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HKEX 0763 - ZTE Corporation - H Shares

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 17.90%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 61.37%
1-Year Price Return* -2.17%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$25.02
52-Week Range HK$21.52 – HK$46.46
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$133.90B HK$121.30B
Net income Reported net income HK$5.62B HK$8.42B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$217.74B HK$207.32B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$75.43B HK$72.81B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 4.20% 6.95%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.6149x 0.5851x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.8868x 2.8475x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 7.45% 11.57%

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$133.90B
Prior annual revenue HK$121.30B
EBIT HK$10.05B
Tax rate 11.71%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$8.87B
Forecast start-growth basis 10.38%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$8.87B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$4.76B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$3.89B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$7.77B
Current unlevered FCFF HK$1.97B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 10.38% HK$9.79B HK$5.25B -HK$4.30B -HK$8.58B HK$2.17B HK$2.09B
2 8.41% HK$10.62B HK$5.69B -HK$4.92B -HK$9.30B HK$2.09B HK$1.88B
3 6.44% HK$11.30B HK$6.06B -HK$5.51B -HK$9.90B HK$1.95B HK$1.63B
4 4.47% HK$11.81B HK$6.33B -HK$6.04B -HK$10.34B HK$1.75B HK$1.36B
5 2.50% HK$12.10B HK$6.49B -HK$6.49B -HK$10.60B HK$1.50B HK$1.08B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.74
Cost of equity 8.80%
Pre-tax cost of debt 6.01%
WACC 7.55%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$30.52B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 1.51x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 72.50%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$8.04B
Present value of terminal value HK$21.21B
Indicated enterprise value HK$29.26B
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$29.26B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$65.99B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$51.15B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$215.64M
Indicated common equity value HK$14.20B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 4,842,883,621.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$24.72
DCF indicative value per share HK$2.93
Indicative value vs. market price -88.14%

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 3/4 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 16:35:46.735023 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 -26.51% -28.07%
Adjusted R² 0.10 0.10
Annualised residual volatility 58.71% 58.14%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 1.54 (4.59) 1.75 (4.88)
Size (SMB) 0.74 (1.52) 1.24 (2.02)
Value (HML) 0.92 (1.97) 0.52 (1.02)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.69 (-1.06)
Investment (CMA) NM 1.23 (1.66)

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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