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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 18.4%
Profit Margins 15.03%
Return on Equity 42.31%
Return on Assets 9.17%
Free Float 0.12B
Dividend Yield 2.83%
Short Int % Utilisation 3.34%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 7.8%
Free Cash Flow 1.19B
EBITDA 11.37 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 20.04B
EV/Revenue 2.74
EV/EBITDA 11.37

Revenue growth of 7.8% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* -30.86%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 28.24%
1-Year Price Return* -33.03%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $171.01
52-Week Range $133.83 – $265.37
Observation Count 248 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year 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 US$. 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 $7.48B $6.89B
Net income Reported net income $1.12B $839.50M
Total assets Year-end reported balance $8.95B $8.54B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance $2.84B $2.66B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 15.04% 12.19%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.8358x 0.8062x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 3.1491x 3.2182x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 39.58% 31.62%

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 $7.48B
Prior annual revenue $6.89B
EBIT $1.56B
Tax rate 22.24%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) $1.21B
Forecast start-growth basis 8.53%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT $1.21B
Add: depreciation & amortisation $341.30M
Less: capital expenditure -$112.60M
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -$218.60M
Current unlevered FCFF $1.22B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 8.53% $1.31B $370.42M -$122.21M -$237.25M $1.33B $1.27B
2 7.02% $1.41B $396.43M -$197.20M -$253.91M $1.35B $1.20B
3 5.52% $1.48B $418.30M -$278.15M -$267.92M $1.36B $1.11B
4 4.01% $1.54B $435.06M -$362.18M -$278.65M $1.34B $1.00B
5 2.50% $1.58B $445.94M -$445.94M -$285.62M $1.30B $896.97M

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.89
Cost of equity 9.60%
Pre-tax cost of debt 3.20%
WACC 8.54%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value $22.02B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 8.87x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 72.75%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF $5.47B
Present value of terminal value $14.62B
Indicated enterprise value $20.09B
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 $20.09B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt $3.52B
Add: cash and equivalents $402.90M
Add: affiliate investments $0.00
Less: minority interests $0.00
Indicated common equity value $16.98B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 117,100,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price $172.75
DCF indicative value per share $144.98
Indicative value vs. market price -16.07%

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 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 17:25:04.031812 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2026-06-30 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 US
Factor-return currency USD
Issuer-return basis USD adjusted total return
Estimation window 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30
Aligned daily observations 217
Minimum observation requirement 120
Currency conversion for HK listings not required

Fama–French Three-Factor and Five-Factor Results

Diagnostic FF3 FF5
Annualised alpha -51.47% -44.92%
Adjusted R² -0.01 0.03
Annualised residual volatility 25.75% 25.10%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.08 (0.54) 0.36 (2.09)
Size (SMB) -0.01 (-0.03) -0.03 (-0.13)
Value (HML) -0.09 (-0.53) -0.41 (-1.92)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.43 (2.40)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.55 (1.75)

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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