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HKEX 6823 - HKT 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.) 17.39%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.) 16.05%

Price Snapshot:

Metric Value
Last Price 12.140 HKD
Day Change +0.040 (+0.33%)

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$36.55B HK$34.75B
Net income Reported net income HK$5.29B HK$5.07B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$121.15B HK$116.81B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$36.82B HK$38.28B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 14.46% 14.59%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.3017x 0.2975x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 3.2903x 3.0514x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 14.36% 13.24%

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$36.55B
Prior annual revenue HK$34.75B
EBIT HK$8.35B
Tax rate 13.59%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$7.21B
Forecast start-growth basis 5.18%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$7.21B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$5.84B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$5.53B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$2.53B
Current unlevered FCFF HK$4.99B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 5.18% HK$7.59B HK$6.14B -HK$5.82B -HK$2.66B HK$5.25B HK$5.10B
2 4.51% HK$7.93B HK$6.42B -HK$6.17B -HK$2.78B HK$5.40B HK$4.96B
3 3.84% HK$8.23B HK$6.66B -HK$6.49B -HK$2.88B HK$5.52B HK$4.79B
4 3.17% HK$8.50B HK$6.87B -HK$6.78B -HK$2.97B HK$5.61B HK$4.60B
5 2.50% HK$8.71B HK$7.05B -HK$7.05B -HK$3.05B HK$5.66B HK$4.38B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.44
Cost of equity 7.15%
Pre-tax cost of debt 3.75%
WACC 5.84%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$173.81B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 10.15x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 84.59%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$23.84B
Present value of terminal value HK$130.88B
Indicated enterprise value HK$154.73B
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$154.73B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$47.09B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$2.45B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$1.57B
Indicated common equity value HK$108.52B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 7,578,646,263.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$12.26
DCF indicative value per share HK$14.32
Indicative value vs. market price 16.80%

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 review required
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 3/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 3/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:10:34.390352 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 -6.77% -7.02%
Adjusted R² 0.09 0.09
Annualised residual volatility 12.36% 12.34%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.31 (4.46) 0.33 (4.40)
Size (SMB) -0.18 (-1.78) -0.14 (-1.05)
Value (HML) 0.27 (2.72) 0.23 (2.13)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.05 (-0.39)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.12 (0.74)

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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