Movement Alert|KUAISHOU-W Falls 3.48% in Regular Trading, Interactive Media Sector Weakness Compounded by Tencent Stake Reduction and Earnings Pressure

Market Focus07-24

On July 24, KUAISHOU-W fell 3.48% in regular trading, trading at HKD 41.8/share, with turnover of HKD 272 million.

On the news front, the Interactive Media & Services sector extended its recent weakness, with sector peers Tencent down 2.07%, Baidu down 2.34%, and Bilibili down 1.94%, creating broad-based selling pressure on KUAISHOU-W. Additionally, Tencent recently reduced its stake in Kuaishou from 15.68% to 9.37%, exiting as a major shareholder under Hong Kong listing rules, which weighed on market confidence.

From a fundamental perspective, the company's Q1 earnings reported a 27.02% year-over-year decline in net profit attributable to shareholders, with gross margin falling from 54.6% to 51.2%, constraining near-term valuation recovery. While the Kling AI unit completed a financing round at a USD 18 billion valuation and the company continues its share buyback program, the confluence of sector-wide weakness, major shareholder divestiture, and deteriorating earnings has sustained downward pressure on the stock.

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