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HKEX 0999 - Xiaocaiyuan International Holding 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.)* -11.17%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 39.91%
1-Year Price Return* -17.38%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$7.845
52-Week Range HK$6.21 – HK$12.32
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$5.35B HK$5.21B
Net income Reported net income HK$715.09M HK$567.47M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$3.80B HK$3.59B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$2.44B HK$2.37B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 13.38% 10.89%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 1.4074x 1.4521x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.5563x 1.5168x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 29.30% 23.99%

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$5.35B
Prior annual revenue HK$5.21B
EBIT HK$1.03B
Tax rate 27.40%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$746.81M
Forecast start-growth basis 2.60%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$746.81M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$457.44M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$401.15M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$541,000.00
Current unlevered FCFF HK$803.65M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 2.60% HK$766.20M HK$469.31M -HK$411.56M HK$555,041.11 HK$824.50M HK$787.56M
2 2.57% HK$785.90M HK$481.38M -HK$436.95M HK$569,314.26 HK$830.90M HK$724.14M
3 2.55% HK$805.92M HK$493.64M -HK$463.27M HK$583,818.68 HK$836.88M HK$665.46M
4 2.52% HK$826.26M HK$506.10M -HK$490.53M HK$598,553.38 HK$842.43M HK$611.19M
5 2.50% HK$846.92M HK$518.75M -HK$518.75M HK$613,517.22 HK$847.53M HK$561.02M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.00
Cost of equity 10.21%
Pre-tax cost of debt 4.89%
WACC 9.60%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$12.23B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 7.26x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 69.78%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$3.35B
Present value of terminal value HK$7.73B
Indicated enterprise value HK$11.08B
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$11.08B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$951.07M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$1.49B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$11.62B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 1,176,519,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$8.07
DCF indicative value per share HK$9.88
Indicative value vs. market price 22.39%

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% within review band

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 16:42:49.378029 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 -38.74% -42.86%
Adjusted R² 0.00 0.01
Annualised residual volatility 38.39% 38.05%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.41 (1.89) 0.54 (2.32)
Size (SMB) 0.13 (0.41) 0.55 (1.37)
Value (HML) 0.29 (0.96) 0.35 (1.05)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.56 (1.30)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.71 (1.46)

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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