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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Dividend Yield 4.93%

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* -0.86%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 15.12%
1-Year Price Return* -1.92%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, Hong Kong time):

Metric Value
Last Price HK$6.745
52-Week Range HK$6.4 – HK$7.76
Observation Count 245 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year price series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

DuPont Model Analysis

The DuPont model decomposes return on equity (ROE) into three operating and capital-structure drivers:

ROE = Net Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier

The comparison uses the latest two comparable annual periods available for the issuer, with reported statement amounts shown in HK$. Revenue and net income are income-statement flows; total assets and shareholders’ equity are year-end balance-sheet figures. This is a simplified year-end-balance DuPont comparison rather than an average-balance ROE calculation.

DuPont component Calculation FY2025 FY2024
Revenue Reported revenue HK$54.33B HK$55.47B
Net income Reported net income HK$5.69B HK$5.71B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$163.56B HK$158.27B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$59.35B HK$57.39B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 10.47% 10.30%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.3322x 0.3505x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.7557x 2.7578x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 9.58% 9.95%

Source: Yahoo Finance annual statements. Values are based on the two latest comparable annual periods returned by the source; fiscal period labels use the statement period-end year.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

Valuation basis: This research model follows a five-year, unlevered FCFF DCF. It starts from reported annual operating inputs, forecasts revenue and operating cash conversion under an explicit mechanical policy, discounts FCFF at WACC, applies a Gordon-growth terminal value, and bridges enterprise value to an indicative common-equity value per share. It is an analytical estimate rather than a recommendation or personalised target price.

Step 1 — Forecast Operating Profit and NOPAT

Reported operating input Value
Revenue HK$54.33B
Prior annual revenue HK$55.47B
EBIT HK$10.58B
Tax rate 21.97%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$8.25B
Forecast start-growth basis -2.07%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$8.25B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$3.80B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$5.13B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$168.30M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$7.09B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -2.07% HK$8.08B HK$3.72B -HK$5.03B HK$164.82M HK$6.95B HK$6.74B
2 -0.93% HK$8.01B HK$3.69B -HK$4.66B HK$163.30M HK$7.20B HK$6.59B
3 0.22% HK$8.03B HK$3.70B -HK$4.34B HK$163.65M HK$7.54B HK$6.51B
4 1.36% HK$8.13B HK$3.75B -HK$4.08B HK$165.87M HK$7.97B HK$6.48B
5 2.50% HK$8.34B HK$3.84B -HK$3.84B HK$170.02M HK$8.51B HK$6.52B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.56
Cost of equity 7.80%
Pre-tax cost of debt 3.29%
WACC 6.10%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$242.34B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 16.68x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 84.59%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$32.84B
Present value of terminal value HK$180.25B
Indicated enterprise value HK$213.09B
Discounting convention mid-year for explicit FCFF; terminal value discounted at year-end five

Step 6 — Convert Enterprise Value to Equity Value

Equity bridge Value
Indicated enterprise value HK$213.09B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$61.00B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$8.01B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$12.04B
Indicated common equity value HK$148.06B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 18,659,870,098.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$6.79
DCF indicative value per share HK$7.93
Indicative value vs. market price 16.94%

Model Integrity Checks

Check Result
Perpetuity growth is below the risk-free rate pass
Perpetuity growth is below WACC pass
WACC is within the configured operating-company range review required
Terminal-year FCFF is positive pass
Terminal capex converges to D&A pass
Terminal-value concentration within review band
Implied price differs from spot by more than 30% within review band

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 3/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 3/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 16:03:51.081558 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Default assumptions: five-year forecast, mid-year discounting for explicit FCFF, a maximum 2.50% perpetuity-growth rate below both WACC and the risk-free rate, historical operating-ratio persistence, and capex convergence to D&A by year five. No sell-side consensus or management guidance is substituted for reported inputs. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

2.7 Quantitative Factor Diagnostics

Model basis: Daily issuer USD excess returns are regressed in-sample using ordinary least squares on matching regional Fama–French factors. FF3 estimates market, size, and value loadings; FF5 adds profitability and investment. Coefficients are descriptive historical exposures, not predictions.

Estimation input Value
Regional factor set Asia Pacific ex Japan
Factor-return currency USD
Issuer-return basis USD adjusted total return
Estimation window 2025-08-20 to 2026-06-30
Aligned daily observations 210
Minimum observation requirement 120
Currency conversion for HK listings HKD adjusted close divided by daily USD/HKD close before simple daily return calculation

Fama–French Three-Factor and Five-Factor Results

Diagnostic FF3 FF5
Annualised alpha -14.31% -13.14%
Adjusted R² 0.25 0.30
Annualised residual volatility 13.07% 12.61%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.60 (8.09) 0.65 (8.39)
Size (SMB) -0.21 (-1.95) -0.14 (-1.05)
Value (HML) 0.50 (4.79) 0.31 (2.76)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.48 (-3.36)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.29 (1.83)

Definitions: Mkt-RF is the market return less the risk-free rate; SMB is small minus big; HML is high minus low book-to-market; RMW is robust minus weak profitability; CMA is conservative minus aggressive investment. Factor returns are sourced from the Kenneth R. French Data Library; issuer adjusted-return history is sourced from Yahoo Finance. For Hong Kong listings, adjusted HKD prices are converted into USD with daily USD/HKD closes before return calculation to match the USD regional factor basis. This is an in-sample historical regression; coefficients and t-statistics do not establish causation or predict future returns. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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