China Railway Signal & Communication Valuation

Q: What is the Fair Price of 3969 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

3969 (HK$3.22) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (HK$2.78)

Is 3969 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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 3969 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 3969 (HK$3.22) is trading above our estimate of fair value (HK$2.78)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 3969 is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 3969?

Key metric: As 3969 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 3969. This is calculated by dividing 3969's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 3969's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio	9.8x
Earnings	CN¥3.27b
Market Cap	CN¥59.97b

3969 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	1.3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	9.9x
PEG Ratio	0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 3969's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 3969 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PE	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	17.6x
1478 Q Technology (Group)	43.9x	35.4%	HK$8.3b
327 PAX Global Technology	5.6x	14.3%	HK$5.4b
3393 Wasion Holdings	10.1x	22.8%	HK$6.8b
710 BOE Varitronix	11x	20.8%	HK$4.9b
3969 China Railway Signal & Communication	9.8x	11.0%	HK$63.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 3969 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the peer average (17.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 3969's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the HK Electronic Industry?

3 Companies	Price / Earnings	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
76 Elate Holdings	0.6x	n/a	US$17.27m
1822 China Wood International Holding	0.08x	n/a	US$12.16m
911 Qianhai Health Holdings	0.6x	n/a	US$5.88m

No more companies available in this PE range

3 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 3969 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the Hong Kong Electronic industry average (8.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 3969'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.

3969 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio	9.8x
Fair PE Ratio	13.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 3969 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.9x).

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 3969 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
Date	Share Price	Average 1Y Price Target	Dispersion	High	Low	1Y Actual price	Analysts
Current	HK$3.22	HK$3.87 +20.3%	11.5%	HK$4.66	HK$3.42	n/a	5
Dec ’25	HK$3.09	HK$3.87 +25.4%	11.5%	HK$4.66	HK$3.42	n/a	5
Nov ’25	HK$3.19	HK$3.92 +22.8%	10.6%	HK$4.73	HK$3.47	n/a	6
Oct ’25	HK$3.25	HK$3.87 +19.1%	13.6%	HK$4.81	HK$3.08	n/a	6
Sep ’25	HK$2.82	HK$3.93 +39.3%	15.3%	HK$4.88	HK$3.06	n/a	6
Aug ’25	HK$3.35	HK$3.86 +15.3%	14.8%	HK$4.78	HK$3.04	n/a	6
Jul ’25	HK$3.36	HK$3.88 +15.5%	14.8%	HK$4.81	HK$3.06	n/a	6
Jun ’25	HK$3.30	HK$3.88 +17.6%	14.8%	HK$4.81	HK$3.06	n/a	6
May ’25	HK$3.05	HK$3.88 +27.3%	14.5%	HK$4.80	HK$3.09	n/a	6
Apr ’25	HK$2.98	HK$3.93 +31.8%	16.0%	HK$5.04	HK$3.10	n/a	6
Mar ’25	HK$2.94	HK$3.95 +34.3%	17.6%	HK$5.05	HK$3.11	n/a	5
Feb ’25	HK$2.75	HK$3.96 +43.9%	17.7%	HK$5.05	HK$3.11	n/a	5
Jan ’25	HK$2.60	HK$4.01 +54.4%	17.5%	HK$5.11	HK$3.14	n/a	5
Dec ’24	HK$2.38	HK$3.95 +65.8%	17.9%	HK$5.05	HK$3.10	HK$3.09	6
Nov ’24	HK$2.43	HK$3.94 +62.3%	15.7%	HK$4.97	HK$3.19	HK$3.19	6
Oct ’24	HK$2.50	HK$4.03 +61.0%	14.1%	HK$4.98	HK$3.20	HK$3.25	7
Sep ’24	HK$2.60	HK$4.00 +53.8%	16.0%	HK$5.01	HK$2.90	HK$2.82	7
Aug ’24	HK$2.86	HK$3.88 +35.6%	18.6%	HK$5.26	HK$2.77	HK$3.35	8
Jul ’24	HK$2.96	HK$3.88 +31.0%	18.6%	HK$5.26	HK$2.77	HK$3.36	8
Jun ’24	HK$3.17	HK$3.96 +24.8%	19.0%	HK$5.39	HK$2.84	HK$3.30	8
May ’24	HK$3.68	HK$3.66 -0.5%	24.7%	HK$5.50	HK$2.60	HK$3.05	7
Apr ’24	HK$2.89	HK$3.48 +20.6%	16.5%	HK$4.35	HK$2.62	HK$2.98	7
Mar ’24	HK$2.97	HK$3.34 +12.4%	16.4%	HK$4.21	HK$2.59	HK$2.94	8
Feb ’24	HK$2.75	HK$3.38 +22.8%	16.5%	HK$4.29	HK$2.66	HK$2.75	8
Jan ’24	HK$2.55	HK$3.24 +27.1%	17.3%	HK$4.09	HK$2.52	HK$2.60	8
Dec ’23	HK$2.50	HK$3.24 +29.6%	17.3%	HK$4.09	HK$2.52	HK$2.38	8

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/21 10:56
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited is covered by 28 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Rong Li	CCB International Securities Limited
Zhi Yong Zhao	Changjiang Securities Co. LTD.
Min Zou	China Galaxy International Securities (Hong Kong)