14 March

HKG:2888 Standard Chartered PLC

HKG:2888 Standard Chartered PLC 2025 Results

  • Pre-tax profit: $6.8B, up 13% year over year.
  • Total income: $20.4B, new record.
  • Dividend: Increased to 30 cents per share.
  • Buyback: $1.5B additional share repurchase announced.
  • CET1 ratio: 13.8%, comfortably above requirements.
  • Sustainable finance income: Surpassed $1B target.

What’s the takeaway?

Profit growth continues, capital remains strong, and shareholder returns are rising. The restructuring phase appears complete. For dividend investors, the focus now is whether earnings momentum can be sustained across rate cycles.

HKG:9987 Yum China

HKG:9987 Yum China This company operates a large portfolio of branded restaurants across China through owned, franchised, and partner-run locations. Its portfolio includes KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Lavazza, Little Sheep, and Huang Ji Huang.

For full-year 2025, the company raised its dividend by 40%, underlining strong cash flow and confidence in earnings sustainability.

HKG:1523 Ploverbay

HKG:1523 Ploverbay This particular Dividend Challenger shows strong potential. If the trend of increasing dividends continues as it has been, excluding the Special Dividend of 2023, it is projected to reach the 10% yield to cost milestone by 2025.

HKG:0053 Guoco

HKG:0053 Guoco Great Eagle 0041.HK became a Dividend Contender in 2020. The negative payout ratio can be alarming! Also a negative EPS is a red flag. The special dividend this company is rewarding their stockholders is heart warming, but one can not speculate on that.

HKG:0010 Hang Lung Group

HKG:0010 Hang Lung Group Hang Lung Group Ltd (0010.HK) is an investment holding company principally engaged in the property leasing business. The Company operates its business through two segments. The Property Leasing segments engages in the property leasing operation. The Group’s investment properties portfolio consists of retail, office, residential, serviced apartments and car parks, are primarily located in mainland China and Hong Kong. Property Sales segment engages in the development and sale of the trading properties in mainland China and Hong Kong.

HKG:0315 Smarttone

HKG:0315 Smarttone Smartone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd is a Hong Kong mobile telecommunications provider known for its premium network quality and strong customer base. The company offers mobile voice, data, and digital services to both consumers and businesses in Hong Kong.

HKG:0008 PCCW Ltd.

HKG:0008 PCCW Ltd. Interim 2025, negative EPS. Euity is also negative. This causes a lot of data to give strange outcomes. Interim dividend stays the same. But this does not look good.

HKG:6823 HKT Trust

HKG:6823 HKT Trust This is a company from Hong Kong that gives people communication services. They have three main parts to their business. One part makes sure people can talk on the phone and use the internet. Another part focuses on mobile phone services in Hong Kong. And the last part helps businesses with different services like supporting other companies and providing communication and multimedia services.

 

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