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HKEX 0746 - Lee & Man Chemical 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.)* 10.76%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 38.99%
1-Year Price Return* 2.71%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$4.405
52-Week Range HK$4.11 – HK$6.42
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$3.75B HK$3.95B
Net income Reported net income HK$558.26M HK$482.28M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$7.72B HK$7.20B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$6.33B HK$5.94B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 14.87% 12.21%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.4863x 0.5490x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.2195x 1.2123x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 8.82% 8.12%

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$3.75B
Prior annual revenue HK$3.95B
EBIT HK$723.61M
Tax rate 20.96%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$571.93M
Forecast start-growth basis -4.96%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$571.93M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$90.22M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$512.44M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$344.30M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$494.01M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -4.96% HK$543.55M HK$85.74M -HK$487.01M HK$327.21M HK$469.49M HK$453.33M
2 -3.10% HK$526.72M HK$83.09M -HK$374.72M HK$317.08M HK$552.16M HK$497.08M
3 -1.23% HK$520.23M HK$82.07M -HK$274.09M HK$313.17M HK$641.38M HK$538.32M
4 0.63% HK$523.53M HK$82.59M -HK$179.21M HK$315.16M HK$742.07M HK$580.68M
5 2.50% HK$536.62M HK$84.65M -HK$84.65M HK$323.04M HK$859.66M HK$627.18M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.68
Cost of equity 8.44%
Pre-tax cost of debt 2.40%
WACC 7.26%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$18.52B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 24.25x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 82.87%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$2.70B
Present value of terminal value HK$13.05B
Indicated enterprise value HK$15.74B
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$15.74B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$787.17M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$162.83M
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$15.12B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 838,003,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$4.32
DCF indicative value per share HK$18.04
Indicative value vs. market price 318.10%

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 pass
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 16:35:05.857291 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 -29.72% -32.83%
Adjusted R² 0.06 0.07
Annualised residual volatility 37.24% 36.80%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.60 (2.83) 0.78 (3.45)
Size (SMB) 0.40 (1.30) 0.88 (2.26)
Value (HML) 1.01 (3.44) 0.82 (2.54)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.12 (-0.29)
Investment (CMA) NM 1.02 (2.18)

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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