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HKEX 0135 - Kunlun Energy 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.)* -3.75%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 20.99%
1-Year Price Return* -5.69%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$6.915
52-Week Range HK$6.34 – HK$8.83
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$193.98B HK$187.05B
Net income Reported net income HK$5.35B HK$5.96B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$144.12B HK$143.39B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$67.76B HK$65.15B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 2.76% 3.19%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 1.3460x 1.3045x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.1270x 2.2010x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 7.89% 9.15%

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$193.98B
Prior annual revenue HK$187.05B
EBIT HK$12.31B
Tax rate 27.40%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$8.94B
Forecast start-growth basis 3.71%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$8.94B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$5.27B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$5.88B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$1.21B
Current unlevered FCFF HK$7.12B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 3.71% HK$9.27B HK$5.47B -HK$6.10B -HK$1.26B HK$7.38B HK$7.16B
2 3.40% HK$9.58B HK$5.65B -HK$6.14B -HK$1.30B HK$7.80B HK$7.12B
3 3.10% HK$9.88B HK$5.83B -HK$6.17B -HK$1.34B HK$8.21B HK$7.05B
4 2.80% HK$10.16B HK$5.99B -HK$6.17B -HK$1.38B HK$8.61B HK$6.96B
5 2.50% HK$10.41B HK$6.14B -HK$6.14B -HK$1.41B HK$9.00B HK$6.85B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.55
Cost of equity 7.74%
Pre-tax cost of debt 2.84%
WACC 6.25%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$245.85B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 12.00x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 83.78%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$35.14B
Present value of terminal value HK$181.54B
Indicated enterprise value HK$216.68B
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$216.68B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$21.42B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$44.61B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$24.52B
Indicated common equity value HK$215.35B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 8,659,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$7.00
DCF indicative value per share HK$24.87
Indicative value vs. market price 255.28%

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% review required

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 4/4 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 16:11:17.242273 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 -21.02% -21.46%
Adjusted R² 0.04 0.03
Annualised residual volatility 20.48% 20.47%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.28 (2.37) 0.30 (2.37)
Size (SMB) -0.18 (-1.08) -0.13 (-0.59)
Value (HML) 0.43 (2.65) 0.41 (2.26)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.01 (-0.05)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.12 (0.47)

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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