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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 20.21%
Profit Margins 17.86%
Return on Equity 45.43%
Return on Assets 4.85%
Free Float 1.04B
Dividend Yield 0.51%
Short Int % Utilisation 1.33%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 24.7%
Free Cash Flow 5.67B
EBITDA 31.12 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 343.5B
EV/Revenue 7.11
EV/EBITDA 31.12

Revenue growth of 24.7% places the company in a high-growth category.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 45.93%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 32.20%
1-Year Price Return* 38.23%

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

Metric Value
Last Price $368.38
52-Week Range $263.80 – $388.84
Observation Count 251 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 FY2025 FY2024
Revenue Reported revenue $45.85B $38.70B
Net income Reported net income $8.70B $6.56B
Total assets Year-end reported balance $130.17B $123.14B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance $18.68B $19.34B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 18.98% 16.94%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.3523x 0.3143x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 6.9695x 6.3665x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 46.60% 33.90%

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 $45.85B
Prior annual revenue $38.70B
EBIT $10.84B
Tax rate 14.10%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) $9.31B
Forecast start-growth basis 15.00%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT $9.31B
Add: depreciation & amortisation $1.22B
Less: capital expenditure -$1.27B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -$470.00M
Current unlevered FCFF $8.79B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 15.00% $10.71B $1.40B -$1.46B -$540.50M $10.11B $9.56B
2 11.88% $11.98B $1.57B -$1.62B -$604.68M $11.33B $9.58B
3 8.75% $13.03B $1.71B -$1.74B -$657.59M $12.34B $9.34B
4 5.62% $13.76B $1.80B -$1.82B -$694.58M $13.05B $8.83B
5 2.50% $14.11B $1.85B -$1.85B -$711.95M $13.40B $8.11B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 1.37
Cost of equity 12.22%
Pre-tax cost of debt 4.24%
WACC 11.79%
WACC validation within standard range

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value $147.76B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 8.09x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 65.07%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF $45.43B
Present value of terminal value $84.62B
Indicated enterprise value $130.05B
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 $130.05B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt $20.50B
Add: cash and equivalents $12.39B
Add: affiliate investments $0.00
Less: minority interests $221.00M
Indicated common equity value $121.73B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 1,068,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price $372.96
DCF indicative value per share $113.98
Indicative value vs. market price -69.44%

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 17:34:38.856171 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 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 19.29% 28.11%
Adjusted R² 0.24 0.25
Annualised residual volatility 28.39% 28.15%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 1.29 (7.75) 1.46 (7.63)
Size (SMB) -0.13 (-0.58) -0.18 (-0.76)
Value (HML) 0.18 (0.94) -0.05 (-0.21)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.20 (1.00)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.47 (1.34)

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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