[Today's focus]

Jiumaojiu (09922.HK) Yingxi: Net profit is expected to increase by more than 812.8% in FY2023

Jiumaojiu (09922.HK) announced that the company expects (i) to record revenue of approximately RMB 5,985.9 million in fiscal year 2023, an increase of approximately 49.4% over revenue of RMB 4,005.7 million for the year ended 31 December 2022; and (ii) to record profit attributable to shareholders of the company's equity in fiscal year 2023 of not less than RMB 450.0 million, an increase of not less than RMB 812.8%.

The Board believes that the expected increase in revenue and profit for FY2023 is mainly due to (i) the expansion of the Group's restaurant network, which increased the total number of restaurants in operation from 556 as of 31 December 2022 to 726 as of 31 December 2023; (ii) the increase in same-store sales, the Group's business has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in the number of business days and turnover rate of the Group's restaurants in FY2023; and (iii) the increase in the Group's operating efficiency.

[Important matters]

Easy Point Cloud (02416.HK) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Cigna Era to empower small and medium-sized enterprises with leading AI big model technology

[Financial results]

HKT-SS (06823.HK)'s total annual revenue increased 3% to HK$31.37 billion and plans to distribute HK44.44 cents per share

Sino Land (00083.HK)'s net profit for the first half of the fiscal year reached HK$2,616 billion, with an interim dividend of HK15 cents per share

Hysan Development (00014.HK)'s annual turnover fell 7.2% to HK$3.21 billion. Second interim dividend of HK81 cents per share

Underlying profit attributable to Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Group (00247.HK) interim shareholders of HK$1.65 billion (excluding changes in fair value of investment properties)

Digitong Telecom (00315.HK)'s net profit for the first half of the fiscal year reached HK$246 million with an interim dividend of HK14.5 cents per share

Delice International (00333.HK)'s mid-term revenue rose 8.9% to HK$514 million

Benjakoda (01665.HK)'s annual profit of RM142 million increased 6.7% over last year

Xinxing Printing (01975.HK)'s interim income decreased by 55.6% to approximately HK$153 million with an interim interest rate of HK$1 per cent

SINO HOTELS (01221.HK) turned a loss into a profit of HK$28.8 million in the medium term

Maoyan Entertainment (01896.HK) Yingxi: Net profit is expected to increase by about 739.7% to 787.4% in FY2023

Yinghui Enterprise Holdings (02195.HK): Expected annual net loss of not less than HK$25 million

Xinhua Huifu Financial (00188.HK) lost HK$30 million after tax in the first half of the year

Rongyang Industrial (02078.HK) Profit: Expected annual profit after tax of approximately HK$29.4 million

China Xuyang Group (01907.HK) Profit Alert: Annual net profit is expected to decrease by no more than 55% year on year

Champion Technology Group (00092.HK) Yingxi: Mid-term turnover is expected to increase significantly

Tianbao Energy (01671.HK) Profit Alert: Annual profit is expected to drop sharply by about 84.6%

[Operational data]

Cathay Pacific (00293.HK) carried 1.717 million passengers in January, a year-on-year increase of 66.4%

Datang New Energy (01798.HK) completed the January consolidated report. The power generation capacity of 3,028 million megawatt-hours decreased by 4.44% year-on-year

[Issuance of additional shares]

Huiying Holdings (00821.HK) plans to place up to 244 million shares and sell HK$84 million convertible bonds

[Repurchase Cancellation]

HSBC Holdings (00005.HK) and Merrill Lynch have entered into multiple entrustment repurchase agreements to allow Merrill Lynch to purchase no more than US$2 billion in shares

Yum China (09987.HK) spent HK$346.715 million to buy back 104,800 shares on February 22

Kuaishou-W (01024.HK) spent HK$21.86 million to buy back 482,700 shares on February 22

AIA (01299.HK) spent HK$13.11 million to buy back 201,000 shares on February 22

Swire Group A (00019.HK) spent HK$12.49 million to repurchase 195,000 shares on February 22

COSCO Marine Holdings (01919.HK) spent HK$10.6,168 million to buy back 1.22 million shares on February 22

Bank of East Asia (00023.HK) spent HK$9.759 million to repurchase 1.0312 million shares on February 22

Fangda Holdings (01521.HK) spent HK$5.2715 million to repurchase 2,848 million shares on February 22

Haier Smart Home (06690.HK) spent 2.397 million yuan to buy back 100,000 A-shares on February 22