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HKEX 4333 - Cisco Systems, Inc.

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.) 2410865139039161286656.00%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.) 737.83%

Price Snapshot:

Metric Value
Last Price HKD

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$56.65B HK$53.80B
Net income Reported net income HK$10.18B HK$10.32B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$122.29B HK$124.41B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$46.84B HK$45.46B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 17.97% 19.18%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.4633x 0.4325x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 2.6107x 2.7369x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 21.73% 22.70%

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$56.65B
Prior annual revenue HK$53.80B
EBIT HK$12.69B
Tax rate 8.30%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$11.64B
Forecast start-growth basis 5.30%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$11.64B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$2.81B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$905.00M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$1.29B
Current unlevered FCFF HK$12.25B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 5.30% HK$12.26B HK$2.96B -HK$952.96M -HK$1.36B HK$12.90B HK$12.29B
2 4.60% HK$12.82B HK$3.10B -HK$1.52B -HK$1.42B HK$12.97B HK$11.22B
3 3.90% HK$13.32B HK$3.22B -HK$2.13B -HK$1.48B HK$12.93B HK$10.15B
4 3.20% HK$13.75B HK$3.32B -HK$2.76B -HK$1.53B HK$12.78B HK$9.11B
5 2.50% HK$14.09B HK$3.40B -HK$3.40B -HK$1.56B HK$12.53B HK$8.10B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.00
Cost of equity 10.22%
Pre-tax cost of debt 5.39%
WACC 10.18%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$167.28B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 8.91x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 66.95%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$50.86B
Present value of terminal value HK$103.04B
Indicated enterprise value HK$153.90B
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$153.90B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$28.09B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$16.11B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$0.00
Indicated common equity value HK$141.92B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 3,998,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$750.00
DCF indicative value per share HK$35.50
Indicative value vs. market price -95.27%

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 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 17:09:11.378906 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-07-31 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 139.76% 139.50%
Adjusted R² -0.01 -0.02
Annualised residual volatility 58.48% 58.45%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.03 (0.10) 0.08 (0.22)
Size (SMB) -0.62 (-1.28) -0.53 (-0.86)
Value (HML) -0.01 (-0.02) -0.11 (-0.22)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.21 (-0.32)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.26 (0.36)

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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