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INDICATIVE · SAMPLE DATA
Companies/Consumer Discretionary/0423
0423$0.7653

Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd

Consumer PublishingVerified

Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd (0423.HK) is currently classified as Consumer Publishing within Consumer Publishing (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 1,068,806,000 HKD, total equity 807,788,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 8,701,000. Net cash position is approximately 92,910,000 HKD. Self-calculated market cap is 328,016,000 HKD (market_price × shares_outstanding_diluted). Profitability profile: revenue 803,732,000, gross profit 336,701,000, operating income -47,608,000, net income -35,689,000. Return on equity ~-4.4%. Return on assets ~-3.3%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 0.49. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk low, dilution risk low. Flags: No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected..

30-day price · 0423-0.06 (-7.5%)
Low$0.73High$0.81Close$0.74As of22 May, 00:00 UTC
Profile
CompanyHong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd
Ticker0423.HK
SectorConsumer Cyclicals
BusinessCyclical Consumer Services
Industry groupCyclical Consumer Services
IndustryConsumer Publishing
AI analysis

Business. Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd is classified under Consumer Cyclicals / Consumer Publishing and appears not currently profitable on the latest normalized snapshot.

Classification. Classification confidence is 0.92 based on verified market data; matched terms: Consumer Publishing, Cyclical Consumer Services, Consumer Cyclicals.

Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Ltd (0423.HK) is currently classified as Consumer Publishing within Consumer Publishing (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 1,068,806,000 HKD, total equity 807,788,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 8,701,000. Net cash position is approximately 92,910,000 HKD. Self-calculated market cap is 328,016,000 HKD (market_price × shares_outstanding_diluted). Profitability profile: revenue 803,732,000, gross profit 336,701,000, operating income -47,608,000, net income -35,689,000. Return on equity ~-4.4%. Return on assets ~-3.3%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 0.49. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk low, dilution risk low. Flags: No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected..
Key takeaways
  • Return on equity is about -4.4%.
  • Debt to equity is about 0.01x.
Financial snapshot
PeriodHA-latest
CurrencyHKD
Revenue$803.7M
Gross profit$336.7M
Operating income-$47.6M
Net income-$35.7M
R&D—
SG&A—
D&A—
SBC—
Operating cash flow-$17.6M
CapEx-$13.4M
Free cash flow-$61.8M
Total assets$1.07B
Total liabilities$261.0M
Total equity$807.8M
Cash & equivalents$101.6M
Long-term debt$8.7M
Annual history (last 5)
PeriodRevenueOp IncomeNet IncomeFCF
FY0$803.7M-$47.6M-$35.7M-$61.8M
FY-1$923.9M$73.4M$54.2M$25.8M
FY-2$1.02B$34.5M$27.5M$3.3M
FY-3$1.04B$51.4M$33.0M-$15.9M
FY-4$999.9M$25.8M$30.9M$46.5M
PeriodGross %Op %Net %FCF %
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PeriodAssetsEquityCashDebt
FY0$1.07B$807.8M$101.6M—
FY-1$1.17B$886.2M——
FY-2$1.20B$871.2M——
FY-3$1.20B$885.3M——
FY-4$1.20B$891.4M——
PeriodOCFCapExFCFSBC
FY0-$17.6M-$13.4M-$61.8M—
FY-1-$2.6M-$24.9M$25.8M—
FY-2$76.8M-$26.0M$3.3M—
FY-3$99.2M-$53.4M-$15.9M—
FY-4$148.6M-$20.2M$46.5M—
Quarterly history (last 4)
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PeriodGross %Op %Net %FCF %
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PeriodAssetsEquityCashDebt
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PeriodOCFCapExFCFSBC
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Valuation
Market price$0.76
Market cap$328.0M
Enterprise value$235.1M
P/E—
Reported non-GAAP P/E—
EV/Revenue0.3
EV/Op income—
EV/OCF—
P/B0.4
P/Tangible book0.4
Tangible book$807.8M
Net cash$92.9M
Current ratio2.9
Debt/Equity0.0
ROA-3.3%
ROE-4.4%
Cash conversion49.0%
CapEx/Revenue-1.7%
SBC/Revenue—
Asset intensity—
Dilution ratio0.0%
Risk assessment
Dilution riskLow
Liquidity riskLow
  • No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected.
Industry benchmarks
Activity: Consumer Publishing · cohort 1 companies
Metric0423Activity
Op margin-5.9%15.3% medp25 15.3% · p75 15.3%bottom quartile
Net margin-4.4%12.2% medp25 12.2% · p75 12.2%bottom quartile
Gross margin41.9%48.9% medp25 35.8% · p75 67.0%below median
R&D / revenue—9.4% medp25 9.4% · p75 9.4%
CapEx / revenue-1.7%1.2% medp25 1.2% · p75 1.2%bottom quartile
Debt / equity1.0%9.4% medp25 1.3% · p75 39.2%bottom quartile
Source data
Underlying data the analysis-pipeline pulls and audits. Fetch timestamps + content hashes show when each source was last refreshed.
Company fundamentalsperiod FQ-7 · history via verified-market-data
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2026-05-12 00:11 UTC#1b03c318
Market quoteclose HKD 0.76 · shares 0.43B diluted
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2026-05-12 00:11 UTC#f59add42
Source: analysis-pipeline (hybrid)Generated: 2026-05-12 00:12 UTCJob: b62f28e2