+29%+3%7%11.8×-3.9%+4.4%
Lotte Wellfood 280360.KSSouth Korea$796M+2%+7%4%8.8×0.4%+15.2%
Yan Tai Shuang Ta Food 002481.SZChina$803M-4%+5%2%n/a17.7%+1.2%
Baolingbao Biology 002286.SZChina$500M-15%+9%6%18.1×10.0%+6.0%

Questions

Which companies are Gift's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), YouYou Foods (603697.SS), Jiahe Foods Industry (605300.SS), Ligao Foods (300973.SZ), Mrs. Bector's Food Specialities (BECTORFOOD.NS), Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients (002166.SZ), Shanghai Laiyifen (603777.SS), Zhongjing Food (300908.SZ).
Is Gift expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 31.2× against a peer median of 18.0×, 3rd most expensive of 16 in its peer set.
How has Gift stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +30.6% against -8.9% for the median peer; over one year +51.5%.

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.