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HKEX 2011 - Gilston Group 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.) N/A
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.) N/A

Price Snapshot:

Metric Value
Last Price 1.210 HKD
Day Change -0.070 (-6.36%)

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$383.10M HK$333.38M
Net income Reported net income HK$23.81M HK$32.30M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$607.29M HK$551.79M
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$215.16M HK$180.87M
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 6.22% 9.69%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.6308x 0.6042x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.8225x 3.0508x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 11.07% 17.86%

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$383.10M
Prior annual revenue HK$333.38M
EBIT HK$53.34M
Tax rate 32.51%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$36.00M
Forecast start-growth basis 14.92%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$36.00M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$45.06M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$122.16M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$29.12M
Current unlevered FCFF -HK$11.97M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 14.92% HK$41.37M HK$51.78M -HK$140.38M HK$33.47M -HK$13.76M -HK$13.12M
2 11.81% HK$46.25M HK$57.90M -HK$132.19M HK$37.42M HK$9.38M HK$8.14M
3 8.71% HK$50.28M HK$62.94M -HK$116.78M HK$40.68M HK$37.12M HK$29.27M
4 5.60% HK$53.10M HK$66.47M -HK$94.90M HK$42.96M HK$67.63M HK$48.50M
5 2.50% HK$54.42M HK$68.13M -HK$68.13M HK$44.03M HK$98.46M HK$64.21M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.16
Cost of equity 11.08%
Pre-tax cost of debt 5.03%
WACC 9.96%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$1.35B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 9.09x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 85.99%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$137.00M
Present value of terminal value HK$840.98M
Indicated enterprise value HK$977.99M
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$977.99M
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$131.54M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$9.49M
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$1.58M
Indicated common equity value HK$854.37M

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 574,497,800.00
Share-count basis reported shares outstanding; option/RSU dilution data not separately available
Current market price HK$1.35
DCF indicative value per share HK$1.49
Indicative value vs. market price 10.16%

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 2/4 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 16:57:44.299197 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 2.89% 6.09%
Adjusted R² -0.01 -0.01
Annualised residual volatility 42.43% 42.35%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.06 (0.26) -0.02 (-0.06)
Size (SMB) -0.42 (-1.19) -0.65 (-1.46)
Value (HML) -0.11 (-0.32) -0.08 (-0.22)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.14 (-0.29)
Investment (CMA) NM -0.44 (-0.81)

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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