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Universal Store Holdings Ltd.UNI.AXCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Australia · AUD·Consumer Discretionary›Apparel/Footwear Retail
Momentum strong 76
Mkt cap
$425M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
52%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.24M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
14.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+12.5 pp
WACC 11.1%
Hurdle
-8 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
110 days
24 Feb 2027
Close · AUDA$8.00
1D-0.2%
1W+7.8%
1M+1.8%
3M+1.1%
6M+23.8%
YTD0.0%
1Y-8.3%
ATR %3.5%
52w lowhigh18.4% off high

What Universal Store does

No business profile yet.

Universal Store at a glance

Size Universal Store (UNI.AX) is an Australia Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear Retail) with a market value of $425M, the 278th largest of 316 Australia companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at A$8.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 23.8%, against -6.0% for the median peer and +4.1% for the Australia market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.4%); the operating margin is 17.0% (peer median 3.4%).

Valuation It trades at 14.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.4× (6th most expensive of 15).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 12.5 points above its cost of capital (11.1% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026UNI.AX 123Peer median 98
Six months, rebased to 100: Universal Store against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Universal Store financials

Reported figures in AUD; fiscal year ends 2026-06-30. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023
RevenueA$376MA$376MA$333MA$289MA$263M
Revenue growth—+13%+16%+10%—
Gross profitA$95.9MA$95.9MA$84.3MA$71.9MA$64.1M
EBITDAA$107MA$107MA$93.4MA$82.0MA$70.8M
Net incomeA$18.2MA$18.2MA$23.3MA$34.3MA$23.6M
Free cash flowA$71.6MA$71.6MA$67.6MA$58.9MA$44.7M
Capital expenditureA$12.8MA$12.8MA$12.1MA$8.77MA$10.2M
Total debtn/aA$80.2MA$88.4MA$76.2MA$78.4M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Universal Store 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

-50%0%+50%-20%0%7606002762CAL3709LINDEXSHOE002356GCOCTRNARVINDFASNSMCPABFRLSFIXDEBSJILLDBISTYLEBAAZARVRC8281UNI.AX6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Universal Store is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%10×20×30×7606CAL3709LINDEXCTRNARVINDFASNDEBSJILLSTYLEBAAZARVRCUNI.AXRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Universal Store is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%0%25%50%7606CAL3709LINDEXSHOEGCOCTRNARVINDFASNSFIXDBIRVRCUNI.AXGrowth 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. Universal Store is the large dot.

Universal Store competitors and peer comparison

How Universal Store 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.

Universal Store against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUNI.AXPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.8%-0.1%9th highest of 21
6-month return+23.8%-6.0%3rd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-18.4%-26.5%10th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.9%+4.4%5th highest of 21
Operating margin17.0%3.4%2nd highest of 20
Forward P/E14.1×12.4×6th most expensive of 15
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)4.0%1.3%7th most demanding of 15
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.3%+5.4%3rd highest of 15
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-8.3 pp-7.4 pp8th least demanding of 15
ROIC minus cost of capital+12.5 pp-2.8 pp2nd highest of 20
EV / EBITDA6.3×7.3×5th cheapest of 13
Net debt / EBITDA0.5×3.1×6th 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
Universal Store UNI.AXAustralia$425M+24%+13%17%14.1×4.0%+12.3%
United Arrows 7606.TJapan$426M-1%+8%6%10.1×-10.9%+6.2%
Jinfa Labi Maternity & Baby Articles 002762.SZChina$429M-4%+12%-14%n/an/an/a
Purple Style Labs PERNIASPOP.NSIndia$417Mn/a+14%-14%n/an/an/a
Caleres CALUnited States$438M-6%+7%4%6.6×0.4%+5.4%
EEKA Fashion 3709.HKHong Kong$442M-20%-4%8%6.8×-19.3%+2.6%
Lindex LINDEX.HEFinland$456M+16%+4%7%12.4×-7.2%+3.8%
Shoe Station SHOEUnited States$395M-19%-4%3%13.2×8.0%+3.1%
Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development 002356.SZChina$458M-29%-23%n/an/an/an/a
Genesco GCOUnited States$390M+3%+3%1%11.6×14.5%+6.4%
Citi Trends CTRNUnited States$375M-3%+11%1%22.1×49.7%+0.9%
Arvind Fashions ARVINDFASN.NSIndia$486M-25%+13%8%26.8×16.6%+22.5%
Smcp SMCP.PAFrance$368M-17%-1%9%6.3×-6.7%+6.9%
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ABFRL.NSIndia$503M-42%-27%-8%n/an/an/a
Stitch Fix SFIXUnited States$346M-23%+6%-2%n/a10.2%-8.5%
boohoo DEBS.LUnited Kingdom$526M+46%+120%0%29.6×n/an/a
J.Jill JILLUnited States$333M+70%-2%8%10.3×-5.4%+6.9%
Designer Brands DBIUnited States$329M-8%-1%3%12.5×2.3%+5.3%
Baazar Style Retail STYLEBAAZA.NSIndia$314M-6%+35%5%33.4×n/an/a
RVRC RVRC.STSweden$596M-1%+5%21%14.4×7.6%+17.6%
XEBIO 8281.TJapan$298M+7%+3%1%n/a-4.4%+4.5%

Questions

Which companies are Universal Store's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: United Arrows (7606.T), Jinfa Labi Maternity & Baby Articles (002762.SZ), Purple Style Labs (PERNIASPOP.NS), Caleres (CAL), EEKA Fashion (3709.HK), Lindex (LINDEX.HE), Shoe Station (SHOE), Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development (002356.SZ).
Is Universal Store expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 14.1× against a peer median of 12.4×, 6th most expensive of 15 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 4% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is -8 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Universal Store stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +23.8% against -6.0% for the median peer; over one year -8.3%.

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.