HK Stock Market Move | NEW ORIENTAL-S (09901) rose more than 6% at the close. The company will release its second-quarter performance at the end of this month. Institutions are optimistic about the gradual elimination of profit pressure on the company.

NEW ORIENTAL-S (09901) rose more than 6% in the final trading session, with a 6.44% increase to HK$44.98 as of the time of reporting, with a turnover of HK$92.46 million. On the news front, New Oriental will announce its financial results for the second quarter of the 2026 fiscal year on January 28. Shenwan Hongyuan Group released a research report estimating that New Oriental's revenue for the second quarter of the 2026 fiscal year will be $1.165 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.2%; it is expected that the Non-GAAP net profit attributable to the parent company will be $0.63 billion, a year-on-year increase of 77.8%. The Non-GAAP net profit margin is 5.4%, an expansion of 2 percentage points year-on-year. The bank pointed out that as the contraction in overseas study business bottoms out, the drag on profit margins is expected to be cleared. At the same time, the company will slow down the growth rate of teaching centers for the whole year to 10%, increase the utilization rate of teaching center capacity, and gradually alleviate the pressure on profit margins.