Want Want China Holdings Ltd.
- 6.30 HKD
- -0.02
- -0.32%
China
Aug 21, 2019Ticker
HKG(151)Prev. close
6.32Market cap (HKD)
78,511.07MMarket cap (USD)
10,009.69MShares
12,422.63M
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Company Background
Want Want China Holdings is a Taiwanese confectionery company headquartered in Shanghai, China. It offers a wide array of products ranging from snack foods such as gummies to baby milk powder and other dairy products. It holds an about 80% share of the rice cracker market, taking advantage of technical assistance provided by the Japanese company Iwatsuka Confectionery. Want Want China was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2008.
The predecessor of Want Want China was a Taiwan-based food manufacturing factory opened in 1962 by the father of Tsai Eng-meng, Want Want China's current chairman. At the age of 19, Tsai succeeded his father in the business. When he was 24, he visited Japan to meet Iwatsuka's founder Keisaku Maki to ask for technical assistance. Want Want China started growing dramatically from 1983, when Maki agreed to provide technical support.
Rice crackers are the company's core business. Technical staff sent by Iwatsuka guide employees on how to select materials and manage facilities. Implementation of strict quality control has helped the company gain customer confidence in China, where food safety problems have often occurred.
Want Want China has more than 100 factories and over 300 sales offices throughout China. With a sales force of more than 10,000, the company has extended its marketing reach deeply into the country's interior, including the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province. It generates 80% of its total sales from regional small enterprises, such as privately owned shops.
The company is working to strengthen its dairy products division as a way to diversify its operations further. As such, it has tied up with the Japanese company Morinaga Milk Industry. While the Chinese market makes up approximately 80% of its rice cracker sales, the company will have to focus more other markets for growth.
Business Summary
Financial Highlights
| Mar 2019 | HKD | USD |
| Revenue | 24,201.23M | 3,086.06M |
| Gross Profit | 10,647.54M | 1,357.74M |
| Operating income | 4,850.57M | 618.53M |
| Income before tax | 5,622.36M | 716.94M |
| Net income | 4,062.27M | 518.00M |
| EBITDA | 5,814.77M | 741.48M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.32 | 0.04 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0.23 | 0.02 |
| Total Assets | 34,852.31M | 4,439.81M |
| Total liabilities | 16,830.40M | 2,144.01M |
| Total equity | 17,907.98M | 2,281.28M |
| Operating cash flow | 5,086.58M | 648.62M |
| Currency in HKD | Currency in USD |
Historical Data
| Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | |
| Revenue | 29,276.54M | 26,383.31M | 23,029.67M | 23,890.39M | 24,201.23M |
| Gross Profit | 11,504.24M | 11,213.91M | 10,631.86M | 10,293.14M | 10,647.54M |
| Operating income | 5,552.90M | 5,600.76M | 5,519.92M | 4,188.53M | 4,850.57M |
| Income before tax | 6,436.89M | 5,926.89M | 5,727.51M | 5,067.77M | 5,622.36M |
| Net income | 4,811.81M | 4,172.28M | 4,111.86M | 3,671.49M | 4,062.27M |
| EBITDA | 6,469.79M | 6,621.35M | 6,556.00M | 5,231.53M | 5,814.77M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.32 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.23 |
| Total Assets | 33,219.88M | 29,498.40M | 30,355.71M | 33,284.64M | 34,852.31M |
| Total liabilities | 17,261.90M | 14,975.49M | 16,609.98M | 15,058.93M | 16,830.40M |
| Total equity | 15,897.51M | 14,463.92M | 13,690.26M | 18,072.65M | 17,907.98M |
| Operating cash flow | 2,297.18M | 6,101.49M | 5,968.04M | 6,265.04M | 5,086.58M |
| Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | |
| Revenue | 3,775.33M | 3,403.16M | 2,966.80M | 3,059.21M | 3,086.06M |
| Gross Profit | 1,483.52M | 1,446.47M | 1,369.65M | 1,318.05M | 1,357.74M |
| Operating income | 716.07M | 722.43M | 711.10M | 536.35M | 618.53M |
| Income before tax | 830.06M | 764.50M | 737.84M | 648.93M | 716.94M |
| Net income | 620.50M | 538.18M | 529.71M | 470.14M | 518.00M |
| EBITDA | 834.30M | 854.08M | 844.57M | 669.90M | 741.48M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Dividends Per Share | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Total Assets | 4,283.75M | 3,806.17M | 3,915.27M | 4,241.01M | 4,439.81M |
| Total liabilities | 2,225.95M | 1,932.28M | 2,142.35M | 1,918.75M | 2,144.01M |
| Total equity | 2,050.00M | 1,866.27M | 1,765.76M | 2,302.75M | 2,281.28M |
| Operating cash flow | 296.23M | 787.02M | 768.83M | 802.25M | 648.62M |
Valuation Measures
| Mar 2019 | |
| PER | 19.98 |
| ROA | 11.92% |
| ROE | 22.58% |
| Operating margin | 20.04% |
| Profit margin | 16.78% |
Key executives
- Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Eng-Meng Tsai
- COO, Executive Director, VP-Dairy & Beverages: Wang-Chia Tsai
- Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director: Chi-Wen Chu
- MD-Research & Development Department: Chun-Chiang Chen
- MD-Information Technology Department: Hung-Hsing Ting
Shareholders
- TSAI ENG MENG (49.4%)
- Iwatsuka Confectionery Co., Ltd. (4.8%)
- CHENG WEN HSIEN (3.7%)
- The Vanguard Group, Inc. (1.2%)
- BlackRock Fund Advisors (0.8%)
- TSAI WANG CHIA (0.8%)
- TSAI SHAO CHUNG (0.8%)
- TSAI WANG HSUAN (0.8%)
- TAI WANG JUNG (0.6%)
- TSAI WANG CHEN (0.6%)
Contact Details
- Website:http://www.want-want.com
- Phone: +86.21.6115111
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Last Updated on 21 Aug, 2019