The Zhitong Finance App learned that Huazhu Group-S (01179) is now up more than 4%. As of press release, it has risen 4.65% to HK$38.28, with a turnover of HK$143 million.

According to the news, Huazhu Group's revenue for the first half of the year was 13.1 billion yuan, up 11% year on year; net profit attributable to the company was 2.4 billion yuan, the same as the previous year. In a single quarter in the second quarter, the company achieved revenue of 7.1 billion yuan, an increase of about 18.78% over the previous quarter; net profit attributable to the company was 1.6 billion yuan, nearly doubling the month-on-month increase. It is worth noting that Huazhu Group took the initiative to raise its performance guidelines for the full year of 2026. Revenue growth in 2026 is expected to be between 4% and 8%, higher than the previous 2% to 6% guidance.

Guoxin Securities pointed out that since the second half of last year, improvements in the domestic hotel cycle have been gradually verified, and the company has shown strong performance flexibility; however, since May, the travel chain has weakened under the impact of external oil prices and weather, and has disrupted investment sentiment, but the company relied on its own management efficiency and leveraged large-scale advantage to monetize advantages, increase in asset-light profit margins, and positive shareholder returns on the basis of maintaining a “superior to the market” rating.

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