Tencent Holdings Limited
Tencent's shares gained modestly by 1.2% after reporting a 9% revenue increase (11% adjusted for calendar effects) and steady gross profit growth, reflecting a largely in-line quarter with ongoing AI investments and product traction but no clear upside to materially surprise investors.
Key takeaways
- Total revenue reached RMB 196 billion, up 9% year-on-year, or 11% adjusted for later Spring Festival revenue timing which shifted some game-related revenue forward.
- Gross profit increased 11% to RMB 111 billion, supported by solid performance across VAS, Marketing Services, and FinTech segments.
- Non-IFRS operating profit was RMB 76 billion, up 9%, with a stronger 17% rise excluding the impact of new AI product investments.
- Communication and social networks MAU reached 1.4 billion, increasing both year-over-year and sequentially.
- The upgraded Hunyuan large language model is making early progress, with broad internal deployment and leading usage metrics in China, though still viewed as early-stage from a commercialization perspective.