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HKEX 3983 - China BlueChemical Ltd. - H Shares

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 7.72%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 35.01%
1-Year Price Return* 1.34%

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

Metric Value
Last Price HK$2.13
52-Week Range HK$1.96 – HK$3.69
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$12.03B HK$11.95B
Net income Reported net income HK$974.44M HK$1.07B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$24.84B HK$24.08B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$18.83B HK$18.41B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 8.10% 8.97%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.4845x 0.4962x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.3189x 1.3079x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 5.17% 5.82%

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$12.03B
Prior annual revenue HK$11.95B
EBIT HK$1.41B
Tax rate 18.00%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$1.16B
Forecast start-growth basis 0.74%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$1.16B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$643.49M
Less: capital expenditure -HK$412.76M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement HK$234.54M
Current unlevered FCFF HK$1.62B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 0.74% HK$1.17B HK$648.22M -HK$415.80M HK$236.27M HK$1.63B HK$1.57B
2 1.18% HK$1.18B HK$655.86M -HK$479.49M HK$239.05M HK$1.60B HK$1.42B
3 1.62% HK$1.20B HK$666.47M -HK$546.99M HK$242.92M HK$1.56B HK$1.29B
4 2.06% HK$1.22B HK$680.19M -HK$619.22M HK$247.92M HK$1.53B HK$1.17B
5 2.50% HK$1.25B HK$697.20M -HK$697.20M HK$254.12M HK$1.51B HK$1.07B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.82
Cost of equity 9.21%
Pre-tax cost of debt 2.17%
WACC 7.92%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$28.54B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 12.82x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 74.91%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$6.53B
Present value of terminal value HK$19.50B
Indicated enterprise value HK$26.03B
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$26.03B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$2.11B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$14.00B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$1.14B
Indicated common equity value HK$36.78B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 1,796,000,122.00
Share-count basis reported shares outstanding; option/RSU dilution data not separately available
Current market price HK$2.18
DCF indicative value per share HK$20.48
Indicative value vs. market price 839.52%

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% review required

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 17:08:42.727512 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 -22.32% -26.37%
Adjusted R² 0.15 0.16
Annualised residual volatility 32.75% 32.47%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.70 (3.73) 0.83 (4.14)
Size (SMB) 0.93 (3.41) 1.32 (3.86)
Value (HML) 1.32 (5.11) 1.30 (4.52)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.26 (0.73)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.73 (1.78)

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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