HK Stock Market Move | Hengan International (01044) rose over 4% in the afternoon, with its net profit increasing by 10% year-on-year compared to last year. Gross profit margin improved to around 33.8%.

HENGAN INT'L (01044) afternoon gains once widened by more than 4%, as of the time of writing, up 2.97% to 28.42 Hong Kong dollars, with a turnover of 414.33 million Hong Kong dollars. On the news front, HENGAN INT'L released its annual performance for the year ending December 31, 2025, with the group achieving revenue of 23.069 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8% year-on-year; net profit attributable to equity holders of the company was 2.535 billion yuan, an increase of 10.3% year-on-year; proposed dividend of 0.7 yuan per share. Looking back at the year, the growth in tissue sales effectively offset the decline in sales of sanitary products and the increase in promotional expenses, leading to an overall gross profit for the group in 2025 of approximately 7.806 billion yuan, up by about 6.6% year-on-year. In the second half of 2025, as tissue promotion activities decreased and sales of sanitary products improved, the group's annual gross profit margin improved to around 33.8%.