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HKEX 0315 - SmarTone Telecommunications 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.)* 9.31%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 14.71%
1-Year Price Return* 7.88%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$4.75
52-Week Range HK$4.58 – HK$5.3
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$6.22B HK$6.76B
Net income Reported net income HK$470.13M HK$268.85M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$11.18B HK$10.90B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$5.19B HK$5.08B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 7.56% 3.98%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.5565x 0.6205x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.1556x 2.1436x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 9.07% 5.29%

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$6.22B
Prior annual revenue HK$6.76B
EBIT HK$765.22M
Tax rate 29.10%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$542.54M
Forecast start-growth basis -8.01%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$542.54M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$1.64B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$826.54M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$91.05M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$1.27B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -8.01% HK$499.09M HK$1.51B -HK$760.35M -HK$83.76M HK$1.17B HK$1.13B
2 -5.38% HK$472.23M HK$1.43B -HK$897.31M -HK$79.25M HK$926.62M HK$846.18M
3 -2.75% HK$459.23M HK$1.39B -HK$1.05B -HK$77.07M HK$728.11M HK$625.85M
4 -0.13% HK$458.64M HK$1.39B -HK$1.22B -HK$76.97M HK$554.43M HK$448.56M
5 2.50% HK$470.11M HK$1.42B -HK$1.42B -HK$78.89M HK$391.21M HK$297.92M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.22
Cost of equity 5.92%
Pre-tax cost of debt 11.24%
WACC 6.24%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$10.72B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 5.13x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 70.27%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$3.35B
Present value of terminal value HK$7.92B
Indicated enterprise value HK$11.27B
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$11.27B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$963.18M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$1.68B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$11.98B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 1,103,919,740.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$4.76
DCF indicative value per share HK$10.86
Indicative value vs. market price 127.84%

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 16:19:54.176130 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 -5.29% -5.81%
Adjusted R² 0.12 0.12
Annualised residual volatility 14.10% 14.01%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.37 (4.62) 0.42 (4.80)
Size (SMB) -0.01 (-0.10) 0.09 (0.61)
Value (HML) 0.50 (4.52) 0.43 (3.48)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.12 (-0.76)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.25 (1.38)

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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