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TJGC, TJGC Group Limited
Revenue is led by Offline advertising and web banner (50%) and Online advertising (38%), with 2 more lines behind.
The business
What it sells, where the money comes from, the kind of company it is.
The business in brief
read the 10-K →What this business is and what moves its needle, from its own SEC filings.
- What it is
- A diversified business; where the profit really comes from, and whether it is earned or bought, is what the segment detail settles.
- Situation
- Unprofitable. No meaningful revenue yet; the record is the cash on hand against the burn. Distress / turnaround. Thin interest coverage, or operating cash burned against real debt, across the record. The balance sheet carries this situation; the debt schedule sets the clock.
- What moves the needle
- Operating margin has run around −78% through the cycle on a 22% gross margin, the operating line deeply negative — so the lever is the path to a margin at all: revenue growth against the cost curve and the cash runway, not the level of a margin that isn't there yet. On its own account, the filing leans hardest on customer concentration, set against the numbers in what the filing emphasizes, below.
- Is it a good business?
- Return on capital has rarely cleared the cost of capital (median −55%, above 15% in 1 of 3 years). Owner earnings, the cash-based check, have been thin too. This is price-taker territory, where the balance sheet and the cycle matter more than any multiple; the rest is in the 10-K.
Every line is arithmetic on the company's filings, shown in full in the sections below.
Where the money comes from
read the 20-F →Revenue spreads across 4 lines, the largest Offline advertising and web banner at 50%.
- Offline advertising and web banner50%HK$14M
- Online advertising38%HK$11M
- Other services11%HK$3M
- Strategic planning services1%HK$418K
From the segment footnote of the company's own 20-F. Shares are of total revenue; the profit bar shows each segment's share of segment operating profit, before unallocated corporate costs.
The record
Ten years of arithmetic, read across the cycle.
The record, 2024–2026
realized figures from each filing · older years to the left| 2024’24 | 2025’25 | 2026’26 | TTMTTMMar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||
| HK$41M | HK$30M | HK$29M | HK$29M | RevenueRevenue |
| HK$9M | HK$7M | HK$6M | HK$6M | Gross profitGross prof. |
| 23% | 22% | 22% | 22% | Gross marginGross mgn |
| HK$3M | (HK$26M) | (HK$22M) | (HK$22M) | Operating incomeOp. inc. |
| 7.3% | −86.5% | −78.1% | −78.1% | Operating marginOp. mgn |
| HK$2M | (HK$27M) | (HK$24M) | (HK$24M) | Net incomeNet inc. |
| Cash flow & returns | ||||
| HK$2M | (HK$27M) | (HK$29M) | (HK$29M) | Operating cash flowOp. cash |
| HK$70K | HK$76K | HK$175K | HK$175K | DepreciationDeprec. |
| (HK$56K) | HK$123K | (HK$6M) | (HK$6M) | Working capital & otherWC & other |
| — | HK$0 | HK$572K | HK$572K | CapexCapex |
| — | 0.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | Capex / revenueCapex/rev |
| — | (HK$27M) | (HK$29M) | (HK$29M) | Owner earningsOwner earn. |
| — | −87.4% | −101.9% | −101.9% | Owner earnings marginOE mgn |
| — | (HK$27M) | (HK$30M) | (HK$30M) | Free cash flowFCF |
| — | −87.4% | −103.3% | −103.3% | Free cash flow marginFCF mgn |
| HK$3M | — | — | HK$3M | Dividends paidDiv. paid |
| 19% | -55% | -81% | -81% | ROICROIC |
| 70% | -90% | -380% | -380% | Return on equityROE |
| −40% | — | — | −428% | Retained to equityRetained/eq |
| Balance sheet | ||||
| HK$6M | HK$3M | HK$4M | HK$4M | ReceivablesReceiv. |
| HK$2M | HK$1M | HK$2M | HK$2M | Accounts payablePayables |
| HK$4M | HK$1M | HK$3M | HK$3M | Operating working capitalOper. WC |
| HK$15M | HK$33M | HK$24M | HK$24M | Current assetsCur. assets |
| HK$5M | HK$5M | HK$22M | HK$22M | Current liabilitiesCur. liab. |
| 2.9× | 7.1× | 1.1× | 1.1× | Current ratioCurr. ratio |
| HK$268K | HK$193K | HK$123K | HK$123K | Net PP&ENet PP&E |
| HK$16M | HK$42M | HK$35M | HK$35M | Total assetsAssets |
| HK$9M | HK$8M | HK$16M | HK$16M | Total debtDebt |
| HK$9M | HK$8M | HK$16M | HK$16M | Net debt / (cash)Net debt |
| 9.3× | -89.5× | -33.2× | -33.2× | Interest coverageInt. cov. |
| HK$3M | HK$30M | HK$6M | HK$6M | Shareholders’ equityEquity |
| Per share | ||||
| 4.3M | 4.5M | 5.1M | 5.1M | Shares out (diluted)Shares |
| HK$9.38 | HK$6.81 | HK$5.63 | HK$5.63 | Revenue / shareRev/sh |
| HK$0.44 | HK$-5.99 | HK$-4.61 | HK$-4.61 | EPS (diluted)EPS |
| — | HK$-5.95 | HK$-5.74 | HK$-5.74 | Owner earnings / shareOE/sh |
| — | HK$-5.95 | HK$-5.81 | HK$-5.81 | Free cash flow / shareFCF/sh |
| HK$0.69 | — | — | HK$0.59 | Dividends / shareDiv/sh |
| — | HK$0.00 | HK$0.11 | HK$0.11 | Cap. spending / shareCapex/sh |
| HK$0.63 | HK$6.63 | HK$1.21 | HK$1.21 | Book value / shareBVPS |
Share counts before 2025 are restated ×1/3 for a stock split, so per-share figures sit on one basis.
Net income is the accountant's number; owner earnings is the cash an owner could take out. The walk between them, off the cash-flow statement, and whether the gap is widening or holding.
In fiscal 2026 the business earned (HK$29M) of owner earnings, the operating cash left after the HK$175K it takes just to hold its position. It put HK$397K more into growth; free cash flow, after that spending, was (HK$30M).
| FY2026 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Reported net income | (HK$24M) | (HK$27M) |
| Depreciation & amortizationnon-cash charge added back | +HK$175K | +HK$76K |
| Working capital & othertiming of cash in and out, other non-cash items | −HK$6M | +HK$123K |
| Cash from operations | (HK$29M) | (HK$27M) |
| Maintenance capital expenditurethe spending needed just to hold position and volume | −HK$175K | — |
| Owner earnings | (HK$29M) | (HK$27M) |
| Growth capital expenditurediscretionary; spent to get bigger, not to stand still | −HK$397K | — |
| Free cash flow | (HK$30M) | (HK$27M) |
| Owner-earnings marginowner earnings ÷ revenue | -102% | -87% |
Owner earnings is the cash an owner could pull out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position (here about HK$175K, roughly its depreciation, the rate its assets wear out). The other HK$397K of its capital spending is growth it chose, not upkeep it owed; charged only with the maintenance it must do, the business earns well more than the year's free cash flow shows.
Maintenance capex is estimated as depreciation where a growing business invests above it; free cash flow is the figure the scorecard's free-cash margin reads.
Quality & stewardship
Returns, the balance sheet, capital allocation, and pay.
Owner’s Scorecard
Will it survive?
- Can it pay its interest? -33.2×Does not cover its interestOperating income (HK$22M) ÷ interest expense HK$676K
What this means
A full year of operating profit didn't cover the interest bill. This is the zombie zone: the business depends on refinancing, asset sales, or forbearance to service its debt.
- Net debt against an operating lossCash HK$0 − debt HK$16M
What this means
Netting HK$0 of cash and short-term investments against HK$16M of debt leaves HK$16M owed, with no operating profit this year to measure it against — understand that combination before anything else about the company. Net debt is the leverage figure that matters: the cash is already set against the debt. Strategic or illiquid investments aren't counted here.
- TightDSO 53 + DIO 0 − DPO 27 days
What this means
Days cash is tied up between paying suppliers and collecting from customers. Lower is better; a long cycle means growth itself eats cash. (Little or no inventory, a services / asset-light model, so the inventory leg is ~0.)
Is it a good business?
- Below average through the cycle3-yr median, range -81%–19%; -81% latest = NOPAT (HK$18M) ÷ invested capital HK$22MIndustry peers: median 11%
What this means
The rate the business earns on the money tied up in it, Buffett's north star, because over time a stock tracks the ROIC beneath it. Above ~15% sustained hints at a moat; a return below the cost of capital (~8%) erodes value as a business grows rather than building it — the test Buffett weighs most. The headline is the median of the last 3 years (it ran -81% most recently), so one peak or trough year doesn't set the verdict. Asset-light businesses (R&D expensed, little capital) read artificially high, pair this with Owner Earnings.
- Owner-earnings margin -102%Consumes cashOwner earnings (HK$29M) = operating cash (HK$29M) − maintenance capex HK$175KIndustry peers: median 9%
What this means
What an owner could take out without starving the business: operating cash less the maintenance capital it must spend to hold its position — Buffett's owner earnings. That's -102% of revenue this year.
- Are earnings backed by cash? (HK$29M)Loss, and burning cashNet income (HK$24M) · cash from operations (HK$29M)
What this means
The company reported a net loss, so a conversion ratio isn't meaningful. What matters then is whether operations still threw off cash, here, they did not.
How is the cash used?
- No surplus to allocate
What this means
The business didn't generate positive Owner Earnings this year, so any distributions came from the balance sheet or borrowing, not from operations.
- Investing or harvesting? 3.27×ExpandingCapex HK$572K ÷ depreciation HK$175K
What this means
Descriptive, not a grade. Above ~1× means investing faster than assets wear out (growth, or, sustained for years, today's earnings carrying less depreciation than tomorrow's will). Below means spending less than it's wearing out (efficiency, or a melting asset base). The ratio won't tell you which; the filings will.
Graham’s defensive tests · 0 of 2 met
Graham’s numerical criteria for the defensive investor (The Intelligent Investor, ch. 14), run on the filings. A floor of safety, not a buy signal; many fine modern businesses fail his strictest liquidity rules by design.
- Adequate size —Revenue ≥ $2B (a dollar floor) · HK$29M
What this means
Big enough to weather a storm. Graham's floor is a dollar figure — about $2B of revenue as a conservative modern stand-in. This company reports in its home currency and we carry no exchange rate, so we show the figure and leave the size bar for you to apply rather than convert it with a number we don't have.
- Strong liquidity MissCurrent ratio ≥ 2× · 1.08×
What this means
Current assets at least twice current liabilities, near-term bills covered without touching the business. Strict by design: many cash-rich modern firms run leaner and miss it, holding their cushion in longer-dated securities.
- Conservative debt MissDebt ≤ working capital · HK$16M vs HK$2M WC
What this means
Graham's rule that borrowings not exceed net current assets. Capital-heavy and buyback-heavy firms routinely fail it, read it next to interest coverage, not alone.
- Moderate price —P/E ≤ 15 and P/E × P/B ≤ 22.5 · decided by the price
What this means
Graham's valuation gate, the wall he kept between a sound business and a sound investment. Three-year average earnings are HK$-1.06/share (latest year HK$-1.54), the averaged base the calculator's gate runs on, and book value is HK$0.40/share. Enter a price in “What the price implies” just below for the P/E, P/B, and whether it clears. But this is the rule Buffett outgrew: there's no hard P/E law, and a wonderful business can deserve a far richer multiple if the thesis holds, treat it as the bargain-hunter's floor, not a verdict on the price.
All figures as filed; the source filing is linked above.
Current Position
as of fiscal year-end, Mar 31, 2026Can the business pay what it owes this year, off the freshest balance sheet: the quality of the assets, the debt actually coming due, and what a low ratio means here.
- ReceivablesHK$4M
- Other current assetsHK$20M
- Accounts payableHK$2M
- Other current liabilitiesHK$21M
From the company's latest filing.
What an owner would ask, FY2026
read the 10-K →- How much of the revenue rides on one buyer?≈HK$3M · 11% of revenue on the largest customer (TTM)
“For the year ended March 31, 2025, one customer accounted for 10.6 % of the Company's total revenue.”verify →
The questions the record and the charts do not answer on their own; each carries the figure and the place to look.
Peers, Advertising & Marketing
The same industry, side by side on owner economics. Each column names the period it is read over, and a median resting on fewer than three years carries that count beside it; the group median at the foot is the line to read each figure against.
| Company | Revenuelatest FY, USD | Gross marginmedian over the record | Op. marginmedian over the record | ROICmedian over the record | Owner earn. marginmedian over the record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPPWPP plc | $18.4B | 17% | 9.5% | 11% | 9% |
| OMCOmnicom | $17.3B | 18% | 14.1% | 33% | 11% |
| IPGInterpublic | $10.7B | 15% | 10.9% | 24% | 7% |
| STGWStagwell Inc. | $2.9B | 35% | 5.1% | 4% | 5% |
| CRTOCriteo S.A. | $1.9B | — | 6.3% | 17% | 9%4y |
| CCOClear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. | $1.6B | — | 12.3% | 11%3y | -3% |
| NCMINational CineMedia Inc. | $243M | 94%3y | -1.5% | 1% | 25% |
| TJGCTJGC Group Limited | as filed: HK$29M | 22% | -78.1% | -55% | -95%2y |
| Group median | — | 20% | 7.9% | 11% | 8% |
The price
What a price has to assume.
What the price implies
reverse-DCFEnter the home-market price, not the US ADR quote. TJGC Group Limited reports in HKD, and every figure here (owner earnings, book value, the share count) is on that HKD, ordinary-share basis. Enter the price on the same basis: the local-exchange quote per ordinary share in HKD. A US ADR price in dollars bundles the ADR-to-ordinary ratio and the exchange rate, so it will not reconcile with these figures and would throw the multiple off.
TJGC Group Limited is profitable, but owner earnings are negative this year because capital spending currently outruns operating cash, a build-out, so the owner-earnings reverse-DCF has no positive base to grow. We read the price from both ends instead: type a price to see the steady-state profitability it demands, then set the mature margin you would believe and weigh the two against each other. Nothing leaves your browser unless you enter it in your notebook.
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