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HKEX 0166 - New Times Corporation 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.)* -32.77%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 58.65%
1-Year Price Return* -42.31%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$0.03
52-Week Range HK$0.027 – HK$0.063
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$14.93B HK$10.87B
Net income Reported net income HK$-777.30M HK$-87.40M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$1.30B HK$1.43B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$985.60M HK$1.06B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue -5.21% -0.80%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 11.4713x 7.6157x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.3203x 1.3432x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier -78.87% -8.23%

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

FCFF DCF exception: Reported operating inputs do not support a stable FCFF DCF. This post deliberately does not publish a mechanical enterprise value or implied per-share value on an unsuitable basis.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price HK$0.03
Market capitalisation HK$253.51M
Revenue HK$14.93B
EBIT -HK$127.50M
Reported free cash flow -HK$96.00M
FCF yield -37.87%
Net debt / EBITDA 6.92x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 16:12:34.377626 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Financial institutions and REITs require sector-specific methods rather than a mechanical FCFF DCF. 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 -51.53% -48.68%
Adjusted R² 0.05 0.05
Annualised residual volatility 56.87% 56.52%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.92 (2.83) 0.71 (2.04)
Size (SMB) 1.02 (2.15) 0.48 (0.80)
Value (HML) 0.53 (1.18) 0.71 (1.42)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.02 (0.04)
Investment (CMA) NM -1.14 (-1.59)

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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