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2. Company Fundamentals

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.) 53.22%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.) 46.27%

Price Snapshot:

Metric Value
Last Price 123.000 HKD
Day Change -5.900 (-4.80%)

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 FY2026 FY2025
Revenue Reported revenue HK$1,023.67B HK$996.35B
Net income Reported net income HK$105.90B HK$129.47B
Total assets Year-end reported balance HK$1,909.57B HK$1,804.23B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance HK$1,060.89B HK$1,009.86B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 10.35% 12.99%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.5361x 0.5522x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 1.8000x 1.7866x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 9.98% 12.82%

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$1,023.67B
Prior annual revenue HK$996.35B
EBIT HK$139.18B
Tax rate 23.22%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) HK$106.86B
Forecast start-growth basis 2.74%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT HK$106.86B
Add: depreciation & amortisation HK$47.12B
Less: capital expenditure -HK$126.94B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -HK$22.55B
Current unlevered FCFF HK$4.50B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 2.74% HK$109.79B HK$48.41B -HK$130.42B -HK$23.17B HK$4.62B HK$4.46B
2 2.68% HK$112.74B HK$49.71B -HK$112.86B -HK$23.79B HK$25.79B HK$23.29B
3 2.62% HK$115.69B HK$51.01B -HK$94.22B -HK$24.41B HK$48.07B HK$40.56B
4 2.56% HK$118.65B HK$52.32B -HK$74.47B -HK$25.04B HK$71.46B HK$56.33B
5 2.50% HK$121.62B HK$53.63B -HK$53.63B -HK$25.66B HK$95.96B HK$70.67B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.51
Cost of equity 7.52%
Pre-tax cost of debt 3.70%
WACC 7.03%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value HK$2,169.99B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 10.23x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 88.78%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF HK$195.33B
Present value of terminal value HK$1,544.82B
Indicated enterprise value HK$1,740.15B
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$1,740.15B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt HK$281.72B
Add: cash and equivalents HK$316.89B
Add: affiliate investments HK$0.00
Less: minority interests HK$65.38B
Indicated common equity value HK$1,709.93B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 19,235,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price HK$126.70
DCF indicative value per share HK$88.90
Indicative value vs. market price -29.84%

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 2/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:20:02.769204 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2026-03-31 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 -35.17% -32.75%
Adjusted R² 0.23 0.23
Annualised residual volatility 42.77% 42.38%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 1.75 (7.19) 1.80 (6.89)
Size (SMB) 0.98 (2.74) 1.00 (2.24)
Value (HML) 0.90 (2.66) 0.59 (1.57)
Profitability (RMW) NM -0.87 (-1.82)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.30 (0.56)

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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