① China Telecom's net profit for the first quarter was about 8.6 billion yuan. Which businesses are growing faster? ② China's free quarterly revenue fell by nearly 10% year on year. Is profit recovering?
The important announcements for Hong Kong stocks yesterday are as follows:
Quarterly Report Summary
$CHINA TELECOM (00728.HK)$: Operating revenue for the first quarter was 135.493 billion yuan, up 3.8% year on year, and net profit was 8.597 billion yuan, up 7.7% year on year.
During the period, mobile communication service revenue reached 52,226 billion yuan, up 3.2% year on year. The net increase of 5G package users was 10.06 million, reaching 329 million households, and the penetration rate reached 79.9%. The ARPU for mobile users was 45.8 yuan, an increase of 0.9% over last year.
In the first quarter, the company's industrial digitization business revenue reached RMB 38.679 billion, an increase of 10.6% over the previous year.
$PING AN (02318.HK)$: Net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company in the first quarter was 36.709 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.3%. The three core businesses of life insurance and health insurance, property insurance, and banking resumed growth, with a total operating profit of 39.816 billion yuan, an increase of 0.3% over the previous year.
During the period, the new business value of the life insurance and health insurance business reached 12.890 billion yuan, an increase of 20.7% year on year, and the per capita new business value of the agent channel increased 56.4% year on year; the new business value ratio was 22.8%, an increase of 6.5 percentage points year on year under comparable caliber.
Ping An Industrial Insurance's service revenue was 80.627 billion yuan, an increase of 5.7% over the previous year. Ping An Insurance's overall comprehensive cost ratio after excluding guarantee insurance is 98.4%.
Ping An Bank achieved net profit of 14.932 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year. As of March 31, 2024, the core Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio increased to 9.59%, and the provision coverage ratio was 261.66%.
$CTG DUTY-FREE (01880.HK)$: Revenue for the first quarter was 18.807 billion yuan, down 9.45% year on year; net profit was 2.306 billion yuan, up 0.25% year on year.
$LIVZON PHARMA (01513.HK)$: Revenue for the first quarter was 3.243 billion yuan, down 4.99% year on year; net profit was 608 million yuan, up 4.45% year on year.
$TIANJIN CAPITAL (01065.HK)$: Revenue for the first quarter was 1.08 billion yuan, up 10.61% year on year; net profit was 251.6 million yuan, up 21.00% year on year.
$TIANQI LITHIUM (09696.HK)$Profit Alert: Expected losses of 3.6 billion to 4.3 billion yuan in the first quarter.
Company news
$MMG (01208.HK)$: Total copper production in the first quarter was 671,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3%.
$BEIGENE (06160.HK)$: Tirelizumab has been approved by the European Commission for first-line and second-line treatment for three non-small cell lung cancer indications.
$SAM WOO CONS (03822.HK)$: Awarded a construction contract to undertake foundation works for a public housing project in Kai Tak District, Kowloon. The contract value is expected to exceed HK$400 million.
$HUABAO INTL (00336.HK)$: On April 23, 2024, group member companies invested a total of 1.66 billion yuan in financial products.
$EUROEYES (01846.HK)$: The total number of eye surgeries performed in the first quarter was 7,234, an increase of 6% over the previous year.
Buyback News
$DONGFENG GROUP (00489.HK)$: The controlling shareholder Dongfeng Motor Company increased its H share holdings by 4.806 million.
$HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)$: Approximately HK$81,147 million was spent to repurchase 1,283,200 shares at a repurchase price of HK$62.95-63.55.
$HANG SENG BANK (00011.HK)$: Spend HK$59.026,900 to repurchase 600,000 shares at a repurchase price of HK$97.55-98.95.
$AIA (01299.HK)$: Approximately HK$4.79,900 was spent to repurchase 98,600 shares at a repurchase price of HK$48.3-48.85.
Editor/Somer