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HKEX 0883 - CNOOC 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.)* 41.10%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 31.12%
1-Year Price Return* 33.23%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$23.82
52-Week Range HK$18.42 – HK$30.98
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$398.22B HK$420.51B
Net income Reported net income HK$122.08B HK$137.94B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$1,098.56B HK$1,056.28B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$802.75B HK$747.55B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 30.66% 32.80%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.3625x 0.3981x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.3685x 1.4130x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 15.21% 18.45%

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$398.22B
Prior annual revenue HK$420.51B
EBIT HK$176.15B
Tax rate 28.00%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$126.83B
Forecast start-growth basis -5.30%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$126.83B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$81.12B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$111.56B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$6.25B
Current unlevered FCFF HK$90.15B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -5.30% HK$120.11B HK$76.82B -HK$105.64B -HK$5.92B HK$85.37B HK$82.75B
2 -3.35% HK$116.09B HK$74.25B -HK$95.14B -HK$5.72B HK$89.48B HK$81.49B
3 -1.40% HK$114.46B HK$73.21B -HK$86.94B -HK$5.64B HK$95.09B HK$81.36B
4 0.55% HK$115.09B HK$73.61B -HK$80.52B -HK$5.67B HK$102.52B HK$82.41B
5 2.50% HK$117.97B HK$75.45B -HK$75.45B -HK$5.81B HK$112.16B HK$84.71B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.32
Cost of equity 6.47%
Pre-tax cost of debt 8.05%
WACC 6.44%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$2,921.11B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 12.21x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 83.82%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$412.72B
Present value of terminal value HK$2,138.52B
Indicated enterprise value HK$2,551.24B
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$2,551.24B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$69.80B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$240.69B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$2.43B
Indicated common equity value HK$2,719.70B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 47,529,953,984.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$24.42
DCF indicative value per share HK$57.22
Indicative value vs. market price 134.32%

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 16:39:14.441048 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 3.16% 4.48%
Adjusted R² 0.07 0.06
Annualised residual volatility 29.86% 29.79%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.18 (1.05) 0.11 (0.63)
Size (SMB) -0.08 (-0.34) -0.24 (-0.77)
Value (HML) 0.97 (4.11) 1.05 (4.00)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.09 (0.27)
Investment (CMA) NM -0.35 (-0.94)

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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