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CMB International

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>VSTECS announced 1H25 results: total revenue increased by 14% YoY to HK$45.5bn, representing 44% of our FY25E estimate; net profit was up by 36% YoY to HK$649mn, equivalent to 49% of our FY25E estimate.</li><li>Strong demand for AI computing power drove strong revenue growth of cloud computing business (+68% YoY). As one of the leading distributors of AI chips and computing power in Asia, we expect VSTECS will continue to benefit from the growing demand for AI computing power.</li><li>We maintain our FY25-27E earnings forecast largely unchanged. We raise our target price to HK$14.2 based on 15x FY25E PE (previous: HK$7.60 based on 8x FY25E PE), mainly to reflect larger AI-related revenue exposure. Maintain BUY.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

VSTECS announced 1H25 results: total revenue increased by 14% YoY to HK$45.5bn, representing 44% of our FY25E estimate; net profit was up by 36% YoY to HK$649mn, equivalent to 49% of our FY25E estimate.Strong demand for AI computing power drove strong revenue growth of cloud computing business (+68% YoY). As one of the leading distributors of AI chips and computing power in Asia, we expect VSTECS will continue to benefit from the growing demand for AI computing power.We maintain our FY25-27E earnings forecast largely unchanged. We raise our target price to HK$14.2 based on 15x FY25E PE (previous: HK$7.60 based on 8x FY25E PE), mainly to reflect larger AI-related revenue exposure. Maintain BUY.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

VSTECS (856 HK) - 1H25 Result Review: Strong Cloud Computing Revenue Growth on Robust AI Demand

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VSTECS (856 HK) - 1H25 Result Review: Strong Cloud Computing Revenue Growth on Robust AI Demand