HK Stock Market Move | AUNTEA JENNY (02589) surges over 14%, with rapid profit growth in the first half and generous shareholder returns, maintaining a fast pace of store openings.

AUNTEA JENNY (02589) surged over 14%, up 14.65% as of press time, at HK$80.2, with a turnover of HK$47.0347 million. On the news front, in the first half of this year, AUNTEA JENNY achieved revenue of RMB 2.589 billion, up 42.4% year-on-year; gross profit of RMB 818 million, up 43.2% year-on-year; profit for the period of RMB 321 million, up 58.3% year-on-year; adjusted profit for the period of RMB 345 million, up 41.6% year-on-year. The company also increased its dividend payout in the first half, with the payout ratio rising to 66%, offering generous shareholder returns. At the same time, the company maintained a rapid pace of store openings, with a total of 13,155 stores, a net increase of 3,719 year-on-year and a net increase of 1,706 compared with the end of 2025. It is worth mentioning that last month, AUNTEA JENNY announced that, based on its high recognition of the company's comprehensive operating strength, mature operating system and core management team, as well as its continued optimism about the long-term development potential of the consumer sector in which the company operates and the company's growth space, it received voluntary commitment letters from six shareholders respectively, from the date of expiration of the extension of the first lock-up period, namely August 7, to November 7.