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HKEX 0418 - Founder 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.)* -20.93%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 51.90%
1-Year Price Return* -29.89%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-12, Hong Kong time):

Metric Value
Last Price HK$0.645
52-Week Range HK$0.59 – HK$0.98
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$907.16M HK$924.85M
Net income Reported net income HK$29.81M HK$47.86M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$1.43B HK$1.44B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$1.11B HK$1.12B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 3.29% 5.17%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.6333x 0.6403x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.2864x 1.2898x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 2.68% 4.27%

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$907.16M
Prior annual revenue HK$924.85M
EBIT HK$32.83M
Tax rate 7.90%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$30.24M
Forecast start-growth basis -1.91%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$30.24M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$13.45M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$3.86M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$22.50M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$17.32M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -1.91% HK$29.66M HK$13.19M -HK$3.79M -HK$22.07M HK$16.98M HK$16.51M
2 -0.81% HK$29.42M HK$13.08M -HK$6.09M -HK$21.90M HK$14.52M HK$13.33M
3 0.29% HK$29.51M HK$13.12M -HK$8.45M -HK$21.96M HK$12.22M HK$10.60M
4 1.40% HK$29.92M HK$13.30M -HK$10.93M -HK$22.27M HK$10.02M HK$8.21M
5 2.50% HK$30.67M HK$13.64M -HK$13.64M -HK$22.82M HK$7.84M HK$6.07M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.21
Cost of equity 5.88%
Pre-tax cost of debt 4.73%
WACC 5.88%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$238.11M
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 5.07x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 76.59%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$54.70M
Present value of terminal value HK$178.97M
Indicated enterprise value HK$233.67M
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$233.67M
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$1.69M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$820.46M
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$3.75M
Indicated common equity value HK$1.05B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 1,161,585,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$0.65
DCF indicative value per share HK$0.90
Indicative value vs. market price 39.97%

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 16:23:35.492282 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 -21.21% -23.40%
Adjusted R² -0.00 -0.01
Annualised residual volatility 51.64% 51.59%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.40 (1.36) 0.43 (1.35)
Size (SMB) 0.24 (0.55) 0.36 (0.66)
Value (HML) 0.47 (1.14) 0.55 (1.20)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.34 (0.58)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.15 (0.24)

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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