Guoxin Securities·2025-08-08 01:51Investment Rating - The investment rating for the company is "Outperform the Market" [6][4][27] Core Views - The company achieved steady growth in operating performance in the first half of 2025, with revenue of 543.8 billion yuan (down 0.5% year-on-year) and a net profit of 84.2 billion yuan (up 5.0% year-on-year) [1][10] - The company plans to distribute an interim dividend of 2.75 HKD per share, representing a year-on-year increase of 5.8% [1][10] - The company is focusing on deepening value management across personal, family, and government-enterprise markets, with significant growth in 5G users and cloud services [2][14] Summary by Sections Financial Performance - In the first half of 2025, the company reported a communication service revenue of 467.0 billion yuan (up 0.7% year-on-year) and an EBITDA margin of 34.2% (up 0.9 percentage points year-on-year) [1][10] - The return on equity (ROE) increased to 6.1%, reflecting a stable performance [1][10] Market Segments - Personal market revenue reached 244.7 billion yuan, with mobile customers totaling 1.005 billion, including 599 million 5G users [2][14] - Family market revenue grew by 7.4% to 75.0 billion yuan, with significant increases in gigabit broadband customers [2][14] - Government-enterprise market revenue increased by 5.6% to 118.2 billion yuan, with a notable rise in mobile cloud revenue [2][14] AI and Innovation - The company is accelerating AI innovation and large-scale applications, with a total computing power of 61.3 EFLOPS and over 66,000 IDC racks in service [3][20] - The company signed 1,485 AI+DICT projects in the first half of the year, collaborating with various industries to enhance industrial development [3][20] Capital Expenditure and Shareholder Value - Capital expenditure in the first half of 2025 was 58.4 billion yuan, with a full-year plan of less than 151.2 billion yuan [3][15] - The company aims to increase the proportion of cash distributed to shareholders in 2025 compared to 2024, enhancing shareholder value [3][24]