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HKEX 0114 - Herald Holdings 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.)* 30.56%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 32.54%
1-Year Price Return* 23.05%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-11, Hong Kong time):

Metric Value
Last Price HK$0.67
52-Week Range HK$0.54 – HK$0.9
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 FY2026 FY2025
Revenue Reported revenue HK$801.16M HK$703.70M
Net income Reported net income HK$53.69M HK$32.88M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$935.22M HK$826.82M
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$608.14M HK$577.03M
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 6.70% 4.67%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.8567x 0.8511x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.5378x 1.4329x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 8.83% 5.70%

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$801.16M
Prior annual revenue HK$703.70M
EBIT HK$64.03M
Tax rate 15.78%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$53.93M
Forecast start-growth basis 13.85%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$53.93M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$19.63M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$84.46M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$4.60M
Current unlevered FCFF -HK$6.30M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 13.85% HK$61.40M HK$22.35M -HK$96.16M HK$5.24M -HK$7.17M -HK$6.98M
2 11.01% HK$68.16M HK$24.81M -HK$86.27M HK$5.81M HK$12.52M HK$11.56M
3 8.17% HK$73.73M HK$26.84M -HK$71.16M HK$6.29M HK$35.70M HK$31.25M
4 5.34% HK$77.66M HK$28.28M -HK$51.62M HK$6.63M HK$60.95M HK$50.57M
5 2.50% HK$79.61M HK$28.98M -HK$28.98M HK$6.79M HK$86.40M HK$67.96M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.23
Cost of equity 5.97%
Pre-tax cost of debt 1.80%
WACC 5.48%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$2.97B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 24.08x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 93.65%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$154.36M
Present value of terminal value HK$2.28B
Indicated enterprise value HK$2.43B
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$2.43B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$52.28M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$381.79M
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$13.28M
Indicated common equity value HK$2.75B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 604,491,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$0.69
DCF indicative value per share HK$4.55
Indicative value vs. market price 559.01%

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 review required
Implied price differs from spot by more than 30% review required

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 1/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 2/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 16:10:11.025632 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2026-03-31 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 29.66% 21.10%
Adjusted R² 0.02 0.04
Annualised residual volatility 31.86% 31.42%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.46 (2.53) 0.62 (3.18)
Size (SMB) -0.24 (-0.91) 0.23 (0.69)
Value (HML) 0.04 (0.18) 0.04 (0.14)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.40 (1.14)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.86 (2.16)

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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