HK Stock Market Move | KINGBOARD HLDG(00148) surged over 4% after performance announcement. Annual net profit attributable to shareholders increased by 169.98% year-on-year. The unit price of copper-clad laminate has increased significantly.

KINGBOARD HLDG (00148) rose more than 4% after the performance, up 3.02% as of press time, reaching 39 Hong Kong dollars, with a trading volume of 6027.13 million Hong Kong dollars. On the news front, on March 16, KINGBOARD HLDG released its annual performance for the year ended December 31, 2025. The Group achieved a turnover of 45.375 billion Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 5% year-on-year; the profit attributable to owners of the company was 4.402 billion Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 169.98% year-on-year; basic earnings per share were 3.971 Hong Kong dollars; it is proposed to distribute a final dividend of 111 Hong Kong cents per share and a special final dividend of 40 Hong Kong cents per share. Looking back at the period, the overall electronic market demand was strong, and high-end areas such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) developed rapidly. Emerging electronic products around the concept of AI had strong demand, with strong demand for copper foil panels and upstream materials including AI electronic glass fiber yarn, AI electronic glass fiber cloth, and copper foil. The unit price of products in the copper foil panel sector and its upstream materials generally increased significantly compared to the same period in 2024, with sales volume increasing, driving the profit of the copper foil panel department of the Group to increase compared to the same period last year. The business sentiment of the copper foil panel industry chain continued to rise.