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ZTCOF

CNE1000004Y2

Communications & Networking

Market Closed - OTC Markets Other stock markets 01:03:51 29/05/2024 am IST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
2.145 ^USD	-1.15%		-2.05%	-4.84%

17/05	German leaders to decide soon whether to curb use of Chinese 5G equipment, sources say	RE
15/05	US to issue rules on Chinese connected vehicles this fall	RE

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	1,38,979	1,42,125	1,46,171	1,14,433	1,18,615	1,20,470	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	1,42,872	1,41,743	1,35,290	1,03,837	90,208	92,170	86,656	83,442
P/E ratio	29 x	36.6 x	22.8 x	15.1 x	13.5 x	12.1 x	11.2 x	10.8 x
Yield	0.57%	0.59%	0.9%	1.55%	2.58%	2.59%	2.82%	3.49%
Capitalization / Revenue	1.53 x	1.4 x	1.28 x	0.93 x	0.95 x	0.93 x	0.89 x	0.86 x
EV / Revenue	1.57 x	1.4 x	1.18 x	0.84 x	0.73 x	0.71 x	0.64 x	0.6 x
EV / EBITDA	13.5 x	15.7 x	10.5 x	8.08 x	6.4 x	6.18 x	5.41 x	4.98 x
EV / FCF	51.4 x	37.6 x	13.2 x	39.2 x	6.73 x	10.3 x	9.3 x	8.38 x
FCF Yield	1.95%	2.66%	7.58%	2.55%	14.9%	9.7%	10.7%	11.9%
Price to Book	5.19 x	3.59 x	3.08 x	2.09 x	1.86 x	1.71 x	1.55 x	1.41 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	42,27,429	46,10,461	47,26,548	47,36,113	47,83,252	47,83,252	-	-
Reference price ²	35.39	33.65	33.50	25.86	26.48	26.98	26.98	26.98
Announcement Date	27/03/20	22/01/21	08/03/22	10/03/23	08/03/24	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	90,737	1,01,451	1,14,522	1,22,954	1,24,251	1,29,257	1,35,373	1,39,820
EBITDA ¹	10,614	9,036	12,859	12,853	14,098	14,926	16,024	16,759
EBIT ¹	7,552	5,471	8,676	8,795	9,172	10,269	11,260	11,567
Operating Margin	8.32%	5.39%	7.58%	7.15%	7.38%	7.94%	8.32%	8.27%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	7,162	5,064	8,499	8,752	10,203	11,596	12,055	12,468
Net income ¹	5,148	4,260	6,813	8,080	9,326	9,782	10,685	11,095
Net margin	5.67%	4.2%	5.95%	6.57%	7.51%	7.57%	7.89%	7.94%
EPS ²	1.220	0.9200	1.470	1.710	1.960	2.236	2.404	2.506
Free Cash Flow ¹	2,780	3,770	10,258	2,650	13,401	8,940	9,315	9,963
FCF margin	3.06%	3.72%	8.96%	2.16%	10.79%	6.92%	6.88%	7.13%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	26.19%	41.73%	79.77%	20.62%	95.06%	59.89%	58.13%	59.45%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	54%	88.51%	150.56%	32.8%	143.7%	91.39%	87.18%	89.8%
Dividend per Share ²	0.2000	0.2000	0.3000	0.4000	0.6830	0.7001	0.7602	0.9414
Announcement Date	27/03/20	22/01/21	08/03/22	10/03/23	08/03/24	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019 S2	2020 S1	2020 S2	2021 S1	2021 Q4	2021 S2	2022 Q1	2022 Q2	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2022 S2	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2023 S2	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2025 Q1	2025 Q2
Net sales ¹	46,127	47,199	54,251	53,071	30,696	61,451	27,930	31,888	32,741	30,395	63,136	29,143	31,562	28,689	34,857	63,546	30,578	32,819	32,022	36,849	33,834	36,642
EBITDA ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,533	4,234	2,496	-	-
EBIT ¹	-	2,938	-	-	973.3	-	2,423	2,844	2,516	1,240	3,528	3,113	2,463	2,958	868.8	4,156	3,006	3,803	3,583	2,813	-	-
Operating Margin	-	6.22%	-	-	3.17%	-	8.67%	8.92%	7.68%	4.08%	5.59%	10.68%	7.8%	10.31%	2.49%	6.54%	9.83%	11.59%	11.19%	7.63%	-	-
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	4,924	2,841	2,223	5,527	845.8	2,972	-	-	2,300	1,240	3,540	3,089	2,970	2,402	1,742	4,144	3,207	3,388	3,476	2,707	-	-
Net income ¹	3,677	1,857	2,402	4,079	960	-	-	-	2,254	1,260	3,514	2,642	2,830	2,369	1,485	3,854	2,741	2,635	2,836	2,198	-	-
Net margin	7.97%	3.93%	4.43%	7.69%	3.13%	-	-	-	6.88%	4.15%	5.57%	9.07%	8.97%	8.26%	4.26%	6.06%	8.96%	8.03%	8.86%	5.96%	-	-
EPS ²	-	-	0.5200	-	0.2100	-	0.4700	0.4900	0.4800	0.2700	0.7500	0.5600	0.5900	0.5000	0.3100	0.8100	0.5700	0.5645	0.5432	0.3838	-	-
Dividend per Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Announcement Date	27/03/20	28/08/20	22/01/21	27/08/21	08/03/22	08/03/22	25/04/22	26/08/22	26/10/22	10/03/23	10/03/23	21/04/23	18/08/23	23/10/23	08/03/24	08/03/24	25/04/24	-	-	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	3,893	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Cash position ¹	-	382	10,881	10,596	28,407	29,531	33,840	37,029
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	0.3667 x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow ¹	2,780	3,770	10,258	2,650	13,401	8,940	9,315	9,963
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	20%	10.2%	14.5%	14.7%	15.2%	13.7%	13.5%	12.9%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	3.81%	2.92%	4.27%	4.62%	4.88%	5.06%	5.24%	5.49%
Assets ¹	1,35,292	1,45,932	1,59,699	1,74,860	1,90,957	1,93,502	2,04,001	2,02,149
Book Value Per Share ²	6.820	9.380	10.90	12.40	14.20	15.80	17.40	19.20
Cash Flow per Share ²	1.760	2.220	3.390	1.600	3.640	3.670	2.730	4.090
Capex ¹	4,667	6,462	5,466	4,928	4,005	4,653	4,697	4,548
Capex / Sales	5.14%	6.37%	4.77%	4.01%	3.22%	3.6%	3.47%	3.25%
Announcement Date	27/03/20	22/01/21	08/03/22	10/03/23	08/03/24	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

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Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

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Last Close Price

26.98 CNY

Average target price

33.55 CNY

Spread / Average Target

+24.35%

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