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HKEX 1828 - FWD Group Holdings 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.)* -21.78%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 28.52%
1-Year Price Return* -24.18%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$28.9
52-Week Range HK$26.8 – HK$50.8
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$4.81B HK$3.98B
Net income Reported net income HK$101.00M HK$-57.00M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$62.36B HK$53.71B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$6.82B HK$6.75B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 2.10% -1.43%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.0771x 0.0741x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 9.1482x 7.9538x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 1.48% -0.84%

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

FCFF DCF exception: FCFF DCF is not the primary valuation method for financial institutions or REITs. This post deliberately does not publish a mechanical enterprise value or implied per-share value on an unsuitable basis.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price HK$29.08
Market capitalisation HK$37.11B
Revenue HK$4.81B
EBIT HK$572.00M
Reported free cash flow HK$158.00M
FCF yield 0.43%
Net debt / EBITDA NM

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 16:55:12.943859 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Financial institutions and REITs require sector-specific methods rather than a mechanical FCFF DCF. 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 -32.78% -33.84%
Adjusted R² 0.12 0.12
Annualised residual volatility 26.17% 26.15%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.70 (4.70) 0.72 (4.47)
Size (SMB) 0.52 (2.39) 0.60 (2.17)
Value (HML) 0.14 (0.68) 0.18 (0.77)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.18 (0.60)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.11 (0.32)

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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