Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited

SHSC:2689 Stock Report

Market Cap: HK$14.9b

Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Valuation

Is 2689 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 2689 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 2689 (HK$3.18) is trading below our estimate of fair value (HK$3.24)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 2689 is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 2689?

Key metric: As 2689 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 2689. This is calculated by dividing 2689's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 2689's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.5x
EarningsCN¥750.68m
Market CapCN¥13.89b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 2689's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 2689 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.2x
2314 Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing
6.7x12.3%HK$10.1b
639 Shougang Fushan Resources Group
8.9x-4.7%HK$13.3b
2245 Lygend Resources & Technology
9xn/aHK$12.6b
1258 China Nonferrous Mining
8.2x16.9%HK$19.8b
2689 Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings)
18.5x34.4%HK$14.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 2689 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x) compared to the peer average (8.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 2689's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Forestry Industry?

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
2689 18.5xIndustry Avg. 18.5xNo. of Companies30PE020406080100+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 2689 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x) compared to the Asian Forestry industry average (18.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 2689's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

2689 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.5x
Fair PE Ratio15.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 2689 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 2689 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentHK$3.18
HK$4.24
+33.4%
11.4%HK$5.00HK$3.54n/a10
Nov ’25HK$3.38
HK$4.33
+28.0%
11.4%HK$5.07HK$3.59n/a11
Oct ’25HK$4.13
HK$4.27
+3.5%
11.8%HK$5.15HK$3.54n/a12
Sep ’25HK$3.05
HK$4.38
+43.6%
15.7%HK$5.60HK$3.51n/a10
Aug ’25HK$3.01
HK$4.31
+43.2%
14.1%HK$5.48HK$3.50n/a11
Jul ’25HK$3.25
HK$4.31
+32.6%
14.1%HK$5.48HK$3.50n/a11
Jun ’25HK$4.08
HK$4.67
+14.6%
17.4%HK$6.29HK$3.58n/a11
May ’25HK$3.48
HK$4.31
+23.9%
14.3%HK$5.48HK$3.54n/a13
Apr ’25HK$3.26
HK$4.36
+33.8%
13.6%HK$5.51HK$3.56n/a13
Mar ’25HK$3.49
HK$4.34
+24.5%
14.1%HK$5.50HK$3.50n/a13
Feb ’25HK$3.08
HK$4.28
+39.0%
12.1%HK$5.06HK$3.50n/a12
Jan ’25HK$3.85
HK$4.45
+15.5%
16.8%HK$6.29HK$3.51n/a11
Dec ’24HK$3.81
HK$4.45
+16.7%
16.8%HK$6.29HK$3.51n/a11
Nov ’24HK$4.46
HK$4.44
-0.6%
16.7%HK$6.28HK$3.50HK$3.3811
Oct ’24HK$4.40
HK$4.52
+2.7%
15.2%HK$6.30HK$3.91HK$4.1311
Sep ’24HK$4.35
HK$5.60
+28.7%
21.1%HK$7.97HK$3.96HK$3.0512
Aug ’24HK$4.99
HK$6.09
+22.0%
26.8%HK$9.48HK$4.00HK$3.0112
Jul ’24HK$4.83
HK$6.38
+32.0%
22.5%HK$9.47HK$4.37HK$3.2512
Jun ’24HK$4.47
HK$6.79
+51.8%
25.1%HK$10.01HK$4.47HK$4.0813
May ’24HK$5.43
HK$6.87
+26.5%
24.4%HK$10.09HK$4.51HK$3.4813
Apr ’24HK$5.88
HK$6.89
+17.2%
23.6%HK$10.01HK$4.47HK$3.2613
Mar ’24HK$6.55
HK$6.89
+5.2%
23.6%HK$10.01HK$4.47HK$3.4913
Feb ’24HK$7.14
HK$7.03
-1.5%
25.6%HK$11.50HK$4.40HK$3.0812
Jan ’24HK$7.12
HK$6.67
-6.3%
31.0%HK$11.80HK$4.47HK$3.8511
Dec ’23HK$6.21
HK$6.54
+5.4%
31.2%HK$11.54HK$4.36HK$3.8111
Nov ’23HK$4.73
HK$6.40
+35.4%
31.5%HK$11.56HK$4.37HK$4.4611

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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