Golden Friends (4506) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 6, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Golden Friends stock TWD 114, price TWD 114, upside +0.4%, quality 79 out of 100. Rating: fairly valued. Calculated from audited financials with 25 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 7, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range 45.17 TWD – 126.88 TWD · fair‑value band 88.81 TWD – 139.20 TWD · the 113.50 TWD price screens below the 114.00 TWD fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 7, 2026.
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GFC. LTD., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells elevators, escalators, and generators in Taiwan. It offers escalators/moving walks and pneumatic vacuum elevators.
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The company is also involved in the manufacture and sale of elevators and parts; sale of vacuum pneumatic shuttle elevators; construction and maintenance and power generation products. The company was formerly known as Golden Friends Corporation and changed its name to GFC. LTD. in August 2021.
The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. GFC. LTD. operates as a subsidiary of Changjiang Property Co., Ltd.
Stock analysis
Golden Friends (4506) currently trades at 113.50 TWD, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is 114.00 TWD, so the stock looks roughly fairly valued today (gap 0.4%).
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of 128.12 TWD per share, and 10 of the 25 models we run sit above the 113.50 TWD price.
Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at 17.83 TWD, and 15 of the 25 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: 88.81 TWD (bear) to 139.20 TWD (bull), the price of 113.50 TWD sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 79/100 (high quality), in the Industrials sector.
Healthy Growth: Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Golden Friends reported revenue of 6.0B TWD in FY2025 versus 4.6B TWD in FY2021, a compound +6.9%/yr. Reported net income was 1.2B TWD in FY2025, compounding +10.4%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap 20.1B TWD (≈ $613M) Small · P/E ratio 14.7 · P/S ratio 3.18 · EPS (TTM) 7.73 TWD · Dividend yield 4.7% · Net margin 21.7% · Return on equity 25.0% · Return on assets (EBIT) 11.1% (5-year average).
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 77 out of 100 (medium confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 8% below its 52-week high and 7% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Industrials peers we cover trades at −46% fair-value upside, at 0%, 4506 screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Bear88.81 TWDFair Value 114.00 TWDBull139.20 TWD
Price 113.50 TWD · Upside +0.4%
Model ⓘEach model values the company its own way (discounted cash flow, earnings, assets, dividends). The fair value above starts from their evidence-weighted blend, not from a single model. In cyclical trough or peak years, after dilution or a stock split it is adjusted afterwards, so it can sit above or below the models. Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 10 months old). Earnings retained since then (2.08 TWD per share) are deliberately not added.Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. If a model's bull case is above four times its base value, the table shows that limit with a > sign (like the overall Bull above): beyond it no assumption holds.Coverage ⓘCoverage = how well-backed THIS model's estimate is for this stock (0–100): how complete and reliable its input data are, and how well the model fits the company. The final Fair Value is an evidence-weighted blend, so better-evidenced models count more. Green ≥70, amber 50–69, grey below 50.
Growth Quality ⓘGrowth is valuable only when reinvestment earns attractive returns (Aswath Damodaran): sustainable growth depends on return on capital, reinvestment and efficiency. Basis: total company revenue over the periods shown on the cards (3Y/5Y/all years), not per share, so a merger can show up as a growth jump; per-share earnings growth is in the value-creation card.82/100
Revenue growth appears healthy and is supported by profitability and cash-flow quality.
Revenue growth 1 year
+9.7%
Revenue growth 3 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+8.3%
Revenue growth 5 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+6.5%
Start year 2020 (pandemic). Over 10 years: +4.0% a year
Revenue growth 16 years ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump. Per-share growth (which does include buybacks) is in the value-creation card.
+4.6%
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What shareholders gained per year (last 5 years), in TWD ⓘWhat the business itself delivers per year: earnings growth per share plus the dividend yield. This is what you get IF the market keeps valuing the stock the same way: it contains no assumption about the market changing its mind. Computed per share, so buybacks count and a merger does not pass as growth. For a company that pays no dividend it is pure earnings growth per share. Period: earnings growth per share as CAGR over the last 5 reported fiscal years (annual statements), plus the current dividend yield. The start value is the median of the three years around the start, so a single crisis year (a pandemic or a write-down) does not distort the rate. Measured in TWD: this currency has depreciated against the euro and dollar over the long run, so part of the nominal rate is currency erosion that never reaches a EUR/USD investor.
+14.4%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend.
Earnings per share, growth per year+9.7%
Dividend (yield on the price)4.7%
Pace: 5 vs 10 years ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.9.7% vs 10.2%, steady
Profit margin 2020 to 2025 ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.19% → 22%
Pace: the 5-year rate starts in 2020 (pandemic)
Growth Forecast
Little optimism in the price
The price assumes less growth than the company has delivered so far.
What the price assumes ⓘThis turns our valuation around: instead of asking what the share is worth, it asks what growth the current price requires. It uses the cash the company keeps after all spending (free cash flow), the same discount rate as our models, five years of growth, then slowing evenly to 2 % a year by year ten. Compared with the analysts' sales forecasts extended to the same five years (at least three analysts, for context only, it does not enter the Fair Value): within 3 percentage points counts as "in line" (amber), below that little optimism (green), above that a lot of optimism (red).
+0.2%
Yearly growth needed for the next five years to justify today's price.
What forecasts expect
n/a
No analyst forecast available.
After inflation (Taiwan: IMF forecast 1.6% a year to 2030, 1.5% from 2016 to 2025) that is about −1.4% a year for the price.
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Specialty Industrial Machinery · 814 stocks
Beats the industry median on 10/13 measures
Overall it ranks above its industry peers.
Valuation
Quality Score79 · Top 25%
Fair Value upside+0.4% · Above median
Profitability
Return on equity (12 months)25.0% · Top 25%
Return on assets10.4% · Top 25%
Net margin (12 months)21.7% · Top 25%
Operating margin (12 months)23.3% · Top 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth (quarter YoY)5.3% · Below median
Dividend yield (12 months)4.7% · Top 25%
Valuation Multiplesvs Specialty Industrial Machinery median · lower = cheaper
P/E (12 months)14.7× · Cheapest 25%
P/B3.44× · Pricier than median
P/S (12 months)3.18× · Pricier than median
Price / free cash flow (fiscal year)13.4× · Cheaper than median
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Frequently asked questions
Is Golden Friends (4506) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Nov 7, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of 114.00 TWD versus a price of 113.50 TWD, about +0% upside (fairly valued).
What is the fair value of 4506?
Our model-based fair value for Golden Friends is 114.00 TWD (as of Nov 7, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: 113.50 TWD.
What is the quality score of 4506?
Golden Friends has a Quality Score of 79/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Golden Friends (4506)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of 114.00 TWD (as of Nov 7, 2026) from 25 valuation models. Cautious scenario 88.81 TWD, optimistic scenario 139.20 TWD. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Golden Friends stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at 114.00 TWD, about +0% upside versus a price of 113.50 TWD (fairly valued). Cautious scenario 88.81 TWD, optimistic scenario 139.20 TWD. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Golden Friends (4506)?
Golden Friends reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about 6.3B TWD (latest available figure, as of Nov 7, 2026).
Does Golden Friends pay a dividend?
Golden Friends currently shows a dividend yield of 4.67% relative to its recent price (as of Nov 7, 2026).
How much is the dividend of Golden Friends (4506) and when is the ex-dividend date?
Golden Friends pays a dividend of 5.30 TWD per share a year, a dividend yield of 4.7%. The last ex-dividend date was Jul 22, 2026. A dividend has been paid every year since at least 2008. The payout ratio is 68.6% of earnings. Free cash flow covers the dividend 1.60 times. Our assessment: Sustainable. Payout and cash coverage both look sustainable.
What growth is priced into Golden Friends (4506)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Golden Friends would have to grow free cash flow by +0.2 % per year for five years (discount rate 10.3 %, then slowing evenly to 2 % perpetual growth by year ten). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +6.5 % per year. As of Nov 7, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of 4506 use?
Our models discount Golden Friends at 10.3 %: a base by market capitalisation (small), damped by beta 0.02, country premium for Taiwan. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
What is a reverse DCF?
A reverse DCF turns the usual calculation around. Instead of deriving a value from assumptions, it takes today's price as given and asks: what free-cash-flow growth would a company have to deliver for exactly this price to be fair? The result is not a forecast but the expectation already priced in. For Golden Friends that is +0.2 % per year for five years, then slowing evenly to 2 % by year ten, using the same discount rate (10.3 %) and the same formula as our fair value.
How much growth has Golden Friends (4506) delivered so far?
Over the past 5 years revenue at Golden Friends grew +6.5 % a year. The price currently implies free-cash-flow growth of +0.2 % per year. Comparing the two shows how much confidence is in the price: if it demands more than has been delivered, the business has to accelerate for the maths to work.
How fast is the sector of Golden Friends (4506) growing?
The median revenue growth in the sector is +7.8 % a year. That is the yardstick for the growth priced into Golden Friends (+0.2 % per year): it shows whether the expectation is within the usual range or beyond it.
What is the free cash flow yield of Golden Friends (4506)?
The free-cash-flow yield on the price is 7.48 %: that much free cash flow Golden Friends produces per unit of market value. When it exceeds the discount rate of our models (10.3 %), the business already earns more than its cost of capital demands, and the price needs little additional growth.
What is the intrinsic value of Golden Friends (4506)?
Intrinsic value and fair value mean the same thing: what the business is worth on its numbers, independent of the share price. For Golden Friends it is 114.00 TWD per share (as of Nov 7, 2026), against a price of 113.50 TWD. It is the blended result of 25 valuation models in 8 families (DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings).
Is Golden Friends stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
As of Nov 7, 2026, 4506 trades below its calculated fair value: price 113.50 TWD, fair value 114.00 TWD, a gap of about +0% (fairly valued). The calculation is refreshed with each new quarterly report, so the verdict can change during the year.
Is fair value the same as the market price of 4506?
No. The price is what the market pays today (113.50 TWD); the fair value is what the company's own numbers justify (114.00 TWD). For Golden Friends the two are 0.5000 TWD per share apart. That gap is exactly why we show both numbers side by side.
How much is Golden Friends worth?
The market values Golden Friends at about 20.1B TWD (market capitalisation, as of Nov 7, 2026). Per share that is 113.50 TWD; our models calculate a fair value of 114.00 TWD per share.
What do the bullish and bearish scenarios say about 4506?
Our models span a range for Golden Friends: cautious scenario 88.81 TWD, base 114.00 TWD, optimistic 139.20 TWD per share (as of Nov 7, 2026, price 113.50 TWD). The range comes from different growth and margin assumptions, not from analyst opinions.
What is the P/E ratio of 4506?
Golden Friends trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.7 (as of Nov 7, 2026). A P/E on its own says little: it compares the price with ONE year of profit, while our fair value of 114.00 TWD is built from several models across several years. Median P/E at fiscal year-end, 10 fiscal years (2016 to 2025), reported earnings: 15.3. Other multiples: P/B 3.4, P/S 3.2, EV/EBITDA 11.4.
How solid is the balance sheet of Golden Friends (4506)?
Balance-sheet figures for Golden Friends (as of Nov 7, 2026): return on equity 25.0%. They feed the Quality Score of 79/100, which measures business quality independently of the share price.
How far is 4506 from its 52-week high?
Golden Friends trades at 113.50 TWD, about 8% below its 52-week high of 124.00 TWD and 7% above the low of 106.29 TWD (as of Nov 6, 2026). Distance from the high says nothing about value: that is what the fair value of 114.00 TWD is for.
Which stocks are comparable to Golden Friends?
From the same area (Industrials) we also value SIE, GE Vernova Inc, Eaton Corporation, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, among others. Each of them has its own fair-value calculation on this site using the same models, so the comparison is like for like.
Is Golden Friends stock attractive at the current price?
The data as of Nov 7, 2026: price 113.50 TWD, calculated fair value 114.00 TWD (+0%), Quality Score 79/100, from 25 models. Whether that fits your horizon and risk tolerance is your call. We provide the calculation, not investment advice.
How is the fair value of 4506 calculated?
We run Golden Friends through 25 models from 8 families: DCF Models, Earnings-Based, Dividend Discount, Multiples, Asset-Based, Growth DCF, Economic Profit, Growth Earnings. Every model gets the same audited fundamentals; the fair value of 114.00 TWD builds on their evidence-weighted average, with the spread shown as a cautious and an optimistic scenario.
Is it still worth investing in stocks now?
The global stock market currently sits 13.0% above its aggregate fair value. Golden Friends itself currently trades above fair value. An expensive market is no reason to stay out and no reason to buy everything at once: keep a broad savings plan running, buy single stocks only with money you can do without, and hold part of your money liquid while the market is high. The full picture including sectors is on is it worth investing now.
What is the share price of Golden Friends (4506)?
The closing price on Nov 6, 2026 was 113.50 TWD. Our model-based fair value is 114.00 TWD, about +0% upside (fairly valued). We carry closing prices from our data provider, not a live tick.
What should I pay attention to with Golden Friends right now?
The price sits close to our fair value, market and models broadly agree here, little valuation tension. The price sits in the lower half of our model range, the side with the larger margin of safety. The data supports the verdict: every model runs on fully documented inputs.
Where does the earnings growth of Golden Friends (4506) come from?
Earnings per share at Golden Friends grew +12.6 % a year from 2012 to 2023. Broken into its drivers: revenue per share +4.5 %, EBIT margin +9.5 %, tax rate −0.2 %, residual (interest, one-offs) −1.3 %. The four rates multiply to the earnings growth rate, they do not add up. Start and end are three-year averages so a single exceptional year does not distort the result.
Key figures of Golden Friends
How large is the market capitalisation of Golden Friends (4506)?
The market capitalisation of Golden Friends is 20.1B TWD (≈ $613M). The stock-market value of the whole company: share price times number of shares. It is what the market asks for the entire business today.
What is the P/S ratio of Golden Friends (4506)?
The price-to-sales ratio of Golden Friends is 3.18 (last twelve months). Price to sales: market value relative to yearly revenue. Useful when profit is thin or distorted.
What are the earnings per share of Golden Friends (4506)?
Earnings per share at Golden Friends are 7.73 TWD (price ÷ EPS = P/E 14.7). Earnings per share over the last twelve months: total profit spread across every single share.
What is the dividend yield of Golden Friends (4506)?
The dividend yield of Golden Friends is 4.7% (payout 68.6%). Yearly dividend relative to the share price. 3% pays 3 per 100 invested. Below: how much of profit is used for it.
What is the net margin of Golden Friends (4506)?
The net margin of Golden Friends is 21.7% (last twelve months). How much of every unit of revenue ends up as profit. 10% means 10 cents of profit per dollar of sales.
What is the return on equity of Golden Friends (4506)?
The return on equity (ROE) of Golden Friends is 25.0% (last twelve months). Profit relative to shareholders' equity, how efficiently the company works with its owners' money.
What is the EBIT return on assets of Golden Friends (4506)?
On an EBIT basis the return on assets of Golden Friends is 11.1% (avg 5y). Operating profit (EBIT) relative to everything the company owns, as a multi-year average. It describes the business model rather than one good or bad year.
What is the operating margin of Golden Friends (4506)?
The operating margin of Golden Friends is 23.3% (last twelve months). Profit from the core business (before interest and taxes) relative to revenue.
How fast is revenue growing at Golden Friends (4506)?
Revenue at Golden Friends is growing +5.3% versus a year earlier (3y avg +8.3%). How much revenue grew versus a year earlier (YoY). The 3-year average next to it puts the single year in context.
How fast are earnings growing at Golden Friends (4506)?
Earnings per share at Golden Friends are growing +50.0% versus a year earlier. How much earnings per share grew versus a year earlier.
How much net cash does Golden Friends (4506) hold?
Golden Friends holds more cash than debt, 2.3B TWD net (fiscal year 2023). The company holds more cash than debt, a safety cushion.
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Nov 7, 2026