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    3690.HK · HKG · Consumer Cyclical

    Meituan

    Also onConsensus Drift

    Implied value per share

    HKD 118.81

    Market price

    HKD 73.20

    Implied upside

    +62.3%

    5-year forecast · Perpetuity growth terminal value · Mid-year discounting · Base case · CNY model at 1.1708

    AdjustedReports in CNY, trades in HKD. Modelled in CNY, converted at the end.
    NoteRisk-free rate is an assumption: HKD assumption - no free live source available for this market.

    No usable EV/EBITDA (EBITDA is not positive), so the exit multiple falls back to 8x.

    Value Per Share

    Perpetuity growth
    HKD 118.81+62.3%
    Exit multiple
    HKD 63.39-13.4%
    Market price
    HKD 73.20

    Same forecast, different terminal treatment. Percentages vs price.

    Forecast Cashflows

    Reporting currency (CNY). Outflows negative.

    0bn10bn19bnFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30
    Nominal FCFFDiscounted to todayCNY
    LineFY26FY27FY28FY29FY30CAGR
    RevenueCNY 431.9bnCNY 511.3bnCNY 605.2bnCNY 716.4bnCNY 848.1bn+18.4%
    EBITCNY 2.0bnCNY 2.4bnCNY 2.8bnCNY 3.3bnCNY 3.9bn+18.4%
    NOPATCNY 1.9bnCNY 2.3bnCNY 2.7bnCNY 3.2bnCNY 3.8bn+18.4%
    Add depreciation & amortisationCNY 13.6bnCNY 16.1bnCNY 19.1bnCNY 22.6bnCNY 26.7bn+18.4%
    Less capital expenditureCNY -12.9bnCNY -15.3bnCNY -18.1bnCNY -21.5bnCNY -25.4bn+18.4%
    Less increase in working capitalCNY 7.1bnCNY 8.4bnCNY 10.0bnCNY 11.8bnCNY 14.0bn-18.4%
    Free cashflow to firmCNY 9.7bnCNY 11.5bnCNY 13.6bnCNY 16.1bnCNY 19.1bn+18.4%
    Discount factor0.97160.91720.86580.81740.7716-
    Present valueCNY 9.4bnCNY 10.6bnCNY 11.8bnCNY 13.2bnCNY 14.7bn+11.7%
    Present Value Of The ForecastCNY 59.7bn

    Discount Rate

    Source shown per component. All overridable above.

    Risk-free rate3.20%HKD assumption - no free live source available for this market (assumption)
    Equity risk premium7.00%Market assumption
    Beta0.476Reported 0.218, pulled toward 1.0 (Blume)
    Cost of equity6.53%Risk-free + beta x equity risk premium
    Cost of debt3.20%Floored at the risk-free rate (implied cost of debt was lower)
    Market capitalisationCNY 409.4bn82.5% of capital
    Total debtCNY 86.6bn17.5% of capital, book value as a proxy
    Tax rate3.5%Effective, capped at statutory
    WACC5.93%E/V x Re + D/V x Rd x (1 - t)

    Terminal Value

    Perpetuity growth is intrinsic. The exit multiple defaults to the company's current EV/EBITDA, so it answers a different question - what the shares are worth if today's rating holds and EBITDA grows as forecast.

    Perpetuity growth at 2.50%

    Value per shareCNY 101.47

    89% of EV

    Forecast FCFF, final year
    CNY 19.1bn
    Capex at depreciation, working capital in reinvestment
    CNY 28.6bn
    Less reinvestment at g/ROIC (27.6% of NOPAT)
    CNY -7.9bn
    Capitalised
    CNY 20.7bn
    ROIC (reported)
    9.1%
    Terminal value, undiscounted
    CNY 617.9bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    CNY 476.8bn
    Enterprise value
    CNY 536.5bn
    Less net debt
    CNY -80.2bn
    Equity value
    CNY 616.7bn

    Exit at 8.0x EBITDA

    Value per shareCNY 54.15

    76% of EV

    Terminal value, undiscounted
    CNY 245.1bn
    Terminal value, discounted
    CNY 189.2bn
    Enterprise value
    CNY 248.8bn
    Less net debt
    CNY -80.2bn
    Equity value
    CNY 329.0bn

    Spread between methods: 61%.

    Sensitivity

    Value per share (CNY) by discount rate and long-run growth.

    Long-run growth
    Discount rate1.50%2.00%2.50%3.00%3.50%
    3.93%161.22186.20228.48315.93605.69
    4.93%116.71125.92138.83158.32191.27
    5.93%92.3596.35101.47108.27117.78
    6.93%76.9978.8281.0183.7187.14
    7.93%66.4567.2268.1069.1270.33

    Outlined: this model. Green text: above today's price of 62.52. Shading: distance from this model's own value.

    Priced In

    What each input would have to be to justify the current price, one at a time.

    InputModelImpliedGap
    Revenue growth, every year18.4%6.2%-12.2pp
    EBIT margin0.5%-1.0%-1.5pp
    Discount rate5.9%8.5%+2.6pp
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