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HKEX 0026 - China Motor Bus Co., Ltd.

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 2.81%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 12.91%
1-Year Price Return* 1.90%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-13, Hong Kong time):

Metric Value
Last Price HK$57.9
52-Week Range HK$55 – HK$62
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 FY2024 FY2023
Revenue Reported revenue HK$69.55M HK$66.94M
Net income Reported net income HK$-262.22M HK$-155.24M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$7.30B HK$7.70B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$7.20B HK$7.61B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue -377.02% -231.92%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.0095x 0.0087x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.0138x 1.0127x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier -3.64% -2.04%

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$69.55M
Prior annual revenue HK$66.94M
EBIT HK$30.18M
Tax rate 16.50%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$25.20M
Forecast start-growth basis 3.91%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$25.20M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$3.36M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$154,000.00
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$1.57M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$29.98M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 3.91% HK$26.18M HK$3.50M -HK$160,016.43 HK$1.63M HK$31.15M HK$30.22M
2 3.56% HK$27.11M HK$3.62M -HK$1.03M HK$1.69M HK$31.39M HK$28.66M
3 3.20% HK$27.98M HK$3.74M -HK$1.95M HK$1.75M HK$31.51M HK$27.06M
4 2.85% HK$28.78M HK$3.84M -HK$2.93M HK$1.80M HK$31.49M HK$25.45M
5 2.50% HK$29.50M HK$3.94M -HK$3.94M HK$1.84M HK$31.34M HK$23.83M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.28
Cost of equity 6.28%
Pre-tax cost of debt 7.71%
WACC 6.28%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$850.71M
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 21.67x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 82.27%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$135.21M
Present value of terminal value HK$627.49M
Indicated enterprise value HK$762.70M
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$762.70M
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$0.00
Add: cash and equivalents HK$1.39B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$2.15B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 45,276,856.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$57.90
DCF indicative value per share HK$47.47
Indicative value vs. market price -18.01%

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 4/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 16:05:05.949011 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2024-06-30 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 -4.75% -3.67%
Adjusted R² 0.04 0.04
Annualised residual volatility 12.89% 12.86%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.25 (3.42) 0.24 (3.04)
Size (SMB) -0.03 (-0.24) -0.07 (-0.52)
Value (HML) 0.19 (1.89) 0.16 (1.38)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.14 (-0.99)
Investment (CMA) NM -0.05 (-0.31)

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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