China Foods Valuation

Is 506 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 506 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 506 (HK$2.39) is trading below our estimate of fair value (HK$41.27)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 506 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 506?

Key metric: As 506 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 506. This is calculated by dividing 506's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 506's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.8x
EarningsCN¥797.20m
Market CapCN¥6.22b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 506's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 506 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.9x
2460 China Resources Beverage (Holdings)
19xn/aHK$27.1b
9633 Nongfu Spring
26.4x10.3%HK$355.4b
1112 Health and Happiness (H&H) International Holdings
19.7x39.0%HK$5.9b
2218 Yantai North Andre JuiceLtd
10.7xn/aHK$8.3b
506 China Foods
7.8x8.0%HK$6.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 506 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the peer average (18.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 506's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Beverage Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
506 7.8xIndustry Avg. 18.8xNo. of Companies26PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 506 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the Asian Beverage industry average (18.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 506's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

506 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.8x
Fair PE Ratio13.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 506 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 506 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentHK$2.39
HK$3.86
+61.5%
22.4%HK$4.82HK$3.00n/a4
Nov ’25HK$2.54
HK$3.86
+52.0%
22.4%HK$4.82HK$3.00n/a4
Oct ’25HK$2.77
HK$3.96
+43.0%
19.6%HK$4.82HK$3.00n/a4
Sep ’25HK$2.57
HK$3.87
+50.8%
13.7%HK$4.76HK$3.40n/a4
Aug ’25HK$2.75
HK$3.87
+40.9%
13.7%HK$4.76HK$3.40n/a4
Jul ’25HK$2.85
HK$3.87
+36.0%
13.7%HK$4.76HK$3.40n/a4
Jun ’25HK$2.95
HK$3.87
+31.3%
13.7%HK$4.76HK$3.40n/a4
May ’25HK$3.00
HK$3.85
+28.3%
12.7%HK$4.66HK$3.40n/a4
Apr ’25HK$2.91
HK$3.76
+29.2%
11.4%HK$4.66HK$3.30n/a6
Mar ’25HK$2.93
HK$3.80
+29.8%
12.1%HK$4.66HK$3.30n/a5
Feb ’25HK$2.84
HK$3.80
+33.9%
12.1%HK$4.66HK$3.30n/a5
Jan ’25HK$2.94
HK$3.85
+30.9%
14.2%HK$4.89HK$3.30n/a5
Dec ’24HK$2.74
HK$3.85
+40.5%
14.2%HK$4.89HK$3.30n/a5
Nov ’24HK$2.70
HK$3.84
+42.2%
13.8%HK$4.85HK$3.30HK$2.545
Oct ’24HK$2.58
HK$3.84
+48.9%
13.8%HK$4.85HK$3.30HK$2.775
Sep ’24HK$2.91
HK$3.84
+32.0%
13.8%HK$4.85HK$3.30HK$2.575
Aug ’24HK$2.98
HK$3.85
+29.1%
14.1%HK$4.88HK$3.30HK$2.755
Jul ’24HK$2.77
HK$3.89
+40.4%
16.1%HK$5.10HK$3.30HK$2.855
Jun ’24HK$2.50
HK$3.89
+55.6%
16.1%HK$5.10HK$3.30HK$2.955
May ’24HK$2.88
HK$3.89
+35.1%
16.1%HK$5.10HK$3.30HK$3.005
Apr ’24HK$2.93
HK$3.79
+29.4%
12.9%HK$4.71HK$3.30HK$2.915
Mar ’24HK$2.80
HK$3.90
+39.2%
11.0%HK$4.71HK$3.50HK$2.935
Feb ’24HK$2.95
HK$3.84
+30.2%
8.4%HK$4.43HK$3.50HK$2.845
Jan ’24HK$2.80
HK$3.84
+37.2%
8.4%HK$4.43HK$3.50HK$2.945
Dec ’23HK$2.55
HK$3.84
+50.7%
8.4%HK$4.43HK$3.50HK$2.745
Nov ’23HK$2.03
HK$3.90
+92.1%
11.1%HK$4.72HK$3.50HK$2.705

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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