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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* -94.77%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 93.36%
1-Year Price Return* -35.79%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$6.41
52-Week Range HK$6.11 – HK$11.8
Observation Count 34 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$51.43B HK$44.26B
Net income Reported net income HK$2.29B HK$1.76B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$57.90B HK$45.19B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$24.04B HK$19.79B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 4.45% 3.97%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.8882x 0.9793x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.4085x 2.2841x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 9.52% 8.87%

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$51.43B
Prior annual revenue HK$44.26B
EBIT HK$3.11B
Tax rate 14.87%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$2.65B
Forecast start-growth basis 15.00%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$2.65B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$2.34B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$4.83B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$1.48B
Current unlevered FCFF -HK$1.32B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 15.00% HK$3.05B HK$2.69B -HK$5.56B -HK$1.70B -HK$1.52B -HK$1.46B
2 11.88% HK$3.41B HK$3.01B -HK$5.42B -HK$1.90B -HK$895.21M -HK$798.42M
3 8.75% HK$3.71B HK$3.27B -HK$5.02B -HK$2.06B -HK$101.03M -HK$83.49M
4 5.62% HK$3.92B HK$3.46B -HK$4.38B -HK$2.18B HK$814.88M HK$623.95M
5 2.50% HK$4.01B HK$3.54B -HK$3.54B -HK$2.24B HK$1.78B HK$1.26B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.86
Cost of equity 9.45%
Pre-tax cost of debt 2.82%
WACC 7.93%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$33.62B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 4.07x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 102.03%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF -HK$455.75M
Present value of terminal value HK$22.96B
Indicated enterprise value HK$22.51B
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$22.51B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$15.07B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$7.71B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$317.81M
Indicated common equity value HK$14.83B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 7,149,136,201.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$6.73
DCF indicative value per share HK$2.07
Indicative value vs. market price -69.17%

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 review required
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 1/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 2/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 16:53:53.696945 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

Factor-model exception: No sufficiently aligned issuer-return and regional factor-return sample is available. No Fama–French loading or alpha estimate is published on an incomplete basis.

Factor models are descriptive in-sample exposure diagnostics, not forecasts, investment recommendations, or estimates of future returns. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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