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HKEX 0420 - Fountain Set (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.)* 19.80%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 32.17%
1-Year Price Return* 13.53%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-13, Hong Kong time):

Metric Value
Last Price HK$0.71
52-Week Range HK$0.55 – HK$0.765
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$4.14B HK$4.43B
Net income Reported net income HK$71.30M HK$14.26M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$4.53B HK$4.61B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$3.25B HK$3.24B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 1.72% 0.32%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.9142x 0.9592x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.3925x 1.4253x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 2.19% 0.44%

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$4.14B
Prior annual revenue HK$4.43B
EBIT HK$112.28M
Tax rate 18.16%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$91.89M
Forecast start-growth basis -6.55%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$91.89M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$192.80M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$109.21M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$78.34M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$253.81M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -6.55% HK$85.87M HK$180.17M -HK$102.06M HK$73.21M HK$237.19M HK$229.71M
2 -4.29% HK$82.19M HK$172.45M -HK$116.38M HK$70.07M HK$208.34M HK$189.24M
3 -2.02% HK$80.53M HK$168.96M -HK$132.34M HK$68.65M HK$185.81M HK$158.29M
4 0.24% HK$80.72M HK$169.36M -HK$151.01M HK$68.82M HK$167.89M HK$134.15M
5 2.50% HK$82.74M HK$173.60M -HK$173.60M HK$70.54M HK$153.28M HK$114.87M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.44
Cost of equity 7.13%
Pre-tax cost of debt 5.09%
WACC 6.62%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$3.81B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 13.88x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 77.01%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$826.25M
Present value of terminal value HK$2.77B
Indicated enterprise value HK$3.59B
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$3.59B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$185.92M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$1.55B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$232.41M
Indicated common equity value HK$4.72B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 1,225,026,960.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$0.72
DCF indicative value per share HK$3.85
Indicative value vs. market price 431.70%

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 16:23:43.072011 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 8.52% 5.36%
Adjusted R² -0.00 -0.00
Annualised residual volatility 25.80% 25.67%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.16 (1.11) 0.18 (1.15)
Size (SMB) 0.00 (0.02) 0.11 (0.40)
Value (HML) 0.31 (1.52) 0.42 (1.87)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.42 (1.44)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.09 (0.28)

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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