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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (0388.HK)

HKD389.00 +1.40 (+0.36%)
HK HKSE Financial Services Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges
Address Two Exchange Square
Central, HK
CEO Yiting Chan
IPO 2000-06-27
ISIN HK0388045442

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Also trades on Hong Kong Stock Exchange · 0388.HK (HKD) Other OTC · HKXCF (USD) Other OTC · HKXCY (USD)
Description

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), a leading financial infrastructure group, oversees and operates significant stock and futures exchanges and their associated clearing houses across Hong Kong, mainland China, and the United Kingdom. Its business is organized into five core segments: Cash, Equity and Financial Derivatives, Commodities, Post Trade, and Technology. The Cash segment facilitates trading of diverse equity products on the cash market platforms of the Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, additionally selling market data and managing related activities. The Equity and Financial Derivatives segment offers and maintains trading platforms for a broad spectrum of products, including stock and equity index futures and options, derivative warrants, and callable bull/bear contracts, alongside providing relevant market data. The Commodities segment manages a UK-based exchange for trading base, ferrous, and precious metals futures and options, and operates Qianhai Mercantile Exchange Co., Ltd., a commodity trading platform in mainland China. It also handles commodity contracts on its Futures Exchange. The Post Trade segment provides critical clearing house services, covering clearing, settlement, depository, custodian, and nominee functions. Finally, the Technology segment ensures user access to platforms and underlying infrastructure through various service offerings. The company serves both issuers and investors and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.

Market Cap & Enterprise Value
Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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HKD389.00 +1.40 (+0.36%)
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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
6M
Beta
0.92
Float Shares
1.19B
Free Float %
93.9%
Price Performance
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-0.38% -0.19% +3.77% +2.37% -3.11% +3.97% +10.08% +36.89% -5.23% +133.37% +5,100.00%
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Market Data

Price Targets & DCF
Current price
389.00
DCF (Unlevered) 636.20 +63.5%
DCF (Levered) 562.83 +44.7%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 89% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 4 0
Buy 13 -1
Hold 2 0
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 0 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
1.73
Distress
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Average
MOAT Score
6 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
A-
Overall Score
4 / 5
High
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
5 / 5
High
ROA Score
5 / 5
High
D/E Score
4 / 5
High
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
1 / 5
Low
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: +11.9%
    +68.1% Q1'26: +49.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: +19.9%
    +36.2% Q1'26: +27.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: +25.6%
    +65.1% Q1'26: +0.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: +51.8%
    +72.9% Q1'26: +75.8% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: +13.5%
    Q1'26: -8.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: +0.6%
    0.0% Q1'26: +0.2% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges: -0.36×
    0.08× Q1'26: 0.05× (vs Q1'25)
Valuation Multiples From To
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DCF Interactive Model (UFCF)
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Market assumptions
WACC components (optional)
Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.93) × ERP
WACC = 100% × Ke + 0% × Kd (5.1%) × (1−t)

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Business assumptions
Intrinsic value (base): 636.19 Current price: 389.00
Enterprise Value: Equity Value: Terminal Value: TV as % of EV:

Base values reflect the latest available data for this company and market conditions.

Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2015
actual
Dec 2016
actual
Dec 2017
actual
Dec 2018
actual
Dec 2019
actual
Dec 2020
actual
Dec 2021
actual
Dec 2022
actual
Dec 2023
actual
Dec 2024
actual
Dec 2025
actual
Dec 2026
14 Rev. Ana.
18 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
14 Rev. Ana.
18 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
6 Rev. Ana.
9 EPS Ana.
Revenue
12.23B
est: 13.42B (-8.8%)
10.40B
est: 11.16B (-6.9%)
11.57B
est: 12.99B (-10.9%)
14.25B
est: 15.78B (-9.7%)
13.57B
est: 16.39B (-17.2%)
16.84B
est: 18.84B (-10.6%)
19.47B
est: 21.52B (-9.5%)
16.93B
est: 18.16B (-6.8%)
15.45B
est: 20.79B (-25.7%)
17.35B
est: 22.37B (-22.5%)
29.16B
est: 28.64B (+1.8%)
31.13B
30.28B – 31.82B
+8.7% YoY
32.59B
29.15B – 34.32B
+4.7% YoY
34.50B
32.19B – 35.82B
+5.9% YoY
EBITDA
10.10B
est: 12.46B (-18.9%)
7.78B
est: 10.37B (-25.0%)
10.13B
est: 12.07B (-16.0%)
12.79B
est: 14.66B (-12.8%)
13.37B
est: 15.23B (-12.2%)
15.01B
est: 17.50B (-14.3%)
16.34B
est: 19.99B (-18.3%)
15.48B
est: 16.87B (-8.3%)
20.87B
est: 19.32B (+8.0%)
22.15B
est: 20.29B (+9.1%)
22.82B
est: 25.98B (-12.2%)
28.24B
27.47B – 28.87B
+8.7% YoY
29.56B
26.44B – 31.13B
+4.7% YoY
31.30B
29.20B – 32.49B
+5.9% YoY
EBIT
9.42B
est: 11.85B (-20.6%)
7.01B
est: 9.86B (-28.9%)
9.28B
est: 11.48B (-19.2%)
12.02B
est: 13.94B (-13.8%)
12.32B
est: 14.48B (-14.9%)
13.81B
est: 16.65B (-17.0%)
14.99B
est: 19.02B (-21.2%)
14.02B
est: 16.05B (-12.7%)
19.43B
est: 18.37B (+5.7%)
20.74B
est: 19.35B (+7.2%)
21.25B
est: 24.78B (-14.2%)
26.93B
26.20B – 27.54B
+8.7% YoY
28.20B
25.22B – 29.70B
+4.7% YoY
29.86B
27.85B – 30.99B
+5.9% YoY
Net Income
7.96B
est: 8.54B (-6.8%)
5.77B
est: 6.22B (-7.2%)
7.40B
est: 7.65B (-3.2%)
9.31B
est: 9.60B (-3.0%)
9.39B
est: 9.63B (-2.5%)
11.51B
est: 11.39B (+1.0%)
12.54B
est: 13.14B (-4.6%)
10.08B
est: 9.91B (+1.7%)
11.86B
est: 12.06B (-1.6%)
13.05B
est: 12.99B (+0.5%)
17.75B
est: 17.29B (+2.7%)
19.08B
18.20B – 20.49B
+10.3% YoY
20.02B
16.90B – 21.99B
+4.9% YoY
21.28B
19.43B – 22.34B
+6.3% YoY
SGA
169.00M
est: 281.88M (-40.0%)
185.00M
est: 234.55M (-21.1%)
151.00M
est: 272.97M (-44.7%)
212.00M
est: 331.53M (-36.1%)
216.00M
est: 344.36M (-37.3%)
255.00M
est: 395.80M (-35.6%)
296.00M
est: 452.17M (-34.5%)
431.00M
est: 381.62M (+12.9%)
448.00M
est: 436.87M (+2.5%)
351.00M
est: 402.16M (-12.7%)
est: 514.99M (-100.0%)
559.62M
544.45M – 572.16M
+8.7% YoY
585.86M
524.02M – 617.02M
+4.7% YoY
620.36M
578.74M – 644.00M
+5.9% YoY
EPS
6.70
est: 6.73 (-0.5%)
4.76
est: 4.90 (-2.9%)
6.03
est: 6.03 (0.0%)
7.50
est: 7.57 (-0.9%)
7.49
est: 7.60 (-1.4%)
9.11
est: 8.99 (+1.4%)
9.91
est: 10.36 (-4.4%)
7.96
est: 7.82 (+1.8%)
9.37
est: 9.51 (-1.5%)
10.32
est: 10.25 (+0.7%)
14.05
est: 13.64 (+3.0%)
15.05
14.36 – 16.17
+10.3% YoY
15.79
13.34 – 17.35
+4.9% YoY
16.79
15.33 – 17.62
+6.3% YoY
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-12 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 1/5
2026-05-11 A- 4/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 4/5 1/5 1/5
2026-05-08 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-05-07 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-05-06 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-05-05 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-05-04 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-30 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-29 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-28 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-27 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-24 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-23 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-22 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-21 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-20 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 3/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-17 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-16 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 1/5 1/5
2026-04-15 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5
2026-04-14 B+ 3/5 4/5 5/5 5/5 2/5 2/5 1/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
1.06B
OE per share TTM
0.83
Owner's Yield
0.20%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
5.83%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
19.6%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

Institutional Activity (13F)

Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

Top institutional holders

Top holders not available.

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
8.70M
Shares Outstanding
1.26B

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

No proxy statements available for this company yet.

Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
Yiting Chan Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director 23M female
Bik Yun Lau Chief Operating Officer 17M female
Chung Kwong Leung Group Chief Information Officer 11M male
Hock-Ke Yu MD & Head of Markets 10M male
Kit Shuen Ng Head of Listing 9M female
Matthew James Chamberlain Group Head of Commodities & LME Chief Executive 9M male
Paul Michael Kennedy Senior Advisor 9M male
Graeme Farrell Group Chief Risk Officer 8M male
Adrian John Winston Farnham Chief Executive of LME Clear 7M male
Leung-Wah Hui Group Chief Financial Officer 7M male
Jeffrey Group Chief Communications Officer 2M male
Koon Ying Chow Group General Counsel & Group Chief Sustainability Officer male
ESG Score History

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House Trading Activity

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