Financials ZTE Corporation

Equities

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CNE000000TK5

Communications & Networking

End-of-day quote Shenzhen S.E. Other stock markets 18:00:00 2024-04-29 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
28.67 ^CNY	-0.73%		-0.24%	+8.27%

05-03	US Communication Watchdog to Ban Wireless Equipment from Chinese Telecommunication Firms	MT
05-02	More funds needed for US telecoms to remove Chinese equipment, says FCC	RE

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	138,979	142,125	146,171	114,433	118,615	127,514	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	142,872	141,743	135,290	103,837	90,208	99,214	93,674	90,485
P/E ratio	29 x	36.6 x	22.8 x	15.1 x	13.5 x	13 x	11.8 x	11.4 x
Yield	0.57%	0.59%	0.9%	1.55%	2.58%	2.41%	2.65%	3.28%
Capitalization / Revenue	1.53 x	1.4 x	1.28 x	0.93 x	0.95 x	0.98 x	0.94 x	0.92 x
EV / Revenue	1.57 x	1.4 x	1.18 x	0.84 x	0.73 x	0.76 x	0.69 x	0.65 x
EV / EBITDA	13.5 x	15.7 x	10.5 x	8.08 x	6.4 x	5.99 x	5.91 x	5.46 x
EV / FCF	51.4 x	37.6 x	13.2 x	39.2 x	6.73 x	11.1 x	10.1 x	9.08 x
FCF Yield	1.95%	2.66%	7.58%	2.55%	14.9%	9.01%	9.94%	11%
Price to Book	5.19 x	3.59 x	3.08 x	2.09 x	1.86 x	1.81 x	1.63 x	1.5 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	4,227,429	4,610,461	4,726,548	4,736,113	4,783,252	4,783,252	-	-
Reference price ²	35.39	33.65	33.50	25.86	26.48	28.67	28.67	28.67
Announcement Date	20-03-27	21-01-22	22-03-08	23-03-10	24-03-08	-	-	-

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	101,451	114,522	122,954	124,251	129,906	135,479	138,842
EBITDA ¹	10,614	9,036	12,859	12,853	14,098	16,562	15,859	16,582
EBIT ¹	7,552	5,471	8,676	8,795	9,172	12,024	11,089	13,309
Operating Margin	8.32%	5.39%	7.58%	7.15%	7.38%	9.26%	8.19%	9.59%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	7,162	5,064	8,499	8,752	10,203	11,840	11,918	12,103
Net income ¹	5,148	4,260	6,813	8,080	9,326	10,467	10,659	10,901
Net margin	5.67%	4.2%	5.95%	6.57%	7.51%	8.06%	7.87%	7.85%
EPS ²	1.220	0.9200	1.470	1.710	1.960	2.197	2.432	2.504
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%	6.88%	6.88%	7.18%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	26.19%	41.73%	79.77%	20.62%	95.06%	53.97%	58.74%	60.08%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	54%	88.51%	150.56%	32.8%	143.7%	85.4%	87.39%	91.39%
Dividend per Share ²	0.2000	0.2000	0.3000	0.4000	0.6830	0.6910	0.7602	0.9414
Announcement Date	20-03-27	21-01-22	22-03-08	23-03-10	24-03-08	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

Estimates

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	20-03-27	20-08-28	21-01-22	21-08-27	22-03-08	22-03-08	22-04-25	22-08-26	22-10-26	23-03-10	23-03-10	23-04-21	23-08-18	23-10-23	24-03-08	24-03-08	24-04-25	-	-	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

Estimates

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%	14.1%	13.5%	13.6%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	3.81%	2.92%	4.27%	4.62%	4.88%	5.06%	5.73%	6.22%
Assets ¹	135,292	145,932	159,699	174,860	190,957	192,477	186,018	175,356
Book Value Per Share ²	6.820	9.380	10.90	12.40	14.20	15.80	17.50	19.10
Cash Flow per Share ²	1.760	2.220	3.390	1.600	3.640	3.060	2.740	4.190
Capex ¹	4,667	6,462	5,466	4,928	4,005	4,713	4,501	4,636
Capex / Sales	5.14%	6.37%	4.77%	4.01%	3.22%	3.63%	3.32%	3.34%
Announcement Date	20-03-27	21-01-22	22-03-08	23-03-10	24-03-08	-	-	-

¹CNY in Million²CNY

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Ratings for ZTE Corporation

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ESG Refinitiv

A-

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Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

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Last Close Price

28.67 CNY

Average target price

33.55 CNY

Spread / Average Target

+17.02%

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