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HKEX 2343 - Pacific Basin Shipping 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.)* 93.40%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 40.14%
1-Year Price Return* 75.37%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$3.885
52-Week Range HK$2.14 – HK$4.055
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$2.08B HK$2.58B
Net income Reported net income HK$58.17M HK$131.70M
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$2.28B HK$2.41B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$1.82B HK$1.83B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 2.80% 5.10%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.9134x 1.0694x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.2485x 1.3216x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 3.19% 7.21%

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$2.08B
Prior annual revenue HK$2.58B
EBIT HK$79.46M
Tax rate 1.11%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$78.58M
Forecast start-growth basis -10.00%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$78.58M
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$190.83M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$116.42M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$13.93M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$166.92M

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 -10.00% HK$70.72M HK$171.75M -HK$104.77M HK$12.53M HK$150.23M HK$141.46M
2 -6.88% HK$65.86M HK$159.94M -HK$113.16M HK$11.67M HK$124.31M HK$103.78M
3 -3.75% HK$63.39M HK$153.94M -HK$123.93M HK$11.23M HK$104.64M HK$77.46M
4 -0.63% HK$62.99M HK$152.98M -HK$138.07M HK$11.16M HK$89.07M HK$58.46M
5 2.50% HK$64.57M HK$156.81M -HK$156.81M HK$11.44M HK$76.01M HK$44.23M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.48
Cost of equity 12.85%
Pre-tax cost of debt 7.18%
WACC 12.79%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$757.44M
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 3.41x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 49.38%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$425.38M
Present value of terminal value HK$415.02M
Indicated enterprise value HK$840.41M
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$840.41M
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$230.42M
Add: cash and equivalents HK$270.56M
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$880.55M

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 5,214,619,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$4.07
DCF indicative value per share HK$0.17
Indicative value vs. market price -95.85%

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 3/4 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 17:00:54.374071 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 7.92% 2.85%
Adjusted R² 0.15 0.15
Annualised residual volatility 34.75% 34.57%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 1.17 (5.93) 1.25 (5.87)
Size (SMB) 0.26 (0.88) 0.52 (1.43)
Value (HML) 0.90 (3.27) 0.97 (3.18)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.44 (1.14)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.42 (0.96)

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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